Pam Folsom & Todd Bonita to Exhibit at Gingerbread Square Gallery

 

Pam Folsom & Todd Bonita’s exhibition of paintings opens on Monday, February 22, 2016 at

Gingerbread Square Gallery with a reception from 5:30 to 8:30 P.M. However, it will be

available for early viewing beginning on Noon on Sat, February 20th. This exhibition of works by

internationally known American artists Pam Folsom & Todd Bonita will continue through

February 29th. 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 ninth 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 sixth 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 22nd from 5:30 to 8:30PM and continues through March 2nd. However, it will be

available for early viewing beginning on Saturday, February 29th. 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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