New Little Creatures
fresh from my studio
May 5, 2010

Some of you may know that last year I tore down my studio and rebuilt it, complete with heating! I can't begin to tell you how pleasurable it was to be able to work out there without freezing! No more frozen clay and glazes! I've created some new works in my new studio. Hope you can make it to my exhibition at Sherrie Gallerie in the Short North so you can see them in person!

New Little Creatures
fresh from my studio
May 5, 2010

Some of you may know that last year I tore down my studio and rebuilt it, complete with heating! I can't begin to tell you how pleasurable it was to be able to work out there without freezing! No more frozen clay and glazes! I've created some new works in my new studio. Hope you can make it to my exhibition at Sherrie Gallerie in the Short North so you can see them in person!

STRONG SHOWING
Review of Ohio Art League's Exhbition
May 5, 2010

Exhibit | shot tower gallery
Strong showing
Ohio Art League juried display better than ever
Sunday, March 21, 2010 4:55 AM
By Christopher A. Yates
For The Columbus Dispatch

The 99th annual Spring Juried Exhibition, beautifully installed in the Shot Tower Gallery of the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, is one of the strongest from the Ohio Art League in recent years.

Eighty pieces by 54 artists who work in a variety of mediums were selected by Ron Pizzuti, art collector and businessman.

No theme unites the exhibit. Instead, high-quality and professionalism rule the day.

Mixing liturgical symbolism with environmental awareness, Catherine Bell-Smith's Milkweed Series, Full Circle forces viewers to question what they view as a nuisance and what they hold dear.

The piece consists of a tall, round table with four dishes filled with what look like Communion wafers. Each wafer is really a seed packet for milkweed, sustenance for monarch butterflies. Nearby, a podium filled with envelopes looks like an offering or a prayer-card drop box. Viewers are invited to fill out an envelope with an address and slide it into a slot; later, they will be sent a seed packet.

Although it might seem silly to make such an elaborate construct for the delivery of seeds, the piece will come to fruition when recipients actually plant the seeds. As all gardeners know, planting is an act of faith.

Many works challenge the human relationship to nature. Tom Baillieul's painting Heed the Canary underscores the perils involved in the use of fossil fuels.

Focusing on simple transitions between water and plant life, Kathy McGhee's photogravures Water and Leaves I and Water and Leaves II are evocative and simple transcendent meditations.

Power lines are the subject of Aimee Sones' Electrical Lines. Using black lines on clear glass, the piece is surprisingly complex. Mounted a few inches from the wall, the clear glass produces rippled shadows that seem to pulse with energy.

Many works investigate the object as icon. Frank Oriti's frontal image of a goose-down vest, This Is Not a Life Preserver, questions how we interpret the meaning of objects.

Molly Jo Burke's sculptural assemblage of test tubes, Insectary, resembles a wasp nest or beehive.

Relying on the malleability of paper and fiber as a sculptural material, the enormous Rasa Book by Paula Nees is impressive. As viewers turn each page, the piece dramatically changes. Referring to the Indian concept of "rasa" as a mental or emotional state, the book offers a compelling, interactive exploration.

Other strong works include Margaret A. Scott's ceramic piece Green Flowers, Paul Hamilton's painting A Sister Spirit Within Him, David Denniston's mixed-media assemblage Eighteen (01), Kevin Keiser's ceramic pot Surf Vessel, Jody Hawk's photo Empty Lot and Janis Mars Wunderlich's figurative ceramic sculpture Nesting.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2010/03/21/strong-showing.html

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STRONG SHOWING
Review of Ohio Art League's Exhbition
May 5, 2010

Exhibit | shot tower gallery
Strong showing
Ohio Art League juried display better than ever
Sunday, March 21, 2010 4:55 AM
By Christopher A. Yates
For The Columbus Dispatch

The 99th annual Spring Juried Exhibition, beautifully installed in the Shot Tower Gallery of the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, is one of the strongest from the Ohio Art League in recent years.

Eighty pieces by 54 artists who work in a variety of mediums were selected by Ron Pizzuti, art collector and businessman.

No theme unites the exhibit. Instead, high-quality and professionalism rule the day.

Mixing liturgical symbolism with environmental awareness, Catherine Bell-Smith's Milkweed Series, Full Circle forces viewers to question what they view as a nuisance and what they hold dear.

The piece consists of a tall, round table with four dishes filled with what look like Communion wafers. Each wafer is really a seed packet for milkweed, sustenance for monarch butterflies. Nearby, a podium filled with envelopes looks like an offering or a prayer-card drop box. Viewers are invited to fill out an envelope with an address and slide it into a slot; later, they will be sent a seed packet.

