Gallery Archives 2001-2005

2005 Gallery Schedule

Beginning Friday, February 11, 2005

"KNOCK!"

An Exhibit of Paintings by
DOROTHY THAYNE

Exhibition Dates: February 11 through April 1, 2005
Opening Reception: Friday, February 11, 2005, 7-9 PM
The opening night reception is free and the public is invited.

In this series of paintings, doors and windows become personal imagery. Within the richly painted rooms, spaces are charged with energy creating a sense of presence. These are places of solitude, reflection, memories, and desires. Through the use of inverted perspective, the viewer is invited to enter. "These are houses where hide and seek is played with color, time and space," says the artist.

Beginning Friday, April 8, 2005

"BROOD YEAR"

An Exhibit of Paintings by
DORY INGRAM

Exhibition Dates: April 8 through May 20, 2005
Opening Reception: Friday, April 8, 2005, 7-9 PM
The opening night reception is free and the public is invited.

"Brood Year" is about cycles, generations, and the power manifested by tiny creatures in sheer numbers. These works specifically contain visionary images of cicadas and locusts, two species of insects with ancient cultural and symbolic links to mankind. Dory Ingram began drawing in very early childhood and took art classes throughout high school and college. Following graduation, she studied art in various media while pursuing professional careers in education and human resources. In 2003, Dory returned to school and earned a B.F.A. from Georgia State University. She works primarily in watercolor, acrylic inks and dry media.

Beginning Friday, May 27, 2005

"FLORIDA"

Recent Photographs by
CARLOS GARCIA

Exhibition Dates: May 27 through July 15, 2005
Opening Reception: Friday, May 27, 2005, 7-9PM
The opening reception is free and the public is invited.

Florida-born photographer Carlos Garcia celebrates his native state in this exhibit of a range of colorful photographs using unusual techniques and perspectives. "These images, using a pin-hole camera, are photographed by intution, " says Garcia. "The photos reflect my subconscious --drawing upon memories of growing up in Florida color. Serendipity plays a vital role in the final outcome." The exhibit will be in the gallery until July 15. The opening reception is free and the public is invited.

Beginning July 22, 2005

"DEVIATIONS"

Sculpture and Paintings by
MIMI HASHIMOTO

Exhibition Dates: July 22 through September 9, 2005
Opening Reception: Friday, July 22, 2005, 7-9PM

A Japanese sculptor living in the U.S. as an international student, Mimi Hashimoto received her BFA from Atlanta College of Art in 2000. She is currently enrolled in the graduate program at Georgia State university and will receive her Masters in Sculpture this year.

Beginning Friday, September 16, 2005

"OKEFENOKEE"

Polaroid Transfers/Pigment Prints by
TED MALOOF

Exhibition Dates: September 16 through November 4, 2005
Opening Reception: Friday, September 16, 2005, 7-9 PM

This exhibit consists of pictures taken in the Okefenokee Swamp and processed via Polaroid image transfer techniques. The pictures were shot from a canoe while traveling on reserved canoe trails in the Okefenokee where one is immerged in a rich, visual environment, with subtle but exquisite beauty that is constantly changing. "Image transfers gave the look and feel I wanted, " explains the artist. "The resulting images more closely express the feelings I experienced when taking the picture."

This exhibit is in conjunction with the annual city-wide event, "Atlanta Celebrates Photography"

Beginning Thursday, November 10, 2005

"UN-SEEN COLORS"

Paintings by
MARCIA R. COHEN

Exhibition Dates: November 10 through December 16, 2005
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 10, 2005, 7-9 PM

"For me color and painting are synonymous," says the artist. "My art work in this exhibition examines color as an inward and outward expression of observation, feeling and the visual experience. My paintings and drawings engage the sensory and psychic realms of understanding the chromatic experience in art and life."

2004 Gallery Schedule

Beginning Friday, February 20, 2004

"UNEARTHLY LANDSCAPES"

An Exhibit of Sculptures by
TAE EARL JACKSON

Exhibition Dates: February 20 through March 26, 2004
Opening Reception: Friday, February 20, 7-9 PM

Like ancient relics transplanted to the new millenium, Tae Earl Jackson's elegant sculptures evoke a quiet reverence for all that has come before, while commanding the viewer's immediate attention with their imposing physical presence in the here and now.

Beginning Friday, April 2, 2004

"ACQUAINTANCES"

The Recent Works of
TROY DUANE WINGARD

Exhibition Dates: April 2 through April 30, 2004
Opening Reception: Friday, April 2, 2004, 7-9PM

"It has been my attempt to capture the subtle expressiveness of the human figure and reinforce the image with my own symbolism..." says the artist. "As I work on each drawing, I slowly start to see the imagery evolving from delicate marks and blends of brightly hued pastels to living representations of my experiences. Simply put, I work for the surprise."

