"Hope in the Balance" at the Maryland Federation of Art

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Andrew Smith’s “Hope in the Balance”

Andrew Smith’s clay monoprint, "Hope in the Balance," was juried into the Maryland Federation of Art's Landscape exhibit, running from August 31st through September 24th, 2022. Juror Al Gury, Professor of Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, selected 37 artists and 61 works from 630 entries.

Culture On The Line Website Follows Regional Creatives

A new member of the Visual Realia family is online, Culture On The Line, a curated look at the culture of south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. I hope you bookmark it and follow its corresponding Facebook page.

Patchwork

“Patchwork” — Clay Monoprint by Andrew Smith of the Visual Realia studio.

The Past just left. Its remnants, I claim, are mostly fiction. We're stranded here with the threadbare patchwork of memory, you with yours, I with mine."
— Denis Johnson

"Patchwork"
Clay Monoprint on Pellon
8" x 10"
Andrew Smith / Visual Realia Studio

The square and rectangle blocks, newly added for this work, interplay with the large central yellow diamond and green and blue diagonal stripes, all remnants (patches) of previous works.

For the new elements, I purposely wanted to utilize my lesser chosen color slips, including siennas, umbers, red iron oxide, French rose madder, French yellow ochre, and the onion skin dyed slip.

Maryland Federation of Art's Spring Member Show

Maryland Federation of Art's Spring Member Show Online Gallery

I’m pleased to be one of sixty artists selected from 427 entries to be part of the Maryland Federation of Art's Spring Member Show 2022, opening today. The exhibit runs through May 28th.

MFA Circle Gallery
18 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401

Online:
https://mdfedart.com/mfaentry/galleryA/index.php...

Congratulations to Gettysburg artist Jim Mackey for his selection, as well.

#MFASpringMemberShow2022

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“Anthem” — Clay Monoprint on Pellon by Andrew Smith of Visual Realia studio.

York & Hanover's "Invisible Wall"

I had the good fortunate to talk (and exchange emails) with Jim McClure about the “invisible wall” between York and Hanover, both in the art world and in general. Mr. McClure does a great job sharing some of the historical separations. Communities (and artists) in that straight line between York-Hanover-Gettysburg would benefit from greater efforts to work together.

Read the article at this link.

MFA Spring Member Show

“Anthem” by Andrew Smith of Visual Realia

I'll be taking this piece ("Anthem") south (Annapolis) for the Maryland Federation of Art's juried Spring Member Show this May. More info on visiting the exhibit when we get closer.