Artistic ‘gifts’ offered in Ellicott City
Artists’ Gallery features works by area people, including woodworkers
Alot of the foot traffic along Main Street in Ellicott City over the past month has been the result of consumers shopping local during the holiday season.
The members of the Artists’ Gallery have likely had that theme in mind in a group exhibit, “The Gift of Art,” continuing into the new year.
As the season officially becomes winter, many of the pieces reflect its snowy whiteness.
Jing-Jy Chen has watercolor and ink works on paper that in some cases represent birds perched on snow-covered branches. In “Red Berries,” the birds are so small that your attention initially may go instead to the bright red berries that stand in such vivid contrast to the snowy surroundings.
An artist who immerses a human subject in the season is Cheryl Lucente, whose oil painting “Russian Winter” features a welldressed woman seated in a plush chair that’s resting in a snow-covered field, backed by conifers and mountains. Although the woman wears a long dress and has a fur hat atop her head, you can’t help thinking it’s a tad chilly out there. There’s no need to worry, judging from the placid expression on her face. She’s a Russian lady, after all, who seems perfectly comfortable out there.
Other winter subjects include John Stier’s photograph, “Icicles and Aspens,” a spare and bright image comprising a few bare trees and a red-sided building with long icicles dangling from it.
Actually, most of the art in this show is not winter-themed. Much of it is sensitive to natural subject matter, however, and it’s interesting to see how these artists approach nature in different ways.
In addition to “Red Berries,” Chen also has a watercolor and ink piece, “Blue Heron,” in which the artist pays considerable attention to detailing its feathers.
By stylistic contrast, Deborah Hoeper’s acrylic painting, “Golden Fall,” relies upon melting orange, yellow and green tones to convey a sense of that season’s blurry blending of foliage colors; and Ellen Corddry’s white line color woodcut, “Wyman Park, Baltimore” utilizes whiteoutlined blocks of natural colors to suggest the pictorial building blocks of a landscape composition.
Additional landscape subjects include several watercolors by Bonita Glaser depicting Ellicott City’s train station, churches and other buildings. You can look at her art and then step outside and see the real thing.
Among other artists displaying their work, the craftiest include the woodworkers.
Ron Brown’s “Ambrosia Maple Bowl” and Jordon Kitt’s “Walnut Wedge” are two of the pieces emphasizing subtle variations in wood grain and natural coloration.
“The Gift of Art” runs through Jan. 7 at the Artists’ Gallery, 8197 Main St. in Ellicott City.
Call 443-325-5936 or go to artistsgalleryec- .com.
The members of the Artists’ Gallery have likely had that theme in mind in a group exhibit, “The Gift of Art,” continuing into the new year.
As the season officially becomes winter, many of the pieces reflect its snowy whiteness.
Jing-Jy Chen has watercolor and ink works on paper that in some cases represent birds perched on snow-covered branches. In “Red Berries,” the birds are so small that your attention initially may go instead to the bright red berries that stand in such vivid contrast to the snowy surroundings.
An artist who immerses a human subject in the season is Cheryl Lucente, whose oil painting “Russian Winter” features a welldressed woman seated in a plush chair that’s resting in a snow-covered field, backed by conifers and mountains. Although the woman wears a long dress and has a fur hat atop her head, you can’t help thinking it’s a tad chilly out there. There’s no need to worry, judging from the placid expression on her face. She’s a Russian lady, after all, who seems perfectly comfortable out there.
Other winter subjects include John Stier’s photograph, “Icicles and Aspens,” a spare and bright image comprising a few bare trees and a red-sided building with long icicles dangling from it.
Actually, most of the art in this show is not winter-themed. Much of it is sensitive to natural subject matter, however, and it’s interesting to see how these artists approach nature in different ways.
In addition to “Red Berries,” Chen also has a watercolor and ink piece, “Blue Heron,” in which the artist pays considerable attention to detailing its feathers.
By stylistic contrast, Deborah Hoeper’s acrylic painting, “Golden Fall,” relies upon melting orange, yellow and green tones to convey a sense of that season’s blurry blending of foliage colors; and Ellen Corddry’s white line color woodcut, “Wyman Park, Baltimore” utilizes whiteoutlined blocks of natural colors to suggest the pictorial building blocks of a landscape composition.
Additional landscape subjects include several watercolors by Bonita Glaser depicting Ellicott City’s train station, churches and other buildings. You can look at her art and then step outside and see the real thing.
Among other artists displaying their work, the craftiest include the woodworkers.
Ron Brown’s “Ambrosia Maple Bowl” and Jordon Kitt’s “Walnut Wedge” are two of the pieces emphasizing subtle variations in wood grain and natural coloration.
“The Gift of Art” runs through Jan. 7 at the Artists’ Gallery, 8197 Main St. in Ellicott City.
Call 443-325-5936 or go to artistsgalleryec- .com.
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