Beginning Friday, May 7, 2004

"A SHADOWY NICHE"

Recent Photographs by
NICOL RADOVANOV

Exhibition Dates: May 7 through June 4, 2004
Opening Reception: Friday, May 7, 2004, 7-9PM

"All of my work was done "in-camera," that is with one exposure through a conventional medium- format Hasselblad camera. First, details of a photograph I have taken are projected over a backdrop consisting of a personal still life. The resulting layered combination of images is then photographed. During the shoot, I create my own atmosphere, working in total darkness with only the slide prjectors and their projected images as light." Recurring themes include the use of family photos and references to historical paintings immersed in blackness.

"I relish the opportunity to lead the viewer of my work down a dark and clandestine path, confronting them with mystery and then at the the end, a final revelation."

Beginning June 11, 2004

"ABOVE AND BELOW"

Recent Oil Paintings by
GAIL VOGELS

Exhibition Dates: June 11 through July 16, 2004
Opening Reception: Friday, June 11, 2004, 7-9PM

"These paintings record an extraordinary summer's day at the swimming pool," says the artist. "As an artist and mother, I observed what was close at hand and familiar: my children, water, and light. On one level, I was curious to see if I could handle the challenge of painting water: the effects of light, chaotic shapes, fluidity, and magnification. On another level, These paintings have become a reminder for me that within the ordinary and familiar, the extraordinary is discovered."

Beginning Friday, July 23, 2004

"ALMOST HAPPY"

Paintings by
TRAVIS PACK

Exhibition Dates: July 23 through August 27, 2004
Opening Reception: Friday, July 23, 2004, 7-9PM

Travis Pack's boldly colorful and playful paintings bridge the gap between childhood and maturity. Using naive imagery, a vocabulary of cultural, historical, mythological, and scientific symbols infuse the works.

"By using a juxtaposition of random, fabricated and nostalgic images, I attempt the therapeutic effort to revisit and re-examine my life's events," says the artist. "My paintings embody a sincere attempt of not only self-discovery, but re-invention."

Beginning Friday, September 10, 2004

"LITTLE FAMILY"

Paintings by
PAT MAGERS

Exhibition Dates: September 10 through October 8, 2004
Opening Reception: Friday, September 10, 2004, 7-9 PM

Looking into a tiny world, Pat Magers' vibrantly colored paintings examine family dynamics, particularly those relating to her role as wife and mother. She sculpted small figures to serve as models, and assembled a miniature room in which to stage her compositions. A playful use of scale, vivid color, and dramatic lighting combine in these narrative works, capturing moments filtered through the lens of memory.

Beginning October 15, 2004

"FACT INTO FANTASY"

Archival ink jet prints from photography by
VIRGINIA TWINAM SMITH

Exhibition Dates: October 15 through November 12, 2004
Opening Reception: Friday, October 15, 2004, 7-9PM

"It is essential for me to produce beauty," says the artist. I believe that messages can be conveyed through attractive images and lessons taught with humor. Photography is a powerful medium for storytelling and image-making. When I found that I wanted to make additions or changes to most of my photographs I turned to digital darkroom to do this. It permits working in expressive color and dramatic black and white. These are choices beyond the limits of the chemical darkroom and the artist is empowered by these options."

This exhibit is in conjunction with the annual city-wide event, "Atlanta Celebrates Photography"

2003 Gallery Schedule

Beginning Friday, May 2, 2003

"DEEP WITHIN"

Color Photographs by
BILLY NEWMAN

Exhibition Dates: May 2 through June 6, 2003
Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 7-9 PM

"My images are all straight photography," says Newman. "They are captured through the use of conventional camera equipment, with conventional lenses and film. After the film is processed, the negatives are scanned into digital format. In order to obtain greater control over tone and color, the digitized images are adjusted and then printed through an archival inkjet process. The final prints are faithful reproductions of the original negatives or transparencies."

Beginning June 13, 2003

"BIRTHDAY PARTY"

Paintings by
MIA MERLIN

Exhibition Dates:June 13 through July 18, 2003
Opening Reception: Friday, June 13, 7-9 PM

"I use birthday parties as a setting to explore the intensity of a child's imagination," says the artist. "My images focus on a pivotal moment in time when a child has yet to find their place or make sense of the world, but are also in touch with a vulnerable, and perhaps more direct, way of being in it."

