Frederick Gallery: September 2013

Abstraction & Reality

Juror: Margaret Hancock || Catalog || Flier

Awards:

  • Color Play oil painting by Carol Phifer of Fredericksburg, VA
  • Story, 2013 acrylic and carbon paper painting by Sarah Irvin of Virginia Beach, VA
  • New and Improved acrylic painting by Nicholas Candela of Ruther Glen, VA

Honorable Mentions:

  • Centimetros e Inches oil painting by Anna Rendich of Fredericksburg, VA
  • Awakening City acrylic painting by Barbara Taylor Hall of Fredericksburg, VA
  • Rainforest oil on canvas painting by Thao Trang of Springfield, VA
  • Shenandoah acrylic painting by Ray Abell of Williamsburg, VA

Juror's Statement:
First, I want to thank the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts for the honor of jurying and thank the artists who submitted for this national show. It was a wonderful experience to walk into a historic 18th century building and view incredible 21st century works of art.

Second, I want to offer my process for selection. In jurying this show, I adhered to my own personal aesthetic and the show's theme of "abstraction and reality." Visually, I am drawn towards art that leans towards the minimal: limited palettes, negative spaces, and clean lines. Conceptually, I am intrigued by works that necessitate a longer, or a second, view to tell the entire story. I believe that a successful work of art is one in which you see something different each time you view it. In the selected works, the visual and conceptual criteria merged while the play on abstraction/reality materialized through medium, color, composition, texture, and subject matter. The end result is a show underscored not only by abstraction, but by simplicity, subtlety, and novelty.

margaret hancock studio
opening minds and expanding audiences
www.margarethancockstudio.com

FIRST PLACE: Color Play, Oil by Carol Phifer (September 2013)
SECOND PLACE: Story 2013, Acrylic and Carbon Transfer Paper by Sarah Irvin (September 2013)
THIRD PLACE: New and Improved, Acrylic by Nicholas Candela (September 2013)
HONORABLE MENTION: Centimetros e Inches, Oil by Ana Rendich (September 2013)
HONORABLE MENTION: Awakening City, Acrylic by Barbara Taylor Hall (September 2013)
HONORABLE MENTION: Rain forest, Oil on Canvas by Thao Trang (September 2013)
HONORABLE MENTION: Shenandoah, Acrylic by Ray Abell (September 2013)
Pink, Red, Yellow, Blue..., Oil by Ana Rendich (September 2013)
Old Havana, Acrylic by Barbara Taylor Hall (September 2013)
After You, Hand-cut Collage by Blythe King (September 2013)
Diamonds in the Rough 2, Mixed Media by Bob Worthy (September 2013)
Diamonds in the Rough 3, Mixed Media by Bob Worthy (September 2013)
The Gathering, Metallic Print Ltd Ed by Carolyn R. Beever (September 2013)
The Georges Underwater, Mixed media by Cathy Herndon (September 2013)
Ice Crystals, Acrylic by Christina Boechler (September 2013)
Quantum Cargo, Mixed media on board by Ed Dolinger (September 2013)
Sunset Over the Water, Mixed media by Elizabeth Halliday (September 2013)
Rest Area, Acrylic on Canvas by Elvira Dimitrij (September 2013)
After Sunrise, Acrylic on rag paper by Frederick J. Nelson (September 2013)
Muted Jazz, Mixed media by Gloria Affenit (September 2013)
Wheels and Motion, Oil by Jurgen Brat (September 2013)
Pixeled Pup, Watercolor by Karen Julihn (September 2013)
Catalpa, Photograph by Lee Cochrane (September 2013)
Dirty Window Abstract, Photography by Lee Cochrane (September 2013)
Mid-day Machais, ME - Sun Over the Atlantic, Fabric Mixed Media by Linda J. Kaup (September 2013)
Her Tender Age, B&W Traditional photo by Michael C. Habina (September 2013)
Expand, Graphite by Nicolas Candela (September 2013)
Portrait of Anti-Myth, Acrylic by Nicholas Candela (September 2013)
Red Truck 3, Photograph by Penny Parrish (September 2013)
The Hope of the Future, Mixed Dry Media by Phyllis Graudszus (September 2013)
Blue Sky, Acrylic by Ray Abell (September 2013)
Golden Cabin, Mixed media by Rita Rose and Rae Rose (September 2013)
The Queen's Delight, Water on Yupo by Rita Rose adn Rae Rose (September 2013)
Coronae No. 7, Silver Gelatin by Robert Greene (September 2013)
Coronae No. 8, Silver Gelatin by Robert Greene (September 2013)
Considering Divine Abstraction, Digital Printmaking by Robert S. Hunter (September 2013)
Equine Layers IV, Acrylic layers by Robyn Ryan (September 2013)
Equine Layers V, Acrylic layers by Robyn Ryan (September 2013)
Rainbow 1, Acrylic by Ted J. Ostrowski (September 2013)
Rainbow 2, Acrylic by Ted J. Ostrowski (September 2013)
A Girl and Her Dog, Mixed media collage by Teresa Blatt (September 2013)
Allman's At Night, Acrylic by Tom Smagala (September 2013)
Splash, Digital Photography by Yve Cook (September 2013)