'Wetness and solidity'

“Sun with Rain” (oil on linen), by Boston-based painter Bryan McFarlane, in his show “Caught in Colorful Rain,’’ at Gallery NAGA, Boston, through March 27

The gallery says these paintings were created from memories of Mr. Farlane’s Jamaican childhood, and especially memories of the weather. His paintings include bands of paint dripping down the canvas, resembling raindrops falling. Some of his works portray such bodies as waterfalls or rivers, in which he uses thicker bands of paint and deeper, darker colors to suggest the churning depths. So his paintings are a study in opposing forces — “dark and light, warmth and coolness, wetness and solidity, all come together in the paintings just as they do in the rain that falls or the ocean waves that crash. Alongside this duality is the hope that humanity will be able to live in balance with these natural forces and continue to enjoy the rain.’’