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Sherri Trial
The Color of Words
Bringing words to life, evoking imagery with text, creating a mood from a single thought; these are what I strive for in each work of art. I’m endlessly inspired by nature, and how thoroughly connected it is to our lives. Shapes, colors, designs, and images weave through our languages, and my goal is to interpret and bring the elements together.
I primarily work on parchment, which seems like a natural choice. Several years ago, I attended a workshop in NY to learn how parchment is made, which only adds to the exquisiteness of the material upon understanding the laborious process. The methods have not changed much over the centuries, resulting in a velvety substrate that is magical when applying watercolor and gold leaf.
The majority of my work is small to miniature, with miniaturism being my specialty. I’ve been exhibiting since 1991, throughout much of the US and abroad, earning a lengthy record of awards. Projects have ranged from the Street Gallery exhibit on billboards, to the Harrisburg Cow Parade. My art has been featured in several publications including Letter Arts Review (international journal); journals from guilds in DC, San Francisco and Australia; and most recently the 25th Anniversary Edition of the Speedball Textbook.
Kim Smith
“A Good Day”
Painting with the buttery richness of oil paint is fluid and magical. I favor clean colors and intentional brushstrokes to keep my paintings bright and inviting. I want my paintings to inspire your eyes to dance across the canvas and leave you feeling calm and happy. My style is impressionistic with a touch of my graphic design background shining through. Quite simply, I strive to delight and make the world more beautiful, one painting at a time. This show is titled “a good day” and goes along with the theme for my body of work for 2024 which is about “home sweet home”, and painting what feels comfortable and inviting, both filled with energy and calm at the same time. It’s about capturing the random moment and making it extraordinary.
Biography
Kim, a Lancaster County native, seems to have been born with the love of art in her soul. She earned her BFA in Communication Design from Kutztown University and has owned TCG Design in East Petersburg for more than 27 years. Even though she is in a creative business, something was always missing. After the last of her three children became more independent, she felt drawn to pursue her love of painting. Now she paints every day, rising before the sun. Committing to this daily practice fits perfectly into her busy life. Over the past seven years, Kim has developed a consistent style in her painting. Yet her subject matter is diverse – from florals and landscapes to birds and fruit –with a holiday ornament or summer crab mixed in to celebrate a special moment in time.
Jordana Saunders
Little Windows
“I enjoy capturing the intimacy of both human and animal eyes in my artwork. Eyes are the most expressive part of the face, and drawing the eyes allows us into a personal world we otherwise may not experience. The delicacy and precision of graphite as a medium creates a soft, yet hyper-detailed effect. The expression captured in the glint of the eye confirms that our eyes truly are small windows to the soul.”
Biography
Jordana is a portrait artist based in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Formerly, she studied architecture and design at Washington University in St. Louis, and continues to practice residential design professionally. In addition to her creative studies as an interior designer, she has loved painting since she was a child. She has studied landscape painting with the Maryland Institute College of Art residency program in Tuscany, fashion design at Parsons in Paris, and art history and design in Florence. Each of these experiences have informed her creativity today. She has discovered that the most rewarding part of the artistic process lies in training herself to ‘see’. In a literal sense, this involves challenging herself with creative processes: drawing a subject upside down, with the left or right hand, or in blind contour. In a figurative sense, art allows her to make new discoveries about people and herself.