Fall Exhibition – A Visual Feast
This year’s Buffalo Fine Arts League Fall Members Exhibition does not disappoint. As can be expected from this group, members came out with a showing of beautiful interpretations of realism in various media from oil painting to pastels, watercolors and sculpture. Naturally, I’m slightly biased towards realism in art. But for folks like me, these kinds of shows really are a treat for the senses. I also like the many different approaches to “realism” taken by this artistically diverse collective.
Of course the subject matter is as varied as the artistic styles involved. Some magnificent portraiture combines with lovely landscapes and moody still lifes to make a beautifully well-rounded display. A show like this wouldn’t be complete without animals, and there are some examples of this genre featured as well. Two of my sculptures are included in the exhibit, and I’m honored that the juror awarded one of them, The Overlook, third place in the competition. My other sculpture is entitled, The Abolitionist.
The venue for the event is Stangler Fine Arts + Contemporary Craft, located in Orchard Park, NY. It’s a fine gallery space, with plenty of room to back up and view the works from a distance or close up in the well-lit environment. Orchard Park (and all of western New York) is itself a work of art this time of year, with the crazy quilt of fall colors just getting underway. The exhibition has been running since September 24, and will wrap up this coming Saturday, October 14, 2017. So, there’s still a short time left to come out and see this interesting display of skilled realist artists.