Ruby Reed Guy-Wolnick is a 5th grader at Mountaintop Montessori in Charlottesville, Virginia. She has always loved art and drawing. In January, 2018 she started taking oil painting lessons with local artist Renee Balfour. What she loves most about oil painting is blending all of the different colors. She especially...
Tomas Manto is a Charlottesville native artist currently studying painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. He works primarily with oil paint and photoshop. His work focuses on themes of love, friendship, and companionship, but they are also influenced by film, and there are references to this throughout his...
BozArt Fine Art Collective Sara Gondwe-Artist Statement Emotions — Confusion, Fear, Isolation, Despair, Caution Confidence, Action, Hope — I choose Life Peace Must Prevail Over Chaos Melted Crayons with Iron, Acrylics, 18″ x 26″ $175 Note: “Peace” glows in the dark. Covid 19 — Which Path do I Take? Melted...
BozART opened as a gallery on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall in 1995. The Cooperative gallery represented sculptors, watercolorists and many other mediums. Every month a new exhibit was hung providing opportunity for artists to share their work and art enthusiasts to enjoy and purchase art. After 19 years, in 2014,...
Saul Kaplan Saul Kaplan draws on the passions of his life and the diverse lives of his extended family to illustrate his art. Kaplan’s signature style includes single or multi-planed faces, people in conversation or wrapped around one another, defined by strong lines and cross-hatching and rhythmic curves. He often...
Bennett Curtis experienced the world, essentially as an artist. He experienced that quality in different ways. Classical music was a great inspiration. After listening to many versions of the same piece of music, Bennett carefully chose the one he considered to be the best rendition. He listened to the collection...
As I seek to understand and embody my birth name and my own religious spiritual evolution, I’ve been inspired by the many styles and representations of our Flaming Chalice symbol. The Flame itself represents a spirit of helpfulness and sacrifice. It illuminates and symbolizes religious freedom from impositions of doctrine...
Theme: Tantalizing Trees, 50″x50″x2″ on Wooden Panel Mixed Media: Melted crayons (iron), acrylics, beads, credit cards, fluff, buttons, etc. Award: Honorable Mention, “Up-Close”, Fredericksburg Creative Center for the Arts, National Juried Exhibit, July, 2019. Price: Individual wooden blocks, 6″x6″, $125. Reproductions on canvas: 12″x12″, $49 Contact: art@uucharlottesville.org Who doesn’t love...
Traditionally we reserve the December art show as a group show for our own congregants, young and old. If you or your child has done a work of art this year that reminds us that this is the season we are inspired by the light (and how could any work...
Tomas Manto: “The Garden Show” Painting is different from other methods of making art because to paint is to solve a problem of light on canvas. I begin a work by causing myself problems and the rest of my time is spent solving those problems, hopefully coming to some fresh...