Texture and Tone the theme of
Logan County Arts October exhibit at the Lincoln Arts Institute
Artist reception October 14th
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[October 09, 2021]
Logan County Arts members will open their October, 2021 exhibition,
entitled “Textures and Tones,” with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on
Thursday, October14 at the Lincoln Arts Institute, 112 S. McLean St,
Lincoln. The gallery will also be open on Friday evenings from 5 to
8 p.m. throughout the month, with exhibiting artists on hand to
discuss the works. The events will follow current Covid guidelines.
The show will illustrate the wide variety of ways in which texture
and tone are part of contemporary visual arts. Springfield artist
Jeff Williams uses a mix of acrylic media and photography to build
up layers on his canvases, then rubs some of the acrylic textures
away to reveal glimpses of images underneath. The resulting collage
is like a fading memory, half remembered, half unfamiliar.
Photographer Randy Washam also employs tones to create emotion or
mood, as in his large photograph on canvas of a Super Moon rising
above silhouetted farmland. The face of the moon glows eerily in a
vignette of mysterious deep shadows and reflections.
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Many artists use ordinary or found objects to create texture in
their works. Jason Hoffman has made a thoughtful observation about
“thoughtless” labor with an abstract work created from randomly cut
and pasted pieces of strapping tape. “Sometimes we are frustrated by
a job that seems mindless, endless and without a point,” he
explains. “That’s what I was thinking of. The piece was finished
when the roll of tape was used up.” Laura Elliott likes to create
mixed media pieces incorporating natural materials she picks up
during her walks. Since bark from each species of tree is
distinctive in color and texture, a single piece discovered in the
park, when included in an artwork, not only is beautiful but can
bring to mind the entire tree and its original surroundings.
Pam Moriearty’s acrylic rendition of a flowering plant also
emphasizes the subtle tones and patterns in blossoms and leaves.
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Jeff Williams uses texturing and
symbolic figures in his mixed media painting to give an abandoned building (with
a functioning coke machine) a mysterious aura. Williams’ artwork, as well as
that of other LCA artists, will be on view at the Lincoln Arts Institute from
October 14th to November 6th.
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She notes, “This is my homage to the early botanical illustrators. They
accompanied the voyages of discovery, making paintings of all the unfamiliar
plants as the only way to document their true colors. Sometimes you can tell,
the artist was really captivated by the beauty of some exotic specimen with an
unpronounceable scientific name.”
An entirely different way in which artists interpret tone and texture is used by
Tony DiPasquale. He says, “I thought of tones and textures not as color or
physical features, but as the tones and textures in music.” Listening to his
favorite psychedelic or classic rock music, he tries to draw the music on to the
paper. This helps him focus on the parallel fantasy universe whose creatures and
adventures inhabit his drawings. These are not children’s cartoons or
superheroes, but beings whose poignant encounters and minor tragedies are very
similar to our own.
After opening night, the artworks will be available for viewing and purchase on
Friday evenings and by appointment until November 6. Also available at the
October reception will be information on the November show, a solo exhibition of
works by artist Chris Tice, whose studio is at the Lincoln Arts Institute.
[Pamela Moriearty]
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