[April 23, 2019]      

Pictures by Curtis Fox

“Soft Sound” with artist Ashley Sanders. “I’m drawn to guitars. My four brothers all play the guitar,” she said. Ashley recently acquired a guitar of her own. “I’ve learned one song so far,” she said with a laugh. It would be fun to get Ashley’s brothers to entertain at an LAI opening.

 

“Paradise Entrance” by Carleen.

 

“The Spot in Hell Where Envy Burns” by Moses Pinkerton. “Green can mean many things. It can be just a color or it can refer to an intense emotion,” he said.

 

Art can take many forms. Photographer Mitch Douglas has moved into another realm by sewing dresses to express his artistic bent blending form and color and fabric. Model Allison Carter displays Mitch’s latest creation. “I call it my 50’s housewife dress,” Allison said with a laugh. A very stylish frock for sure! It will be interesting to see what Douglas Couture designs next to adorn his model. As someone nearby suggested, maybe it could be a tango dress.

 

Artist Anthony Shuff with grandson Promise poses next to his painting “Turquoise Waters at Basin Bleu,” a site that he visited on a recent trip to Haiti.

 

A collage of photos by Alice Ferguson entitled “Memories,” It is from a series she calls “The Long Story.”

 

The Lincoln Art Institute was overflowing Thursday evening with art lovers. Attending an opening at LAI has become the thing to do on the second Thursday of the month. The increasing attendance attests to this. Gaze at fine art, talk to the artists, enjoy speaking with a stranger next to you about the exhibit, and just take pleasure in the beautiful space of LAI.