A Staff Exhibit At Tyler Hall

The same day I saw my Art Teacher's exhibit (which you can see, HERE), I went over to the other gallery and checked out the yearly SUNY Oswego Art Staff's exhibition. I had just met the Chair of the Department, earlier in the day and she mentioned that she had a work in the exhibit.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but surprisingly, there was quite a lot to like and appreciate.

These 3 works did the best job of speaking to me, especially since the first 2 were painted in oil (my favorite medium).

The first one has all those jelly beans spilled on the table. They look so real!

The colors are incredible, too.

It was painted by artist Kate Timm and it is called "Spring Flowers, Jelly Beans". As a matter of fact, it screams Easter to me, too...due to all the jelly beans.

This second work was next to the first one and I really felt that they were both done by the same artist. When I read the little tag, I found out that I was correct in my assumption.

Though different in the reality of what they have as subject, again the use of plants and subjects, scream out the time of year, especially the gourds out in the front.

The lantern flowers are a perfect accompaniment, with their wonderful bright orange color. Again, a reference to the time of the year, without using a pumpkin.

The artist called this one "October", though I personally thought it should be called Fall.

This third one is so large, that I had trouble getting a decent shot of it, but it is many house pictures and the work is done by my Grad Critique Instructor (Chair of the Art Department), Cynthia. She calls it, "My Houses" and it is painted in mixed media.

What I like the most, is the fact that it is set up in a quilt form, with similarities and differences between the squares.

I like the shades of blue, orange and purple, too.

All in all, between my Art Teacher's exhibit and this Department exhibit, I got a renewed love of what I am doing.