Penn Cove Gallery welcomes photographer Sean Moore as our newest Guest Artist.

Sean's artistic sense strives to capture the spirit of the subject and moment. These then diverge into different tracks: Large Format Film and 8x10 and Digital. The large format film projects are used to convey his more abstract ideas related to the impermanence of life as seen through concepts of permanence. Digital work takes on wildlife imagery, looking for those strange and odd critter behaviors.
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All that said, Sean is not beyond capturing an image that just speaks to him if for no discernable reason than he likes it. 

Young Anna's Learning to Fly by Sean Moore

Welcome Ivy!
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Ivy found her way under the wharf at a very low tide to complete a plein air pastel of the underside of the walkway, highlighting the piers, which are set to be replaced.  Although long overdue, they served their purpose for many years and she wanted to capture that before they were replaced.      
      
Ivy usually starts with a vivid underpainting of pastels applied, as seen in the first photo below, left, that is  wetted down with mineral spirits. When pastels are wetted down they revert to wet paint and you use a brush to manipulate it just like watercolor, but when it dries, it turns back into a chalk like dry medium.  Then you use pastel sticks to work over this base for the finished look as in the second photo below right.  

We welcomes Dale Reiger back to the gallery with his kiln formed glass structures, tables, and bowls.
Dale describes his style as both primitive and elegant, using elementary shapes which translate into symbols. These symbols help to create a highly personalized iconography drawing on Dale's artistic, spiritual, and international background. He uses color, including iridized and dichromatic glass, as a language, each color having its own code and texture. He is engaged in a dialogue of the harmony and dissonance of color. In glass, bright luminosity is often contrasted by dark transparent colors, which allows the light to penetrate, but not to reveal.    

Most of Dale's kiln formed glass is cast or a combination of fusing and casting. His multi colored glass houses are thick cast plates of glass over a metal or wood superstructure. These sculptures, some over 8' tall, are for indoor or outdoor use and can have interior lighting. His table tops are up to 2" thick. Of the six kilns that Dale has, the three biggest, capable of making up to a 7' piece of glass, were custom built and allow Dale to make large and varied projects simultaneously. Along with these wonderful structures Dale also makes beautiful bowls, stop by to see the whole collection.

October is a good time to start buying those special items for gift giving, especially if you are going to be mailing them. Visit us soon!