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Leah Richter Exhibit at the River Arts Center
Clinton artist Leah Richter will be the opening exhibit for 2017 at the River Arts Center. The exhibit will open on January 18 and be on display through March 5. A reception is being planned for Sunday, January 22, from 1:30-4:00 PM. All exhibits are free and open to the public.
Richter graduated Summa Cum Laude from St. Ambrose University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in both Painting and Art History and was awarded the Eleanor Page Fox Award for excellence in the arts from the university. St. Ambrose purchased several of her pieces for their permanent collection after her honors show there at the Catich Gallery. Recently she has shown at the Southeastern Community College art gallery in Burlington, Iowa, and at Quad-City Arts in Moline, Illinois.
"My narrative paintings are about the unique experience that began when we created our family through adoption. When you make room in your life for relationships to grow, the experience is often uncertain and daunting. These paintings reflect this by creating a visual space for the figures to inhabit or interact with using contrasting imagery that evokes comfort and safety with uncertainty. Loose expressive paint is placed next to descriptive, careful painting. Linear descriptions and unfinished figures evoke the process of becoming real, just as our family endeavors to define itself. Plants, rivers, and human anatomy inhabit the landscapes as personal symbols of family, changeability, fertility, longing, and reflections of the Iowa landscape where I grew up near the Mississippi and live now with my husband and four children. I work in oil paint on wooden panels."
Our gallery and gift shop will be closed from January 1-17 for cleaning and painting. Regular hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 1-4 PM and by appointment for meetings and groups by calling 563-243-3300.Date and Time
Wednesday Jan 18, 2017 Sunday Mar 5, 2017
January 18th - March 5th
Wednesday - Sunday
1-4 P.M.Location
River Arts Center
229 5th Avenue South
Clinton, Ia 52732Fees/Admission
Free Admission
Contact Information
563-243-3300
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