“More Than Meets the Eye” is an art exhibition showcasing portraits, figures and life studies by California artist Lorelle Miller.

Miller expresses a lifetime of developed technique and personal investigation in her works that comprises of oils, pastel, marble sculpture, and other mediums. Evidenced in her artwork is a unique sensitivity for mood and emotion, which offer a glance into the deeper wells of her experience. Miller has worked with master artists such as Morgan Weistling and Mian Situ. She has studied stone sculpture at the Marble Symposium in Colorado and has over 20 years of experience as a madonnara (street painter) featuring her work in countless festivals throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Norway. To view Lorelle Miller’s portfolio, read her blog and learn about the awards and honors she’s received, please visit LorelleMiller.com.

The public is invited to view the gallery, enjoy light refreshments and meet the artist at an art reception on Thursday, August 16, 2018 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at The MAIN.

Santa Clarita Artists’ Association’s new show, Autumn Wonders, will open on September 7, 2018, with a free reception from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibit will run from September 7 to October 28. The public is invited to meet the artists, sample hors d’oeuvres, wines and dessert, and view fabulous new art, including designer craft items.

Howard Marcovitch’s underwater photography will be displayed at this exhibit. “I was hooked by the very first dive lesson. 1968 proved to be a very good year that changed my life,” Marcovitch said about his wonderful diving photography. “Learning to dive, and eventually teaching scuba, has made exploring the oceans a dream come true. My wife, Cheri, says I am safer in the water than on land. She never worries about me if I am in water. I am always ready for the next adventure.”

Pearl C. Hsiung’s painting and video works explore states of physical, psychical and metaphysical metamorphosis. Often these transformations play out in anthropomorphizing landscapes that verge on portraiture, where the geological and biological collide and collapse, raising questions about the nature of nature. Hsiung’s video works bring these ideas out beyond the pictorial plane, to further investigate nature and constructed images in an endlessly transforming universe.

This exhibition will examine “A Moment in Time” as expressed through the ancient medium of encaustic.  Unlike other painting media, encaustic begins its journey to solid from a molten phase.  There are typically only a few seconds for the artist to move the brush from palette to panel before the wax becomes unworkable.  The artist uses heat to manipulate the paint, and the wax when in its solid state has unusual qualities of reflecting light through the layers of paint.

The works exhibited may explore the concept of Time through their process or through their subject matter.  This exhibition will showcase the work of contemporary artists working in distinctly different styles that incorporate encaustic into their work.  The artwork exhibited will be of varied styles and genres: conceptual art, abstract painting, mixed media, and photography, providing a diverse artistic experience for the viewer.

By exploring the intersection between the found and fabricated, Kramer seeks a deeper understanding of the transcendent nature of ordinary objects. He works primarily in recycled materials; reclaimed hardwoods, coffee stirrers, strapping material, buttons, or even tin can lids. One favorite material, street sweeper bristles, are acquired as scrap from a company that re-bristles used brooms. These are woven over welded armatures of thin wire. At the core of his work is the belief that “trash is the failure of imagination.”

The art gallery at The MAIN in Old Town Newhall will feature “Toxikologie,” an exhibition showcasing vibrant, layered polyptych-style works, inspired by both Harajuku high fashion and medieval altarpiece forms, by artist Kitty Cutshall. The exhibition will be on display through Friday, July 13, 2018. An art reception for “Toxikologie” will take place on Thursday, June 21, 2018 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at The MAIN. Reception attendees will be able to view the artwork, enjoy light refreshments, and meet the artist.

Driven by an equal love for both the arts and sciences, Cutshall’s inspiration for “Toxikologie” arises from religious symbolism and medieval plague-era imagery, juxtaposed with the childlike, colorful world of Harajuku Decora street fashion in Japan. For her series, Cutshall compares the manner in which professional toxicologists study chemical effects on human health – whether beneficial, harmful or benign – to the manner in which aesthetic and emotional toxicity or innocence is interpreted through cultural images. Cutshall’s technique involves hundreds of thin layers of acrylic paint for depth of color, including neon pigments, glow-in-the-dark paint and varnishes to create different lighting effects. These are then manipulated in a collage process with glitter, crystals, illustrations and even stickers, to layer imagery and allegory. Cutshall says she has been drawing since the age of one and that her work is “intentionally full of symbols so that there is something for everyone to interpret.”

The gallery at The MAIN is open for viewing during all events at The MAIN, as well as Tuesdays through Fridays, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

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