Marti Higgins - As a painter, I adore color and shape. Growing up near New York City in the 1960's and 70's, I was moved by the strong, bold, gestural compositions and the seeming spontaneity in the work of the abstract expressionists. The bold colors, rhythms and subject matter I attempt to express in my artwork are due to these early influences. Living now near Cleveland for 35 years, I call it home. I like to experiment with the relativity of color; how colors influence each other by proximity. I expose relationships in color by working in layers. Many under layers are not immediately visible in a given piece. These initial colors and shapes, however, ground the finished product by influencing colors yet to be applied and by showing up in glimmers and slices. I like to include a surprise color which at first glance may seem incongruous but has a way of solidifying the composition. My finished pieces are impressionistic landscapes and abstractions. All of my subject matter is derived from my observation of nature, including my flower gardens. I am inspired by the sense of disorder, yet perfect organization, I feel when in nature. My mediums are acrylic on canvas, acrylic and paper collage on canvas and encaustic.
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David Lane -Graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design and the Ohio State University. As a retired art teacher David currently focuses on his life long goal of making art. His art is about searching for aesthetics in industrial age objects against the counterpoint of the twenty-first century. Born between the Baby Boomers and Generation-X so He is very aware of how futile nostalgia is and yet not quite cynical enough to rebel against it. “I love to shop at antique stores looking for objects that are almost ‘accidentally’ beautiful. Their beauty might come from the original designer or the tradesman who used it or even its remaining unique colors and shapes. I see my visual sensibilities as neither advertiser nor pop artist nor even tradesman. With sophisticated and intentional naivety I enlarge and frame these objects to glorify their history and future, and to relate them to a contemporary audience.”
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