Although it might seem silly to make such an elaborate construct for the delivery of seeds, the piece will come to fruition when recipients actually plant the seeds. As all gardeners know, planting is an act of faith.

Many works challenge the human relationship to nature. Tom Baillieul's painting Heed the Canary underscores the perils involved in the use of fossil fuels.

Focusing on simple transitions between water and plant life, Kathy McGhee's photogravures Water and Leaves I and Water and Leaves II are evocative and simple transcendent meditations.

Power lines are the subject of Aimee Sones' Electrical Lines. Using black lines on clear glass, the piece is surprisingly complex. Mounted a few inches from the wall, the clear glass produces rippled shadows that seem to pulse with energy.

Many works investigate the object as icon. Frank Oriti's frontal image of a goose-down vest, This Is Not a Life Preserver, questions how we interpret the meaning of objects.

Molly Jo Burke's sculptural assemblage of test tubes, Insectary, resembles a wasp nest or beehive.

Relying on the malleability of paper and fiber as a sculptural material, the enormous Rasa Book by Paula Nees is impressive. As viewers turn each page, the piece dramatically changes. Referring to the Indian concept of "rasa" as a mental or emotional state, the book offers a compelling, interactive exploration.

Other strong works include Margaret A. Scott's ceramic piece Green Flowers, Paul Hamilton's painting A Sister Spirit Within Him, David Denniston's mixed-media assemblage Eighteen (01), Kevin Keiser's ceramic pot Surf Vessel, Jody Hawk's photo Empty Lot and Janis Mars Wunderlich's figurative ceramic sculpture Nesting.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2010/03/21/strong-showing.html

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STRONG SHOWING
Review of Ohio Art League's Exhbition
May 5, 2010

Exhibit | shot tower gallery
Strong showing
Ohio Art League juried display better than ever
Sunday, March 21, 2010 4:55 AM
By Christopher A. Yates
For The Columbus Dispatch

The 99th annual Spring Juried Exhibition, beautifully installed in the Shot Tower Gallery of the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, is one of the strongest from the Ohio Art League in recent years.

Eighty pieces by 54 artists who work in a variety of mediums were selected by Ron Pizzuti, art collector and businessman.

No theme unites the exhibit. Instead, high-quality and professionalism rule the day.

Mixing liturgical symbolism with environmental awareness, Catherine Bell-Smith's Milkweed Series, Full Circle forces viewers to question what they view as a nuisance and what they hold dear.

The piece consists of a tall, round table with four dishes filled with what look like Communion wafers. Each wafer is really a seed packet for milkweed, sustenance for monarch butterflies. Nearby, a podium filled with envelopes looks like an offering or a prayer-card drop box. Viewers are invited to fill out an envelope with an address and slide it into a slot; later, they will be sent a seed packet.

Although it might seem silly to make such an elaborate construct for the delivery of seeds, the piece will come to fruition when recipients actually plant the seeds. As all gardeners know, planting is an act of faith.

Many works challenge the human relationship to nature. Tom Baillieul's painting Heed the Canary underscores the perils involved in the use of fossil fuels.

Focusing on simple transitions between water and plant life, Kathy McGhee's photogravures Water and Leaves I and Water and Leaves II are evocative and simple transcendent meditations.

Power lines are the subject of Aimee Sones' Electrical Lines. Using black lines on clear glass, the piece is surprisingly complex. Mounted a few inches from the wall, the clear glass produces rippled shadows that seem to pulse with energy.

Many works investigate the object as icon. Frank Oriti's frontal image of a goose-down vest, This Is Not a Life Preserver, questions how we interpret the meaning of objects.

Molly Jo Burke's sculptural assemblage of test tubes, Insectary, resembles a wasp nest or beehive.

Relying on the malleability of paper and fiber as a sculptural material, the enormous Rasa Book by Paula Nees is impressive. As viewers turn each page, the piece dramatically changes. Referring to the Indian concept of "rasa" as a mental or emotional state, the book offers a compelling, interactive exploration.

Other strong works include Margaret A. Scott's ceramic piece Green Flowers, Paul Hamilton's painting A Sister Spirit Within Him, David Denniston's mixed-media assemblage Eighteen (01), Kevin Keiser's ceramic pot Surf Vessel, Jody Hawk's photo Empty Lot and Janis Mars Wunderlich's figurative ceramic sculpture Nesting.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2010/03/21/strong-showing.html

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