In an attempt to escape what he describes as the “Trump Nightmare,” Scott Kraynak visited Ecuador in the winter of 2019. He intended to explore the incredible nature, watch and hear the astounding array of birds, witness firsthand the beautiful art created by Ecuadorian masters, experience the culture, taste the food and simply spend a little part of his life in […]
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The first infrared photographs were taken by American photographer Robert Wood and published in 1910. Infrared photography captures wavelengths of light that are outside the visible spectrum. Because we can’t see this light, it produces some unusual results. Due to the reflectiveness of chlorophyll to infrared light, foliage appears white or near-white, resulting in what is known as the “Wood […]
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Beginning with the October 19 Third Friday, Gallery+ welcomed past guest-artist, Eva Volf, as our newest regular artist. Volf’s fantastic seascapes immerse the viewer in the primal waters of the sea. Inspired by the majesty of the oceans and beaches of the world, she channels the emotions of tranquility and fulfillment to the viewer through oil on canvas. Conceptualized at […]
Read moreTo me, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s statement “for the benefit of all the people forever” goes beyond meaning art should be accessible to everyone. I believe it speaks to the nature of art itself. The operative word is “benefit.” One of art’s most important purposes is to help the viewer make sense of or deal with situations in a […]
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Halim Ina Halim Ina was born in Managua, Nicaragua in 1968. After an earthquake when he was 5, his family moved to their ancestral home in Lebanon. Civil war there brought the family to the United States when he was 10. He has lived here ever since. After attending Case Western Reserve University where he earned his D.D.S., he established […]
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Anthony Mitri (Closing at September Third Friday) A Cleveland native, Anthony Mitri has been drawing and painting most of his life. Before focusing strictly on the realistic charcoal drawings he is known for, Mitri completed a series of 22 abstract landscape paintings from 2000-2002. He was experimenting with a technique of building up many layers of very thin oil washes […]
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Gallery+ showcases two guest artists every month: Mark Common (closing at June Third Friday) Born in Cleveland in 1956, Common studied under Douglas Unger, retired Professor of Art at Kent State University and has been painting landscapes since 1996. He started with chalk pastels and switched almost entirely to oil painting by 2000/2001. Inspiration for his subjects come from his […]
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We all know one. That person who’s incredibly talented but isn’t doing anything with it. The boy who could draw so effortlessly in grade school… now he’s a corporate IT director. Or that girl in high school who wrote poetry that made you cry… she’s a nurse. Maybe it’s your friend who actually went to art school but is hanging […]
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This Fall, Gallery+ is pleased to present the work of two local artists, Grant Cleveland and Joshua Eiskamp. Grant Cleveland’s work will be on display from September 16 through October 21, 2016. All of Cleveland’s art is personal. His paintings fall into a new category of paintings called abstract symbolism. While they are definitely abstract, everything signifies something. Not […]
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