Photographs From Michelle's Opening Reception at Longview Gallery in DC

Michelle has a show in Washington DC at Longview Gallery (http://www.longviewgallerydc.com/). It opened on Friday February 20 and will run until March 16, 2014. I was given a quick studio visit last week and the work looked amazing. Below are a few photo from the opening reception.

The Main Gallery with Michelle's Work

Eight Panels of X's

Black and White and a little Red

Something New

Large Horizontal

Elena and Michelle

In The Gallery - February/March

Michael McGuire will be doing an yet unnamed 'drawing project' in the gallery for February and March. The gallery will become his studio and he plans on occupying almost every day. Las Manos will still be having regular gallery hours, and you are welcome to drop in anytime Michael is in the gallery. 

West Wall of the Gallery with Michaels' Drawings

Michael McGuire - Untitled (White City 2)
Acrylic Paint on Archival Mat Board - 32 x 40 inches

In The Gallery - Tricia Rumbolz

The Las Manos December Show continues and includes these mesmerizing pieces by Tricia Rumbolz. The materials are 'Archival Art Pen on Panel' and Tricia evidences her usual exacting conceptual approach and technique.

From a recent artists statement by Tricia:

Before I begin the physical process, I distill an idea down to its basic aesthetic

components. This establishes mental clarity, and enables me to capture a sense

of immediacy in the work. I articulate the visual information with a straightforward

systematic style, so the steps involved in making the work are apparent to the

viewer. The intention is to reveal the structure of the act, and show how beauty

can be achieved through the simplest of means.

My visual language often consists of lines, dots, text, and geometric shapes. I am

interested in how minimal, repetitious, hand-made marks reveal aspects of time,

energy, and space. Drawing allows the hand to perform like a sensor, and a

point of convergence between these interacting forces. The resulting image is a

visual imprint of the actual activity. It also represents a micro/macro relationship

between the visual details and their aggregate formations.

In a sense, each piece is a mini experiment, consisting of a specific range of

operating parameters, which produce a unique set of characteristics. The goal is

to transmute and transcribe a multi-dimensional spatiotemporal experience onto

a 2-dimensional surface. If successfully made, the visual information expressed

holds within it the culminating effect of a synthesis of otherwise invisible

phenomena.

4 Focal Points, 1338 Lines

In The Gallery Now - Jean Alexander Frater

Jean Alexander Frater - Stars Fading, But I Linger On Dear - Acrylic on Canvas - 35 x 35 inches

Three Pieces From The December Show

Grace Levine - Invisible Garment - 11 x 14 inches - Ink, Gouache, on Paper

Michael McGuire - Untitled Panel - 12 x 12 inches - Acrylic Paint on Panel

Ji Soo Hong - Pile - 17 x 21 inches - Paper Cutout

New Michelle Peterson Albandoz Wood Piece

Painted Wood - 82 x 80 inches

Las Manos Opening Saturday, December 14, 2013

A Holiday Extravaganza

Good tidings to all. Las Manos Gallery is proud to announce a collection of present and past works by new as well as familiar artists. This show is a chance to see works from earlier in the year at Las Manos, as well as some new surprises by your favorite artists. In the holiday spirit, we’ve requested some of our artists to make “gift sized” pieces, something smaller and easy to take home. Big and small, colorful and stark, sculptural and two dimensional, this show is sure to please the eye, heart, and mind. Join us for a jovial visit, and perhaps bring something home with you this holiday season, for a family member, friend, loved one, or a treat for yourself.

Featured Artists:

Michelle Peterson-Albandoz

Jean Alexander Frater

Michael McGuire

Juan Fernandez

Mark Pease

Ji Soo Hong

Grace Levine

and more!

A Holiday Extravaganza opens Saturday, December 14th, 7-10pm.

 Please join us for a visit with the artists. Light refreshments will be served.

Show runs through January.