Featured artists exhibit for Aug/Sep 2022
August 2, 2022 @ 12:00 am – September 17, 2022 @ 12:00 am
Featuring member artists Austin Cathey and Donna Stubbs, and guest artists Thoryn Ziemba and John Cummings
Opening Reception August 12th 5-7pm
Donna Stubbs
Donna Stubbs is both a featured and member artist of FRANK. Her choices of mixed media such as acrylic paint, vintage books, photography, cut scraps of clothing, and tissue paper act as the protagonists in her pieces allowing the viewer to get immersed in the story she is telling. As the artist herself so eloquently states, “Working with abstraction allows me to intuitively play with imagery, texture and mark-making. Whimsical characters, text and suggestive forms often appear in the chaos of paint and line. A sense of place and time develops. A loud and quiet conversation take place, until a stillness is found. This evolution is central to balancing my art and how I know when the piece is completed.”
Austin Cathey
Austin Cathey is both a member artist and featured artist for the months of August and September. Austin was the inaugural candidate for FRANK’s Emerging Artist Program and has since graduated with his MFA and developing his artistic talents in really exciting and innovative directions. Austin experiments with mixed media techniques on hanging large pieces of thick paper. The artists tests the limits of his media by adding layers and layers of different elements which brings to the forefront the organic and fragile nature of the paper with intentional and exciting results.
John Cummings
Showing his incredible pieces at the gallery for the first time, we are thrilled to have the work of ceramic artist, John Cummings in this featured show. Based out of Asheville, John creates both small and very large ceramic vessels which are a testament to his mastery of his ceramic medium. Calling the surface decorations of his pieces “abstract expressionism”, John uses different tools, firing methods, and glazing techniques to create his pieces. Constantly experimenting and exploring clay, John’s work so beautifully tells a story of his relationship to the clay in forming the individual pieces.
Thoryn Ziemba
Showcasing his stunning glass pieces for the first time in the gallery FRANK is proud to be exhibiting the artistry of Thoryn Ziemba. Stating of his highly creative and exquisitely made pieces, “My method for doing this is by using a constructive technique with glass whereby I blend architectural references and the form of graffiti you may find on those same buildings to evoke the sense of humanity both display.”
