Arts on Main

Community Arts Center in Gloucester, Virginia

Jordan Flower – Un/Changing Light: Exploring Urban Landscapes

First Friday Opening Reception Friday, May 7th

This First Friday event is sponsored by Will & Tish Grant

The Exhibition is sponsored by James and Carolyn Dudley

EXHIBITION DATES MAY 7 – 29

About the Artist

Jordan Flower was born in Keflavik, Iceland, to a military family. Like many military families, he moved frequently, allowing him to experience living throughout the US, including Upstate New York, Rhode Island, California, and the Pacific Northwest

His mother nurtured his love of the arts from an early age, which eventually led him to pursue a career in the arts. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Jordan is in his 13th year as an art teacher and remains active in the art community as a producer of fine art.

Jordan’s work focuses on the interaction of man and nature, with special interest paid to the play of light and shadow. His work is primarily representational, and he loves to capture the details that give each painting its own identity. He works in acrylic and incorporates a unique layering technique in order to bring forth dimension and brightness to each painting.

Jordan is represented by Cabell Gallery, in Lexington, VA, and has shown his work throughout Virginia and New York. He has also had several paintings place in juried art shows throughout the previous year.

 

Artist Statement

My subjects range from rolling hills and bustling cities to coastlines and beaches, but the common thread that ties my work together is an emphasis on two interactions: that between man-made and nature, and that between light and shadow.

City streets that are engulfed by the light of a setting sun, glistening snow-covered roundabout in a small town, the little details on a long-forgotten Coca Cola advert on the front of a building; this is where I find my inspiration. My goal is to find the beauty in things many people overlook, the everyday made magical and meaningful.

A Wandering Path: The Works of Deliece Blanchard

First Friday Opening Reception Friday, March 5th

Beverages for purchase and complimentary snacks.

Timed, Limited Sessions with 25 people per session.

Please call the gallery to reserve yours!
Slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

5pm-5:45pm

6pm-6:45pm

**Masks are required in the gallery**

Music Provided by our March Artist in Residence Bergamot Quartet

This First Friday event is sponsored by Riverwood Designs

EXHIBITION DATES MARCH 5 – 27

 

 

About the Artist

Deliece Blanchard paints landscapes, with lyrical and rhythmic marks that reveal her background in music. Her plein air and studio paintings are colorfully impressionistic, and frequently depict her favorite environment, the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Deliece’s painting, “Blueberry Harvest” appeared in the April 2020 issue of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. Her painting, “Ruskin’s Garden” was in the 2019 National Juried Exhibition of the American Impressionist Society (AIS) at the Salmagundi Club in NYC, and she also had work accepted in the 2019 AIS National Small Works Show, the 2018 Oil Painters of America National Salon Show.  Deliece participated in six national plein air festivals in 2019, and was awarded an honorable mention at the invitational Gloucester Arts Festival, by Kenn Backhaus, where she was subsequently invited to be an Artist in Residence for October 2019.  In addition to several fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, she has been invited for a painting residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Arts Centre in Ireland and looks forward to visiting Ireland when travel becomes possible again.

A cellist, as well as a painter, Deliece has degrees in biology and music from the University of Virginia and taught orchestra in the public schools for 24 years. She describes painting en plein air as a further step in an appreciation of the natural world, where being outside “with a purpose” makes one a fellow-creature on the earth.

 

Artist Statement

“Painting makes me happy like nothing else.  Just mixing paint on the palette is fascinating and worthwhile.  John Ruskin said that one should be no more proud, nor defensive, nor anguished when making art, than a robin building a nest.  It should come naturally and be practiced by all humans.  I agree and I feel the most natural when I am painting! I also feel the most challenged, which keeps me striving.  My intention is for my paintings to show a dynamic relationship between spatial depth and surface pattern, an interaction of color, and an expressive variety of brushstrokes.” – Deliece Blanchard

First Friday ~ Artful Giving and Small Works

Join us as we “Celebrate Artful Giving” Find one-of-a-kind, handcrafted gifts for your special someone! This show features work by local and regional artists and artisans. New this year, Selected Small Works, a “pop-up” show, will take place during Artful Giving.

