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The Truth Art Gallery Presents “Everlasting Colors,” An
Exhibit
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
Portraits, colors and
nature! The Truth Art Gallery is presenting an exhibit by
two of the Gallery’s favorite artists over the last few year
– Mack Walton and Gabriele Orza.
From May 1 to June 31, the
Gallery is presenting paintings by these two artists online
and at the Gallery - by appointment only until the
shelter-in-place is over.
Toledo artist Mack Walton
has been presenting his portraits and scenic displays of the
world around him for decades. It’s his life, it’s his
passion. And it has been for over 50 years.
Walton, a Toledo native
who attended Scott High School, started painting in 1966
when he won a contest and took a correspondence course.
After that he was hooked, says the Vietnam veteran who
joined Jeep in the late 1970’s and remained in factory work
there until his retirement in 2001.
Mack developed a procedure
and a following among his fellow employees at Jeep by
transferring photographs to oil canvas. He estimates that he
painted over 100 portraits during his 25-year Jeep career.
That kept him fairly busy,
he recalls, nut it also limited his ability to reach for a
broader audience. “I didn’t have time to sell myself,” he
says. And as any successful artist will freely admit, an
artist must have the ability to pay attention to the
business side of the art business.
Mack eventually ventured
into street scenes, landscapes and still life – all of which
are on exhibit on The Truth Gallery website and in the
Gallery itself by appointment.
Gabriela Orza, a
Detroit-area resident is a native of Romania who developed
her skills and talents studying for a masters degree in art
at the Academy for Visual Arts in Cluj, Romania.
Since her arrival in the
United States several decades ago, Gabriela has developed
and expressed that talent in a variety of sites in
southeastern Michigan – an art teacher at High Point and the
Kensington School of the Arts; an art director at the Palace
Stone Gallery in Auburn Hills, for example. She has worked
in oil, mural paintings, ceramics and as a book illustrator
and author. She has also held over two dozen personal
exhibits and has presented her art work in a variety of
press and television shows.
Recently, inspired by the
work of Spanish painter Jose Royo, Gabriela has been
expanding her art repertoire by working, as does that
Spanish master, with light and bursts of color somewhat
reminiscent of the French impressionist, Renoir.
Gabriela has about a dozen
of these recent works on display at the Gallery and on our
website.
The online video and
exhibition catalogue and price list for “Everlasting Colors,
are posted on The Sojourner’s Truth website at
www.thetruthtoledo.com
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