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  Photographer Steven Mastroianni takes a look through the lens of a wedding photographer and shows that it can be more than just soft-focused couples at sunset and tense family portraits. ” . . . .I would break into blossom” is the document of a wedding day, distilled from fleeting moments and stolen glances, and…

Jean’s invitation for me to show my work at the Southside Gallery came at a peculiar time. It was to be the last show before the doors of the Gallery were to close… at least for a while. I was slightly intimidated, as I had not yet shown in any Cleveland gallery.  I decided to abandon most…

I am intrigued by force beyond the personality.  Limitation of the five sense urges me to look beyond the realm of time, space and matter. That has led me to the doorstep of quantum physics where I have begun a new kind of consciousness about the physical world, and embracing larger truths about the nonphysical…

Using clay from a recycled “home” I had built at the BK Smith Gallery at Lake Erie College, I continued to explore comfort and nurturing through the creation of a smoke fired quilt and three pillows.  The quilt squares were painted with a white slip and smoked in an open firing using sawdust and newspaper.…

This show consists of mixed-media assemblages and several large paintings. With degrees in architecture as well as fine art painting, Preston’s work demonstrates his skill with color and structure. Though not necessarily colorful his paintings feature dark deep color saturating the canvas to make for an earthy background upon which to work.  Incorporated in one…

  My second show at Jean’s was another first, it was my first ever show of paintings. In school I focused mainly on drawing, photography and ceramics. It wasn’t until 1998 or so that I started focusing on painting, which is what I have done ever since, Dan Tranberg New Work September 10, – October…