Queen Anne’s County Arts Council’s Centre for the Arts will host a month long multi-media exhibit beginning on March 10. “Light, Landscape and Adornment” brings well known regional artists to the Centre for an exploration into the worlds of digital photography,
oils, glass, metal jewelry and printmaking. David Terrar, Joyce Feldman and Janice Colvin are featured in the show which combines images from around the Chesapeake and abstract design in two and three dimensions. The show runs through March 31 with a preview and public reception on Friday, March 9 from 5:30-8 p.m.
Terrar has been painting for over 35 years and works from his studio in both Gaithersburg and on location around the Chesapeake Bay. His training was in the study of impressionist art at the Jeu de Paume Museum in Paris, France. His muse remains in the rural areas of Maryland and the scenes along the Chesapeake. His skill at expressing the subtleties of light often find him working on scenes taking place just before sunset. He often incorporates 23K gold flake into his work as a means of expressing the special shimmer that water often reveals as the sun goes down. His work for this exhibit is themed “Our Chesapeake Between the Snow and the Spring.” He is an active Plein Air artist.
Feldman is a former science teacher, magazine editor, and avid photographer. She initiated studies in printmaking techniques while
living in New Jersey and working as an environmental consultant. Her first art classes were at the New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts in Summit, New Jersey. It was there where she found her interest in developing printed images. After starting with monoprints and collages, she moved into etching as a preferred technique. Her most recent etchings, influenced by works by Richard Serra, utilize aquatint with very deep etchings with metallic highlights. The resulting plates require as much as a half hour of wiping of the plate for each imprint to achieve the desired results. The current show includes more of her recent photographic efforts, including approaches involving electronic modification of her digital images.
Colvin experiments in numerous techniques but is perhaps most well known for her beaded and metal jewelry designs. Certified at Artisan Levels I and II in the use of Precious Metal Clay and other metal clays, she has taught dozens of interested students how to turn metal clays into decorative jewelry and art objects. She has been teaching jewelry making and fiber crafts for more than 12 years and is owner of Sea Foam Jewels.
The exhibit will be open Tuesday through Friday from 9-5 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm, or by appointment at 206 S. Commerce Street in Centreville, MD. For more information, please call 410.758.2520. The Centre receives support through a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.
The Queen Anne’s County Arts Council, Inc., is a non-profit organization committed to promoting, expanding and sustaining the arts. We connect artists to audiences and the community to the arts. Visit us on the web at www.arts4u.info.
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