HorseSpirit Arts Gallery

HorseSpirit Arts Gallery

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Dear Friends, I am thrilled to present local Artists Iris Grundler, Beverley Hunter and Mary Jo Kehne’s Art Show “ZEN – Clay, Glass & Tangle”, 2 - 26 July, 2017 at HorseSpirit Arts Gallery. Iris Grundler creates richly decorated and colorful pottery; Beverley Hunter colorful, mixed-media, glass mosaics; and Mary Jo Kehne draws intricate, delicate meditative patterns.

Opening Reception: Sunday, 2 July, 1-4PM. Come enjoy their beautiful artwork in the company of friends, festive food and beverage.

About the Artists:

Iris Grundler:
She is an accomplished Maryland Artist whose work resides in homes and business throughout the DC-Baltimore metropolitan area. Throughout her life, Iris has experimented with many art media, but chose ceramics and photography to express herself. She creates richly decorated and colored pottery in a wide variety of colors and designs.

Iris was born in Peru South America, and moved to U.S. as a teenager. She earned her BSAT - Bachelor of Science in Architecture Technology degree - in 1984 from Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., and immediately began her career as an Architect. Her architectural journey inspired her, and thus she incorporated in many related aspects in her work: public places, designs, nature and community. Iris is an artist who is deeply aware of people, time and places. However, she found that her most artistic side was unfulfilled, and thus she began painting for leisure, and in 2005 pursued the study of ceramics.

Iris celebrates her culture through the study of history - the understanding of glazes and wide range of techniques used in her Art - many as early as 700 BC. Her style and patterns combine elements from her Spanish and Incan heritages along with American influences to produce designs that are uniquely hers. She favors techniques like Mishima - scratching the surface of the clay and filling it with slip –liquid clay, and Sgraffito - several layers of color clay that is scratched, thus exposing multiple layers. When she uses colors, it brings out the composition of lines, shapes and contours, similar to how a composer works with musical notes to create a melody. Iris‘s art expresses an old saying that “what cannot be seen with eyes can be seen with the heart.”

In the early 2000s, Iris’s supportive husband Ed built her an art studio/shop at their home where she creates all of her work. Her talent as a potter and artist results in creations that spring from her imagination, without imitating the work of others.

Beverley Hunter:
Her Mosaic Art is a culmination of all of her creative passions from a very early age including portraiture, needlepoint, quilting, ceramics, incessant drawing and an adoration for color! She uses many types of media in her art including glass, ceramics, beads, tiles and unique found treasures.

Beverley's education and professional background includes graphic design, so composition is in her nature, and to apply this in a 3-dimensional way, creating a detailed extravaganza of tactile shape and color is supremely rewarding to her. Beverley is thrilled when people enjoy the artwork that she has gained such satisfaction in creating.

Beverley received her Associate’s Degree in Graphic Design, Textile Design and Fine Art from St. Albans College of Art and Design, St. Albans, England in 1985. She then received a Bachelor’s of Arts with Honors Degree in Graphic Design from Canterbury College of Art/Kent Institute of Art & Design, Kent, England in 1988.

Beverley started her professional life in Graphic Design at John Michael Design PLC, London, England, 1988 – 1990, where she was the Design Manager. Once stateside she worked at Beth Singer Design, Washington DC, 1992 – 1993, as their Production Manager, she was then with Kinetik Communication Graphics, Washington, DC, from February, 1994 – January 2016 where she was the Production Director. Beverley is now with HZDG (Hirshorn Zuckerman Design Group), she is responsible for buying print for their Rockville headquarters, the NY, Baltimore and Santa Cruz offices.

Throughout her career, Beverley has continued to pursue her own art. Beverley currently resides in Gaithersburg, MD with her son, two daughters and their small, adorable dog Kittee.

Mary Jo Kehne:
The simple ballpoint pen captured Mary Jo (MJ) Kehne’s interest over other drawing and painting media for the past thirty years. Using random strokes, repetitive lines, multiple layers of ink; forms emerge, and a new imaginal realm is created. The process is meditative. Realizing how one part or mark can affect another is never stronger when there is a slip of the pen, or an ink blob enters the paper. Negotiations ensue often creating yet another new image. Recognizable fragments may emerge and become developed as well as bizarre imagery from somewhere deep down.

MJ Kehne was born in Baltimore and currently lives outside of the city in Catonsville. Following an undergraduate degree in Art Education, she began graduate work at the Maryland Institute College of Art while teaching in Baltimore City. After finishing her Masters of Fine Art (MFA), she began another graduate program in art therapy with a focus in archetypal psychology. MJ supervised the art therapy program at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center for 26 years. She continues to maintain her Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapy (LCPAT) credential.

MJ participates in juried and solo art shows, as well as numerous art groups. She discovered the process of Zentangle, and has been a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT) since 2014. It captures her approach to creating art and mirrors many life philosophies. MJ currently seek groups and venues to teach this easy-to-learn, relaxing and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. MJ Kehne continues to expand her creative expression while encouraging and guiding the artistic journey of others.

In closing: Please come join us for this wonderful Art Show! I Look forward to seeing you soon! Abundant Kindness, Robin Holliday

HorseSpirit Arts Gallery, Owner/Curator
8090 Main Street, Ellicott City, MD 21043
www.HorseSpiritArtsGallery.com
Robin.Holliday@HorseSpiritArtsGallery.com
410-461-3505
Open Wednesday – Monday (Closed Tuesday), 11:00 am – 6:00+ pm (until 8:00+ pm on Weekends)
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