November Issue 2001
Here's a Carolina Arts Update! 7/22/05
erl originals gallery in Winston-Salem, NC, is now closed. The following is no reflection on the artist(s) mentioned in this article. They still deserve the historical fact that this exhibition happened.
Here is an excerpt from an article in the Winston-Salem Journal's Dec. 10, 2004, edition: "In late September, (2004) erl's owners, Peter and Lee Swenson, and the company they operate, Bogart Management Group, were foreclosed on by their bank. They were barred from their gallery at 480 West End Blvd. for being months in arrears on rent and utilities. Peter Swenson is facing numerous tax-fraud charges, as well as a growing number of civil lawsuits filed by creditors seeking to collect payments they say are long overdue".
e.r.l. originals in Winston-Salem, NC, Features Works by Cynthia Bringle
Intricate,
colorful works by Cynthia Bringle, a nationally renowned studio
potter and teacher, will be featured in the main gallery of e.r.l
originals in Winston-Salem, NC, through Nov. 14. The new show
will also include abstract mixed media paintings by Maxine Linney.
Pastel landscape paintings by Lynne Bjarnesen will be featured
in e.r.l's "Gallery G."
After more than 30 years of paving her own way, Cynthia Bringle is known by many as one of the foremost icons of clay in our time. Initially, a painter in her undergraduate years, Bringle quickly switched her studies and artistic devotion to clay. She received her BFA from Memphis Academy of Arts in Memphis, TN, and her MFA from Alfred University in Alfred, NY. Since then, Bringle has become a nationally renowned studio potter and teacher, teaching and inspiring students in countless workshops including the highly respected Penland School of Crafts in Western NC.
The spirit of exploration and inspiration is a constant in the development of Bringle's work. Initially making functional pots, she now also makes more contemplative works. A mug or 30-inch-tall vase may be covered in curving patterns. She pushes the capabilities of glazes, alkaline and salt in particular, and experiments with calligraphy on both functional and raku pieces.
Bringle's works are currently part of the Ceramic National 2000 tour that is being featured at museums across the country over a two-year period. This year alone, she is taking part in selected invitationals and juried shows in Santa Fe, NM; Waterbury Center, VT; Columbus, OH; and Penland, Charlotte, and Asheville, NC. Bringle's pottery is also part of private and public collections throughout the world, including the White House, the Mint Museum of Craft & Design, BF Goodrich, Bank of America, State of North Carolina, IBM, and the Smithsonian International traveling exhibition. She is highly regarded as a teacher, and has taken part in workshops across the United States, Australia and Brazil.
In 2000, Bringle became a fellow of the American Craft Council, and this year, was awarded a Life Membership in the Southern Highland Craft Guild.
Maxine Linney
Maxine Linney uses mixed media, composed of many layers, to convey a mental/visual dialogue with her art. She describes her work as non-objective and experimental, and she has expanded her interest in texture and color relationships to include the three-dimensional in order to highlight varying light patterns.
Linney received her BS in visual design from the Chicago Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She has also studied extensively with nationally well-known artists Glenn Bradshaw, Virginia Cobb, Katherine Liu, Alex Powers, Joe Cox, and Ben Williams. She has participated in competitive/invitational shows across the southeast. Her paintings are part of numerous private and corporate collections, including AT&T, Sara Lee, IBM, Wachovia, Duke University, and Reynolda House.
Lynn Bjarnesen's mediums are oil pastel, intaglio printmaking, and monotypes. Her warm, traditional pastel landscape paintings will be on display in erl's "Gallery G." Bjarnesen, who holds a masters of social work from Virginia Commonwealth University, has participated in numerous art classes and workshops, among them, Averett College, Penland School of Crafts, Rhode Island School of Design, and Wake Forest University. Her works have been exhibited in many shows in both North Carolina and Virginia and are part of collections at the Bank of America, Simpson Paper Company, Vulcan Materials, and Central Fidelity Bank.
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Gallery listings, call the gallery at 336/760-4373 or on the web
at (http://www.erloriginals.com).
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