AUGUST SHOWS

AUGUST 19, 2009

Time: 5:30PM-7:00PM

Event: OPENING RECEPTION: COLOR VIBRATIONS JURIED FINE ART EXHIBIT

Admission: FREE TO ART LEAGUE MEMBERS, $5 FOR GUESTS

Location: Art League Marco Island’s Center for the Arts

Description: MULTI MEDIA EXHIBIT FEATURING WORKS BY MEMBERS OF THE
ART LEAGUE. EXHIBIT RUNS FROM 8/11 - 8/30/2009.

PICK UP OF ART IS OCTOBER 1ST FROM 1PM - 4PM.

The exhibit was juried and judged by Megan Kissinger. Kissinger’s comments:

“There was a wide variety of 2-D and 3-D art and it was difficult to choose just six deserving artists. Of the ones that I did choose, I gave first Place to Betty Newman’s “Play a Little Music” I thought this piece most aptly fit the theme of the show. It was boldly accomplished with great color and good composition. It also told the best story through the festive, abundant color.

Second Place went to Carol Kinkaid’s “Meant to Amuse” and that’s just what she did. Through her use of color she created a playful composition that made the viewer’s eyes dance as the highly saturated colors fought for dominance in this computer manipulated photograph.

Third place went to JoAnn Sanborn for her “Summer Sunset” acrylic painting. Her contribution teaches us that color doesn’t have to be intensely bright to be bold and tell a story. Dark indigos and pale blues with their split-complimentary pale yellows gave her well-executed painting a mysterious and brooding feel that could not be accomplished with bright daylight colors.

Honorable mentions went in no particular order to:

Shirley Piercey’s Mangrove scene, “Ruby & Emerald,” Bold complimentary colors and attention to shadows made this watercolor painting stand out.

Kashmira Lodaya’s “Mystical Vibes” fused glass work was a playful exploration of both color and line brought to the next level as a low relief sculpture over black instead of the usual daylight. This addition of black gave it the feeling of fine jewelry rather than the usual light-infused, stained-glass effect.

Joel Gewirtz’ “Double Color Wheel” photograph used composition and color to portray an extraordinarily abstract view of a commonplace object.