ABOVE from January Exhibition: "Into the Mist" by Richmond Artist Susan Singer with select images still on display and "Visions by the Water" by Cloyde Wiley on request by contacting Visual Art Studio.
SUSAN SINGER
This is Singer's third exhibition at Visual Art Studio since the gallery began hosting rotating shows nearly five years ago. In 2001 Singer exploded into the Richmond market with her first highly successful exhibition of beautiful graphite and prisma colored drawings of pregnant nudes at Gallery 5800. The nudes created quite a controversy for Richmonders as patrons lined upped to buy Singer's art work.
After her first show, Singer conquered pastels and continued to create her exquisitely realistic drawings that push the boundaries for which she is known. These works later culminated in Scar Series, images of real people proudly revealing their "battle wounds" with accompanying stories and Twelve Naked Men, unofficial portraits, of yes Richmond ladies & gentlemen, real naked men! Singer has never intended to shock or stun her audience as critics might surmise. She seeks to interpret the beauty of real life and preserve it as a record and treasure for generations to come.
Now, having mastered drawing mediums, Singer has turned to oils for inspiration and artistic challenge. The feel of the paint as brush meets canvas, it's fluidity and luminescence, has Singer hooked on painting. They are vibrant and, as always, the surface texture and treatment are gorgeous. Singer has reached outside of her comfort zone not only with medium but with subject matter. These paintings are based on abstractions from digital photos mostly of the artist's own body. This is the first painting exhibition of oils by Singer and it has been a powerful motivator for the artist to create and push the boundaries as she loves to do!
Susan Singer was a Fulbright Scholarship recipient in 1981-1982 to Paedagogische Hochschule, Freiburg, Germany. She received her BA with Honors in German from the College of William and Mary and her Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies from VCU. She has taught pastel drawing at the Hand Workshop and was a member of the board of the former But is it Art? in Carytown. This mother of three currently divides her time between family, painting and tutoring at Trinity Episcopal High School. Her work is in collections in Virginia, DC, the East Coast, Germany and Austria.
CLOYDE WILEY
A native of Urbanna, VA and award winning photographer, Mr. Wiley divides his time between teaching photography at Central Virginia Community College and photographing the Chesapeake Bay.
Wiley's work is included in the Virginia Museum of Fine Art and many private collections. His coastal photographs capture what is uniquely Chesapeake. He documents the Bay and its tributaries, towns, historic places, Chesapeake life, seascapes, lighthouses, vintage boats and watermen, from his boat, "Wapeki," named for the Indian word for Chesapeake.
Visions by the Water represents Wiley's latest installment of photographs for his documentary work of current and disappearing images of life on and around the Chesapeake Bay. This particular grouping explored digital printing of images captured on film. These photographs are intended to accompany a book of collected stories from his childhood on the water.
BELOW
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2004: "F.I.N.E.: Fiber in Nearly Everything," the Naked Artist, Dodie Ortland and "16 Moves for a Beach Ready Body" available by inquiry.
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"Move 2a Bow and Arrow" from "How to have a Beach Ready Body, Butt and Thigh Makeover Series" by Wade Eldean. Yarn Painting 4" x 4" $750.
WADE ELDEAN: The yarn paintings by Wade Eldean are derived from the Huichol culture, a Mexican Indian tribe who he is presently with in Mexico furthering his research and expertise. The tribe uses yarn as a medium to relay and create visual representations of personal and cultural beliefs. The paintings represent visions of the tribe's Shaman. The Shaman, through a peyotic trace, sees visions and insights into their culture and spirituality. The Shaman then will relay this information to the rest of the tribe. Some tribal members recreate visually, through yarn painting, the cultural values and beliefs that the Shaman has described. Eldean sees the Artist as a Shaman in this way. For him, the yarn is a cultural storyteller, relaying his vision to others.
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"Vicoli Italy, Boats in the Harbor, Naples, Lemon Tree, Italy" by Luciano D'Aria. His photography of Italy and the Outer Banks has been very popular at Visual Art Studio. Please visit the gallery to see more of his work. LUCIANO D'ARIA - Artist Statement
In this great and yet complicated world we live in, we are surrounded by many beautiful and colorful things which very often go unnoticed. Not for lack of interest or care, but because they are shadowed by our busy daily life. We spend most of our precious time indoors, seeing the world through our computer screen and, when we walk outdoors, we hardly glance at things around us or notice the miracles happening above us like the display of colors found in a Midlothian sunset; a tree that bends with the weight of the first snowfall; a Canadian Geese sliding on a frozen pond; ocean waves racing to shore. Life is a constant process of changes. Some of them just come and go in a blink of an eye. Luciano D'Aria strives to be there to capture these changes through his camera’s lens and to display them for everyone to enjoy. The end result makes the efforts worthwhile. It is satisfying and rewarding for him to know that a simple ripple caused by a rock when it hits the water or the motionless reflection of pine trees in a nearby lake at early morning will not go unnoticed. BIOGRAPHY Luciano D'Aria was born in Naples, Italy. At the age of 21 he moved to the United States where he lived in Queens, New York. Photography had always been a passion of D'Aria's while growing up in Italy, but unfortunately, because of the busy life style in New York, he had to put it aside for awhile. In 1986, D'Aria, his lovely wife and three children relocated to Midlothian, Virginia. He has not stopped taking pictures. Particularly during his various trips abroad, D'Aria has always found the time to use his camera. D'Aria plans to keep exhibiting and sharing his work so perhaps some day soon, he will be able to further pursue his photography on a full time basis.
