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Marjorie Jordan

Marjorie Jordan says that she want her work:” not only to illustrate the amazing creativity, life affirming beauty and complexity of Nature, but to win the viewer over to a sense of wonder for the natural order.”(Artist’s Website - Statement) Using oil, pastel, and altered photographic images she choose to show the magic in nature, giving back the miracles that we find in everyday happenings in Nature.

The growing of plants, the reflection of trees in water, a simple sea shell, a cob on the corn become food from the gods. In her latest work the human figure plays a diminished role. She uses hands to represent the abundance of nature back to nature. Where Nature gives to us, she is in a sense giving back to nature and the universe. Jordan uses her work as a tool, beautiful tool to change people’s perspective.

Her work can be find in collections nationwide. Jordan has shown her work in various galleries like the Barbara Archer Gallery and Gallery 413 in Atlanta, GA. Silvershotz(International Journal of Fine art Photography) published her work. The Atlanta Journal Constitution also published her painting titled “Pear”. 

To see more and read more go to Marjorie Jordan’s Website. 

(edited by Corlia)

Ann Rhodes at dk Gallery

Ann Rhodes is participating in a group exhibition, The Nature of Landscape, at dk Gallery. The show also features new work by Jenifer Ahrens, Melody Boggs, Donna Cassaro-Hughes and Lena Lagergren. The exhibition runs from June 19-July 16, 2009.

Ann Rhodes, Field of Poppies, 24 x 24 in., oil on canvas

"Celebratory landscapes are the focus of my work. Personal response to the intensity of nature's force informs my painting in which loose brushwork and overlapping layers of paint represent the complexity of the universe. I am fed by nature's light and color, comforted by its underlying geometry, awed by its muscularity." -Ann Rhodes

An artist reception will be held on Friday, June 19, 2009 from 6:00-8:00 pm with music by the Bill VanDyke Ensemble. The show will benefit The Marietta Educational Garden Center: 10% of the evening's sales will be donated to the Garden Center, and donations will be accepted during the evening for the Garden Center. The Marietta Educational Garden Center, a non-profit organization located at 505 Kennesaw Avenue, remains one of the largest privately owned and maintained green spaces in Cobb County, and is a rarity in the arena of non-profits devoted to protecting our environment and promoting "green." The event is free to the public.

dk Gallery
25 West Park Square
Marietta, GA 30060
(770) 427-5377
Hours: T-W, 11-5; Th-Sat, 11-7

To see more work by Ann Rhodes, please visit her website.

770.427.5377