Update to Art Tour at the beautiful Maitland Art Center

" The Maitland Art Center (formerly known as The Research Studio) is a historic site in Maitland, Florida. It was founded and designed by architect and artist J. Andre Smith (1880-1959) in 1937 as an artist colony, dedicated to experimental art. Funded by philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok,[3] the colony hosted artists such as Ralston Crawford, Milton Avery, and Consuelo Kanaga. It is located at 231 West Packwood Avenue. On November 17, 1982, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places." Wikipedia

" Imagination is the most powerful tool humans possess. " ~ John Petrey

John Petrey ~ Sculptor ~ Dress Series

Dress Series

"Genevieve" - 73" Tall

"Garment" - 72" Tall

"Robyn" - 55" Tall

Princess Merida" - 64" Tall

"Liz" - 55" Tall

"Carmen" - 73" Tall

Another feature artist at the Maitland Art Center was Derek Gores. "

"One of the 40 important artists of the New Contemporary Movement"

http://derekgores.com/collage

"New York born Derek Gores is an artist who works predominantly in collages using recycled found materials such as magazies, labels, data and both analog and digital photographs."

http://showstudio.com/contributor/derek_gores

"In a sea of images, Derek Gores is making unique pictures that stand completely on their own. Their blend of abstraction with such interestingly familiar portraits and stills create a dichotomy that really works." http://www.an-mag.com/derek-gores/

" I was super tight as an 18 year old, but once I saw the end of that particular path I’ve loved anything that can distract or get in the way of that kind of accuracy. Water, using two hands, all sorts of outside influences, collaborations with the subjects, etc." ---- Derek Gores

Derek Gores process for his works of art. > "I do some wet drawing work that starts from abstraction and sometimes becomes an object, often figurative or spacial. However In the collage work I work it backwards, from a photo reference in a space I breathed, and then I do start with a simple sketch with a sharpie marker usually and then layer in the abstraction of the pieces of paper. I am after the essence of a real figure, often hinting at elapsed time perhaps, but I build the figure out of opposites. I like using linear, sharp, man-made elements you wouldn’t think of as art, like a schematic or a map for example, so that the life and the space you find is that much more surprising when it hits." -- Derek Gores