Intuition: Paintings by Megan Chapman and Ceramic Works by Helen Phillips
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Intuition:
Paintings by Megan Chapman and Ceramic Works by Helen Phillips
FAYETTEVILLE, AR – August 24, 2007 - ddp gallery presents Intuition: Paintings by Megan Chapman and Ceramic Works by Helen Phillips. The exhibition is from August 15 – September 29, 2007. A reception for the artists will be held on Thursday August 30 from 5-8pm. The gallery is located at 7 East Mountain Street, between Fayetteville’s historic Downtown Square and North College Avenue.
Gallery owner, Dede Peters, named the current exhibition “Intuition”, for two reasons. One is that both artists use their own individual perceptive insight when they create. The other is that the viewer has an immediate, instinctive sense of the work when they see it.
Megan Chapman, a Fayetteville native, paints in jeweled, natural hues. Chapman uses a variety of media including oil, acrylic, pastel, graphite, charcoal and other mediums to create the layers in her work. Brush and overlay techniques produce horizon lines and vertical blocks of color that imbue the paintings with a sense of landscape and architecture. Chapman further draws the viewer into her tranquil paintings with her use of organic symbols. Prevalent is the lotus flower and a seed-like shape - that for the artist - represent an object ready to burst with knowledge. Megan Chapman paints to music, often being inspired by the lyrics. As a musician can match notes to verse, Chapman is able to match title to content. For instance, “Cast Away” shows a lone oval-shaped seed symbol in a different color and physically separated from a flock of seeds. The dreamlike painting is sure to reach each viewer’s subconscious.
Helen Phillips had been working with clay for almost fifty years. Her art, whether functional or sculptural is a fusion of spirit and matter. Clay is the matter, the medium that best conveys her feelings about living and dying, anxiety and delight, love and fear. Currently living and working Bruno, Arkansas - Phillips has traveled all over the globe to be inspired and hone her technique. She found familiarity with the Japanese ideals of strength and honesty as well as the connection of spirit and natural worlds. In West Africa, she confronted her fear of wild and dark art -turning it to fascination that flowed easily into her inspired pieces. She shared her immense knowledge of raku, wood and kiln firing combined with her technical wisdom of throwing, coiling and hand building by teaching for twenty-five years, retiring from the University of Central Arkansas in 2001.
At ddp gallery one can see both her functional and sculptural pieces. The functional work consists of teapots, mugs, plates and bowls – all safe for dishwasher, microwave and oven use. Her sculptural work includes decorative vessels, wall pieces and her archetypal house-like sculptures. “Fragments of Out Past” resembles a round dwelling with window-like cutouts. It rests on a hand built wooden base and is topped with a found metal piece, perhaps from an old bicycle. The inspiration for this piece came from listening to news reports of cultural losses in the Middle East. Haunted by the imagery of loss, Phillips felt compelled to get it out of her body and into the world – ready to encounter the viewer.
More information about Megan Chapman, Helen Phillips and ddp gallery can be found at www.ddpgallery.com or by calling (479) 442-0001.
Megan Chapman
Cast Away
mixed media on canvas
10” x 10”
2007
$275
Helen Phillips
Fragments of Our Past
clay, wood, metal, graphite
16” x 14”
2007
$1,175
***larger image files available upon request***
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Contact:
Dede Peters, owner
ddp gallery
479.442.0001 (gallery)
479.466.9030 (mobile)
Intuition:
Paintings by Megan Chapman and Ceramic Works by Helen Phillips
FAYETTEVILLE, AR – August 24, 2007 - ddp gallery presents Intuition: Paintings by Megan Chapman and Ceramic Works by Helen Phillips. The exhibition is from August 15 – September 29, 2007. A reception for the artists will be held on Thursday August 30 from 5-8pm. The gallery is located at 7 East Mountain Street, between Fayetteville’s historic Downtown Square and North College Avenue.
Gallery owner, Dede Peters, named the current exhibition “Intuition”, for two reasons. One is that both artists use their own individual perceptive insight when they create. The other is that the viewer has an immediate, instinctive sense of the work when they see it.
Megan Chapman, a Fayetteville native, paints in jeweled, natural hues. Chapman uses a variety of media including oil, acrylic, pastel, graphite, charcoal and other mediums to create the layers in her work. Brush and overlay techniques produce horizon lines and vertical blocks of color that imbue the paintings with a sense of landscape and architecture. Chapman further draws the viewer into her tranquil paintings with her use of organic symbols. Prevalent is the lotus flower and a seed-like shape - that for the artist - represent an object ready to burst with knowledge. Megan Chapman paints to music, often being inspired by the lyrics. As a musician can match notes to verse, Chapman is able to match title to content. For instance, “Cast Away” shows a lone oval-shaped seed symbol in a different color and physically separated from a flock of seeds. The dreamlike painting is sure to reach each viewer’s subconscious.
Helen Phillips had been working with clay for almost fifty years. Her art, whether functional or sculptural is a fusion of spirit and matter. Clay is the matter, the medium that best conveys her feelings about living and dying, anxiety and delight, love and fear. Currently living and working Bruno, Arkansas - Phillips has traveled all over the globe to be inspired and hone her technique. She found familiarity with the Japanese ideals of strength and honesty as well as the connection of spirit and natural worlds. In West Africa, she confronted her fear of wild and dark art -turning it to fascination that flowed easily into her inspired pieces. She shared her immense knowledge of raku, wood and kiln firing combined with her technical wisdom of throwing, coiling and hand building by teaching for twenty-five years, retiring from the University of Central Arkansas in 2001.
At ddp gallery one can see both her functional and sculptural pieces. The functional work consists of teapots, mugs, plates and bowls – all safe for dishwasher, microwave and oven use. Her sculptural work includes decorative vessels, wall pieces and her archetypal house-like sculptures. “Fragments of Out Past” resembles a round dwelling with window-like cutouts. It rests on a hand built wooden base and is topped with a found metal piece, perhaps from an old bicycle. The inspiration for this piece came from listening to news reports of cultural losses in the Middle East. Haunted by the imagery of loss, Phillips felt compelled to get it out of her body and into the world – ready to encounter the viewer.
More information about Megan Chapman, Helen Phillips and ddp gallery can be found at www.ddpgallery.com or by calling (479) 442-0001.
Megan Chapman
Cast Away
mixed media on canvas
10” x 10”
2007
$275
Helen Phillips
Fragments of Our Past
clay, wood, metal, graphite
16” x 14”
2007
$1,175
***larger image files available upon request***
###
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