Summer bouquet show in bloom

By Chevalier Tony Clark, Judge and Curator

As our nation recovers from all the waters of winter, the warmth of the summer sun is most welcome. This exhibition, “Solar Spectrum” opens Tuesday, June 9 to the public and on  Thursday, June 11, 2015, the Opening Reception is from 7:00-900 pm at M D Gallery, located at 7952 West 3rd Street in Los Angeles, California. The show will also be featured at LarkGallery Online, which also was an open call for artists. It is with pride I present their perspectives and various talents.

 

 

     Ms. Willat’s reflections in the waters give us solace in the meditative and comfort that only nature combined can provide. Morning or evening, we receive the negative icons of the sea. Her photography captures the essence that was portrayed by Edvard Munch in oil and Léon Spilliaert in pastel.

 

 

     We find comfort in the shadows and the shades of the sun. Finally, we can go back to nature as in John Waiblinger restful images of basking in the summer glow.

 

     The colors and spirits always lighten our spirits. Even the objects designed to protect us and for which we play in the sun gives a sense of joy. In Lucie Hinden’s shades we find fun and mystery that awaits us under her montage of umbrellas.

 

 

     The sun was a god to the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. It was depicted and praised in many glyphs and murals. Dan Pyle re-interprets the sun in crushed cans. They still have their reflection and are a symbol of recycling that we must do all year long. His drawings are without par and always carry a message.   It is the necessity as it exists in all of nature.

     There is an underlying lesson and responsibility. We all have to preserve our environment even on vacation. Many of us collect sea shells to remember and bring a little bit of that joy home with us.

 

 

     While artists like J. Natasha Kostan finds art where every she happens to be and recreates memories in a great tradition of Les Objects Trouvees, her sophisticated arts background echoes great artists like Kurt Schwitters. Kostan successfully integrates the word, the font, media and image in masterful compositions.

     Ultimately, as in life, we return to the sea.

 

 

     All life originated in the sea. Dmitry Demchenko lyrically envelops us back into the waves of the ocean. His photography captures the essence of Mother Nature’s greatest gift. Chemically speaking we are closer to sea water than any else. It is truly the last frontier and one that we must protect.

     “Solar Spectrum” officially opens  on Tuesday, June 9 to the general public and stays on view through July 9, 2015. The following is the complete listing of winners and works to be on view:

1st: Felice Willat – Molokai Maidens and Mountain Dunes

2nd: Lucie Hinden – Sun Day and Lunch At The Museum

3rd: Dan Pyle – Crush and Bright Ideas

Dimitry Demchenko – Genesis: 1:1 – Fragment 8

J. Natasha Kostan – X-107 and X-108

Jane Serebrenikov – Dream, Tenderness

Galina Kovshilovsky- The Comet Following Us

John Waiblinger – Bed of Flowers

Thomas Myrdahl – Global Partnership

Elisabeth Parent – Boat

Mark Pol – Space inside and Outside the Limits

Linda Kunik – Things – Fall Apart #1009

Jenik Cook – Flower Vase Blooming, Summer Day

Shula Arbel – Pixel #3

Olesya Volk. – Heavens

Lana Sokoloff – Bounced

Kathryn Donatelli – Pears, Red and Gold

     For more information, contact MD Gallery at 310.795.4768 or see www.www.mdartstudio.com for their current and upcoming programming. In addition, for LarkGallery OnLine, see: www.larkgalleryonline.com for current visual and performing arts competitions, including their forthcoming programming. Also, you are welcomed to contact the following LGO officials: Eva 310.795.4768) or Lark 310.473.0890.

 

About the Judge and Curator

Raised in Montecito, California, Tony Clark was born to cultured Norwegian parents, where he accompanied his parents to classical music concerts and ballet.

      He learned at a very early age the significance of visual and performing arts; thusly, a life that has embraced him for more than five decades which molded him to become a master of dance, choreography, music and visual arts.

      If not the latter, he earned the award of knighthood as Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for helping to keep the French arts alive, he is also constantly on the go and involved in the arts in his Los Angeles region.

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