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River Road Coffeehouse will be featuring digital photography by David Luke Kurtz and digital art by Shell Franklin at its original Granville location from October 16, through November 27, 2011. Located in the Shops at Seven Pines on River Road adjacent to State Route 16, River Road Coffeehouse is proud to showcase local artists through displays throughout the shop.
David Luke Kurtz grew up in York Beach, Maine, which is located on the southern seacoast and is blessed with all four seasons. Part of Dave’s vision in his art comes from his early years as a child. As he grew up he became interested in history and how art played a roll. In his college years he was able to explore Boston, Massachusetts, and got to learn about the rich history at the Museum of Fine Arts. At this point he was still working with clay and grease pencil. He took time off until after the year 2008 when he picked up his new love of photography & digital art. Dave’s digital photography display at River Road Coffeehouse features locations around Granville, Ohio. Dave has lived in Boston, Massachusetts, and Columbus, Ohio. He is interested in themes ranging from lighthouses to churches. If it looks cool to him, he will consider using it. He now lives in Blacklick, Ohio, where he continues his love of art.
Shell Franklin is a small business owner, served in the military, is married to a writer, and is the father of two awesome “little” girls (age 20 and 22). He spends his days working with his hands (on his computer) creating art, writing, ranting and designing. According to Shell, “It is my goal to deliver a diverse experience into the art of our time and one individual’s mind. I try to engage a diverse audience in the powerful experience of artistic invention, using anything and everything as a catalyst for the creation of new works to inspire and challenge each person’s thoughts, using every medium from photography to the multitudes of computer media art forms of our age.” Shell’s current display at River Road Coffeehouse features pieces of his digital art.
A Note from Jo…
There is nothing more satisfying for me than using what I have learned about the world to let myself be moved to create harmonious fabric with nearly no planning. It’s a balancing point for the mystery of living, as we all do, picking through tangled balls of threads.
After 19 years, I am still fascinated by the way one bright thread can balance fabric that has dulled to mud color, or a deep color can anchor a piece too intense in its brightness. With a very active mind and training in verbal skills, it is therapy and education for me to silently spend hours seeing one thread at a time, selecting them in couples and trios, and building them deliberately for a harmonious fabric.
A wise critic once invited me to look at ancient mosaic tiles in Mediterranean ruins and temples. He was correct that I would find the building of mosaic tiles one at a time to be a wonderful containment for years of experimenting with how small things, carefully created, become part of vast and harmonious wholes.
Techniques:
I knitweave and needlefelt a tapestry base, and often embellish with gemstones and beads by crocheting and embroidering, or cutting a window to let in the light and the air. The best thing about these techniques is I can start quickly to capture an inspiration, and then adjust the results, like a painter would dab at a piece that isn’t quite finished… until it is. And that inspiration can be outdoors, in beloved spots like Dawes Arboretum or Lake Erie, since my techniques are highly portable.
I’m proud and grateful to be able to share this work with you, a patron of River Road Coffee, since we share a love of things carefully created and thoughtfully presented. I welcome questions by e-mail to my website, and invite co-creative custom projects. I can often be seen working on these pieces on the patio here, and at Makers Market on the southwest corner of the square, most Saturday mornings here in Granville.
In light and harmony,
Joanna (Jo) Ettorre
Balancing Point Creative Studio
