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The Surreal Window
July 3 -31
Annie Culbertson
She calls
St.
Petersburg home while she pursues her career in all things art. Selected recent exhibitions include The Arts
Center, where Annie received the John Brown Award for Painting, The Cage Birds,
at Eckerd College,
and Open Wall Nights at the Studio@620. The commercial printing and design industry and the parenting of a teenage daughter fuel Annie’s
career in artful living and working.
"These days are anxious and tense. In response, my art making is a refuge, a sanctuary. Like a kept bird escaping the confines of her cage, I experiment and play freed of limitations as I attempt to blur
disturbing events of our lifetime. Society’s discards become my media as
I embed and layer, add and subtract, scrub and sand. I work my surfaces hard. Revealed
is substance in the shadow, metaphor for our times. And, like a chant pattern becomes ritual in my work. Absurd figures with their all-seeing eyes and a love for the fantastic inhabit my worlds. In the end, my works are
like dents and scars, survival’s badge, intended to distract and enchant, as we stumble together through our challenges".
Danielle Branchaud
"We as humans tend to
be unable, or perhaps unwilling, to confront the raw heart of ourselves- the things that give us the capacity to experience
pain, fear, love, and hate. It is truly a challenge to uncover our greatest demons; and quite another to translate it visually.
The goal of this series is to present raw feeling in a universal form through gesture and symbolism, and create a mirror through
which humanity may find what dwells within themselves.
D. Branchaud has been
working with acrylic paint since 2002, evolving in skill and ideology with
each new piece. She studied art at the University of Central Florida, now working as a freelance artist
in Fort Myers. She has been developing a series of work that explores the mystique and variety of human emotion, engaging
in a passionate survey of feeling based on observation as well as personal experience."
Willow
"My art became the focal drive of my life from as far
back as I can remember. I recall as a child loving the smell of crayons and Elmer's glue! Art was my favorite subject! As
I matured physically and artistically, the smell of paint, linseed oil and just about any paint medium was as soothing as
any incense. It became very clear to me that I was destined to be an artist!
My artistic journey lead me on an amazing spiritual path,
magnified the day I brought home an adorable wolf cub I named Willow.....
Willow shared and taught me the beautiful gift of unconditional
love. I connected with him at an indescribable level. His love touched me spiritually, mentally and artistically. I believe
Willow was placed in my life as a gift and I give thanks and express daily gratitude every way I can!"
Sarah Edwardson
"Dreams and memory, time and space, language and mystery are key elements
of my creations. I collect objects that are meaningful to me because of their beauty and their symbolism. The connection between
these objects is a source of discovery each time I construct a work. The experience of finding treasure, revealing a secret,
holding a moment in time, is what I try to recreate in the final assemblage. "
Piper Rudich
My paintings speak the feelings in my heart. Each of my girls I
create are filled with their own kind of sadness, hurt, pain and love. I love using a digital medium combined with
oils and spray paint to capture the emotions of each character I paint.
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