Beginning Friday, July 25, 2003

"CHROMA AND LIGHT"

Paintings by
SUMMER SULLIVAN

Exhibition Dates:July 25 through August 29, 2003
Opening Reception: Friday, July 25, 7-9 PM

"My exploration of space, color and light has manifested into this one in a series of paintings," says Sullivan. Each painting contains a mystery or abstraction of real life forms to be viewed as a metaphor for natural elements and forces, such as water, earth, wind, fire and sky. Each painting also conveys a particular emotion or sensation created by the color harmony."

Beginning Friday, September 5, 2003

"THE PEOPLE UPSTAIRS"

Ceramic Sculptures by
JOHN ROBERTS

Exhibition Dates: September 5 through October 3, 2003
Opening Reception: Friday, September 5, 7-9 PM

John Roberts creates darkly comical figurative works. Primitive in style and sophisticated in humor, each piece presents a unique narrative. Each scenario is a glimpse into the moral attitudes of our culture. "My work involves two or more characters caught in dilemma, drawn out and exaggerated to express a worst-case scenario," explains Roberts. "The figures are sculpted in clay and finished with glazes or a thin wash of oil paint."

Beginning October 10, 2003

"MOLTEN MELODIES"

Photographs by
JUDY KUNIANSKY

Exibition Dates: October 10 through November 7, 2003
Opening Reception: Friday, October 10, 7-9 PM

"The geysers at Yellowstone are intriguing," says the photographer. "Like the famous Old Faithful, some erupt like clockwork. Others randomly spew hot water, mud and gas when the earth's internal temperature and pressue build to a releasing point. The smell of sulfur, the eerie steaming fissures, the boiling mud and the vivid colors are mesmerizing. The cobalt waters resonate the rhythm of a tropical beach. The movement of steam rising from the many rivers, craters and lakes is a mysterious melody of nature. And the new life that emerges from the hot geyser water and painted earth fills my senses with wonderment."

This exhibit is in conjunction with the annual city wide event, "Atlanta Celebrates Photography."

2002 Gallery Schedule

February 15 - March 15, 2002

"OF ALL"

An exhibit of meditative landscape paintings by
STEPHEN WOLVERINE

Opening reception: Friday, February 15 from 7-9 p.m.

Wolverine's gentle landscape paintings explore the spiritual relationship man has with his surroundings. His large acrylic works depict familiar settings as meditative sources and invite the viewer to surrender emotionally to their harmony of mood, line and color. "All artistic works are expressions of our place in existence. My paintings are about recognizing timelessness in the continuity of thought and the feelings we experience when we find ourselves at one with the world."

March 22 - April 26, 2002

"TIME AND PLACE"

Narrative paintings by
LYNNE FARMER LEHMAN

Opening reception: Friday, March 22 from 7-9 pm

Lehman's boldly colorful narrative paintings explore human interaction in our society. Working from photographs and sketches of captured candid moments, her figures converge and separate in complex constructs of time and place. "My paintings are knitted together from fragments of observation," says the artist. "Gestures, postures, routines and rituals flow beyond the dimensions of the canvas, elemental threads of an unfolding story."

May 3 - June 7, 2002

"SUB ROSA"

Mixed Media Works by
CAROLINE BULLOCK

Opening reception: Friday, May 3 from 7-9 pm

Bullock's dramatic and eloquent multi-media works combine traditional painting techniques with collage and modern technologies. Her works include a variety of media as well as the introductions of found objects, old postcards, journal scrawlings and chance snapshots. "My life and art are one and the same," says the artist. "I am fascinated by nature and the interconnectivity that I see in al things that exist in this known universe. Whether it be a pool of dark ink or the nose of a gorilla, I see the repetition of shape, form and color in all things, organic or inorganic."

June 14 - July 19, 2002

"MONUMENTS"

Ink Wash Drawings by
EDWARD EPSTEIN

Opening reception: Friday, June 14 from 7-9 pm

"Monuments" is a series of ink wash drawings based on the "landscape with a ruin" tradition from European painting. "The works incorporate features from classical architecture," says Epstein, "and in particular, use monumental inscriptions to explore the troubling realities embedded in contemporary notions of civilization."

July 26 - August 30, 2002

"FROM INSIDE THE WOMAN'S HOUSE"

Mixed Media Works by
JENA SIBILLE

Opening reception: Friday, July 26 from 7-9 pm

"This series grew out of my experience as a Peace Corps volunteer living in Papua New Guinea," says the artist. "I work with materials traditionally made by and central to the lives of the women of Papua New Guinea: tapa cloth and natural twine. I am conscience of bridging the customs of two cultures , my work focuses on the literal, universal and metaphorical interconnections between women and their textiles."

