Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

March 2000 Show
Gallery at The Gamble Mill

BHCA Home | Gallery Home | Current Shows | Archived Shows
 

The Bellefonte Historical & Cultural Association (BHCA)

Gallery at The Gamble Mill

 

presents

 

PATTERNED THOUGHT
 

Funded in part by

The Borough of Bellefonte

&

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

 

March 4 – April 22, 2000

Opening and Reception, March 7

 

LYNN RUMBERGER DANKANICH

 

1.  A Lonely Beetle (technical pen)                                                     $125

2-5.  Untitled (pen & ink)                                                                    NFS

6.  Shapes (technical pen)                                                                    $70

7.  Untitled (technical pen)                                                                  $100

8.  Special Colors (technical pen)                                                        $100

9.  Seeds and Roots and Branches (pen & ink)                                   NFS

10. Breathing Roots (pen & ink)                                                         $90

11. Woman in Hiding (technical pen)                                                 $100

12. Black-Hearted Striped-Body Dotted Butterfly (pen & ink)           $110

13. Steps and Plants (technical pen)                                                    NFS

14. Trying to Get Centered (pen & ink)                                              $100

 

DANIEL CRAMER

 

19. Box Factory (watercolor)                                                              $300

20. Mess (watercolor)                                                                          $300

22. Peacock (watercolor)                                                                     $500

25. Paris 1 (acrylics)                                                                            $350

26. Glover (watercolor)                                                                       $600

27. Paris 2 (acrylics)                                                                            $350

28. Ma Copine (watercolor)                                                                $200

29. Industrial Escape (watercolor)                                                       $200

30. Heavy Angle (watercolor)                                                             $200

31. Mushroom (watercolor)                                                                 $700

32. Danger (watercolor)                                                                      $400

 

MICHAEL ORLET

 

15. Unappreciated Habitat (colored pencil)                                         $400

16. Looming and Waiting (colored pencil)                                          NFS

17. Fun and Peril (colored pencil)                                                       $350

18. From An Icy Place (colored pencil)                                              $300

21. The Way Things Have Been Going (colored pencil)                    $600

23. Peril and Fun (colored pencil)                                                       $500

24. New Direction (colored pencil)                                                     NFS

33. Collected Scenes of Uneasiness I (colored pencil)                        $300

34. Collected Scenes of Uneasiness II (colored pencil)                       $300

 

 

LYNN RUMBERGER DANKANICH of Bellefonte says "Being a beginner in the world of art is exciting for me because my background has been centered in the sciences; now I feel I am turning around and developing the other side of my self."  Her background includes a BS in Biology from Juniata College and a degree as Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Penn.  This scientific background appears in her work in the minute details that are often seen in biological and medical drawings, showing life at its very basic level.

     Lynn has been studying at the Central Pennsylvania Drawing Studio in Bellefonte under the guidance of Joelynn Snyder Ott.  She is a part of the atelier libre group at the studio, a group of five women who are working independently in different media, but who support one another by offering encouragement and critiques.

     The drawings for this show represent a form of meditation patterns.  Work with pen and ink centers her and brings her to a calm and peaceful state.  Although the drawings have much detail, they are really simple repeated patterns revealing simple natural shapes.  She hopes to continue developing the pen and ink meditation pieces and to explore introduction of colors into the patterns.

 

DANIEL CRAMER of State College was born in Brooklyn and lived in Seattle for eight years before settling in State College in 1986.  He graduated from Penn State with degrees in Business Economics and French and is currently starting a new business.

     Dan took his first formal painting class in college where he developed an interest in creating expressive form from mixing color.  He soon realized that, for him, art was a spontaneous process often beginning with a faint end vision that led to hours of refinement.  He hopes that his audience perceives his work in a "what you see is what you get" fashion and that they glean from it self-defined content matter.

 

MICHAEL ORLET is originally from Illinois but has lived in State College for about 6 years, working various jobs as an engineer.  He spent two years teaching a freshmen engineering course at Penn State, as well as a few years as a graduate student.  He has raced bikes for about 10 years and is currently the president of the Nittany Velo (Bicycle) Club.  His wife Jen works as a research associate at Penn State.  Much of his work is dedicated in memory of their cat, Bodon, who was always the toughest critic.

     He says, "About 12 years ago, while drawing shapes and lines on a piece of paper in school, someone said that I should try to cover the whole page.  The process of finishing it was relaxing and fun, and I liked the final product.  I wondered if there was technique and style that could evolve from the process of doodling, which every single person does nearly every day.  Drawing became something to do to pass the time, like watching TV or talking on the phone, but much more personal and rewarding.  It was a way to encode thoughts and emotions of the day, which becomes an entity itself worthy of being seen.  Art has been important to me as a relief from stress, but primarily as a form of entertainment, often drawing while listening to music, or watching TV or a movie.  In this way, the sometimes difficult process of developing technique becomes slow and easy, like driving up a slight incline instead of climbing a cliff.  I estimate that I should have it down in another 30 years or so."