Pam Folsom & Todd Bonita to Exhibit at Gingerbread Square Gallery
Pam Folsom & Todd Bonita’s exhibition of paintings opens on Monday, February 20, 2017 at Gingerbread Square Gallery with a reception from 5:30 to 8:00 P.M. However, it will be available for early viewing beginning on Noon on Sat, February 18th. This exhibition of works by internationally known American artists Pam Folsom & Todd Bonita will continue through February 26th. Pam Folsom, who paints the architecture and surroundings of Key West and the Florida Keys, portrays these subjects in her own unique impressionistic style. Todd Bonita’s unique paintings of boats capture their beauty in a style that is unique and enthralling.
This is Pam Folsom’s tenth show at Gingerbread Square Gallery. Ms. Folsom is an artist who has garnered much attention from galleries and art aficionados in recent years.
Selected galleries throughout the U.S currently represent her.
Folsom’s landscape paintings are personal interpretations of the scenes she is drawn to as she works out of doors year-round. Author John Berger shares her vision in a quote from About Looking: “Shelf of a field, green, within easy reach, the grass on it not yet high, papered with blue sky through which yellow has grown to make pure green, the surface colour of what the basin of the world contains, attendant field, shelf between sky and sea, fronted with a curtain of printed trees, friable at its edges…field that I have always known…” Folsom explains: “Rich, brilliant colors, and thick brush strokes interpret my connection to the field that Berger describes — large, positive landscapes reflecting a part of life that is peaceful and reassuring, familiar and comfortable.
My goal is to capture the grass blowing and clouds moving for viewers to enjoy endlessly.”
Folsom experiments with thick and thin paint; she creates an illusion of movement by giving distinct areas of a painting the same directional brushstrokes. Her compositions appear active and alive.
The artist attended the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning, Vermont Studio Center, Cincinnati Art Academy, and Indiana University. In 2007, she was commissioned by Woodford Reserve to create a painting for its official, limited-edition Kentucky Derby bottle of bourbon.
This is Todd Bonita’s seventh show at Gingerbread Square Gallery. Todd Bonita earned his BFA with honors from the Art Institute of Boston in 1996. His post-baccalaureate study of classical painting continued at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Todd has periodically continued his private study of the French Academy drawing and painting tradition.
His career began as an illustrator and mural painter creating works for newspapers, magazines, book publishers and design firms. Clients have included Disney, MTV, Random House, Simon and Schuster, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin and the United Way. Mr. Bonita’s illustrations have appeared in over thirty books. The wall art, designs, and sculptures he has created can be found in TJMaxx, Home Goods & Home Depot in all fifty states and parts of Canada.
Gingerbread Square Gallery is proud to represent Pam Folsom & Todd Bonita and is excited about their new works. This upcoming exhibition begins with an opening reception on Monday, February 20th from 5:30 to 8:00PM and continues through Feb 26th. However, it will be available for early viewing beginning on Saturday, February 18th. The gallery is located “Uptown” at 1207 Duval Street, Key West, Florida 33040 and is open daily10:30 AM to 6 PM. Phone: 305-296-8900. Email: [email protected] . The exhibitions can also be viewed on the gallery website at www.GingerbreadSquareGallery.com
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