THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 1994 TAG: 9406010185
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 16 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY FRANK ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: 940602 LENGTH: SUFFOLK
There are 88 works by 47 artists on display through June 26 - something for everyone, no matter what your taste in art.
{REST} All of the items are easy to appreciate, but it is the unusual that keeps you looking longer.
The works of Glenn Edward Knight of Smithfield are one example.
The graphic artist depicts nudes with authentic-looking swallowtail butterfly wings.
The two offerings are ``Lydia Terese Swallowtail'' and ``Madame Elizabeth Eleanor Swallowtail.''
They are two of 21 works featuring the human figure.
Jill Tiderman-Johnson also offers the unusual.
It is expressionistic art.
Expressing what?
``I make no claims,'' Johnson said. ``Ideas are gifts - visions. I work on something - I just happen on it.''
One item is called ``The Celebration.''
``You'll see why I call it that when you see it,'' she said.
It is a look, of sorts, at her family and friends, ``plus stages of me,'' Johnson said.
Her other offering has a most appropriate title.
``Light Headed Road Angel'' features the burnt car parts the artist picks up on her bike rides. Yes, a headlight is part of it.
Not everything is as far out as those examples. There are landscapes a-plenty, including a finely detailed hunt scene by Gail Saunders, who researches before she paints.
She makes sure that the clothing is appropriate for the type of hunt she paints and that the dogs are the correct breed.
``Her work is pretty - and correct,'' said Linda Bunch, administrative assistant of the art league.
Carolyn Mason-Taylor is not trying for pretty.
Her piece, ``R.I.P. America,'' is like an editorial. Its mood is dark.
``It shows the way I feel America is going,'' Taylor said. ``The rust I have here is the decay. Headlines tell part of the story.''
The Ten Commandments are part of the piece, as well as the flag.
The show has a lighter side.
``Ricardo Alma, Wreatha Dalton and Joan Kelly show that the strength of color and design is all that is needed to create intense images,'' Bunch said.
Architecture, still-life, animals and landscapes are prevalent, as well as local scenes.
``Laurie Burnham's `Creekside' will be recognized by those who travel Route 17,'' Bunch said.
``This exhibition demonstrates that the desire to create is an energetic force, whether carried out in an artist's studio or on the kitchen table,'' she said.
by CNB