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Washington D.C 20001
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David Alfuth: Is This Art Really 3-D?

October 4, 2016 Touchstone Gallery
David Alfuth

David Alfuth

Are David Alfuth’s new sculptural collage works really 3-D? Or is the architectural subject matter just fooling our eyes? To find out, you’ll have to see his new surreal collage works, Perspective, at Touchstone Gallery between October 5—30, 2016.

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The Privileged Series: Pests By Anthony Dortch

October 12, 2013 Touchstone Gallery
Anthony Dortch

Anthony Dortch

A fine artist and graphic designer, Anthony Dortch's realm is one of precision and grace. Do not allow the lovely colors and silken textures to distract you. Take care not to be taken in by the golden flesh and blue body's charms. Dortch does not create pretty pictures, he constructs a meaningful experience. Layers upon layers of seductive details, revealing societies clandestine verity. When standing before his pieces, one cannot help but feel, imagine, and reflect. Cleverly wrapped in bold and daring colors are elegant motifs whispering of struggle and hope. Veins of beauty and yearning reach out to captivate, to beg questions of ourselves, and break down the facades of our seemingly structured world.

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Mary Trent Scott: Storytelling with a Brush

October 7, 2013 Touchstone Gallery
Mary Trent Scott

Mary Trent Scott

Today and in eons past, storytelling is a way for humans to convey events in words, and images; to improvise or embellish, to educate, entertain,  preserve culture and instill moral values.

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Janathel Shaw: Ceramic Portraits

September 16, 2013 Touchstone Gallery
Janathel Shaw

Janathel Shaw

"There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud," Carl Sandburg once said--words that clay sculptor Janathel Shaw can relate to. Her recent clay works can be seen at Touchstone Gallery from Sept. 6-29, 2013. As a teen, Jan was inspired by teachers at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett (who she was fortunate to meet). She relished in half day-studio classes staying late into the evenings to hone her art skills. Over time, attended Howard University, Prince Georges Community College and George Washington University. Jan received her Bachelors and Masters from George Washington University.

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Linda Bankerd "Va•ri•e•ty is the Spice of Life"

September 9, 2013 Touchstone Gallery
Linda Bankerd

Linda Bankerd

There must be something in the New York state water. Everyone I know who grew up there became an artist. Linda Bankerd is no exception. As a child she loved to draw concentrating on detail and laying the groundwork for later studies. During her four years at the College of mount saint Vincent in New York City, Linda broadened her outlook, studying as many art processes as she could. Then, as often happens, her art took a back seat to jobs in far flung places. Linda and her husband Paul first put in a stint in the Peace Corps in Cali Columbia which was interrupted by a call to military service. He joined the Navy and took the family to North Carolina where Linda was able to attend graduate school, obtaining an MAT.

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Steve Alderton's ICONS

March 20, 2013 Touchstone Gallery
Icon No. 4 By Steve Alderton

Icon No. 4 By Steve Alderton

Vibrant colors, free flowing brushstrokes, enticing textures, and layers of interconnected geometry anchored amongst elegant shapes, this is the alluring realm of Steve Alderton. A true expressionist, Alderton, prefers for his paintings to speak for themselves. Figuratively, he lays out a colorful and emotive walkway, asks and demands nothing of the viewer, except to experience your own journey along his beautifully painted path.

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“UNFILTERED” by Leslie M. Nolan

January 31, 2013 Touchstone Gallery
Unfiltered By Leslie Nolan

Unfiltered By Leslie Nolan

Within each brush-stroke, a poetic tinge of mystery, a sophisticated flick of intrigue, a provocative expedition of color and form playing along the canvas: welcome to the painted world of Leslie M. Nolan.

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