posted Apr 23, 2014, 10:15 AM by League of Reston Artists Webmaster
You & Your Friends Are Cordially Invited:
Reflections Of Spring!
City Of Fairfax Hosts Spotlight On The Arts ~ Art Beautique Event At Sherwood Center
Reflections Of Spring! ~ Opening Art Reception With Irish Céilí Music & Entertainment: You are invited to a free wine and cheese art opening reception and concert on Saturday, May 10 from 7 to 9 PM
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where you will be able to meet the artist, Larry Oskin. This Céilí
event will share music, dancing, singing and storytelling from Ireland.
Síor-Óg will perform the music of O’Carolan and old masters. Shepherd’s
Pie Céilí Band will play. Shannon Dunne will offer Sean-nós ‘old-style’
dancing, while Aoibhneas Rince School of Irish Dance will have step
dancers perform. The Tuesday Night Céilí Club will invite the audience
to join in a dance. Beth Benedetto will perform songs while Penelope
Fleming and Voices In The Glen will share Irish stories.
Larry Oskin ~ Featured Artist:Reflections
Of Spring! will share a new fine art photography collection to
celebrate spring beauty by Larry Oskin of Art Beautique.Oskinstrives
to celebrate the pure beauty of flowers, landscapes, cityscapes, women
and animals. His Art Beautique images look like contemporary
impressionistic paintings, using bright, bold and vivid colors. His
work is digitally enhanced to balance Oskin’s strong sense of color,
layout and design with objective and non-objective abstract
expressionism. Oskin shares his Art Beautique photography images as a
dedicated color and field theorist. He truly remains inspired by beauty;
whether from the human form or from nature itself.
Oskin shares,
“Spring is always a great time to celebrate beauty. Everyone enjoys the
absolute pleasure derived from seeing beautiful flowers, animals,
sunrises, sunsets, people and picturesque landscapes. My Art Beautique
images remain very stylized with a technique I created, called ‘Photo
Impressionism’. I believe that fine art photography remains one of our
best artistic forms of visual expression. I search to share what we can
see, sense and feel, yet not always touch! With photography, we can
share the instant of a beautiful sunrise, sunset and cloud, which may
only otherwise be a mere quick memory. We are able to enjoy the memory
of smiles, happiness, sorrow, love, warmth, friendship, beauty, romance
and spirit as well as to remember the unique joy we may have experienced
from a complete array of emotions. A picture may only be worth 1000
words, while little else will compare when you are able to capture any
special moment in time!”
Originally
from Buffalo, New York, Oskin has exhibited his original limited
edition professional artwork in private art galleries and city museums
including the famous Albright-Knox Art Gallery of Buffalo, NY. He has
regularly exhibited his fine art collections within Northern Virginia
and Washington, DC art galleries. Earlier in his career, Oskin was
Director of Marketing for Circle Fine Art, which at the time was
respected as the world’s largest fine art publisher and art gallery
chain, where he provided marketing for Peter Max, Erté, Yaacov Agam,
Norman Rockwell, LeRoy Neiman, Marcel Mouley, Walt Disney Studios and
many internationally respected artists. Oskin is also owner of Marketing
Solutions as a full-service marketing, graphic design, photography and
PR agency specializing in the professional beauty and medical
industries. This Spotlight On The Arts exhibit will also be his
‘Farewell Fairfax’ art show, as he will soon be moving to Clermont,
Florida.
posted Mar 23, 2014, 6:42 AM by League of Reston Artists Webmaster
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April 1 - 30, 2014
Reston Center 2 – Main Floor Lobby
12005 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston
Reston At Fifty, A Celebration In Pictures,
will exhibit large photographs of the community of Reston. The show
coincides with the 50th anniversary of Reston. It will also serve to
introduce Jim's book by the same name, which will be available as a
print-on-demand book through Blurb.com and as an ebook through the Apple iBookstore. Jim's
photographs of the planned community of Reston are a pictorial
celebration of the new town, including the natural beauty, the
architecture, the people, and the culture of the community. Most of the
photographs were taken in the last five years and depict Reston today,
as he sees his home town at fifty.
Jim
Kirby has lived in Reston, Virginia for over thirty years. His
photography career began on arrival, working first as a photojournalist
with The Reston Times, where he honed his skills as a visual
storyteller and in the process won nine Virginia Press Association
Awards for Excellence in Photography. Jim began working as a freelance
photographer in 1984, shooting advertising and editorial assignments for
corporations, magazines, and ad agencies. That same year, he
photographed and designed the book, Reston, The First Twenty Years,
a volunteer effort with other Reston residents, including writer Tom
Grubisich. The proceeds from the book helped found the Reston archive at
George Mason University Library. In 2009, Jim published his first solo
book, Harpers Ferry, A Crossroads in Time. Published by Mountain
Trail Press, the book tells the remarkable story of the historic West
Virginia town with photographs and words. When he is not shooting
pictures, Jim enjoys kayaking on the Potomac River, hiking in the Blue
Ridge Mountains, and running the miles of pathways in Reston.
posted Mar 20, 2014, 4:06 AM by League of Reston Artists Webmaster
"This &
That" paintings on exhibit by Cheryl Parsons during the month of April
at Reston One Building "Home of the Reston Association".
Cheryl is a representational painter who interprets "the
realistic" by painting everyday objects.
Crayons, games, colorful
candies, fruits, vegetables, trompe l'oeil surprises and still life
paintings of memorable personal objects as commissions.
This exhibit will include recent paintings of trompe l'oeil book
shelves with themed objects - cooking items; fun toys. "This is why I
named the exhibit "This & That". Kitchens, children's rooms or
wherever in the home...shelves collect things ...."This & That",
states Cheryl.
Also on exhibit are paintings of contemporary fruits, vegetables, butterflies and candy paintings - "This & That"
Cheryl's
paintings have been exhibited throughout the Metro DC, Virginia
and Maryland area in galleries. Also, her paintings are in a permanent
collection at PassionFish Restaurant in Reston. Also, a recent addition
to the corporate collection of Republic Title Company in Richmond, VA.
Honors
have included a grant to live in Dinan, France for a month and a
painting was selected to be included in the collection of La Grande
Vigne. Cheryl's work has been included in juried art festivals in South
Florida - Miami, Key Biscayne, Boca Raton and Palm Beach as well as the
Metro Washington, DC areas.
On Exhibit: April 1 - 30 - Reston One Building, - Main Entry Lobby - 12001 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston. 20101.
