July-August Art Exhibits @ Art Works! July 28, 2012

This month we're featuring 4 national artists working with mixed media and recycled materials. LAYERS: Contemporary Painters Working with Rich Surfaces by Destry S. Sparks, Al Montgomery, Emily Rutledge and Anna Marie Troupe. Also showing work by: Gary Yaw, Randy Morrison, Dana Frostick, Rani Scott, and the July All-Media Show. Open 12-6pm Tues-Sun.

Exhibits include:
LAYERS: Contemporary Painters Working with Rich SurfacesDestry S. Sparks, Al Montgomery, Emily Rutledge and Anna Marie Troupe collaborate to bring this mixed media exhibit to Art Works. Destry Sparks is the curator as well as one of the exhibiting artists. Art Works met Destry through our monthly call-for-entries for All Media Exhibits. He is from Greenville, North Carolina, and is a contemporary mixed media painter using found objects to create a visceral effect upon the surface of his works. He brings a very tangible element to painting. Sparks exhibits in North Carolina Virginia and southern California has won numerous awards. In February 2011, Destry brought a solo show exhibit of his work to Art Works. At that time he was organizing like-minded artists exhibits and so we offered to curate a show of 4 artists in 2012 at Art Works. Thus LAYERS was planned. Al Montgomery Al has shown around the US but also in Vienna, Emily Rutledge exhibits in Chicago and Anna Marie Troupe at UNC Charlotte, NC.
STORY TIME IN PICTURES by Rani ScottRani Scott’s mixed media artwork will be on exhibit in the Centre Gallery, East.
DANA FROSTICK RECENT WORKSDon't Look Back, What's in Fashion, Fractured Wishes, Metaphysical Chess Moves and The Internet is Made of Cats are just a few of the new paintings Dana Frostick will exhibit in the Centre Gallery West. These large (48”x36”) paintings were finished in 2012. Dana used a variety of mediums including: sharpie, pastel and acrylic on canvas. Dana is a Richmonder, a twin, a former pre-press designer for the Richmond Newspapers and is now a full-time painter.
STARDUST ON MY PAINTBRUSH: Art Inspired By The Movies On The Late, Late Show by Randy Morrison Randy combines the mediums of photography and sculptured snow to the Art Works’ Corner Gallery.

FLOATING IMAGES by Gary Yaw You’ve seen Gary Yaw’s work in the All Media Shows at Art Works. Now he is exhibiting a whole body of artwork in the Skylight Gallery. Enjoy!
JULY 2012 ALL MEDIA ART SHOW This exhibit is a focal point of all Art Works’ openings. It is a juried show with cash prizes and is open to all artists and all mediums. Call for Entries is on July 20th and 21st , 2012 at Art Works. Donna Campbell Allen is the juror.

Official Website: http://artworksrichmond.com/Show2012-07.htm