The Wega Art Gallery at the George Gerold Opera House
In 2008 we renovated the empty storefront on the West side of the Gerold Opera House into an inviting gallery spave. In August 2008 we held are first art show featuring Marilyn Perry from New York and Doris Weed from Waupaca, Wisconsin.
Art Opening July 31st, 2009 at the Wega Arts Gallery - A Season of Art
Supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.The first in our series of five events, "Art as Paint". Gallery Opening July 31st 6:00 PM - Join the artists for wine and cheese - Everyone is welcome. Show runs through August 31st
The Season of Art series is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
"Art as Paint" presents local artists and will explore the varied styles and effects that can be achieved. Our artists will be:
Theresa Drinka
She defines her art as 'Objective Expressionism' that reflects all the experiences in her life journey. Her inspiration is the land.
Theresa works in water soluble medium the fluid nature of it marries well with her thought process. She appreciates the flexibility of the media to work either wet on dry or wet on wet.
Planning and execution of each work require time preparation and then, the surprise, as the work takes on a life of it's own bringing the artist and viewer to an emotional place sometimes long forgotten.
John Davenport
"Painting for me is the invention of pictorial equivalents. I am attracted to the marvels and enigmas of the Ice Age landforms and that gets me started. Painting is about getting the feeling of the place and reacting all the while to color resonance and light. Even more importantly for me, is how the act of painting becomes the 'representation'; to paint is responding to the visceral quality of 'painting' itself."
Sally Hayes
I paint with watercolors and acrylics at my studio in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. The winter months are spent traveling throughout the southern United States and Caribbean Islands. Island culture is the major subject of my watercolors. I consider myself to be an immediate painter, that is, I try to capture the moment with as few strokes as possible and very rarely sketch before painting. Local people involved in everyday activities that are far removed from our high tech world are my favorite subjects and always tell a story.
I am a storyteller using these small paintings as my language.
I'm also fascinated by the undersea world of the islands. Color is everywhere, patterns merge into the surrounding seascape, and life is exuberant. The “fish” series of paintings are built up slowly into a mass of patterns and colors. I have no plan when I begin and imagines emerge when they are ready. The painting just happens and I go where it leads me.
Ann Singsaas
I enjoy playing with all elements of art. Composition, contrast, line, texture, rhythm, repetition, value, form and color contain infinite possibilities. Often a series of will start with one of these elelments.
In the case of the "Birches" series (oil on metal), it was contrast. Contrast in rendering the object and its shadow, but also contrast in the papery, natural texture of birch bark versus the flat machine-made texture of the metal. I love all the fine detail of a few simple blades of grass with their endless shades of green, graceful curves brought up against a homogenous surface like brushed copper. The choice of botanifcal subject versus industrial substrate is intentional and serves to illustrate the constant push and pull of our natural and man made worlds.
In the case of the "Water" series, it is color and line. Water itself is ever changing how it filters and reflects light and color. Aquatic plants are often studies in line, rhythm and repetitrion. To render water in a realistic style using watercolor seems only natural.
Mary Olson Williams
Mary studied painting in Arizona in the late 90's. Upon completion of her studies she returned to the Waupaca area. Her paintings can be found in many homes in and around Waupaca.
Mary paints in the medias of water color and oil.