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On Display: Jan Dorer Retrospective

Admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:13:28 +0000

Chelsea Gallery will continue to feature native Chelsea Artist Jan Dorer through the end of the year. Her opening reception, “Celebrate”, held November 14th, was well attended and a lot of fun.

Jan is an extraordinarily talented acrylic painter who has been perfecting her art for over four decades. She paints on paper and occasionally includes collage for special textured effects. Her current work is conceptual in nature however this show includes work from Dorers’ private collection, never shown or for sale before This is also the first time that the Gallery will be featuring Jan’s giclée prints, both framed and unframed.

Jan boasts a successful 45-year career that has included first-place awards at numerous competitions and art shows. With husband Gil as her business partner, Jan began her storied career showing and selling paintings at the early Ann Arbor Art Fairs in 1963.

Jan’s paintings have been described as abstract and impressionistic, with bold colors used in naturalistic palettes. The pieces presented in “Celebrate” represent several phases of maturation and change in Jan’s work.

A number of original artworks from the Dorers’ private collection will be on display, as well, and available for sale.

“Celebrate” – Opening Reception November 14th

Admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:05:27 +0000

Chelsea Gallery is hosting very special event, “Celebrate”, an Opening Reception featuring native Chelsea Artist Jan Dorer. Jan is an extraordinarily talented acrylic painter who has been perfecting her art for over four decades. She paints on paper and occasionally includes collage for special textured effects. Her current work is conceptual in nature however this show includes work from Dorers’ private collection, never shown or for sale before This is also the first time that the Gallery will be featuring Jan’s giclée prints, both framed and unframed.

Please join us to Celebrate Jan’s phenomenal body of work!

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM

Husband Gil described how Jan often pointed out unique or striking landscape features in their travels that he would notice months later in new paintings. The influence of a trip to Alaska can be seen in one of Jan’s signature pieces, Ice Flow. Giclee prints of Ice Flow will be available at Chelsea Gallery.

“I sincerely believe that I paint what I paint because of who I am,” said Dorer. “I hope my work reflects the softness—and yet the boldness—the sensitivity of lines together with the strength of vivid color, sometimes a hint of realism buried in the sea of abstraction. Maybe this is who I am.”

The Dorers left their respective careers in teaching in the early ’70s to pursue art full time. The duo attended shows year ’round, exhibiting from Florida to Michigan, and until recently remained a fixture at the Ann Arbor Art Fairs, last showing at the South University show in 2008. Growing up in Oxford, Michigan as Jan Bovay, she and Gil met in Mt. Pleasant at Central Michigan University in 1952 where they both studied education. Jan and Gil have two children, Bob and Cyndy, and two grandchildren.

A number of original artworks from the Dorers’ private collection will be on display as well and available for sale.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

National Arts Club Open Watercolor Competition, N.Y. Second Award ‘83.

Salmagundi Open Competition, N.Y. Bonnard et Cie Award ‘85, 1st Place ‘86.

American Artists Professional League Grand National Exhibition, N.Y. ‘84.

National Society of Painters in Acrylic and Casein, N.Y. ‘83, ‘84, ‘85.

Knickerbocker Artists Open Annual Competition, N.Y. ‘82, ‘83.

Georgia Watercolor Membership Exhibition, GA. First Place Award ‘84.

Dallas 500 Art Festival, Dallas, TX. First Place Award ‘84.

Festival of the Masters, FL. Purchase Awards, Disney World Private Collection ‘83, ‘84.

Boston Mills Art Festival, Peninsula, OH. First in Category, ‘87, ‘90, ‘92, ‘93, ‘98, ‘99, 2002, 2004. Best in Show, 2001.

Art on the Square, Belleville, IL. Signature Award, 2002.

Art on the Green, Hudson, OH. Best in Show, ‘98, 2000, 2002, 2003.

St. Charles Art & Wine Festival, St. Charles, MO. Best in Show 2002.

Painting accepted into the 135th Annual International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society in New York, 2002.

The Flora and Fauna Art Show – Ann Arbor, MI – 2006 Best of Show

Levis Commons Fine Art Fair, Perrysburg, OH – 2006 Best of Show

Jan’s paintings have been featured on numerous covers of textbooks by Allyn and Bacon Publishing and West Publishing. Her paintings have been purchased by more than fifty corporations as well as numerous private collectors both here and in thirteen foreign countries.

