Paul Zdepski + Tom Chipley (2011)

ARTIST:......Paul Zdepski + Tom Chipley

EXHIBIT TITLE: ......Zillustration Chillustration

MEDIA: ......Illustration --drawing, painting

DATE: ......Tue 5 Jly - Fri 30 Sep 2011 (Opening reception Fri 1 July 5-7pm)

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CURATOR/ART JUDGE: ......Terry Ward

GALLERY MANAGER/ART HANGER: ......Terry Ward

ARTIST WEB:
Paul Zdepski
http://zillustration.com
http://zillustration.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zdepski-Illustration-zillustration/115417411840264
Tom Chipley
http://theexistentialgarage.bravehost.com/



PAUL W. ZDEPSKI

b.1962 - Paul Zdepski received his BFA from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA and his MFA from the University of Hartford, Hartford, CT. He works in the arts as an illustrator, designer and art director. He has work in private and public collections as well as published work. He currently lectures at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, MD.

"I was born during the Cuban Missile Crisis - I try to work that into my painting. My most recent work is a series called Corporal Punishment, which stems from uncomfortable childhood moments. I cringe while doing them, but find myself laughing when they're done."

Zdepski's technique spans both traditional tools and the latest computer interface. He merges graphite sketches with digital color to create hybrid works that live comfortably in both realms.



THOMAS J. CHIPLEY

b.1941 - Tom Chipley is a professional artist, earning his way with his art and his creativity as an Industrial Designer for almost fifty years. His work reminds us that humor and curiosity are nature's natural antidepressants. Humor smooths the rough edges of reality.

"In the Great Circus of Life, we are the performers... the jugglers who toss and catch and toss again, and the high-wire acrobats, whirling and grasping. Creativity is the Ringleader, directing both the dancing elephants and the beautiful bareback riders. And bringing in the clowns as needed."

Chipley's work draws images from life, reshapes them a bit and presents them to us just a bit inside-out and a little off-balance. Its hoped we'll smile at these new views of familiar things, like walking through a funhouse of mirrors. Shapes limit reality. Illusion is only allusion. Chipley's creativity and his art emphasize the humor to be found in living.



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Hurst + Craig + Mazziotti (2011)

Photos: Scroll down.

ARTIST/S:.....ELAINE HURST with KATHY CRAIG & RICHARD MAZZIOTTI.

EXHIBIT TITLE: ......Peaceful Pastoral.
MEDIA: ......Painting with some stained glass.
DATE: ......Thr 13 Jan 2011 - Mon 28 Mar 2011.

SUMMARY (more text under photos):
Plein air impressionistic New England landscapes by Elaine Hurst.
Also: Kathy Craig's gestural paint-sketches of fruit and some Richard Mazziotti glass suncatchers.

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Elaine Hurst













Kathy Craig





Richard Mazziotti







ARTIST NOTES:

HURST
Elaine Hurst's framed oils recall the Impressionists. Hurst's Plein Maine Musings series was painted outdoors in 2010 while Artist in Residence Acadia National Park in Schoodic Point, Maine. Hurst says "artists look at the world...in a certain way...both innate and learned....(I) see so many different colors in everything, such as purple in trees, greens in old fence rails, and blue in grey horses." Hurst says painting outdoors teaches one to "simplify, simplify, simplify, as well as to be mindful of your surroundings and decisive in what you choose to portray. Hurst's art appeared at the Arts Center in Orange, at the Spitzer Art Center in Harrisonburg, and, in 2006, at the PublicRadioArtSpace. Hurst is a past president of the Virginia Equine Artists' Association.
http://www.ElaineHurst.com

CRAIG
Kathy Craig's mostly unframed gestural paint sketches depict fruit or objects. Craig says,
"I paint in oils, mainly still lifes, subjects usually ordinary mass produced objects like soda bottles and cans, plus fruit, orange crates, ....selected for color, shape and size rather than meaning as my interest is mainly composition." Craig's pictures appeared at Richmond's Glave Kocen Gallery and at the Arts Center in Orange.
http://www.KcraigART.com

MAZZIOTTI
Some of Richard Mazziotti's suncatcher-sized stained glass creations evoke geometric barn-hex designs. Mazziotti says, "Many of the pieces you see are assembled with old-time lead came....then the joints are soldered together. Cement is forced into the channels locking the glass securely."







CURATOR/ART JUDGE: .....Mia LaBerge + Terry Ward.

GALLERY MANAGER/ART HANGER: .....Terry Ward.






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