“Holiday Pop-Up: Support Local Artists” Exhibition plus Three Solo Shows
The Canton Artists' Guild, the longest continuously operating in Connecticut, has a membership of nearly 100 artists from over 30 area towns. Support local artists and find handmade gifts that are perfect for those on your holiday list or for yourself! There is the added convenience of being able to take the pieces immediately at the time of purchase.
Also on display are three solo shows in the upstairs galleries. Rob Loebell has an exhibit entitled, “Three Sculptures of Nepal.” These works were inspired by his trip to Nepal for his son’s wedding. At the time he also went on a safari and toured Kathmandu. Loebell is a member of the New York Sculptors Guild and The Silvermine Guild of Artists and is an affiliate member of First Street Gallery in New York. He has exhibited throughout New England as well as in Philadelphia and New York. This included Mystic Art Museum and Real Art Ways in Hartford and in New York City his work has been at the United Nations, Governors Island and Plaxall Gallery. Loebell received grants from the Greater Hartford Arts Council and won many art awards. He has a BFA in Sculpture and a Masters in Art Education from Temple University.
The second solo show is “A Muse Meanders” comprised of oil and watercolor paintings by Rowena Okie. Color is Okie’s muse, and she sees painting as a way of traveling to other places. “Sometimes if I’m lucky, unplanned images appear in my paintings. I see these ‘accidents’ as a special gift and leave them be. A good day of painting is a joy.” She mostly paints slightly abstracted landscapes in oil, but some of her work is of still-life watercolor impressions of summer flowers. Okie studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, at Northwest Community College, and with Paul Zimmerman at Hartford Art School. She has been a member of the Gallery on the Green since the sixties, serving as board chair for several years.
David Owen is the third solo artist. In “Peak, An Island Like No other,” he presents photographic stories of life on Peak Island in Maine. Owen has been a prolific photographer in both black and white and in color. His book, “Like No Other Place” (Center for American Places at Columbia College, Chicago, and the University of Nebraska, Bison Books, 2009) is a collection of photographs and stories of his years in the Nebraska Sand Hills. Most recently, he had a gallery exhibit entitled, “Making Music,” which included photographs of the making, playing and restoration of bowed, string instruments.
An opening reception is on Saturday, November 16 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The public is warmly invited to attend this free reception.
The Canton Artists’ Guild at the Gallery on the Green has 3 separate galleries and hosts month-long exhibitions nine times a year. The gallery is located near the intersection of Dowd Avenue and Route 44 at 5 Canton Green Road in Canton. Hours are Friday – Sunday, 1-5 pm. The main floor gallery is handicapped accessible.
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