Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

March 2001 Show
Gallery at The Gamble Mill

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The Bellefonte Historical & Cultural Association (BHCA)

Gallery at The Gamble Mill

 

presents

 

THREE PAINTERS, THREE PERSPECTIVES

 

Supported  by

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the Borough of Bellefonte

 

March 3 – April 21, 2001

Opening and Reception, March 6

 

Corda Rae Repsher

 

  3. Peony with Bud (watercolor)                                                                       $695

22. Chinese Red, Too (collage)                                                                       $3,075

23. A Study in Pink (watercolor)                                                                       $695

24. Away from the Road (watercolor)                                                            $1,040

25. Back Garden (watercolor)                                                                        $695

26. Essence of Poppy                                                                                     $775

27. Out Standing in their Field (watercolor collage)                                        $1,850

 

Paul McMillan

 

  1. Black Mesa in Snow (oil-panel)                                                                   $275

  2. Fragility of Joy (oil-panel)                                                                         $4,000

  4. Black Mesa Night (oil-panel)                                                                    $1,500

  5. Valley of the Gods [painted on-site] (oil-panel)                                        $1,800

  6. Self Portrait with Possum Hat (oil-panel)                                                  $2,600

  7. Earthware (oil-panel)                                                                                 $1,750

  8. One For You (oil-panel)                                                                            $350

  9. Black Moshannon Lake (oil-panel)                                                           $300

10. Waves (oil-panel)                                                                                      $300

11. Night Buggy (oil-panel)                                                                            $600

13. Bear Meadows (oil-panel)                                                                     $3,300

 

Susan Severson

 

12. Orlando Transfer (oil)                                                                               $4,500

14. Revolving Doors II (WTC) (oil)                                                                  $800

15. Altoona Street (5th Avenue) (oil)                                                              $1,200

16. Chinese Red (oil)                                                                                         $300

17. Chinese Laundry III (oil)                                                                              $900

18. Kustard King (oil)                                                                                     $1,400

19. Intersection (oil)                                                                                        $1,500

20. Solitaire (oil)                                                                                                 $700

21. Doors & Squares (oil)                                                                                  $750

 

CORDA RAE REPSHER is an Altoona artist who paints vivid abstract watercolors.  Much of her subject matter is drawn from nature, especially flowers.  She uses color and paint boldly.  Not only does she use a lot of color, but she also tends to paints things larger and more colorful than in real life.  She paints simply because she likes to paint; any in-depth interpretations are purely in the mind of the beholder.

     Ms. Repsher is the recipient of the Blair County Arts Foundation and the Morgan Signs fourth annual Arts in Public Places Award.  Her painting Nocturne was chosen from the Blair County Arts Festival Juried Art Exhibit and reproduced as a billboard that was distributed around the region.

 

PAUL McMILLAN of Bellefonte is a self-taught artist known for his landscapes and still life paintings. Paul's style ranges from classical to abstract, occasionally including original poetry and music as subject matter. His artwork is strong in light, shadow, and atmosphere, with deep rich colors.  Paul's oil paintings are created with a wet color technique using blended stand oil, beeswax and mastic resin as a medium.  This traditional technique adds to the depth and luminosity of pigments and works well for both impasto and smooth surfaces.

     Paul began pursuing art as a profession in 1978.  Inspired by the beauty of the Rockies, Paul moved from Texas, where he grew up, to Taos, New Mexico in 1988.  In 1999 he married Carolyn Shapiro; they moved to Bellefonte in 2000 so Carolyn could continue her education and Paul could be more involved with classical painting in the northeastern region.

     Paul has shown in over 50 galleries. His work can currently be seen at Douglas Albert Gallery, State College, PA and Governor Bent Gallery, Taos, NM. Paul's paintings are in national and international collections.  Among his awards are runner-up as Texas State Sesquicentennial Artist of the Year in 1986 , Best of Show at Taos Spring Arts in 1995, and second overall in the 25th Anniversary Taos Fall Arts Festival in 1999.

 

     SUSAN SEVERSON of Altoona holds the MFA degree from Brooklyn College and a B.A. in Art and Education from CCNY.  She moved to Altoona in 1992.  Her work has appeared in numerous juried exhibitions and has won several awards, mostly recently the 2000 Art in Public Places Award.  She has work in over 80 collections in the US.  She is represented by Mountain Top Gallery in Cresson, where her drawings and paintings can currently be seen.

     She says "Paintings illustrate my feelings of how people are embedded in the fabric of life.  None of us would survive well in isolation.  We form a pattern of people and things, including light with its shadows and reflections, the now ubiquitous advertising images and the businesses we partake in.  I want to convey the beauty of the motion and stillness found in everyday urban life as I know it.  Newer paintings are focused on the more abstract elements of art which have led me to pay greater attention to composition and color, to minimize detail and to flatten images.  This is well illustrated...in "Doors & Squares."