Corrine Woodman Gallery

January 2000

Art and medicine are intertwined in Steph Nelson's paintings. Nelson worked in various medical situations including hospital emergency rooms and sleep research centers. Nelson works in a technique called "reverse-painting." The technique dates back to the 3rd or 4th Century AD, and is still used in folk art. Paint is applied to a transparent surface, which gives a very luminous effect. Details are painted first, backgrounds last. The work needs careful planning, with a finished composition before the artist starts with the actual execution. Nelson uses automotive paints on plexiglass.

"Prana" by Deb Ramsay

Deb Ramsay works in encaustic paints with eggshell inlay and copper patina. Ramsay shows a recent series of Hand Mudras: a precise way of holding the hands and fingers. East Indian sculptors of spiritual figures use mudras to give identity to the deity they are creating. Mudras tell a story in the dances of India and Bali. Yoga practitioners use madras to alter the breath and active energy pathways through the body. Mudras have been passed down for hundreds of years and are still vital pieces in rituals that offer comfort, solace, and healing to those who partake.

The artworks are painted with encaustic paints, pigment mixed into purified beeswax. The word encaustic means "to burn in" relating to the melting of the wax during the painting process. It's an ancient medium used before oil paint was "invented." Clay frames are embellished with encaustic paint, copper leaf, found objects, and an eggshell inlay technique resembling mosaic.

February 2000

Denise Ross

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To Ruth Leeper, the process of painting is the most important aspect of art. She views it as continuous, joyfull struggle. She works with bright, loosely painted oils with an emphasis on light and shadow depicting landscapes, historic homes, places and things that are meaningful to her.

Leetra Taylor shows "children's drawings translated into dolls." Taylor had students make a self portrait, which she used as a "pattern' to make a three dimensional doll. Taylor is an experienced dollmaker, known for her Celebration Dolls. She gives classes in doll making.

The Corrine Woodman Gallery, in the Corvallis Arts Center, is dedicated to CAC affiliated Guilds: Corvallis Art Guild, Mid-Willamette Valley PhotoArts Guild, Willamette Ceramics Guild, Mid-Willamette Valley Woodworkers Guild, Corvallis Handweavers & Spinners Guild and Goose Quill (calligraphy) Guild. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Sunday, noon - 5 pm.

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