Nancy Richards-Davis and a healthy planet
If you’re an artist who takes inspiration from nature, it’s hard not to be tuned in to, and perhaps worried about, the health of the planet. “My observation of the natural world as a basis for making my art has led to my increasing concern for maintaining our planet,” says Nancy Richards-Davis, who makes abstract paintings using encaustic, a beeswax-based medium. “I am very concerned with the problem of hive abandonment among bee populations,”... Read More
Anita Tucker’s wine2wick
Anita Tucker recently clued us in on a startling statistic. “According to Greenopolis.com, of the 300 million cases of wine sold each year in the United States, almost none of the bottles are reused and 70 percent end up in landfills,” she says. We’re accustomed to seeing every new plastic water bottle as a blight on the planet, but it’s a little head-spinning to think of wine bottles in the same way. They’re so attractively made and beautifully labeled.... Read More
SmartSale on October 9
Your opportunity to purchase the furniture that you have seen at the SmartHome throughout the summer is near. On Sunday, October 9, we are hosting a SmartSale from noon – 4pm at the PNC SmartHome at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The fine art and furniture in the SmartHome is based on the fundamentals of sustainability. The pieces are made from natural or reclaimed materials, created in a studio where environmental processes are in place and/or reflect in content... Read More
July’s SmartHome Art Tour
On a sweltering summer evening, visitors stayed cool inside the energy-efficient PNC SmartHome in University Circle while they got a tour of earth-friendly art and home decor. Inside the home are tables made of reclaimed ginko leaves, a painting that speaks of the unpredictability of weather, a wall-hanging assembled from tree-lawn treasures and a vase of brilliant flowers crafted from recycled 2-liter bottles. RED DOT Project curator Christy Gray led the first of two tours July... Read More
Liz Maugans, Take Me Home
Liz Maugans calls herself “a text-based artist who likes to tell stories with very limited dialogue.” As co-founder of Zygote Press, a non-profit studio and gallery, Maugans is known for working in fine-art printing and for spreading the gospel of printmaking through educational programs. Her own print work often uses wit to pose questions about serious issues in society. Some prints use only text, while others play with abstract forms, layered textures and representational... Read More
Susie Frazier artwork featured at PNC SmartHome
Is it an orange crate — or a bookshelf? Is it the stump of a dead tree — or a plant stand? Found objects were never just one thing for Susie Frazier when she was growing up California in the 1970s. These days she assembles gorgeous objects given up by the earth. Stones, twigs, grass and leaves get scooped up and reformed into decorations for the home that are meant both to please the eye and prod the mind. Frazier, who lives in Westlake and has retail space at the... Read More
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