Ornament in Nature
Art Gallery/Art Exhibit/Art Talk
Marcia Burtt Gallery
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Date & Time
Fri, Aug 26 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Aug 27 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Aug 28 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Sep 01 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fri, Sep 02 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Sep 03 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Sep 08 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fri, Sep 09 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Sep 10 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Sep 11 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Sep 15 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fri, Sep 16 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Sep 17 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Sep 22 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fri, Sep 23 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Sep 24 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Sep 25 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Sep 29 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fri, Sep 30 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Oct 01 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Oct 06 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fri, Oct 07 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Oct 08 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, Oct 09 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Oct 13 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fri, Oct 14 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Oct 15 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thu, Oct 20 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fri, Oct 21 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Oct 22 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Address (map)
517 Laguna St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Venue (website)
Marcia Burtt Gallery
Ornament in Nature exhibit at Marcia Burtt Gallery
August 25 through October 23, 2022
In this exhibition our gallery artists emphasize ornamental elements. They use complex compositions and formal flare to produce decorative paintings and photographs.
Dana Hooper includes mixes of reds, yellows, and blues in buttery brushstrokes to create portraits of quirky chickens. The images are as much about thick colorful paint as they are about the birds — paint so thick the paintings grow beyond two dimensions.
Torn photographs form a spectrum of clouds and light: Bill Dewey condenses vast space and time into one photo.
Petals and leaves drop from arabesques formed by tree limbs. River water reflects trees that together consume the canvas. Decorative elements seen up close compress the foregrounds of these paintings. Randall David Tipton, Erling Sjovold, and Marcia Burtt create tightly cropped compositions whose context is utterly removed.
Anne Ward, Meg Torbert, and Susan Petty divide the canvas in their still life paintings. They juxtapose organic forms with flat interstices and patterned tablecloths.
By centering decorative elements in realist landscapes and still lifes, our artists elevate ornamentation.