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May 2021 Exhibits
May 7, 2021 @ 9:00 am - May 29, 2021 @ 4:00 pm
Featured in the Thaler Gallery:
"Expressive Plein Air Plus", featuring Alison Leigh Menke and Jim Rehak.
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Menke is an expressive impressionist who loves painting directly from life. Her approach emphasizes the importance of expressing a true sense of light and place while showcasing the rich qualities of oil paint and brushwork. Born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in
Clarksville, Md., Menke graduated in 2010 from the University of Maryland with a degree in Art and Art History and studied abroad in Amsterdam and Greece. She has competed in nearly 100 national and international plein air competitions and festivals. Her commission work is permanently on display at the National Harbor in Washington, D.C., and she is featured in Plein Air Magazine’s Dec/Jan 2020 issue. Menke will be the juror for the Art League’s 2021 Artists Paint OC plein air event.
Rehak’s interest in art started with comic book illustration at an early age and progressed to oil painting while studying for his BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Art has always been a vocation for Rehak, and during college summers, he worked as a portrait and caricature artist in the resort of Ocean City. He was also an art director at a sign company, a freelance court illustrator, and a teacher. Rehak loves to capture the seasonal changes of the landscape through his paintings, focusing on fields, marshes, farms, rivers, bays, and the scenery wherever he travels.
Featured in the Sisson Galleria:
"Up Close and Personal", photography juried group show.
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Featuring macro-photography, close-ups of small subjects, by members and local artists. Zoom in on those moments that often go overlooked and experience a new perspective. Exhibit juror: Brook Hedge.
In Studio E:
Artist in residence
Lisa Marie Penn.
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I am a professional artist born in Baltimore, MD in 1974. My specialties include the beloved Baltimore folk art of Painted Window Screens, Wall Murals, Portraits, Landscapes and much more. I work in many mediums!
I knew I was born to be an artist ever since I first held a crayon and my love for art grew as I did through my years as a student. I went on to study at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. In 2005, my childhood friend and I opened 2 Hot Art Chicks Gallery in our hometown neighborhood of Hampden in Baltimore. This business venture would be the seed that would eventually rekindle my desire to be an Artist Entrepreneur. Running a gallery and supplementing with side work was not an easy task. Eventually it was time to move on and get a job with steady income and benefits. I went to work as a Conductor for Amtrak in 2008. During this time, I continued my Art on the side when I was able to find the time.
In 2014, two weeks before I turned 40, I got the shock of my life. I found out I was going to be a mommy, something that was not in my plans. Railroad careers are extremely demanding and would not afford me the time and energy to be the parent that I wanted to be. After an intense emotional struggle, I decided to resign and become what I was always supposed to be and missed very much: an Artist!
My daughter and I moved to Ocean Pines in 2019. I currently work as a full time artist out of my home studio. I offer private art lessons and teach Painted Screen Workshops regularly as it is my goal to pass down this art form. I also enjoy participating in local festivals and artisan markets around the Delmarva area.
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In the Spotlight Gallery:
Dale Ashera-Davis
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I learned about fabric from a very young age from my mother, who made most of the clothes for her four children. I learned to sew on her mother’s Singer sewing machine at the age of nine and went on to sew many of my clothes in high school.
I began quilting in 1992, when I had nothing to put on the walls of my new home! My first wall quilt was very small, measuring only 10” at the highest point and 18” long, but I drafted the pattern myself and hand quilted the piece. I quickly moved into fiber art-using both commercial cottons as well as unusual materials such as dryer lint, copper roofing sheets and found items such as acorns and shells. I now dye and print many of my fabrics, combining them with commercial cottons and silks to create one of a kind pieces. My style is funky abstract: I am very fond of motion and colour so most of pieces are in this style. I work intuitively, allowing the piece to “speak” as it is created. Rarely will I sketch out an idea because the finished product never looks like the sketch!
My studio is named Red Crow Studio. What would you do if you saw a red crow? You’d want to take a second look because that is not something usually seen in nature! Just like a red crow, my work is intended to invite the viewer to step closer and take a second look at the piece.
