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There is no magic formula for turning craft into fine art; some see little or no difference. If there were a formula, Keith Gaspari is a candidate for having found one. His latest series of colored pencil portraits affirm a maturity and evolution of the artist's vision. Gaspari's portraits provide a mechanism to experience multi-faceted individuals as they are: made of many faces that compose a singular persona. The artist presents people in a confident manner displaying his belief that our lives are complex and our visage reveal existence and experiences beyond one-dimensional personalities. The fact that these are rendered in colored pencil allows the viewer a transformational experience, one that verifies these truly are works of fine art. read more > 1007-gaspari-p.html
After featuring her work in this ArtZone's "Introductions" show, Heidi McDowell's first solo appearance opens in the Side Gallery. McDowell's paintings, unlike Gaspari's, are portraits of places - places where and when the sky meets the earth - and their contemporaneous interactions. The sky dominates as the main character. Still, the paintings reveal their origins in masterful digital images. The raw, un-manipulated, photo-based works, shot with some of the most advanced equipment, depict a heightened sense of realism using an economy of means. The artist confirms this description in saying: "When incorporated into a painting, they [evidence of digital optics effects] further clarify and enhance the experience of specific light conditions, most often intense sunlight.... read more > 1007-mcdowell-p.html

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