First Friday Opening Reception Friday, December 4th

Beverages for purchase and complimentary snacks.

Timed, Limited Sessions with 25 people per session.

Please call the gallery to reserve yours!
Slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

5pm-5:45pm

6pm-6:45pm

7pm-7:45pm

**Masks are required in the gallery**

Music for the evening provided by Louis Vangieri

This First Friday event is sponsored by Will & Tish Grant

EXHIBITION DATES DEC 4th – 26th

 

 

About Louis Vangieri (The LCV Project)

Hailing from Williamsburg, Vangieri has over a decade of experience playing out Virginians’ stresses, easing his listeners into a state of existential acoustic bliss with his instrumental folk renditions and original songs.

VMFA Artmobile

The VMFA Artmobile is coming to Gloucester! We are excited to welcome back VFMA on the Road. The Artmobile will be here for our First Friday Exhibit “A Journey From Realism to Abstraction” on Friday, November 6th from 5-8pm as well as Saturday, November 7th, from 10am-4pm, right next to Arts on Main.

A View from Home: Landscapes of Virginia features paintings, photographs, woodblock prints, and engravings from the museum’s permanent collection that explore the diversity and beauty of the Commonwealth’s natural realms. The collection showcases artists of various styles and periods, including O.Winston Link, Edward Beyer, George H. Benjamin Johnson and Adèle Clark.

For the duration of the COVID-19 crisis, the Artmobile gallery may accommodate up to 10 people, students and adults included, for 15-minute visits. All staff and visitors are required to wear masks.

For more information on the VMFA Artmobile. Free and open to the public. Masks are required to enter the Artmobile.

It is because of the partnership between the Cook Foundation and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, that the Artmobile is coming to Gloucester. Thank you to The Cook Foundation for bringing this amazing exhibit to the community.

A Journey From Realism to Abstraction: The Work of Lawrence Hollingsworth

First Friday Opening Reception
Friday, November 6th
Beverages for purchase and complimentary snacks.
5pm-5:45pm
6pm-6:45pm
7pm-7:45pm
Timed, limited sessions with 35 people per session.
Please call the gallery to reserve yours!
Slots are available on a first come, first served basis.
**Masks are required in the gallery**
Music for the evening provided by Jordan Scott
This First Friday event is sponsored by Troy & Theresa Stavens

EXHIBITION DATES NOV 6th – 28th

A Journey From Realism to Abstraction

The Work of Lawrence Hollingsworth

Show Statement
“This show represents a collection of art which highlights some of the differences in style and perspective between
“representational works” (realism), what I term “transitional works” (works that contain aspects of realism but moving in the direction of abstraction with ethereal and atmospheric elements), and finally ”non-representational works” (abstract art) .
I have found that painting in different genres is not only challenging but further enhances my creative drive. We have all experienced the frustration and changes in our lives that this Corona Virus has wrought and it is my hope to bring some normalcy and joy to others through my work.”

VMFA Artmobile

The VMFA Artmobile is coming to Gloucester! We are excited to welcome back VFMA on the Road. The Artmobile will be here for our First Friday Exhibit “A Journey From Realism to Abstraction” on Friday, November 6th from 5-8pm as well as Saturday, November 7th, from 10am-4pm, right next to Arts on Main.

A View from Home: Landscapes of Virginia features paintings, photographs, woodblock prints, and engravings from the museum’s permanent collection that explore the diversity and beauty of the Commonwealth’s natural realms. The collection showcases artists of various styles and periods, including O.Winston Link, Edward Beyer, George H. Benjamin Johnson and Adèle Clark.

For the duration of the COVID-19 crisis, the Artmobile gallery may accommodate up to 10 people, students and adults included, for 15-minute visits. All staff and visitors are required to wear masks.

For more information on the VMFA Artmobile. Free and open to the public. Masks are required to enter the Artmobile.

It is because of the partnership between the Cook Foundation and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, that the Artmobile is coming to Gloucester. Thank you to The Cook Foundation for bringing this amazing exhibit to the community.