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.