August 5, 2024
Artists

York Art opens new mixed-media exhibit featuring local artists


YORK, Maine — The York Art Association has a new mixed-media exhibit by local artists Susan Egerton Griggs, Pamela duLong-Williams, Melinda Campbell, and Laurie Chapman, to name a few.

The exhibit runs Friday, May 10, through Sunday, June 30. Gallery hours are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 11 a.m. through 5 p.m.

The opening reception is Friday, May 10, from 5 to 7 p.m.

“Working with mixed media is combining different art media into a piece of art,” said Melinda Campbell, a York Art association board member. “For instance, it can be collage and oil paints and/or other favorite media such as gel pen, paint sticks and sequins. It allows the artist to think outside the box and push a finished piece in unexpected directions, be hyper-realistic, or abstract. It really is freeing for the artist, anything goes.”

"Bud Vases" is a mix of acrylic paint and oil paint sticks on canvas substrate depicting daffodil blooms in Japanese bud vases as a harbinger of spring.

Campbell’s three exhibits use a variety of media in a style all her own, allowing the viewer to engage in their own interpretation. 

Her “Spring Ice” is an abstract acrylic paint-enhanced work with sequins on canvas substrate. It is a captured memory from the recent April 4 ice storm. 

"English Ivy" is a collaged expression using acrylic paint and English ivy collected on a nature walk highlighted with sequins on canvas substrate.

“English Ivy” is a collaged expression using acrylic paint and English ivy collected on a nature walk highlighted with sequins on canvas substrate.

Her “Bud Vases” entry is a mix of acrylic paint and oil paint sticks on canvas substrate depicting daffodil blooms in Japanese bud vases as a harbinger of spring. 



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