I was in Davidson this morning at 7:30 with Jim and Beni to
help Jan Black get her tent and displays assembled for the “Arts on the Green”
in Davidson. Arts on the Green is not
your usual art festival in that the artists’ work is vetted by their peers and
only the best artists are invited.
I got to see some of Jan’s latest works for the first time
today. To see the improvement in her work is inspiring. She has always had an
eye for a good photograph and she could take a picture with a cell phone and
get results that I can’t get with a Nikon. Now that she has a professional grade camera,
the result is awesome.
Jan’s subjects have gone beyond sunsets and sailboats,
although those subjects are well represented. She has mountain streams,
waterfalls, park shots and even a lake shot with a fish jumping from the water.
There are wonderful pictures of an old mill, and a geometric taken from the
inside of the mill's water wheel is gorgeous, with the rust and moss adding the
color contrast. The detail on the sailboat shots is amazing.
She has introduced two new media for this show. Some of the
prints are now on metallic paper that makes the colors really pop. And the
pieces de resistance are the sailboat pictures printed on metal. They look like
1” deep gallery mountings but they are actually on metal sheet. These are not
affected by weather so they are suitable for patio or boathouse, unlike paper
photographs which can wrinkle in humid conditions. The brilliant red sail on
one of the metal pictures really grabs your eye, with almost a 3-D effect.
You can see Jan’s work, along with the other better artists
in the Davidson area, today and tomorrow, April 20-21, 2013 at Arts on the
Green in Davidson NC.
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