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March Issue 2007
Vista Studios in Columbia, SC, Features New Exhibits for March
Vista Studios in Columbia, SC, will present several new exhibits in Gallery 80808 including: Wood & Weave, featuring the works of two sisters: custom caned furniture by Kate Callahan and shadow boxes by Pat Callahan, on view from Mar. 23 - 27, 2007, and New Works, featuring works by Patrick Parise, on view from Mar. 30 through Apr. 10, 2007.
In Wood & Weave, both artists use traditional techniques and materials ingeniously to weave their creations. Kate Callahan first tackled caning when she volunteered to recane one of her parents' kitchen chairs. Armed with an instructional video and an unflagging can-do spirit she soon built a steady business of furniture recaning and repair, learning techniques and cane patterns on the job.
Kate leapt into furniture design in 2003 when she designed and built a maple armchair with caned back and seat. The chair is comfortable to "sitters" of all sizes and fitting for formal or casual décor. Engaged by the "drama of wood" and possible materials, Kate has crafted the chair in mahogany, in walnut, with Danish cord, and with a rush weave.
In addition to two variations of the chair, Wood & Weave will include Kate's entry table in elm and in maple, coffee table in mahogany, display boxes in maple, wenge, mahogany, and purple heart - all incorporating her signature caned floating shelf - and a cane wreath designed for a 2006 invitational exhibition at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Inc., Newport News, VA.
Kate's furniture received the best in show award at the 2006 Gosport Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA. She resides in Chesapeake, VA.
Pat Callahan's recent work displays equal ingenuity
and beauty. Known first for her figure drawings, the Columbia
artist presents shadow boxes in Wood & Weave. Working
in three dimensions has unleashed Pat's propensity to collect
feathers, rocks, and whatnots; and a love of wood, tools, and
metal workings. Her constructions explore what the artist terms
"burrs," kernels of truth and deceit, perceptions and
distortions, and unsettling beauty. The boxes exhibit a curious
juxtaposition of found and created elements and marked restraint
and balance, the result of the artist's design sense honed over
a graphic design career.
Included in the exhibit will be a series of shadow boxes with
work-weary figures that speak to distorted cultural and personal
work ethic and night song in 3 acts, a three box homage
to nightfall when Pat often heads to her studio at Vista Studios.
Patrick Parise
Patrick Parise will be showing his paintings on wood panels as well as new etchings and paintings on canvas. The new images will again include a range of his work, from colorful landscapes to beautifully flowing abstracts.
For further information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 803/252-6134, visit (www.gallery80808vistastudios.com) or contact Parise at 803/790-2136, e-mail at (pat@patrickparise.com) or visit (www.patrickparise.com).
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