May, 2023

Adams and Moskowitz Art

Marion Adams, “Out of the Blue”
and
Seth Moskowitz, “Odds and Ends—The Covid Years”

Exhibit Dates: April 30 – May 27, 2023

Gallery Hop: Friday, May 5, 7-9 pm

Artists’ Reception: Sunday, May 7, 2-4 pm

Art Crush: Friday, May 19, 7-9 pm

“Out of the Blue” and “Partly Cloudy” by Marion Adams

Marion Adams looks to the sky for inspiration. Working with pastels as her medium, she captures ethereal effects of the ever-changing scene overhead. Adams’ intention is to capture the sky in its various moods, show the turbulence of clouds before a storm, haze drifting overhead on a moonlit night, and small points of starlight gradually appearing after sunset. The single acrylic painting, “Wonder”, stands alone among the pastels as a representation of her own quest seeking answers and, at times,
the right questions.

“Celestial Sky” and “Haze Lifting” by Marion Adams

Marion Adams is a retired Middle School Science and Math teacher. She has taught art history, painting and drawing on the college level. She holds a master’s degree from Georgia State University. She has been a member of Artworks since 2015.

“Signs of Spring” and “Runnin’ Out of Time” by Seth Moskowitz

When Covid 19 made us prisoners in our own homes, Seth Moskowitz frequently found himself filled with fear and frustration. But despite the dramatic changes in almost every aspect of daily lives, Moskowitz also experienced intense gratitude for a life that remained healthy, happy, hardy and whole.

During “The Covid Years,” Moskowitz produced a constant stream of images that were never quite completed. To celebrate the many splendors of the Spring of 2023, Moskowitz decided to finish and free these images from the messy confines of his head. He hopes the viewer will find connection with some of the places and spaces he passed through during these sometimes seemingly interminable “15 Days to Slow the Spread.”

“What a Tangled Web II” and “Echoes” by Seth Moskowitz

Seth Moskowitz is a Winston-Salem based artist who creates and combines photographic images into artworks that rarely resemble photography or the images that they incorporate. After a challenging career in the corporate world, he began to create visual art in 2004 as an escape from the verbal cacophony of the workaday environment – a way to enter a peaceful, magical place that is literally, beyond words. He has been a member of Artworks Gallery since 2017 and a member of Associated Artists of Winston-Salem since 2005.

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

Q&A with Mona Wu

How would you describe your art?

My work is mostly representative and nature is my main interested subject. Sometimes l venture into abstraction, especially in collage work.

How have you changed as an artist over the years?

I have switched my medium from Chinese painting to printmaking. The techniques are very different but my observation in nature expressed in my various work still remains.

What artists have influenced your work?

Henri Matisse, many Chinese and Japanese classic painters.

Do you have a favorite medium?

Woodcut is my favorite medium.

What does making art mean in your life?

It provides a channel to fulfill my creative urge. Teaching art classes also gives me feedback from students and my sense of being in a community.

Q & A with Betti Pettinati Longinotti

How would you describe your art?

I work in drawing, painting, mixed media, and glass-fused glass, and stained glass.

How have you changed as an artist over the years?

When I was younger my work was more figurative. I also liked plein air. My work is still inspired by the natural world, but presently with a current of conceptual meaning and intent.

What artists have influenced your work?

Artists Edward Hopper, Kiki Smith, and Georgia O’Keeffe have been the most influential to me.

Do you have a favorite medium?

Oil painting and glass are my favorite mediums.

What does making art mean in your life?

I have known since my earliest memories that I was an artist. I love creating, I love teaching art, I love looking at art, and I love encouraging others’ creativity. Art is intrinsic to all in my life.

Into the Horizons by Diane Nations

Mostly Mandalas: Imagery from Lea’s Garden by Betti Pettinati Longinotti

Exhibition Dates: October 30th – November 26th, 2022

Gallery Hop: Friday, November 4th, 7-9 pm

Reception for the Artists: Sunday, November 13th, 1:30 – 3:30 pm


September 2022: Meyers and Tefft

Artworks Gallery Presents Two New Exhibitions:

A Leg to Stand On, a new series of work by Jessica Tefft

The Forest, a continuing series of works by Wendell Myers

Exhibition Dates: August 28th – October 1st, 2022

Gallery Hop: Friday, September 2nd, 7-9 pm


August 2022: Aikers, Kopf & LaRosee

Artworks Gallery Presents Three New Exhibitions:

“Textures from the Coasts,” Karen Kopf

“Mysterious Barricades,” Nanu Lindgren La Rosee

“New Works,” Wiley Akers

Exhibition Dates: July 31- August 27, 2022

Gallery Hop: Friday, August 5th, 7-9 pm

Artists’ Reception: Sunday, August 14th, 2-4 pm


Q&A with Mary Blackwell-Chapman

How have you changed as an artist over the years?

In addition to ceramics, I have begun to make books that are sculptures, and sew/embroider hangings.

What artists have influenced your work?

Ruth Duckworth, Mary Barringer, Eleanor Anderson, Mitzi Shewmake, Sumerian pre-historic art, Dan Essig, and Dolph Smith.

Do you have a favorite medium?

I enjoy paper/bookmaking, clay, and fiber.

What does making art mean in your life?

I feel very much at peace while creating art. Art gives me an outlet for my creative energy; it brings me joy; it helps me articulate my interests, my beliefs, and my aspirations.

Mary Blackwell-Chapman

Q&A with Marion Adams

How have you changed as an artist over the years?

I have been able to devote more time to my work. With every piece, I learn something new. And with every attempt I realize how much more there is to learn!

What artists have influenced your work?

In colored pencil, am inspired by the botanicals of Ann Swan, still-life work by Janie Gildow, and portraits by Ann Kullberg.

Do you have a favorite medium?

Colored pencil allows me to layer and blend colors with more control than watercolor or acrylics. A sharp point provides precise edges and detail. On the other hand, the pigments in the type of colored pencils I use do not erase. It’s difficult to hide a mistake.

What does making art mean in your life?

I feel very much at peace while creating art. It is basically a type of meditation I can turn to, an escape from the constant chatter of the outside world. It is a retreat into a space of quietness and peace.  While creating, the only challenges I feel are self-imposed. 

Marion Adams-Self Portrait

“Nature Studies” Marion Adams &“Way Seeking –Clay Cairns”, Mary Blackwell-Chapman

Exhibition Dates: May 1st – 28th, 2022

Open for Gallery Hop: May 6th, 7 – 10 pm

Reception: Sunday, May 8th, 2 – 4 pm

Marion Adams and Mary Blackwell-Chapman

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