Gary T. Nack
January and February 2019
Please join Barcelona's featured Artist, Gary T. Nack, at his artist's reception on Monday, February 17, 2020 from 5-7pm.
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At a very early age I was interested in art. At age nine, I was often drawing and also taking pictures of nature with my brownie camera. This preoccupation was somewhat focused on insects and specifically butterflies. I was always fascinated with the beauty and variety of colors found on their wings. The amazing transformation from a slow moving caterpillar to a colorful fast flying butterfly seemed amazing and highly unlikely. Most of my life I have made occasional drawing and paintings until ten years ago when I took a watercolor lesson from an artist in the Smokey Mountains. Since then, I have studied and created art in many areas including: drawing, two and three dimensional design, printmaking and photography. Beginning with very realistic paintings and drawing from photographs of butterflies, I began to experiment with abstraction. The painting process involves a progression of changes. At some level, the artwork paints itself.
These paintings are inspired in part by the colors found on butterfly wings and throughout nature. I also contrast both structural forms and organic forms. The paintings are meant to be interpreted by each individual viewer. In fact, to a large degree, interpretation is in the eyes of each individual viewer. I really enjoy the process of creating art and hopefully you the viewer will also enjoy the final product or at least find it interesting. The complex series of lines, shapes and colors leave room for a large amount of imagination. Use yours freely.
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Veena Bansal
November and December 2019
Please join Barcelona's featured Artist, Veena Bansal, at her artist's reception on Monday, December 9, 2019 from 5-7pm.
Veena Bansal is a resident of Columbus for the last 45 years. She is an undergrad of Liberal Arts from India. Veena comes from a family where creative talents were very much encouraged.
Her first painting in the USA was a reproduction of "Pieta". That reproduction shows her talent to bring out minutest details. In 1991, they built their home and she started to paint for home decor. She did custom artwork for decorators and Decorator's Show Houses.
After painting murals, screens, furniture and tiles, her artwork has emerged in several different styles. This exhibition portrays different styles in all her artworks. For Veena, painting is an inherent gift from God.
She says "painting is not only my passion, it is my sanity and meditation as well."
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Michael Bush
September and October 2019
Please join Barcelona's featured Artist, Michael Bush, as his artist's reception on Monday, October 14, 2019 from 5-7pm.
Michael Bush, born in 1975 in Gary, Indiana, and now resides Columbus, OH, is a self-taught abstract artist. He has been selected to participate in many juried shows in and around Ohio including Art for Life and the Ohio State Fair Professional Division.
He is represented by Hayley Gallery in New Albany, Ohio.The process I use for creating my work is as much of a science experiment as it is art.
To create the motion and texture in my work I rely in chemical reactions of the material itself. After laying down an acrylic background, I begin to build depth and texture with spray paint. I explore the fluidity of my work through in an organically manipulated process. I pour watered down acrylic paint over the background and then use my overspray technique to manipulate the water and paint to engage with one another. While the paints and pigments are still in motion, I spray enamel to break apart and shape the acrylic and spray paints. This causes the chemicals in the spray paints to break down and separate, creating the lines and tonal changes. I repeat this process for several colors and layers until desired image emerges. I will then go over the piece one more time with acrylic paint to feature and highlight key areas of the piece, finishing it off with a clear enamel spray to seal the paint. This also adds the gloss finish, which defines the colors, texture, and depth of the work.
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