REVERBERATIONS: Adrienne Allebe’s piece, 'Lost a Diamond While Out Collecting Stones,' is informed by the title, but combines watercolor and colored pencil for a fascinating, fractal study of color and morphology. Credit: PHOTO BY JOE PAYNE
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CATCH THE SHOW: The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission presents “Impoverished Vision: Abstraction to the Rescue,” with John Hood as curator, showing through April 25 at the Betteravia Galleries North and South, Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Building, 511 E. Lakeside, Santa Maria. The galleries are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., free to enter, and open to the public. More info: sbartscommission.org.
REVERBERATIONS: Adrienne Allebe’s piece, ‘Lost a Diamond While Out Collecting Stones,’ is informed by the title, but combines watercolor and colored pencil for a fascinating, fractal study of color and morphology. Credit: PHOTO BY JOE PAYNE
Abstraction is a style that offers each viewer an invitation to the creative process. An artist may know what went through his or her heart and mind when creating a piece, but he or she must ultimately let the art go so it can flow through the hearts and minds those who take the work in.
“Impoverished Vision: Abstraction to the Rescue” is a show of abstract art presented by the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission at the Betteravia Galleries North and South, located in the Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Center. Allan Hancock College fine arts instructor John Hood curated the show, which includes the works of Adrienne Allebe, Larry Delinger, Felicia Kincaid, Carey Reimer, Natalie Romero, Juan Manuel Perez Salazar, and Adriana Sarinana.
The captions on the images presented here offer my passing thoughts on each work depicted, but you’re only experiencing a facsimile of an experience by seeing them on this page. The art must truly be appreciated in person. I invite everyone in the community to spend an hour or more enjoying the show for themselves, for my experience was both calming and thought provoking, and time well spent.
EXPLORING THE SPACE: Felicia Kincaid’s paintings, which include geometrics subdued by muted colors (a detail of which is pictured here), are some of the larger pieces in the show. Credit: PHOTO BY JOE PAYNE
TRAGEDY ON THE MICRO: Ariana Sarinana’s digital photography piece Miniature Disasters seems to convey a chemical spill shot in macro, reminding viewers of environmental disasters around the world. Credit: PHOTO BY JOE PAYNE
