October 31, 2014 12:00 am • Gayle Rappaport-Weiland
Color, line, form shapes new Seaside Gallery exhibit
Seaside Gallery-Gayle Rappaport-Weiland
Untitled SBS 84, by Pamela Benham
An untitled painting by Pamela Benham is among the works she'll have on display in "Expressive Abstractions," a new show opening with a reception for the artists Nov. 1 in Seaside Gallery, Pismo Beach.
Color, line, form shapes new Seaside Gallery exhibit
Staff Report Santa Maria Times
Abstract works by five artists will be featured in “Expressive Abstractions,” a show and sale opening Saturday with a reception and continuing through Nov. 30 at Seaside Gallery in Pismo Beach.
Artists whose works make up the exhibit are Brenda Allison, Jayne Behman, Pamela Benham, Jack Mohr and Gayle Rappaport-Weiland. The five will meet the public and discuss their works at the opening reception from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the gallery at 580 Cypress St.
Tom Burgher, gallery president, said this is the first all-abstract show ever hosted in Pismo Beach. He explaind that an abstract painting uses line, color and form to communicate an idea or emotion in a composition that references nothing recognizable. “Often an abstract artist doesn’t name the work or uses an elusive title because each viewer perceives the significance of the work individually,” he said.
Each of the five artists featured in “Expressive Abstractions” approaches the genre in a unique style.
Allison grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, so agrarian themes are common in the contemporary abstract and representational works she creates for residential, commercial and hospitality applications. She works in oils, acrylics and watercolors, layering the materials and using such unusual elements as gold leaf, origami and high-end wallpaper.
Behman is a Baywood Park artist who works in glass and sculpture as well as painting, but she said she likes all media, often combining various types in her works.
A resident of Santa Barbara, Benham was driven to create expressive paintings, which led to her works evolving from impressionistic landscapes to photorealistic portraits to her current expansive painterly abstracts.
Also a resident of Santa Barbara, Mohr was born in Berlin, Germany, and began his fine art career in the late 1960s with collages and acrylic paintings. He later explored photography and occasional printmaking, but he said he now prefers working with mixed-media painting.
A Sacramento area artist, Rappaport-Weiland said she uses “rule-breaking techniques” to create impressionistic works in watercolors, acrylics and mixed media.
A multiple-artist fine art gallery specializing in original paintings, limited-edition gicleés, fine art photography and sculpture, Seaside Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Color, line, form shapes new Seaside Gallery exhibit
Seaside Gallery-Gayle Rappaport-Weiland
Untitled SBS 84, by Pamela Benham
An untitled painting by Pamela Benham is among the works she'll have on display in "Expressive Abstractions," a new show opening with a reception for the artists Nov. 1 in Seaside Gallery, Pismo Beach.
Color, line, form shapes new Seaside Gallery exhibit
Staff Report Santa Maria Times
Abstract works by five artists will be featured in “Expressive Abstractions,” a show and sale opening Saturday with a reception and continuing through Nov. 30 at Seaside Gallery in Pismo Beach.
Artists whose works make up the exhibit are Brenda Allison, Jayne Behman, Pamela Benham, Jack Mohr and Gayle Rappaport-Weiland. The five will meet the public and discuss their works at the opening reception from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the gallery at 580 Cypress St.
Tom Burgher, gallery president, said this is the first all-abstract show ever hosted in Pismo Beach. He explaind that an abstract painting uses line, color and form to communicate an idea or emotion in a composition that references nothing recognizable. “Often an abstract artist doesn’t name the work or uses an elusive title because each viewer perceives the significance of the work individually,” he said.
Each of the five artists featured in “Expressive Abstractions” approaches the genre in a unique style.
Allison grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, so agrarian themes are common in the contemporary abstract and representational works she creates for residential, commercial and hospitality applications. She works in oils, acrylics and watercolors, layering the materials and using such unusual elements as gold leaf, origami and high-end wallpaper.
Behman is a Baywood Park artist who works in glass and sculpture as well as painting, but she said she likes all media, often combining various types in her works.
A resident of Santa Barbara, Benham was driven to create expressive paintings, which led to her works evolving from impressionistic landscapes to photorealistic portraits to her current expansive painterly abstracts.
Also a resident of Santa Barbara, Mohr was born in Berlin, Germany, and began his fine art career in the late 1960s with collages and acrylic paintings. He later explored photography and occasional printmaking, but he said he now prefers working with mixed-media painting.
A Sacramento area artist, Rappaport-Weiland said she uses “rule-breaking techniques” to create impressionistic works in watercolors, acrylics and mixed media.
A multiple-artist fine art gallery specializing in original paintings, limited-edition gicleés, fine art photography and sculpture, Seaside Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.