Close to Home | May 7, 2015 - June 27, 2015
Dan Michael

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Woods Behind the House |
Since I was little, I've been going out to the woods looking for adventure. I'm still doing basically the same thing, I just take more sophisticated toys with me now. --Dan Michael
Fonda Cody


I allow my love of the wheel to be captured not only in the form of the pot, but in the embellishment of the finished piece. I focus on the basic form, but also combine and contrast textural elements as I investigate the clay and its features. The nature of clay offers me endless opportunity to intuitively express my creative impulses while allowing for a variety of outcomes. –Fonda Cody
Amy HR Donahue

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Frozen Over at DeJarnette Park |
This element is also evident in her piece, Frozen Over at DeJarnette Park. The shadows of the sun are revealed on the white snow covered ground. Each ray peeking through the branches of the trees in the Ashland park creates a shadow, which leads your eyes across the piece and back deeper into the forest landscape.
The theme "Close to Home" is perfect to illustrate this. Everywhere we turn the light and the colors (or the color as manifestation of light) sing of glory. I hope my paintings are a small reminder to slow down, to look and to marvel. --Amy HR Donahue
Kathleen Walsh

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River Song |
Kathleen is inspired by the nature around her. She finds inspiration often in the forest, along the river, and out by the Blue Ridge Mountains. Kathleen supports the statement by Pierre Bonnard, "Art will never be able to exist without nature". She believes it take great concentration to distill the beauty of nature into a sketch or painting.