ART OPENING
Friday, April 1, 7-9 pm
OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, April 2, 1-4 pm
ARTIST STATEMENT
Line, shape and color illustrate the intuitive in my work. Images are extracted from small line drawings. which are gestural and freeform at times and geometric and formal at others. Combining and modifying multiple drawings produce surprising and unexpected results. Compositions are developed through extensive experimentation and exhaustive editing. Materials range from a variety of traditional paints to oxidized metallic paint, shredded tire rubber, micro glass beads and other additives. The process is disciplined, but guided entirely by intuition. The paintings are left to stand on their own to achieve an identity that speaks through its qualities. This elemental approach gives the paintings room to breathe and frees the viewer from the demands of literal interpretation.
Mark Pehanich is a painter and sculptor originally from Chicago. He has a BFA from Northern Illinois University and an MFA from Brooklyn College, where he studied with Lee Bontecou, Phillip Pearlstein, Alan D’Arcangelo, and Lennart Anderson. He has taught painting, drawing and sculpture at the Appomattox Regional Governors School and Richard Bland College. After living in Brooklyn, NY, for 18 years, Mark moved to Petersburg, where he and his wife converted an old cotton and peanut warehouse into studio spaces.
Mark has exhibited his paintings and sculpture widely, including the Brooklyn Museum, Stamford Museum, Butler Institute of Art, El Paso Museum, Virginia Tech, and Kyoto Gallery in Japan. A former board member of the Sculptors Guild and the National Mural Society, he has created murals and large-scale public sculpture in New York and Virginia. Mark is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Charles G. Shaw award. He is currently represented by Eric Schindler Gallery in Richmond, VA.
Exhibition runs through April 29, 2022
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 12-4 or by appointment. Please follow the Eric Schindler Gallery on Facebook and Instagram for updates or any changes.