2007 Exhibitions
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Holiday Salon: December
Our annual Holiday Salon including all gallery artists will open on November 23 and continue through the month of December.
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7th annual "Celebration of the Human Spirit": November
An exhibition of the visual arts in conjunction with the 7th annual "Celebration of the Human Spirit" sponsored by the Horizon Institute will be displayed from November 3-20. The invitational/juried exhibit includes local artists who have responded to the theme, "Art Matters".
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Judy Howard & Steven Dewey: October
A juxtaposition of processes includes originally designed, finely crafted guitars by Steven Dewey and abstract paintings using Steven's guitars as a resource by Judy Howard.
- Jamie Newton: September
- Nelson Davis: August
- Marie Maretska: July
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Jamie has created solar and wind powered drawing machines which become kinetic sculptures when exposed to the sun and/or wind. The exhibition also includes a variety of media including sumi brush paintings. |
Though the art "speaks for itself" and can be variously interpreted, if you want to know the real story, Nelson Davis is happy to share his inspiration. His process is unique – while sorting through a mountain of collected treasures, mostly rusted found objects, an idea will emerge. He combines several pieces and begins carving connecting parts from his other mountain of scrap wood. The sculpture that emerges depicts a vision or memory of some life experience.
Marie Maretska, well known for her large copper paintings, took a sabbatical to explore new media. ". Very shortly I became fascinated with fusing glass to copper (vitreous enameling). This led to studying with four master enamelists. I then struck out on my own to discover how to enamel in a format on copper that is larger than historically done. Because this is an unusual art form it was necessary to design many of my hand tools.
I am very grateful to have received two grants, one from The William T. Colville Foundation and one from a private donor, that helped immensely in purchasing a kiln and grinder".
Vitreous enamel is glass bonded to metal with high heat. In the process if enameling five to twenty layers of finely ground glass are sifted on to copper. Each layer is heated in a kiln at 1500 degrees. When removed the molten enamel cools to a thin film of glass that has fused to the metal. Successive firings of enamel create an unusual depth of color and light refraction. Some of the new work has a sculptural quality which was achieved by hammering the copper into shapes.