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.”
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.
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.
“It’s a freeing moment to draw with paint sticks onto a painted picture plane, capturing a quick impression of spring in the morning light,” said Campbell.
York Art Association is at 394 York Street, York Harbor, Maine. Visit the website at www.yorkartassociation.com for more information or call 207-363-4049.
