"Embedded Light" at Grosse Pointe; Waterloo's maps

The Embedded Light exhibit was held at the Grosse Pointe Art Center in Michigan, a few blocks from Lake St. Clair. Chris McCauley was the juror. The huge gallery is a converted storefront in the main shopping district. (Lemons to lemonade: all of our communities here could do something like this.) I managed to shoot everything, but, no surprise, fewer than half of the photos turned out decently. There is no preferential selection here - what you see is what was focussed enough to use!

If they had given awards for minimalism at this show, my pieces would have been a shoe-in. In The Narrows, painted flat and rectangular, the influence of my own sculptural work shows pretty clearly, as if I have come full circle:


These are some of the works that won awards:

Margo Mullen
(a Monterey artist
who is now a "show-
buddy" of mine)
Monastery Moment













Sherrie Posternak
Chromosomal Pattern of Martian









M. J. Selzer
Lucky Draw







Rodney Thompson
Basin and Range #33













Mark Lavatelli
Underground
















Among the rest of the work was a range of styles and techniques, some addressing the theme of luminescence, or embedded light, much more than others (and more than the awarded work in some cases).

Margaret Koenen
Drip






Lucia Enriquez
Untitled #2














Christine Towner
Cave Sediment






Birgit Huttemann-Holz
Sleep On













Rae Broyles
Night Barn














Gilda Snowden
Arrangements II












Twelve other artists participated in the exhibit, and it was exciting to see the variety of approaches with wax. Photos, mine in particular, just don't do these pieces justice. At the Cross-Pollination show coming up, there is sure to be another banquet of work for all of us to enjoy in person.

This Friday member Kathleen Waterloo's show Map Quest opened at Melanie Cooper Gallery. The subject matter (map routes from her studio to a variety of art museums) is presented most directly in . . .drumroll, please . . . neon. Nelson Atkins, below, might be a first as a neon/wax combo.

In other work, theme and variations abound:


Above: LACMA Below: EAM (Elmhurst Art Museum)


Joanne Mattera was at the gallery visiting both of the exhibiting artists (Julie Karabenick's show Just Around the Block was sharing the stage), taking in the new wing at the Art Institute, and topping off the weekend at SOFA. Tireless as always, she is already planning the 4th Annual Encaustic Conference. Watch her blog for extensive coverage of the Miami shows next month.