Former Lyons resident’s photography featured in exhibit

Wayne County Council for the Arts is pleased to present the exhibition “The Cinematographer’s Party” by Kevin Schoonover. This exhibit features fine art photographic images taken mostly in and around Wayne County, finessed to evoke a cinematic mood. From the solitary loneliness of a lighthouse in winter or a forgotten one-room schoolhouse in the overgrown weeds to the peeling paint of a rusty old boat on the Erie Canal and the ghostly emptiness of a deserted institutional courtyard, Schoonover uses his camera to reveal the inner beauty in the unlikeliest of subjects.

"There's a look to certain movies that fascinates me," Schoonover said. "Some films are just so beautiful, that any single frame could be hung on the wall. I am so moved by Terrance Malick's ‘Days of Heaven’, Julie Dash's ‘Daughters of the Dust’ and David Gordon Green's ‘George Washington’. Each has its own rustic, rural aesthetic that I find phenomenally gorgeous. I strive for that cinematic dreaminess in my own work.Shop for high quality wholesale parking sensor system products on DHgate and get worldwide delivery. Most of my subjects aren't 'pretty' in the classic sense. But I find them endlessly alluring. There is beauty in sadness. And I'm transfixed by it."

A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology's graphic design program, Schoonover served as executive director of Wayne County Council for the Arts in Lyons for five years and the Finger Lakes Regional Arts Council/Smith Opera House in Geneva for 10. In 2009, he and his wife,This is a superb introduction to how Injection Mold tools are made. Mary, launched Flying Whale Studios, specializing in the creation of fine art photography, uniquely crafted holiday decorations, Finger Lakes specialty sculptures, graphic design, and grant writing and publicity for non-profit arts organizations.

A former Lyons resident, Schoonover lives in Geneva, he and Mary have two grown children and one overgrown garden.

In the Chris Fayad Members’ Gallery, Claudine Bartlett will present her oil painting exhibit.

“Since 2005 I have been painting oil ‘en plein air’. I keep doing it because I love being outdoors rain or shine,” Bartlett said.Republic parking system is a privately owned professional parking management company based in Chattanooga, “The weather is sometimes the subject of the painting. The act of painting in front of the subject (as opposed to working from photos or memory) is my idea of the perfect meditation,Service and equipment provider in professional Car park management system. a way to experience and celebrate the world around me. I have always enjoyed drawing. I sketch at restaurant tables while waiting for my order, at concerts, in parks and even in parking lots. Reviewing the sketches often lead to a revisiting of the scene to do a painting. My favorite subject is a landscape with a building or other structure. The relation of buildings to the space around them is a favorite theme. The contrast of the organic shapes of earth and plants with the geometric buildings, bridges, etc. is an evocative relationship. Ways to look at that relationship inspire me to keep on drawing and painting.We have a wide selection of dry cabinet to choose from for your storage needs.”

Hot on the heels of last May's very successful bidding, which saw a 100 per cent sale that grossed RM4 million, the company's latest offering of 91 recently unearthed art pieces of exceptional quality by established and contemporary artists will go under the hammer in the second auction for this year.

To cater for a wider range of collectors and to encourage art collection among all strata of society in the country, the prices for the items start from as low as RM5,000.

With an estimated value of RM3.1 million, the whole spectrum features quality works by a formidable line up of internationally-acclaimed artists including Datuk Ibrahim Hussain, Abdul Latiff Mohidin, Datuk Chuah Thean Teng, Chang Fee Ming, Datuk Hoessein Enas, Lim Kim Hai, Dzulkifli Buyong, Anuar Rashid, Cheong Soo Pieng and Chen Wen Hsi, so this is one art auction not to be missed.

A preview of 37 pieces were showcased at A2 Gallery on Bangkok Lane, here, for three days recently as part of its travelling exhibitions.

HBAA director, Lim Eng Chong, said the selection for this sale was whittled from 500 items and further narrowed down to just 91.

"It is a significant honour for Henry Butcher to have been entrusted with the sale of such rare gems. The selection for this sale was made all the more stringent, with the unparalleled quality in the consignments received," he said.