A resurgence of interest in landscape painting among American painters was on view at the ARKA Gallery on April 28, 2009 with the opening of: Varieties of Landscape: Viewing Virginia-Area Artists in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The exhibit was jointly sponsored by ARKA Gallery, a project of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, and the Alex Gallery/Gallery A, the largest commercial art gallery in Washington DC, which was founded in 1985.
Over 25 works of art will be displayed by artists who live or paint in the state of Virginia, one of the original founding states of the United States.
The artists are: Kim Abrahams, Gary Bowers, Judith Judy, Inge Strack, and Rob Vander Zee. Their styles range from classical images that refer to the nineteenth century (Gary Bowers) to highly abstract compositions referring to the natural world through organic forms and colors (Inge Strack). Between these extremes, Judith Judy draws inspiration from Asian attitudes toward nature in her beautiful, ephemeral works, Kim Abrahams offers intense studies of coastlines in bold, exotic colors, and Rob Vander Zee uses glazes to build up surfaces which combine the naked figure and the traditional landscape.
Each artist has achieved popular notoriety, and an enthusiastic following in the United States. Four of the artists attended the ARKA opening on April 28.
The exhibit was jointly sponsored by ARKA Gallery, a project of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, and the Alex Gallery/Gallery A, the largest commercial art gallery in Washington DC, which was founded in 1985.
Over 25 works of art will be displayed by artists who live or paint in the state of Virginia, one of the original founding states of the United States.
The artists are: Kim Abrahams, Gary Bowers, Judith Judy, Inge Strack, and Rob Vander Zee. Their styles range from classical images that refer to the nineteenth century (Gary Bowers) to highly abstract compositions referring to the natural world through organic forms and colors (Inge Strack). Between these extremes, Judith Judy draws inspiration from Asian attitudes toward nature in her beautiful, ephemeral works, Kim Abrahams offers intense studies of coastlines in bold, exotic colors, and Rob Vander Zee uses glazes to build up surfaces which combine the naked figure and the traditional landscape.
Each artist has achieved popular notoriety, and an enthusiastic following in the United States. Four of the artists attended the ARKA opening on April 28.
