The exhibition Sharon Wolpoff: Wherever I Turn I See Light and its opening reception have been postponed until further notice.
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聽Realist painter experiments with illumination to accentuate her oil paintings, giving them a geometrical quality. 聽In the upcoming University of Maryland Global Campus Arts program exhibition 鈥淲herever I Turn I see Light,鈥 viewers can explore for themselves the effect of light on the world around us and gain a better understanding of the artist who has traveled the world to take advantage of the sun鈥檚 magnificent rays in the execution of her work.
鈥淚t is my desire to find a way of being in this world that illuminates others,鈥 Wolpoff wrote in the artist鈥檚 statement she composed for the Maryland Art Council鈥檚 official online site, msac.org. 聽Illumination, she explained, is a concept that can reveal itself in many ways, and that鈥檚 why she focuses her investigation by painting people or her surroundings when they鈥檙e lit by natural light.
Afternoon Men by Sharon Wolpoff
鈥淭here are moments when light seems to take hold of whoever or whatever it touches, moments when it appears to grip, stroke or charge anything in its path. The resulting interplay of light and shadow can ignite the most ordinary setting, revealing its inherent beauty. This effect of the light, rather than its source, is what I鈥檓 interested in exploring.鈥
About the Artist
Wolpoff, who began her art training at age five, received a bachelor鈥檚 in fine arts and an MFA in painting from American University, took additional coursework in Italy and Mexico and expanded her understanding of color through studies of tapestry and bead weaving. She has employed her artistic talents as a jewelry designer, printmaker, and painter.
Among her many honors, Wolpoff has received three Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards, a fellowship from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County and American University's David Lloyd Kreeger Purchase Award.
Cover Image: Dom's Barbershop聽by Sharon Wolpoff
Sharon Wolpoff: Wherever I Turn I See Light
Exhibition Dates: Postponed
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