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Christine Broussard poses with her 8x8 submissions including her paintings of Egyptian symbols. Photos by Brent Woronoff
Laura O'Brien donated Kathy Nettles' equine paintings to benefit the Whispering Meadows Ranch. Photos by Brent Woronoff
Judi Wormeck is a paper artist. Photos by Brent Woronoff
Judi Wormeck's rabbit series. Photos by Brent Woronoff
Stephanie Salkin's Eye Full. Photos by Brent Woronoff
Rick de Yambert's self portrait and Mr. Crow Dreams He's VanGogh digital photos. Photos by Brent Woronoff
Grand Gallery curator Jan Jackson contributed some of her work to 8x8 show. Photos by Brent Woronoff
Work by pastel artist Bob Teller. Photos by Brent Woronoff
"Tucker" by Gina Marie Hammer. Photos by Brent Woronoff
About the only common thread among the more than 80 pieces in the annual Gargiulo Art Foundation 8-inch-by-8-inch show is the size of the work.
About 24 artists are represented in the show at the Grand Gallery at Grand Living Realty, 2288 Colbert Lane. The show opened Aug. 1 and runs through Sept. 12. It can be viewed free of charge 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday.
“We have a lot of really good artists and a lot of people interested in art,” said Tom Gargiulo, the GAF’s co-founder. “All of the art is priced at $50. We have a lot of established artists, and they’re only getting $25 (on sold pieces), but they’re getting exposure from people who would normally not see their artwork.”
For some artists, being confined to an 8-by-8 space is a challenge. For others it’s a pleasant change of pace.
“It’s fun,” said Grand Gallery curator Jan Jackson. “I love to work large, but for me it’s like being a little kid again, playing with scraps and fabric.”
Gargiulo had bought a large work from photographer Stephanie Salkin entitled “Eye Full.” He asked her to make it into an 8x8. She replied that it couldn’t be done. But she did it. It’s in the show.
Judi Wormeck is a mixed media artist who has two series in the show, a rabbit series and another abstract in nature. She makes her own paper. Her paper is her art with touches of metallic paint and copper.
In this show Wormeck’s paper art is glued on water-color paper because Gargiulo asked her for two-dimensional pieces. Some of the abstract pieces are layered hand-made paper with 36-gauge copper foil colored with a propane torch, she said. She also uses gold leaf and a mixture of materials to form images.
Pastel artist Robert Teller produced eight pieces in a month after finding out about the show. Christine Broussard is showcasing her paintings of Egyptian symbols, inspired by her 2009 cruise down the Nile River.
“These are very colorful, very powerful,” said Broussard, who is originally from Morocco. “I even wrote my name in Egyptian in one 8x8.”
Trish Vevera used layers of paint and bees wax and spray paint manipulated with a credit card to produce her abstract reality pieces based on sculptures found throughout Palm Coast.
