Join the Art League of Ocean City on Friday, May 2 from 5 to 7pm at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street bayside for the opening reception of the May exhibits. Refreshments will be served and admission is free.
Guest artists from the Baltimore Watercolor Society will be featured in the Thaler Gallery. The Baltimore Watercolor Society was founded in 1885 and is the third-oldest organization in the country focusing exclusively on the use of watercolor as a means of painting. Since 1885, the Society has worked to encourage and promote professional excellence in the creation and development of original works of art, executed in aqueous media and to offer watercolor artists opportunities to exhibit their work and develop professionally.
Featured in the Galleria will be the “Views of the Eastern Shore” themed exhibit. Art League members and local artists will show their interpretations of the Eastern Shore in this all media 2D judged show. David O. Bunting, a talented local artist, will be the judge of the exhibit.
Teri Edgeworth will be the artist in residence during the month of May. Edgeworth, an artist born locally and raised in Lancaster County, worked for years in a studio in her home. Encouraged by the love and support of her family and friends, especially her late grandmother and mother-in-law, she began showing her art publicly 10 years ago in many wonderful venues in and around Lancaster and has expanded her range into beautiful Ocean City, MD and its quaint surrounding towns.
Her vision for her work is that each viewer can recall a wonderful moment in time, with a sense of relaxation. And her most recent works are to raise an awareness of our bays and oceans and how we should all do our part to take care of them.
The Members’ Spotlight Gallery will highlight the work of artist Paige Ruby. Paige is primarily a watercolor artist who paints local marine scenes, landscapes, florals, abstract and mixed media pieces. Her work is painterly and realistic, but invites the viewer to define the details. Paige uses watercolor inks, which are very intense and brilliant in color, in some of her more traditional work. She is a signature artist with Delaware Watercolor Society and has been accepted in many juried exhibits, won many ribbons and done commissioned pieces.
The Ocean City Center for the Arts is run by the Art League of Ocean City which is a non-profit 501c3 organization. The galleries are open daily, 11am to 4pm. Call the ALOC at 410-524-9433 for more information or visit www.artleagueofoceancity.org.
