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Sarasota News Leader August 2, 2013 tense translucent color fields upon which he lays simple hieroglyphic markings of rich impasto," which seem at once archaic and contemporary, the release adds. Sánchez, also of Miami, was born in Cuba and emigrated to the United States in 1960. She obtained a doctorate in clinical psychology in 1979 and has practiced and taught psychology at the graduate level for more than 30 years, the release notes. "Prompted by a personal crisis in her mid-30s, Sánchez decided to give voice to her creativity and returned to school." She is a Fulbright scholar, having completed her fellowship as a painter in Spain. Sánchez "conducts 'research' in the natural landscape — largely influenced by color, texture and light — and paints in her studio," the release continues. "Her work is never a direct translation of what she sees, but rather is an expression of a felt experience, a memory of or desire for the experience." Page 99 Through the use of color, brush strokes and fresco applications Stuart, of Sun Valley, ID, "creates haunting atmospheric imagery from natural sources such as landscapes, seascapes, skyscapes, flowers and plants," the release notes. "She plays with color and form to create a dream-like experience that invites the viewers to bring their personal interpretations into the piece." Pratorius, also of Miami, was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1969. She completed a three-year program at the Holzfachschule Koeln, focusing on furniture building and design. "Her work is featured internationally in many private and corporate collections, including the Neiman Marcus Collection (in a number of stores) and the Millenium Partners Collection, permanently displayed in the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami, the release points out. "'The unifying thread through my work has been pattern and repetition, which I explore through simple yet labor-intensive processSchemm, of Traverse City, MI, took an early es,'" she says in the release. interest in cabinetmaking and came to focus on "beautiful wood finishes" and "beautiful During the 1980s, Prack, of Jefferson, NC, paintings," the release says. "His work has "concentrated on developing hand-built cebeen praised for its attention to detail and ramics as a sculpture medium," exhibiting her keen use of color." His work has been exhib- work in a broad range of indoor and outdoor ited widely over the past 30 years. venues, the release continues. Though she uses ceramics as a material, the release adds, Solomon, of East Hampton, NY, "makes sculpshe does not follow the potter's vessel concept ture and paintings that combine the concep"but blazes her own path with clay as a pure tual with the abstract," the release continues. sculpture medium; hand-building each piece "In an essay," the release adds, "art critic Helusing stoneware clay slabs; carved line work/ en Harrison wrote, 'His art embodies fundatextures; and glazes, colors, or stains with a mental qualities that he perceives in nature, painter's approach to surface treatments." for which he creates aesthetic analogies. Without imitating those qualities he captures their The gallery is at 1288 N. Palm Ave. in Sarasota. essence, pins it down and offers it as a gift to For more information, call 366-2454 or visit those who take the time to receive it.'" www.allyngallup.com. %