10-Year Retrospective Exhibition
"Celebrating the Genius of Women"
by Maria Guerrero, Founder & Exec. Director, Women in the Arts Inc.
This series highlights works from our award-winning artists Hope Lugo, Sanford, Florida; Jeanee James, Merritt Island, Florida; Jennifer K. Martin, Florahome, Florida; Kaliya Kalacheva, Sofia, Bulgaria.
In her painting "Cassandra," Hope brings together multiple layers of symbolic elements into a fluid composition, emphasizing the main subject and allowing the viewer to discover many details open to interpretation.
Jeanee's "Lean Into The Storm" is a mixed media sculpture. The artist reflects about her work: "This came to me as the message I wanted to give my twin daughters, as they went off to start their lives as young adults. Leaning into the storms and hard times of life is the best way to get through them."
In "The Island," Jennifer allows natural processes to "paint" and preserve change of inorganic materials on a metal surface. Inspired by patterns, color, oxidation, life, and decay in physical, geological, and biological fields of scientific study and observation, the artist focuses on the material aspects of these events, and how best to convey this beauty to the viewer.
Kaliya's painting "Crowds In The Forest" is part of the series "Change the Scenery." The concept envisions the artist or perhaps the viewer's own reflection in the glimmer of the gold and silver accents and in the small human figures, questioning their place as main characters or perhaps mere pawns.
View the Digital Exhibition for more works by these artists, and all fifty-eight participants from Orlando and abroad.
A collection of works by twenty-two local artists is on view at the Orlando Public Library until April 23.
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Happy Women's History Month!
