Arts Colony Walk January 30th I was surprised how little people there were for the artwalk. Looking for any crowds, I noticed the dA Center first, with its large serried installations that could be seen from outside windows. While walking around in one of the dA Center’s front rooms, I was most drawn to a painting titled “Emerging” by Joy McAllister. The blending of bright yellows, oranges, reds in contrast to the grays, brown and green stand out well from its white wall and this work gathered other people’s attention too. From the foreground and right side, the painting transitions to something that feels like a sunset. Off center to the right is a smoky area that could be easily translated an abstract, and contoured figure emerging from the dark. I admire this painting most for its painting application, which has a thick impasto and texture feel; From afar these thick strokes look so smooth and blended. You can see that the artist also used a textured edged tool to scrape off paint to create line texture and highlights on rocks in the foreground.
I next worked my way around the back of the gallery to “Intertwined” by Marcella Swett. I loved her simplicity in using inked black lines to create such an expressive feel; lines that communicated movement, textures and that held some elegance in their shapes and turns as they recreated the imagery of foaming beach waves, returning back to the ocean.
In the back section of the gallery I came across a fascinating detailed line painting by Juan Thorp. His piece takes on a modern twist to “Hercules and Nimean Lion” by Giuseppe Vicentino. Upon close inspection my eyes whirled in trying to register all the isometric dimensions; the figures look liked they required clever and careful mapping and most of all, patience. His “mechanos” or block like shapes seemed effective in creative a modern, mechanical feel.
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Arts Colony Walk January 30th
I was surprised how little people there were for the artwalk. Looking for any crowds, I noticed the dA Center first, with its large serried installations that could be seen from outside windows. While walking around in one of the dA Center’s front rooms, I was most drawn to a painting titled “Emerging” by Joy McAllister. The blending of bright yellows, oranges, reds in contrast to the grays, brown and green stand out well from its white wall and this work gathered other people’s attention too. From the foreground and right side, the painting transitions to something that feels like a sunset. Off center to the right is a smoky area that could be easily translated an abstract, and contoured figure emerging from the dark. I admire this painting most for its painting application, which has a thick impasto and texture feel; From afar these thick strokes look so smooth and blended. You can see that the artist also used a textured edged tool to scrape off paint to create line texture and highlights on rocks in the foreground.
I next worked my way around the back of the gallery to “Intertwined” by Marcella Swett. I loved her simplicity in using inked black lines to create such an expressive feel; lines that communicated movement, textures and that held some elegance in their shapes and turns as they recreated the imagery of foaming beach waves, returning back to the ocean.
In the back section of the gallery I came across a fascinating detailed line painting by Juan Thorp. His piece takes on a modern twist to “Hercules and Nimean Lion” by Giuseppe Vicentino. Upon close inspection my eyes whirled in trying to register all the isometric dimensions; the figures look liked they required clever and careful mapping and most of all, patience. His “mechanos” or block like shapes seemed effective in creative a modern, mechanical feel.
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