An Evening to Remember with Barbara Anderson

Admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:56:09 +0000

We had another great Sounds and Sights event last Thursday evening! The weather was beautiful and downtown Chelsea had a great turnout. Many of those people found their way into the Gallery where ‘Artist in Residence’ Barbara Anderson was painting.

During her three-hour demonstration Barb nearly completed two 12″ x 12″ canvases. Barb’s work is very eclectic, as she’s always experimenting with texture, color and technique. On Thursday she painted with acrylics using a spatula, creating very textural and colorful surfaces.

Barbara involved children and other visitors in her work by asking them to suggest colors and critique her color choices. “People was surprised by the unusual color combinations and how well seemingly unrelated colors can work together”.

Barbara’s work is often described as expressing “an abundance of happiness, pleasure and joy.” The entire Gallery vibrated with that good energy on Thursday night!

July 9: Barb Anderson, Acrylics

Admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:47:41 +0000

Barbara Anderson will be our ‘Artist in Residence’ for the July 9th ‘Sounds and Sights’. She’ll be in the gallery from 6 – 9 p.m. to discuss her work in acrylics.

According to Barbara, “art can describe joy, sorrow, pain, the state of the world, many things. My paintings are a product of mood. Sometimes I start a painting on a somber note and it ends up full of joy, or vice versa. They all come from life experiences, memories stored in my brain, and often they are skewed in my presentation as a dream is – a bit muddled in recall. I never like to tell the whole story. It is for you, the viewer to fill in the blank.”

Jan Dorer, Acrylic

Admin — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:19:41 +0000

Jan boasts a successful 45-year career that has included first-place awards at numerous competitions and art shows. Her paintings have been featured on numerous covers of textbooks by Allyn and Bacon Publishing and West Publishing. Her paintings have been purchased by more than fifty corporations as well as numerous private collectors both here and in thirteen foreign countries.

Dan Vitale, Acrylic, Oil and Mixed Media

Admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:40:53 +0000

Dan Vitale studied under Kazimer Zorumskis and Ernesto and Germano Russo in New York. He has lived and traveled to England, Russia and various cities in the United States. He views art as a form of communication, keeping the viewer in his mind. He paints for the moment that a person sees his work for the first time and experiences pleasure. Vitale’s works are varied and his mediums include collage, acrylic and oil paintings in a variety of styles.

Sandy Knapp, Acrylic and Encaustic

Admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:15:30 +0000

Sandy Knapp works in a broad variety of mediums. Her style of painting is very intuitive and spontaneous, “art expresses a whisper, a glimpse, a fragment, a meditative thought, just as each moment of our lives are but small glimpses into the whole.” Sandy has been painting for over 25 years. Her art has been primarily fluid acrylics but her current focus is on encaustics, an ancient process using melted wax mixed with pigments. Sandy has won numerous awards from the Ann Arbor Women Artists, and is a member of the Chelsea Painters. She resides in Manchester, Michigan.

Stacy DelVerne, Acrylic and Mixed Media

Admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:21:32 +0000

Stacy DelVerne’s work spans a variety of genres including florals, landscapes and abstract works. Stacy exemplifies the beauty and simplicity of her atmosphere in her art, working primarily with acrylics and by incorporating mixed media on canvas, paper and tiles. She worked for Phoenix Art Group and Ethan Allen producing original art, which has been sent to locations around the globe including Japan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. She resides in her native home of Toledo, Ohio.

Barbara Anderson, Acrylic

Admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:28:08 +0000

Barb Anderson paints with acrylics using shapes, line and color to explore ways to overcome passages and obstacles. She has participated in many exhibitions, receiving numerous awards for her paintings. Barb is a member of the Chelsea Painters, Ann Arbor Women Artists and Palette and Brush (where she was named artist of the year in 1999).

Rayma (Smith) Adkisson, Acrylic

Admin — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:31:59 +0000

Rayma began to sketch with charcoal in 1983. Her first paintings were primitive, full of color and often depicted nostalgic activities. She developed her own style of painting over the years, allowing her own personal experiences, places that she has lived, people she has met and a special kinship with American history to influence the content of her artistic direction. A sense of fun, as well as light-hearted touches appear in her work.

Rayma’s paintings have been in juried exhibitions at the Toledo Museum of Art and were seen in Early American Magazine. She was chosen for the Artist’s profile in Ann Arbor Lifestyle Magazine in the 2003 spring issue. Three of her paintings were featured on Ronald McDonald House Christmas Cards in 2004. Her paintings have become part of private art collections across the United States and Europe.

Rayma is a graduate of Chelsea High School and W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She resides in Saline, Michigan.