A Place for Art

 “Shine On Brightly”
Mark Rothkopf: "I am thinking of this show partly in memory of my favorite band, Procul Harum. The leader and founder, Gary Broolear passed away in February and was best known for the song Whiter Shade of Pale. Shine on Brightly is also a great song and best describes how I like me work to feel." Mark is inspired by images of ice, snow, light, shadow and street photography. Also, by what can happen with architecture and geometric shapes with light and shadow. He strives for that with all his work including painting portraits. "My only regret was that I was so immersed in photography that I didn't paint," Mark says. But during COVID his two primary cameras and printer broke. So he picked up brushes and canvas and has been excited to be back in the painting world. "I'll never stop photography, but it has been more and more paints, pencils and whatever medium strikes me... till death do us part!"

Ron Richard Baviello is a self-taught painter mainly working in acrylics. He also is a successful computer artist, often incorporating digital images into his acrylic and mixed media works. He often returns to his love of printmaking and continues to experiment with image transfers using various mediums and substrates. Ron loves to paint because it feels like a magical process watching images come to life as layers of paint are applied to a substrate. His choice of subject matter is somewhat eclectic. This gives him many different avenues to explore and experiment in developing his diverse creative works. The most successful of these have been his human and animal portraits, landscapes, abstracts, and figurative art verging on the erotic.