Opening Reception: Friday, July 2, 2010, 6:30-9pm

The Art Center
1957 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, IL 60035-2540
847.432.1888 - theartcenterhp.org
Gallery Hours: Mon-Thurs: 9:00-4:30, Friday: 9:00-3:00, Saturday: 9:00-4:30

The Art Center of Highland Park presents "Ripple: Cause and Effect" a powerfully inspirational exhibition of painting and sculpture, presenting imagery focused on the meditative surface patterns found within nature. The works of Yelena Klairmont, Paula Kloczkowski Luberda, and Charles Gniech have been compiled to create this peacefully compelling exhibition.

The oil paintings of Yelena Klairmont are the most literal of the group. Klairmont captures the result of a compromised pool of water, portraying the ripple effect as a beautiful thought, provoking moment in time.

Paula Kloczkowski Luberda creates powerful stoneware rock forms with intriguing surface features. The wonderfully glaze-washed forms are manipulated and organized to create intriguing compositions in space.

Influenced, for more then a decade, by the hundreds of the pre-historic stone circles throughout Great Britain, Charles Gniech uses the surface patterns of the Megaliths to create meditative imagery on which to ponder. Gniech explains... "Britain is littered with more then four hundred and thirty of these prehistoric sites... most people are familiar with Stonehenge, yet there are areas concentrated with megalithic structures as far to the north as the Scottish Islands, and as far to the south and west as Cornwall. The largest complex of circles is just to the north of Stonehenge, at Avebury." Gniech's latest body of work is influenced by the meditative qualities of the fluid surface patterns found on some of these monuments. Gniech continues... "I have taken some artistic liberties, in the replication, manipulation and abstraction of the surface patterns found on these massive stone slabs, yet the work continues to convey the serene qualities regularly associated with nature and inner peace. The pieces included in this exhibition are representative of some of the fluid markings found within the rock surfaces. The process of creating each piece is as centering as the imagery itself."

"Ripple: Cause and Effect" will be presented at The Art Center of Highland Park from July 2 through the 22nd. An Opening Reception will be held on July 2 beginning at 6:30pm. The Art Center in Highland Park is located at 1957 Sheridan Road. For additional information, contact The Art Center at 847.432.1888.

Imagery, left to right: Yelena Klairmont, "Ripple #7" oil on canvas, 40 x 30"
Paula Kloczkowski Luberda, "Three Goddesses" ceramic, 40 x 36 x 12"
Charles Gniech, "Meditation II" acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36"