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Art
Works presents "In Bloom - Go Figure" annual theme show.
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The monthly 4th Friday Art Show
opened February 25, 2005. The evening
shows included:
The
February All Media Show, juried by David Tanner in the All Media
Gallery
"In Bloom - Go Figure"
juried show in the Jane Sandelin Gallery
"Equestrian Photographs"
by Helene Wagner in the Centre Gallery,
East
"The Photography
of Sandeep Ahuja" in the Centre
Gallery, West
Meet
the Juror
David Tanner David Tanner is a
portrait and figurative painter based in Richmond, Virginia. Since
receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth
University in 1991, Tanner has received portrait commissions throughout
the Eastern United States. His study of classical painting technique
includes training with modern masters Nelson Shanks and Robert
Liberace. An experienced instructor, Tanner teaches drawing and
painting at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School and
The Hand Workshop Art Center.
Tanner is currently
an Artist-in-Residence with the Virginia Museum's Statewide
Partnership Program, instructing painting workshops throughout
the Commonwealth of Virginia. Tanner is an active member of
The Portrait Society of America and The American Society for
Classical Realism. Whether painting traditional oil portraits,
still-lifes, or creating unique figure studies celebrating the
beauty of the human form, Tanner upholds the fine traditions
of realist painters both past and present. View a portfolio
at www.TannerPortraits.com.
Juror
Comments
I would like to thank
Art Works for giving me the opportunity to share in the joy
of the Richmond art community coming together to stretch our
creative muscles. We are all very grateful to Paula and Glenda
in their efforts to provide an environment that nurtures our
collective and individual growth. Clearly, there is an abundance
of talent in our small city, but is a difficult task to "judge"
another artist's work, and label that work as good, better,
and best.
Due to space limitations,
some pieces submitted were not included in the shows. Sometimes
this was simply due to the piece being one of many the artist
had submitted. There were pieces that made it into the show
that were Expressionistic or Abstract which, although not my
taste in painting, were technically sound and designed well.
Of the rejected work, often I saw pieces where it was clear
that the artist was attempting a realistic, or representational
picture, but the piece lacked the technical finesse to pull
it off. This does not mean to say that "representational" has
to mean high polish, or photorealistic. On the contrary, the
French Impressionists were representational painters, and although
their paintings lacked the polish of a Raphael or Caravaggio,
they were still concerned with convincing color, value, line
and composition. It is those basic elements of good painting
that I found missing in some of the works. For those artists,
please know that as an artist striving for realism--whether
loose like an Impressionist, or polished like the Classical
Realists-you will always and should always be held to a higher
standard of picture making. Drawing skills and understanding
value and color are a must. As a representational painter myself,
I recognize and share your struggle to continually improve,
and hope you will see this as an opportunity to push yourselves
further.
The works that placed
in the various categories combined interesting imagery with
an attention to craft. Each displayed a thoughtful use of color,
an understanding of value, and strong design skills that leave
a lasting impression on the viewer. I particularly enjoyed Thomas
Bradshaw's Lake Tahoe, a landscape in the great Impressionist
tradition in its study of the effects of outdoor lighting. His
use of broken color to create value shifts in the snow and trees
is visually masterful, not to mention his simple and effective
composition. Betsy Morgan, Justin Gohde, and Joe Delulio are
all successful in giving their still life and interior paintings
energy and vitality through brilliant colors and, in Morgan's
case, the strong vertical format is an interesting change of
pace. Cynthia Losen has cut away all excess in her closely cropped
picture Smokin', to provide the viewer with all he or she needs
to understand the story being told, and the equally close view
of a plant in Ronnie Moseberth's Branches is a great use of
negative and positive space in a composition. Phoebe Antrim
also shares a successful understanding of how form and color
can be arranged in her Window Gardens, as does David J. Lisowki
in his delightfully quirky photograph Bubbles. Of the figurative
work, I can't stop thinking about the haunting figure in Terry
Smith's Disconnected. The stylized, disfigured anatomy directly
confronts the viewer, and provides a narrative that invites
a contemplation of adversity. The same pathos is not found in
the work of Cathyann Burgess, but her combination of technical
skill and interesting subjects in Looking and Wait and Wonder
provide a moody ambiance to the pictures. The ambiance in Jenni
Plavnieks Warm About is downright gleeful, evocative of the
blaring, thumping bass beat and sweaty rhythm of some hip urban
hot spot.
Best of luck to everyone
and enjoy the show!
David Tanner
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The
January ALL MEDIA SHOW juried
by David Tanner, Richmond, VA.
- AWARD
WINNING ENTRIES: Images
not available at this time
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"Lake Tahoe"
by Thomas Bradshaw
$215, Oil
1st Place All Media
Show
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"Lilies on
Pink Damask" by BetsyMorgan
$700, Oil on Linen
2nd Place All Media
Show
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"Still Life
with Flowers and the Universe " by Justin Gohde
$600, Oil
3rd Place All Media
Show
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"Smokin' "
by Cynthia Losen
$300, Oil Mixed
Honorable Mention
All Media Show
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"Go
Figure" & "In Bloom"
- This annual
show features the human figure and paintings of flowers and plants.
The
juor was David Tanner of Richmond, VA.
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AWARD
WINNING ENTRIES: Some
images not available at this time
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"Disconnected"
by Terry Lynn Smith
$1200, Oil
1st Place "Go
Figure" Show
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" Warm" by Jenni Plavnieks
$175, Oil Mixed
2nd Place "Go
Figure" Show
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" juror Blues" by Cathyann
Burgess
$950, Pastel
3rd Place "Go
Figure" Show
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" Wait and Wonder" by
Cathyann Burgess
$2,500, Oil
Honorable Mention
"Go Figure" Show
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" Interior View
" by Joe DeIulio
$500, Acrylic
First Place "In
Bloom" Show
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"Branches"
by Ronnie Moseberth
$1595, Acrylic on
Canvas
Second Place "In
Bloom" Show
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" Bubbles " by David
J. Lisowski
$125, Photography
Third Place "In
Bloom" Show
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" Window Gardens " by
Pheobe Antrim
$420, Watercolor
Honorable Mention
"In Bloom" Show
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"Equestrian
Photographs by Helene Wagner
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"Hunt Riders and Dogs"
Photograph by Helene Wagner
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"Photography
of Sandeep Ahuja" in the Centre Gallery Images
not available at this time
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