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Walter DiehlWalter Diehl, Abstract Paintings
Walter, a self-taught abstract artist, originally from North Carolina, explores the relationships between often surprising color use mixed with the interplay of the geometric forms. The uncluttered result can transport the viewers to a fond memory, a favorite place or an inspiring mood. Constantine "Gus" Kermes Cross Currents 72 x 36 Modern Icons CONSTANTINE "GUS" KERMES, an authentic modernist in every sense of the word, his work spanned 60 years before his death in 2009. Gus captured the world and it's inherent ironies and icons on canvas, making use of his well-trained eye and artistic hand. An industrial designer by trade, he worked for Sperry/Ford New Holland Machine Company from 1955 to 2004, receiving numerous design patents and awards for his work. THE PENNSYLVANIA ARTS EXPERIENCE is partnering with the Lancaster Arts Hotel to expose the work of established artists to a broader audience and promote the rich fabric of the Art in Lancaster County. The PAE is your host for an experiential visit to the Susquehanna Valley, offering collector select tours of artists' studios, galleries and museums in the region. More information is available at www.paartsexperience.com and at their Downtown Lancaster Orientation Center, 114 North Prince Street. The Lancaster Arts Hotel offers Artist Studio Tour overnight packages at www.lancasterartshotel.com. Sue Reno Watt & Shand #3 40 x 30 Fiber SUE RENO Transformation: The Watt and Shand Series Many of us have watched, through the years, as the Watt and Shand Building in downtown Lancaster went from an iconic landmark to decline, only to be rejuvenated again with the inception of Lancaster's Convention Center. SUE RENO's FIBER WORK IN "TRANSFORMATION: THE WATT AND SHAND SERIES" captures this transformation through finely detailed pictorials of the process as it unfolds. Through a series of 10 fiber art pieces, we can see the "transformation of the Beaux Arts building into a modern hotel and convention center." RENO uses a variety of surface design techniques that includes cyanotype, screen printing and direct printing onto the fabric, while staying true to the quilter's process and the resulting artwork creates unique effects that take the art of quilting off the bed and onto the wall. Viewed from a distance one realizes the panoramic impact of the structure, while closer contemplation reveals the intricate detailed work of Reno's creations. RENO is an award winning fiber artist, with regional solo exhibits, including an exhibit for The Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, in Harrisburg, 2007. She has also participated in numerous exhibits including The Pennsylvania State Museum, the Robeson Gallery at Penn State, the Wolf Gallery at York Collage and the Bellefonte Museum. Her work has been seen as far west as Texas and as far east as Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Reno has been featured on the cover of The Professional Quilter magazine and is an active member of the American Quilters Society. Jerome Hershey Faith, 2010, acrylic on paper 22 1/2 x 17 JEROME HERSHEY
GOOD WORDS new works on paperAT FIRST GLANCE, Jerome Hershey's recent works appear as a series of flowing lines repeated throughout the canvas. Compelled to look closer at his paintings one realizes that he has incorporated a single word or statement that echoes again and again within the boundaries of each individual piece. Altering colors slightly, creating dimensional depth, separating letters, Hershey creates intrigue and relevance in each piece. His art and his use of words bring a sense of universal resonance of harmony, compassion, goodness and hope. With Hershey's work, there is no need to "read between the lines", rather, one only needs to embrace the art of his words."I am interested in the use of complex repeated elements to create fields of light and color, whose energy is uplifting and profound"...My interests and concerns are distilled into linear forms which, when repeated and layered, produce work that is both personal and universal...calming yet energizing, both stimulating and meditative." JEROME HERSHEY'S art blends the personal and universal. Earlier works pay tribute to his father, Warren. As a mentor to Jerome, he instilled in his son the importance of pride in craftsmanship and the love of materials. "My father's quiet wisdom and careful work ethic has always been a huge inspiration to me and I like the use of conscious, repetitious marks in transition as a means for transcendence in both process and viewing." His work today continues to reflect these early lessons. HERSHEY HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED in the Lancaster community and painting for over 30 years. His art has been exhibited throughout the Mid-Atlantic region with solo exhibitions at Franklin and Marshall College (1977), Lancaster, PA, Elizabethtown College(1978), Elizabethtown, PA and the New England School of Art and Design (1984), Boston, MA. "Selected Rose Variations and Permutations" and "New Rose Variations and Permutations" have been exhibited at the Lancaster Museum of Art and Lebanon Valley College both in 2003. He has exhibited at the Demuth Museum in Lancaster, PA in 1999, 1996 and 1995. Group exhibits have included "Art of the State" at the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA in 2006 and 2010 and "Group Dynamics" (2008) and "Group Experiment" (2009) in the eo art lab, Chester, CT JEROME HERSHEY'S ARTWORK can be found in the private collections of the Lancaster Museum of