Abstract Intentions 2022






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Awards


Best of Show

Summer Rain by Patricia E.Perrin


First Place

You are Here by Ann Henderickson-Pantos


Second Place

In the Tunnel by Pk Kelly


Third Place

Forgotten by Sofya Kobayashi



Award of Excellence

Familiar Yet Unexpected in Green by Chantal Lamberto Ceryak

It's Not Over Yet by Gerald Barnes

The Lay of the Land Series by Heather Galloway

Four Directions by Marcia Smith



JUDGE: Amy Vidra

Amy Vidra received her BFA from The Cleveland Institute of Art in Photography but always had a passion for painting.  The photographic frame has influenced her abstract compositions and attention to details. She is an award-winning abstract painter whose work has been in exhibitions throughout the country and internationally in Canada.  Her work is in several private collections across the US and  France. 


'I paint the process of the every day, the questions and the answers, the memories, and the snapshots in time. 


I'm inspired by the way memories unfold and morph over time, the snapshots of our mind, the things we remember, the things we don't.

It's about this process and the unraveling of those moments. It's the way I remember and transform that moment into a new narrative now influenced by the present.  


The memories, stories, and parts of myself that I think are hilarious, unique, or just like everyone else. The similarities, differences, and contradictions. The stories we tell ourselves. Maybe the ones we tell that aren’t true, the ones that we’ve told a thousand times, that in memory don’t have a clear beginning, middle, or end. Or the questions that continue no matter how many answers we get. The vulnerability, the authenticity, the transparency. 


I use bold, saturated color, paired with soft transparency, hard lines and soft edges, to combine the memories of time and place into an abstract narrative. The memories and moments often unfold in process and reveal themselves while creating. It’s my process of remembering, forgetting, or letting go."


SHOW CHAIR: Pam Avery

Sights and sounds of daily living influence what comes out in my abstracts, The structure within the painting is an arrangement of elements and principles of design that maintain the composition. Color leads the way with picking up a tube of paint, mixing the colors and experimenting to see how colors look side by side. Figures, faces, animals and landscapes sometimes appear but are kept only if all parts of the composition work together. The painting must feel right to be complete.

 

I have a BA in Studio Art and a Masters In Art Education. After teaching high school art for 21 years, painting and creating wheel thrown pots is my passion. I’ m a member of The Art Studios in Midtown Sacramento where I paint and exhibit my artwork. Also my affiliations are Verge Gallery, Blue Line Arts Gallery, and Sacramento Fine Arts Center.






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