Ocean County Artists Guild’s APRIL ART SHOW

Ocean County Artists Guild’s APRIL ART SHOW

Gallery 1. Louise Giovinazzo both found her calling and fell in love when she discovered sumi-e painting, a simple yet elegant technique that captures and highlights the beautiful lines found in nature. Artists employ the “four treasures” to bring the world’s beauty to life: rice paper or Kami, a tapered painted brush called a Fude, the Suzari stone and an ink stick—the Sumi. More than a dozen of her elegant flower paintings are on display.

Gallery 2. Dan Epstein is a photojournalist whose portraits are known for their warmth and intimacy. For almost half a century his newsmagazine photo credits have included Fortune, the New York Times Magazine, People, Money, Entertainment Weekly and many others. Items from two of his collections are on display in April: The Unscripted Portrait Project and Mothers and Fathers. Having received no posing instructions, his subjects, adults and children, drop any pretenses and fleetingly reveal much about themselves and their relationships.

Pop-Up Gallery. Paul Miller traveled much in the territories that were once the Roman Empire and became enamored of the simple style of late Roman/early Byzantine mosaics. “The delightful experience of seeing such works in situ pushed me to make similar works of my own. Using marble, Venetian glass, vitreous glass and gold leaf, I have learned the mosaic-making process by first producing reproductions, then by creating my own works while retaining the techniques used in the originals.”

Ocean County Artists Guild, 22 Chestnut Avenue, Island Heights NJ 08732 www.ocartistsguild.org
April Show Opening and Artists’ Reception: April 7, 1-4 pm
Galleries are open every day through April 29, weekdays 12-3 and weekends 1-4.
Items will be available for sale.

Located in beautiful Island Heights, NJ, the Ocean County Artists Guild is New Jersey Shore’s premier destination for art education and cultural experiences for people of all ages. The Ocean County Artists Guild is a non-profit organization working to promote the arts in Ocean County, drawing in artists and patrons from around the region.