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Winter show showcases five artists
By MARY MARSH
| Article published on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 |
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| Sally Pierce’s “Clowning Around.” |
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TREASURE ISLAND – The talent of five Treasure Island Art Guild members is on display at the Community Center through March 1.
Featured are Ginger Byrne, Patricia Marklin, Ron Marvin, Sally Pierce and Fred Wilder.
Byrne loves the energy of the vibrant colors she uses in her watercolors such as “Hello Gorgeous,” a large orange hibiscus; “Oh what Fun,” with three young children and “Fore!” showing a tall vase to hold a bunch of golf clubs. Yet, the most commanding is “Misty River,” a value study in dark, muted greens in the trees overhanging a tranquil, misty river.
Working in oil, renowned portrait artist, Marvin introduces his lovely, young daughter, “Jennifer,” in a warm, soft profile. From the portrait workshop, in “Donna,” he contrasts lights and darks and warm yellow highlights with cool green shadows; “Donna II,” who sat for us a second time in more subtle lighting, and finally, “Frank” in bold, masculine strokes, sparked by the highlight on his baseball cap.
Marklin says “Birds are my passion; tigers and zebras, too.”
So it is no surprise that her watercolors include a bright Toucan in “Piece of Paradise,” two colorful parrots in “Polly’s Fantasy” and an Egret in “Fishing.” In “Southern Beauty,” she captures a blue heron comfortably perched in a lush tropical plant, whose huge leaves are clean and transparent, from dark greens to bright yellows.
Another watercolorist, Pierce artfully combines color, light and form to convey four contrasting moods. Beautifully executed, “Clowning Around” is special to Sally “because of its pure color and ultra simplicity.”
Wilder, a former Art Guild president, demonstrates his versatility in his selection of paintings. “The Rebel,” a pastel portrait, is a display of Sumi ink and an imposing watercolor, “St. Simon, Ga. Lighthouse,” are among his works. Lastly, his most unexpected entry is a pencil composition, with a half dozen large elephants, oblivious to their reflections, gathered around the “Water Hole.”
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Article published on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012
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