Art, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA, The State Museum of Pennsylvania and Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto PA. Carol Oldenburg Hide Away 30 x 48 oil on canvas CAROL OLDENBURG CAROL OLDENBURG's "NATURE'S MUSE" is a collection of garden vignettes in painting and drawing. Carol's work reflecting on the delicate balance between nature's foundation and man's irresistible urge to tame its palette, Carol says of the work, "the order imposed by man is either emphasized or juxtaposed with the chaotic element of nature." VIEWING ART THROUGH LIFE, Carol sees beauty displayed in light and color, dramatically playing off of one another. Elements of sky and earth are the catalysts for her visions of a "dreamlike feeling" compelling the observer to explore the underlying element of darkness that gives nature it's beauty, depth and intensity.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ARTS EXPERIENCE is partnering with the Lancaster Arts Hotel to expose the work of established artists to a broader audience and promote the rich fabric of the Art in Lancaster County. The PAE is your host for an experiential visit to the Susquehanna Valley, offering collector select tours of artists' studios, galleries and museums in the region. More information is available at www.paartsexperience.com and at their Downtown Lancaster Orientation Center, 114 North Prince Street. The Lancaster Arts Hotel offers Artist Studio Tour overnight packages at www.lancasterartshotel.com. Robert Patierno Refrigerator Occupants with Grapes Refrigerator OccupantsFeaturing Exhibitions continue thru June 16 The ARTS HOTEL GALLERY at the Lancaster Arts Hotel is pleased to present Robert Patierno's collection of still lifes entitled Refrigerator Occupants. A third Friday ARTIST'S RECEPTION will be held on April 16 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. THE REESE PROJECT will provide music entertainment for the evening. Happy hour at the John J Jeffries Restaurant Lounge begins at 4:00. RED BEET EGGS, Fig Newtons, fennel, a glass of wine, a box of saltines and crows combine to create the subject material that Patierno uses in his works from the Refrigerator Occupant series. Standing in his studio, it's easy to imagine a table filled with food as if preparing for a feast and indeed, this is how he has created his deliciously decadent art. Patierno admits that he seeks the irony and humor of food, pondering such things as "whoever thought of combining beets and eggs to create a food such as red beet eggs!" While his dogs waiting patiently nearby, Patierno takes the menagerie from the tabletop and creates still life on canvas that is anything but quiet. AN ARTIST AND A PRINTMAKER, Robert Patierno has been well received throughout the art world with constantly evolving universal themes and tireless expressions. His works are often striking solutions to the chaos of existence and provide commentary on everyday occurrences in a light that may not be evident within superficial thought. Patierno seeks to identify pockets of reality that typically pass unnoticed, or become more interesting when taken out of context. At times portrayed in a way curious, or even alarming to the viewer, his drawings exemplify this thought process, which in turn often leads to major works in more complex mediums such as oil, watercolor or printmaking. ROBERT PATIERNO'S WORK has been exhibited, collected and recognized across the country and around the world. He spent many years teaching and exhibiting in Belgium, and his work is included in permanent collections at the Royal Museum of Antwerp, in Antwerp, the Frans Masereel Center for Graphics, Museum Collection, in Kasterlee, both in Belgium; the Southern Alleghenies Museum, in Loretto, the Erie Art Museum, in Erie, the Lancaster Museum of Art, in Lancaster, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, in Harrisburg, Susquehanna Bankshares, in Lititz, all in Pennsylvania; the Syracuse University Collections, Lowe Gallery/Museum in Syracuse, New York; and the Boise Cascade Paper Company, headquartered in Boise, Idaho. RECENTLY, IN "REFLECTIONS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA" in a traveling group exhibition, Bob's painting was included alongside work by prominent American painters from he Hudson River School and contemporary painters Mark Innerst and George Sorrels. Recently his work returned from the U.S. State Department, Art in the Embassies program, having toured with Ambassador to Macedonia in Skopje, Macedonia. He won first prize in the Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Images of Pennsylvania Rural Life, a traveling exhibition of Pennsylvania artists at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the Capitol Inauguration of Governor Ridge. A portfolio of prints and drawings was published in Yellow Silk Magazine, California, and he has been an esteemed juror to numerous exhibitions throughout the country. CO-FOUNDER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN in 1982, Patierno served as Chair of the Fine Arts Department for ten subsequent years and developed the print department. Upon his resignation in 2003, he was the only full professor when it became a four-year degree granting, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. The college is located in Downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania and has been central to the bourgeoning arts community. PATIERNO LIVES AND WORKS on the west shore of the Susquehanna in Dallastown, Pennsylvania. He frequently features his pets, home grown vegetables, wife Kathy, and neighboring