George M. Ominski
Opening Reception: Sunday, March 14 2 – 4 p.m.
In 2009, YAA held a members competition to reward artistic excellence in our community. The winners were (in alphabetical order):
Bill Erwin
William Erwin
was born in Texas and moved to Baltimore in 1981. He began drawing with graphite and colored pencils in his childhood, worked in oils and pastels during college, but stopped producing art after he began a career as a teacher and then as a federal employee. Instead of art, William studied music in college, and was active as a classical singer, conductor and composer. Now retired and living in Stewartstown, Bill moved back to art in January of 2005. His paintings have been accepted in major international watercolor society exhibits, including the Northeast Watercolor Society, the Philadelphia Watercolor Society and the Baltimore Watercolor Society juried shows and his oils are represented in American and European collections. He is a member of various national U.S. art organizations including the Oil Painters of America and Allied Artists. Today, he works primarily in oils and graphite, and accepts commissions for portraits of people and pets. To see more examples of his art, visit his website at www.william-erwin-artist.com.
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Sue A. Fehringer I love art! I have been drawing and painting as long as I can remember. During my long passionate dance with artistic expression, I have worked in oils, acrylics, watercolor, pastels, charcoal, colored pencils and pencil starting in realistic mode and moving to abstraction. My most recent works are abstracts which are mixed media, combining inks, acrylics, paper and watercolor crayon. I am also experimenting with acrylic mediums which add texture to my paintings. I sometimes include a realistic creature (such as a lobster or a cow) in an abstract setting. Also, since I teach Calculus at Gettysburg College, I’m excited to have been able to incorporate mathematics into some of my pieces. The freedom of abstract expression is awesome!
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Richard Harmon – After retiring, I began drawing and water color classes with Rita Cooper
and James Iams. Moving from Bel Air, MD to York in 2005, I immediately took advantage of the artistic opportunities available at YAA taking classes with Debi Watson, George Clark and Linda McCloskey. George Clark’s Experimental Nonobjective Art classes opened up for me a new artistic world which is best described in this quote by Daniel Ferris: “Nonobjective painting can be more visually powerful than any other style because of its freedom. Granted, that kind of freedom is frightening to many people, who need a prescribed meaning to cling to. But to see a powerful, purely designed, spontaneously produced nonobjective painting is the equivalent of seeing human creativity at its zenith – seeing the unknown, mastery of chaos, attaining a pure balance between the complex and the simple.” Three of my favorite contemporary artists who demonstrate this kind of expression are John Salminen, Pat Dews and Mary Todd Beam.
I am honored and thrilled to have received The Rottler Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts. I would like to thank the teachers, staff and members of the York Art Association for their instruction, mentoring and encouragement. You truly give people an opportunity to explore and realize unlimited possibilities.
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George M. Ominski has enjoyed the art of photography since his high school years. He took classes at Lancaster School of Art and Design and began entering exhibitions in Lancaster, Reading, Lebanon and York in 2006. His work has received many awards, including this distinguished Rottler Exhibit and he looks forward to more solo shows in the future.
“When I pick up the camera I enjoy traditional 35mm to 120 speed film and, of course, the digital age of Nikon and Canon. A photograph to me could be telling a story, reflecting the time period or give emotion and strength of character. The fact of stopping time with the push of a button, watching a piece of history through the lens and capturing it forever has always appealed to me. I hope that you take pleasure in my works in this exhibit and that you experience the views of what I have captured through my lens.”
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Fiel Patricio is an artist and photographer based in York, Pennsylvania. Her current work consists of abstract and experimental (mixed media) art using water-basedmediums like acrylics (paints and gel mediums), inks (acrylic, drawing, india, walnut, and Sumi),watercolors (including gouache), and Caran d’Ache. In the past, she has used watercolor pencils,pastels, charcoal, graphite, ebony, and oil. In 2007, she went back to entering local and national exhibitions with great success after being away from art for a long time. She was recently juried at the Philadelphia Water Color Society’s International Exhibition of Works on Paper (2009) and the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s First Annual Juried Show “Wide Open” in New York (2010). Fiel’s photographs have been published in books and on the web. In 2007, one of her photos was selected for inclusion in the released 4th Edition of Schmap New York Guide (Travel Guides). And it was released for the iPhone® and iPod® Touch (iTouch®) in 2008. She is currently doing a Lomography project. Her photos mostly consist of places (travel), objects, animals, and abstracts.
She served on the Board of the York Art Association as the Publicity, Marketing & P.R. Chair from2008-09. And also as the Newsletter Editor of Brushstrokes, published bi-monthly by York ArtAssociation. Philosophy: “Be an advocate for graceful simplicity.”
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