Sunset River To Feature Richard Staat Watercolors - Reception Jan. 16 |
01/07/10 |
Sunset River Marketplace is featuring paintings by watercolor artist Richard Staat in a show entitled Watercolors with a Transparent Touch from Jan. 11 through Feb. 20, 2010. The eclectic exhibition includes figural pieces as well as landscapes and coastal scenes. A reception, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 16, from 2 to 5 p.m.
Staat, who has recently completed a large mural in the Coast Guard Station on Oak Island, N.C., was a commercial artist for over 35 years, operating his own design studio for 14 years. After graduating from Ohio State with a BFA, he immediately went to work for an advertising agency in central Ohio, where he found himself constantly limited by what the client wanted. “Tight controls often inhibit creative ex Staat works with pure transparent watercolor paints and has become known throughout the area for projecting humor and emotion in his paintings. Staat, who lives in Oak Island with his wife Jo Ann (also an artist), is a past president and current active member of the Oak Island Art Guild; the Central Ohio Watercolor Society and a signature member of the Watercolor Society of N.C. His work has received numerous awards including: fifth place from the Watercolor Society of N.C.; merit and honorable mention awards in the Associated Artists of Southport’s annual juried July National Exhibition; first place, second place and other honors in the Associated Artists of Southport annual Spring Show and numerous others. According to gallery owner, Ginny Lassiter, “Dick Staat’s work makes the viewer feel the emotion in every painting. Whether it’s a landscape featuring our Sunset Beach Bridge or a locomotive or people on a pier ... we feel as though we’re right there with him.” Sunset River Marketplace is located at 10283 Beach Drive SW (N.C. 179), Calabash, N.C. Winter hours (Jan., Feb., and March) are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.sunsetrivermarketplace. com or call 910-575-5999.
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