cows, visiting crows, rodents and snakes in his paintings and drawings. He has a gift for irony, portraying even the sorriest of circumstances with a wry sense of humor. One can't help but smile - the gesture of each stroke expresses the genius of the artist himself. MUSIC the evening will feature THE REESE PROJECT with Tom Reese on flute, Laurie Haines Reese on cello, Bob Brewer on Guitar and Aaron Walker on drums. Their repertoire includes original jazz, funk, rock, blues and classical. It's definitely music for fresh ears, performing everything from jazz standards, funk, blues, rock covers, classical music & originals, The Reese Project's music includes something for everyone -- from Bach to the Beatles. THE PENNSYLVANIA ARTS EXPERIENCE is partnering with the Lancaster Arts Hotel to expose the work of established artists to a broader audience and promote the rich fabric of the Art in Lancaster County. The PAE is your host for an experiential visit to the Susquehanna Valley, offering collector select tours of artists' studios, galleries and museums in the region. More information is available at www.paartsexperience.com and at their Downtown Lancaster Orientation Center, 114 North Prince Street. The Lancaster Arts Hotel offers Artist Studio Tour overnight packages at www.lancasterartshotel.com. THE ARTS HOTEL GALLERY at the Lancaster Arts Hotel is open daily, and is a popular space for private gatherings, business and board meetings and for viewing great art. If you are making a special trip to the gallery, it is suggested that you call ahead to ensure that the Gallery has not been reserved. The Hotel number is 717.299.3000. For more information visit www.artshotelgallery.com. June 18 - LISA MADENSPACHER-"Animal Tales" in support of the Lancaster Humane League Lisa Madenspacher Otis 6 x 6 Acrylic on Canvas LISA MADENSPACHER Lisa Madenspacher's commissioned work can be found throughout Lancaster and the surrounding regions. From her association with the Lancaster Museum of Arts' "Artistry in Motion Classic Care Show and Tour" and her car "portraits" to her architectural renderings of the Lancaster County Parade of Homes magazine, Madenspacher has developed a reputation for attention to detail and veracity. "Sometimes is crosses my mind to give up my art for the opportunity to pursue something else...to approach the world from a different perspective, or just kick back and relax. But moments later I toss the notion of quitting aside like a spent tube of paint, and forge ahead with ideas and the paint brush. Art is my oxygen." Now she brings those same talents to the canvas though her series of animal portraits, creating images that reflect the personalities and attitudes of her subjects. Each portrait captivates, leading us to wonder just what their stories are behind their beguiling faces. Robert Patierno transforms his deliciously decedent "Refrigerator Occupants" from the LAH Gallery into the contradictory world of animals with "Pet Peeves" in the Blanche Nevin Room. The exhibit plays off of four focal pieces that follow the misadventure of his beloved Jack Russell, Sally, following her day as pursuer and as pursuant. Patierno's work is as darkly amusing as Madenspacher's work is delightfully engaging and, together, their exhibits bring an insight into the world of animal companionship. Robert Bobby brings a bluesy folk sound to the John J Jeffries Restaurant for the evening of June 18th. The influence of such notables as Dylan, Tom Rush, Arlo Guthrie and Jackson Brown can be felt as he performs. An evening of great music in the relaxed space of the John J Jeffries is a perfect way to finish off an evening of great art. THE PENNSYLVANIA ARTS EXPERIENCE is partnering with the Lancaster Arts Hotel to expose the work of established artists to a broader audience and promote the rich fabric of the Art in Lancaster County. The PAE is your host for an experiential visit to the Susquehanna Valley, offering collector select tours of artists' studios, galleries and museums in the region. More information is available at www.paartsexperience.com and at their Downtown Lancaster Orientation Center, 114 North Prince Street. The Lancaster Arts Hotel offers Artist Studio Tour overnight packages at www.lancasterartshotel.com.
Kevin BedgoodKevin Bedgood had early exposure to woodworking. As a child he would sweep up in his father's hobby furniture making shop. However, it really wasn't until after spending time in the US Marine Corps that he began building some furniture of his own. In the last 25 years, he has moved from designing and building furniture to more artistic woodturning and sculpting. There are four basic goals that Kevin strives for in his work: "I truly began my journey in woodworking when I started to make Native American Flutes. I did that for a number of years and have had flutes purchased by several Grammy winning Native American Artists. Then about 15 years ago, I turned to the lathe as the primary tool to express my ideas. I started with simply bowls and grew to more elaborate pieces. Now, much of my energy is spent pushing limits and breaking old preconceived ideas of what is possible to achieve on a lathe." My greatest explorations lately have been in pushing some boundaries of what is normally created on a wood lathe. Most of my wall hangings are created by turning multiple pieces of wood, generally in unusual shapes like squares or rectangles, then cutting them apart and reassembling the pieces in such a way as to integrate the disparity of design into a coherent piece that creates a sense of movement or evokes an emotional response or memory. |
