Season of Light Show Congregational members of all ages were invited to submit work for this Season of Light Show. Since a visual work cannot be made without light, this show lets us see the perspectives of seven of our faith community’s artists. If you are interested in any of...
Tom Manto is a painter / illustrator / artist from Charlottesville, Virginia. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2022. He is a two-time recipient of the Peter Bullough Foundation Artist Residency. Manto’s work spans several disciplines, notably oil, watercolor, printmaking and bookbinding. Through these...
In 2020, like many others, I found my social life, volunteer activities, and usual hobbies on hold. I’ve always loved to draw but had never had any formal training, so I decided to use this unanticipated chunk of “empty time” to enroll in an online class in realist oil painting....
I begin with the discarded, miss-tinted paints, fallen logs, construction timber, rocks upheaved from the earth. From here I paint or sculpt works which explore the connection between ourselves and the more than human world, the tension between emergence of our true selves, and the essence of flow. Tim Burgess...
An award-winning, mixed media artist, Gondwe enjoys the freedom of combining mediums, found objects, and experimenting with melted crayons, nail polish, etc. Scraping bits of crayons onto canvas, wood, glass or metal, the iron becomes her paintbrush. She slides, tips, lays it down flat, blending the colors — creating a...
I have had a lifelong interest in painting and drawing, and studied art at every opportunity, eventually graduating with a degree in Studio Art from Mary Baldwin College. I primarily work with oil on canvas, but I also enjoy watercolor and collage, as well as drawing in pencil and ink.
Matalie is an active member of the of the central Virginia art community. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. She volunteers for the Sentara MJH art committee. Please feel free to visit her website: www.mataliedeane.com and Instagram page, mataliestudio. She is a member of Bozart Fine Art...
Dolly Joseph is a lifelong resident of the Charlottesville area, and has recently begun painting again after a many-year hiatus. These paintings represent her exploration of mythologies, spirituality, and symbology. Mixed media on canvas, the images are created by layers of watercolor, acrylic, marker, and metallic pigment.
ABOUT THE ARTIST Shirley Paul It is my honor and pleasure to share my abstract art with you. My work falls into the category called “intuitive” or “process” painting. This is the practice of meditating with brush in hand. It requires the suspension of fear, expectations, and the analytical brain....
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville Season of Light Show 2021