September 6 -October 4, 2002

"FROM THE INSIDE OUT"

An Exhibit of Box Assemblages by
PETER RIEDEL

Opening reception: Friday, September 6 from 7-9 pm

Peter Riedel has been a professional photographer for nearly twelve years. Inspired by the artist Joseph Cornell, Riedel began creating box assemblages five years ago. From junkyards to backyards, his raw materials are carefully gathered, sorted and finally married inside the framework of an art box. Each three-dimensional collage invites the viewer to ponder and interpret its individual juxtaposition of objects. Compositionally, the art boxes read from the inside outward as well as from the outside inward; each box being a unique world unto itself as well as referential to the universe beyond.

October 11- November 8, 2002

"PORTALS AND PANES"

Photographs by
TERESA SIMS

Opening reception: Friday, October 11 from 7-9 pm

"I have always been drawn to portals and doorways," says the photographer. "They convey a voyeuristic mystery, an anticipated discovery of what lies ahead. Entries and passageways can also be very ritualistic, each chosen channel or peephole offering one a cathartic experience. Portals and Panes is a photographic series of chasms, holes, apertures, gateways and views. Some images are intriguing in their mysterious sense of the unknown, depicting a vacancy or opened threshold into emptiness. Others capture a subject in a natural frame. Throughout our lives, we have many portals to traverse or bypass. I hope the viewer will enjoy some of the paths I have taken."

2001 Gallery Schedule

February 16 - March 23, 2001

"CO-EXIST"

An Exhibit of Recent Works on Paper by
MATTHEW SUGARMAN

Sugarman's current work combines the use of two-dimensional printmaking with mixed media techniques. The artist's softly focused and layered images explore the dynamics of man's coexistence with nature. Deftly rendered and elegant, Sugarman's images portray man's various and sometimes violent struggles for dominance. Describing his conceptual focus, the artist says, "the work inquires into how human identity, will, ego, spirit, animal instinct, intellect and imagination can coexist together in that mysterious place called the mind."

March 30 - May 4, 2001

"IMAGINE"

Color Photographs by
DOROTHY GAUTIER

"Imagine" is a collection of macro and close-up color photographic images inspired by the experiences surrounding us in our daily lives, enhanced with a dash of the playful. "These images appear abstract even in their reality," says the artist. "This is where I find my greatest joy, looking deep into the essence of things and discovering worlds minutely visible as well as dreamed. I encounter miniature vistas in reflections, dragons on a rose petal or pyramids in blue paper,...visions only by my imagination."

May 11 - June 8, 2001

"CASINOS"

Paintings by
KATHERINE TAYLOR

In her new paintings, Katherine focuses on landscapes of her youth, the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Having witnessed the Coast's recent transformation from a sleepy man-made beach to a land of glittering casinos, the artist reflect upon the sudden and unnatural emergence of these new brilliant lights. Katherine intentionally blurs the clarity of the dazzling post-card like views. "The concepts of beauty, purity and transcendence are absorbed in the visual pleasure of these abstractions."

June 15 - July 20, 2001

"DOMAIN"

Mixed Media Paintings by
TERRI COVINGTON DILLING

In her new paintings, Terrri Covington Dilling incorporates collage and image transfer techniques. The resulting work is not so much about nature observed, but nature organized and manipulated by the human mind. "My paintings deal with how we perceive ourselves and the environment around us, thus creating our own domain."

July 27 - August 31, 2001

"TRACE"

Prints and Paintings by
LAURA BELL

Combining printmaking techniques with painting and drawing, Laura Bell creates subtle works on paper. Through the use of abstract mark-making and softly layered images, her prints speak of shadows, fingerprints, vestiges...and the mystery inherent in that which is left behind.

September 7 - October 5, 2001

"MYTHOGENESIS"

Paintings by
SARAH HATCH

Quirky and playful, the paintings in this exhibit reflect the artist's recent musings on the nature of myths. Whimsical interpretations of man and animal are rendered in a bold and primitive style. "The viewer is invited into my mythological universe...a world where trees are thriving, water is flowing, animals are playing and dream houses are dreaming."

October 12 - November 9, 2001

"SACRED HAWAII"

Black and White Photographs by
PATRICIA STONE

A Hawaii few tourists see or ever know they have missed is revealed in eloquent images of ancient ceremonial structures, petroglyphs, and places of cultural significance. Photographed using a large format view camera, these images create a visual experience of remarkable depth and detail. "My goal is to promote an understanding and respect for a uniquely spiritual island and its people."