F.I.N.E. : FIBER IN NEARLY EVERYTHING
Northern Virginia artists Ann Liddle, Julia Booth, Anne Buchal, Maria Simonsson & Ann Citron formed their 5 member group in 1999 with their mutual support and strength in their bond of fiber. Fiber is their primary means of expression and the human figure is a common denominator. Although presented in different styles, the medium of fiber makes the connection and holds their various interpretations of the figure together. The term "bound" refers to the way some of them create by binding strips of cloth around an armature to form their sculptural works. Wire, paint, beads, paper mache' and other materials and diverse influences like those of the geometric weavings of ancient Peru and appliqued molas of the Kuna Indians are used in the creation of their art. Their traveling fiber arts show, "Defying Gravity" was well received in the D.C. area including Maryland then it traveled to Tennessee. The members exhibited in "All Dolled Up Again!" last year at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Hampton Roads and The Cultural Art Center in Glen Allen, VA. Julie Booth's block printed, appliqued, stitched and beaded "Joie de Vivre #1" was featured on the cover of "Elan" magazine celebrating the good life in Northern Virginia. The group closed an exhibit at Shepherd University's Frank Center for the Creative Arts Gallery before coming to the Visual Art Studio in Richmond, VA.
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"Blue Eyes," acrylic 12" x 12", by Dodie Ortland $400 at Visual Art Studio.
New work currently available by DODIE ORTLAND.
DODIE ORTLAND
Former Miss Richmond 1969 and practicing nudist Dodie Ortland is an unpredictable and gregarious artist that loves creating art that stimulates people each time they look at it. Her acrylic paintings presented in shadow box frames ranging from nudes to her neighbor's dog are vivid in color, dimension, movement and sparkle in a meticulously graphic style. Her work is collected by people throughout the U.S., Great Britain and Canada. These wonderfully imaginative paintings are created in her home-art studio in beautiful Lake Como Nudist Resort, Lutz, Fl.
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Reflections on the Landscape pastels by Susan Singer and oil by Thomas Boskett October 2006. OCTOBER 2006 In Reflections on the Landscape, Susan Singer and Thomas Bosket present their interpretations of the landscape and other natural objects. Bosket’s oil paintings frequently include clear references to the natural world layered over top of each other, thus creating a dynamic cacophony of movement. Singer, on the other hand, in her pastel paintings, has simplified the landscape into just the barest hint of horizon line, wavering volume, and diaphanous color. Where his are a study in movement, hers are a study in stillness. Together they offer an impressive addition to the study of this frequently shown genre, the landscape. To create her pastel drawings, Susan Singer begins with a study of the subject at hand: sand, sea, sky or rose or stone, for example. She first draws it representationally then abstracts it into fields of color and calm. Usually there are 10-20 layers of color in each drawing creating density, form and movement. The boundaries between the fields sometimes blend, sometimes stand out boldly, just as in the natural world. Looking at one of her pieces is like meditating in nature. Singer Biography Susan Singer received her Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies in Art fron VCU in 2003. She works in all drawing media, primarily pastels, and paints in oils and watercolors. She has shown her work extensively locally and regionally. Currently she teaches classes in pastel at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond and at workshops around the region. JUST IN! New Pastels by Susan Singer are currently on display at Visual Art Studio.
Even more artwork available in the gallery from resident artists such as Susan Lamson, Cindy Walker, Susan Singer, Tammy Bryant and Anne Hart Chay. Please call or stop by the gallery to see work currently available, by order and commisssion.
Visual Art Studio Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday Noon - 6 p.m. Saturday Noon - 4 p.m. and by Appointment. 804.644.1368. Press release & images available by e-mail. All photos are original, limited edition. Also available: oil and acrylic on canvas, works on paper, photography, watercolor, ceramics, jewelery and wire sculpture and mixed media. Resident artists: Susan Singer, James Fortune, Susan Lamson, Anne Hart Chay, Cindy Walker, John Crutchfield, Tammy Bryant, Kathy Benner, Dodie Ortland, Missy Olds, Marsha Dickinson, Jody Rawley, Asif Sikder, Guy Barnard, Nancy Bizde, Teresa and Joel Howard, Paul Troy, Sheila Holland, Mary Ellen Kim, Kathy Cudlin, Luciano D'Aria and Brazilian Pottery. Off Street Parking available beside Visual Art Studio. 208 W. Broad St. Richmond, Va 23220 804.644.1368 anne@visualartstudio.org Click on HOME and ARTWORK pages below.
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