Featured Artist
Cindy Manry
collagraph prints and acrylics
My passion for the beautiful nature that surrounds me has always been my inspiration for creating colorful art. Eager to try something new, I’ve landed on printmaking! I look forward to showing you my latest organic creations!!
This exhibit displays my vivid acrylics along with a new technique – collagraph prints.
“My passion for the beautiful nature that surrounds me has always been my inspiration for creating colorful art. Eager to try something new, I’ve landed on printmaking! I look forward to showing you my latest organic creations!!” – Cindy
A collagraph print is essentially a collage of materials of various textures glued onto a printing plate, often a thin wood or cardboard. The plate is inked up, usually by hand, and then printed onto paper either manually or via a press. Cindy’s use of natural materials, such as giant sunflowers, presents nature in a beautiful two-dimensional form.
Featured Artist
Colie Ryan
oil
After an unsuccessful quest to find a gotta-have-it piece of artwork for a big wall, I bought oil paints on a whim to give it a whirl myself. I loved the result, and I’ve been painting ever since. From the jump, I looked at a blank canvas as simultaneously intimidating and freeing, much like deciding how best to go about living life. Life, nor painting, works out perfectly all the time, but when it does, it has been because I found the heart of why behind my choices.
My small-town central Louisiana roots and subsequent life adventures in various locales are evident in my work. My engineering career has afforded me the opportunity to live in and get to know different cities, and I have come full circle to make a home with my family, back in the city I love the most, Philadelphia.
The engineer in me appreciates sharp lines, shapes and dimensions. The artist in me goes bold, using palette knives to add chunky pops of bright, clashing colors. I like oils because the paint has heft and shine. I am inspired to fill blank walls everywhere with life and color!
Private Collections Consignment Works
Our featured exhibitions for this month highlights works in various media from the gallery’s private collections consignment works. These works include pieces by well-known local, regional, national and international artists. We encourage you to browse the collections below and contact us for additional information on specific artists or works.
Evans Collection
O'Neil Collection
Smith Collection
TCA&T Collection
Wu Collection