Dennis J. Rano
March and April 2020
Please join Barcelona's featured artist, Dennis J. Rano at his artist's reception on Monday, April 6, 2020 from 5-7pm.
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Dennis J. Rano
Dennis attended Columbus College of Art and Design.
He has done numerous commercial and fine art projects including ads, brochures, movie posters, book illustrations, billboards, interior and agency work.
His paintings are in many private and corporate art collections in New York City, Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Los Angeles, La Jolla, Washington DC, London, Italy, the Columbus, Ohio area, and other places around the world.
Dennis moved to New York City in 1993 where the attended “The Art Student League”. He also was a member of the Salmagundi Art Club located in The Village on 5th Avenue in Manhattan where he won several awards.
Dennis moved back to Columbus in 2009.
His studio is located in Westerville where he tries to paint daily.
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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.
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."
