Gallery 50 The vision for Gallery 50 is to become a destination space. A welcoming place where visitors can be immersed in various forms of art’s expression. An open forum in which to share and promote the work of national and regional artists, both emerging and established, whether they are painters, photographers, sculptors, writers or filmmakers. During each exhibition Gallery 50 will focus primarily on the work of one artist. A selection of works by other represented artists will also be displayed.
Gallery 50 Circling Summer Susan Finsen August 21 - September 17 "Susan's work has been extremely well-received at the gallery." explains gallery owner Jay Pastore, "People are drawn to her whimsical, yet sophisticated abstracts and love the life-affirming themes she draws from nature. You can't look at her paintings and not feel uplifted."
Susan Finsen has been an artist for more than 30 years. She is a potter, print maker, and is now currently focusing on painting. In 1974, Finsen became a founding member of the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria Virginia. She remains a resident artist to this day.
Finsen talks about the creative process this way; "I draw inspiration from nature, people, places and things; and then turn them upside down and sideways. Sometimes I work directly from a model, landscape or still-life. At other times I conjure images from memory. I keep working on the surface, building layers, using color, line, shape and plane changes until the image feels mysterious, interesting and exciting."
The artists Reception Saturday, August 23, 5-8 p.m. Gallery 50 is located on 50 Wilmington Ave, Rehoboth Beach and is also available for private parties. To preview the artist, visit www.50contemporaryart.com or call (302) 227-2050 for more information.
Susan Finsen
Gallery 50 Jam Session 2 Rose Minetti July 24 - August 19 "I love the interaction of color and the language she creates in her abstract paintings," Jay Pastore, Owner of Gallery 50 says, "Rose reinterprets the world in her paintings, they are at once structured and organic in feel."
Originally from Brooklyn, Minetti now lives in Gilbert, Arizona and Lewes, Delaware. She is a graduate of Rutgers University and earned her MA in Art at Arizona State University. Minetti was president of Arizona Women's Caucus for Art 1987-89 and was the exhibit curator for the Department of Archives and Special Collections, University Libraries, Arizona State University.
"My work reflects my interest in the environment; natural, as in geology/land and artificial, as in structure/architecture. My imagery is an abstraction of what I see and experience in the natural and artificial environment." Minetti explains, "I have titled a recent series of paintings 'trace', as in trace evidence. They appear minimalist at first but a closer look reveals unexpected marks that are highlighted by the grid drawn into the surface. I'm influenced by my surroundings in the Arizona desert where colors range from subtle changes to intense contrasts; similar to the shore area."
