(March 31, 2016) The Friends of Ocean Pines Library present the work of two new artists that will be on display in April and May in the Ocean Pines Branch.
April/May Artist of the Month is Don W. Grafer in the main common areas of the library.
Working primarily in acrylics, and producing both realistic and abstract expressionist art, Grafer’s speciality is a vibrant and sometimes explosive use of color.
His realistic paintings include renderings of people and landscapes and flowers of all kinds, along with creations depicting lions, birds and other animals, both real and fanciful. In his drip paintings and other abstract works from 2000 to 2012, influences from Jackson Pollock are apparent.
Most recently, Grafer has been inspired to create brilliantly colored dreamscapes and imaginings in a new, smooth, visionary style. He is a largely self-taught artist, but also studied briefly with the artists Irma Ostroff and Enrique Flores Gables and the late watercolorist Nicholas Simmons.
In the computer rooms to the right of the common areas will feature the Artist Spotlight Exhibit of
Valerie Evans Coleburn.
She started painting a few years ago and developed her love of the arts. She took classes with “Painting With a Twist” in Pennsylvania. This body of work reflects her rich love of color.
April/May Artist of the Month is Don W. Grafer in the main common areas of the library.
Working primarily in acrylics, and producing both realistic and abstract expressionist art, Grafer’s speciality is a vibrant and sometimes explosive use of color.
His realistic paintings include renderings of people and landscapes and flowers of all kinds, along with creations depicting lions, birds and other animals, both real and fanciful. In his drip paintings and other abstract works from 2000 to 2012, influences from Jackson Pollock are apparent.
Most recently, Grafer has been inspired to create brilliantly colored dreamscapes and imaginings in a new, smooth, visionary style. He is a largely self-taught artist, but also studied briefly with the artists Irma Ostroff and Enrique Flores Gables and the late watercolorist Nicholas Simmons.
In the computer rooms to the right of the common areas will feature the Artist Spotlight Exhibit of
Valerie Evans Coleburn.
She started painting a few years ago and developed her love of the arts. She took classes with “Painting With a Twist” in Pennsylvania. This body of work reflects her rich love of color.