Ornament in Nature
- Fri, Aug 261 PM
- Sat, Aug 271 PM
- Sun, Aug 281 PM
- Thu, Sep 11 PM
- Fri, Sep 21 PM
- Sat, Sep 31 PM
- Thu, Sep 81 PM
- Fri, Sep 91 PM
- Sat, Sep 101 PM
- Sun, Sep 111 PM
- Thu, Sep 151 PM
- Fri, Sep 161 PM
- Sat, Sep 171 PM
- Thu, Sep 221 PM
- Fri, Sep 231 PM
- Sat, Sep 241 PM
- Sun, Sep 251 PM
- Thu, Sep 291 PM
- Fri, Sep 301 PM
- Sat, Oct 11 PM
- Thu, Oct 61 PM
- Fri, Oct 71 PM
- Sat, Oct 81 PM
- Sun, Oct 91 PM
- Thu, Oct 131 PM
- Fri, Oct 141 PM
- Sat, Oct 151 PM
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- Sat, Oct 221 PM
Ornament in Nature exhibit at Marcia Burtt Gallery
August 25 through October 23, 2022
In this exhibition our gallery artists emphasize ornamental elements. They use complex compositions and formal flare to produce decorative paintings and photographs.
Dana Hooper includes mixes of reds, yellows, and blues in buttery brushstrokes to create portraits of quirky chickens. The images are as much about thick colorful paint as they are about the birds — paint so thick the paintings grow beyond two dimensions.
Torn photographs form a spectrum of clouds and light: Bill Dewey condenses vast space and time into one photo.
Petals and leaves drop from arabesques formed by tree limbs. River water reflects trees that together consume the canvas. Decorative elements seen up close compress the foregrounds of these paintings. Randall David Tipton, Erling Sjovold, and Marcia Burtt create tightly cropped compositions whose context is utterly removed.
Anne Ward, Meg Torbert, and Susan Petty divide the canvas in their still life paintings. They juxtapose organic forms with flat interstices and patterned tablecloths.
By centering decorative elements in realist landscapes and still lifes, our artists elevate ornamentation.