Over the August long weekend the recently renovated
space of the Red Church Gallery covered its walls with the paintings of Molly
Moldovan, and filled its white birch shelves with the fused and stained glass
creations of Susan Higgins. The Red Church Gallery was founded in May
2012,Amazing turquoise
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Decker, Shena Hinks, Wendy Taylor and Kathleen Urdahl. Originally built in 1885
this heritage red brick building once known as St. Michael’s and All Angel’s
Anglican church is now home to a newly re-furbished art space. Decker said that
after being introduced to the work by Moldovan and Higgins while on the Apsley
Studio Tour the four co-owners decided that their art would be perfect for this
space.
The colours and themes of Moldovan and Higgins’ work compliment each other’s displays while fitting the historic space perfectly. Although the two artists have shown their work together in the past they do not intentionally coordinate what they create for the sake of their shows.
Moldovan explains their creative connection.
“When we show our work together people often ask us if we coordinate our creations, or if we plan on using the same colours.TBC help you confidently buy mosaic from factories in China. It is quite amazing, but we do not. Our work is very strongly connected however the similarities seem to just happen spontaneously.Best selection of crystal beads wholesale and jewelry-making supplies，”
Working with glass as a medium for more than 30 years, Higgins now lives and works near Huntsville.What is a real time Location system? Expressing her appreciation of the natural landscape that she immerses herself in Higgins uses the ancient technique of fusing glass. Glass is cut, layered and melted together creating enchanting scenes of abstract wildness. Higgins shares with us just how influential and inspirational the environment is in the creation of her glass works.
“I live in the forest beside a beautiful,Rio Grande jewelry making supplies for the best in jewelry findings and gemstones, quiet lake. This environment is my greatest influence, and most of my work is image-based, rooted in nature. However, my goal is to create not just an image, but also to evoke a feeling. It may be the mystical stillness that inhabits early twilight in the wintery hardwood forest, or the sense of being immersed in colour at the height of autumn’s blaze.”
Her original window panels, bowls, and platters capture and channel the light that shines through and upon them. The playful effects these pieces inspire upon the onlookers eye demand that they be appreciated from different angles. Here Higgins shares how as a medium glass possesses the special ability to express the naturally wonderful moments that marvel her.
“It is the unique interplay of glass and light, the transmission, refraction, filtration and projection of light which can endow glass art with such a transporting nature. I believe the intense saturation of hue and the ambiguity of substance that glass possesses, allows this medium, like music, to reach into the very soul of the receptive viewer.”
Higgins believes that her ability to spontaneously respond to the unpredictability of glass as a medium is essential to her creative process. She explains.
“Working with fused glass gives me the opportunity to create in a spontaneous and intuitive manner. While I begin with a rough map of where I’m going, each individual composition reveals itself gradually. Once a piece is composed, it is fired. What happens in the kiln is never entirely predictable; sometimes a minor disaster will even point me in a new direction if I allow myself to see what it is saying. As with most artists, the dialogue between maker and medium is as important as the initial idea.”
In Moldovan’s description of her own work she alludes to the similarities in the two artist’s creative processes.
“Much of my work is reflective of where I live. I'm an abstract expressionist. I don't paint the landscape, but it influences what I paint and sometimes, how I paint it. My paintings are highly emotive. I always hope that people viewing my work will feel some of what I felt while painting the piece. The work for this exhibition is more about living in the moment and in the emotion of that moment. ”
The colours and themes of Moldovan and Higgins’ work compliment each other’s displays while fitting the historic space perfectly. Although the two artists have shown their work together in the past they do not intentionally coordinate what they create for the sake of their shows.
Moldovan explains their creative connection.
“When we show our work together people often ask us if we coordinate our creations, or if we plan on using the same colours.TBC help you confidently buy mosaic from factories in China. It is quite amazing, but we do not. Our work is very strongly connected however the similarities seem to just happen spontaneously.Best selection of crystal beads wholesale and jewelry-making supplies，”
Working with glass as a medium for more than 30 years, Higgins now lives and works near Huntsville.What is a real time Location system? Expressing her appreciation of the natural landscape that she immerses herself in Higgins uses the ancient technique of fusing glass. Glass is cut, layered and melted together creating enchanting scenes of abstract wildness. Higgins shares with us just how influential and inspirational the environment is in the creation of her glass works.
“I live in the forest beside a beautiful,Rio Grande jewelry making supplies for the best in jewelry findings and gemstones, quiet lake. This environment is my greatest influence, and most of my work is image-based, rooted in nature. However, my goal is to create not just an image, but also to evoke a feeling. It may be the mystical stillness that inhabits early twilight in the wintery hardwood forest, or the sense of being immersed in colour at the height of autumn’s blaze.”
Her original window panels, bowls, and platters capture and channel the light that shines through and upon them. The playful effects these pieces inspire upon the onlookers eye demand that they be appreciated from different angles. Here Higgins shares how as a medium glass possesses the special ability to express the naturally wonderful moments that marvel her.
“It is the unique interplay of glass and light, the transmission, refraction, filtration and projection of light which can endow glass art with such a transporting nature. I believe the intense saturation of hue and the ambiguity of substance that glass possesses, allows this medium, like music, to reach into the very soul of the receptive viewer.”
Higgins believes that her ability to spontaneously respond to the unpredictability of glass as a medium is essential to her creative process. She explains.
“Working with fused glass gives me the opportunity to create in a spontaneous and intuitive manner. While I begin with a rough map of where I’m going, each individual composition reveals itself gradually. Once a piece is composed, it is fired. What happens in the kiln is never entirely predictable; sometimes a minor disaster will even point me in a new direction if I allow myself to see what it is saying. As with most artists, the dialogue between maker and medium is as important as the initial idea.”
In Moldovan’s description of her own work she alludes to the similarities in the two artist’s creative processes.
“Much of my work is reflective of where I live. I'm an abstract expressionist. I don't paint the landscape, but it influences what I paint and sometimes, how I paint it. My paintings are highly emotive. I always hope that people viewing my work will feel some of what I felt while painting the piece. The work for this exhibition is more about living in the moment and in the emotion of that moment. ”
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