Sterling silver and gemstone jewelry by Arianna Bara, nature and figurative art by Ryann Carey, painted gourd sculptures by Martha Danek. In the gallery August 27th through September 22^nd. Opening reception during Hillsborough’s Last Friday Art Walk, August 30^th, 6-9pm.
Hillsborough musician Ben Fisher will perform on the patio in front of the gallery during the Last Friday Art Walk. Ben plays folk, medieval and early renaissance music on a Pono Nui - a very large ukulele.

Jeweler Arianna Bara describes her interpretation of the show’s title Intertwined as the relationships between the stones, the metal and her own creative processes.  “I strive for the harmonious but also the unexpected; the shiny and the muted, the darkened and the bright.  The interplay of light, color and shape combine and, in the best of circumstances, result in a piece that is greater than the sum of its parts.  Those moments are my favorites.”
 
In a literal way, Martha Danek’s artistic medium, gourds, grow on vines that twine around any stationary object near them.
“When I paint the mottled surface of a gourd with a wash of watercolor, whorls and patterns emerge that remind me of clouds or seawater or a nebula. I love using these naturally occurring patterns as inspirational starting points for my gourd sculptures.” Her gourd pieces feature trees, flowers, birds, fish, and many other life forms that have inspired her work for more than thirty years. “They seem to fit very comfortably on a natural gourd ‘canvas.’ “I love the idea of nest-building, and have used found materials such as leather, twigs, and hemp to create stylized nests perched at the tops of some of my pieces.” Intertwined lives, vines, nests, relationships…the opportunities for inspiration have been rich!
 
Photography was painter Ryann Carey’s first love as an artistic medium. Her love of observation provides the inspiration to capture moments, first on camera, and then in her paintings. “I strive to paint the representational world converged with the emotional response that it elicits.  With my paintings, I then rely heavily on my sense memory to portray not only what the eye has seen but also the feeling that a space and time have evoked.”  More recently, Carey has begun intertwining photography, cyanotype, and ink, with watercolor.  “Opening my practice to additional mediums adds challenges and benefits that make the process that much more interesting for me.”
 
Intertwined will be on display from August 27^th to September 22^nd at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts.
 
About the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts:
The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts is owned and operated by 21 local artists and represents these established artists exhibiting contemporary fine art and fine craft. The Gallery's offerings include oil, acrylic and watercolor painting, sculpture, pottery, photography, photomontage, jewelry, glass, gourd sculpture, scratchboard, and handcrafted furniture. 121 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278. Phone: (919) 732-5001. The gallery is open 10am-6pm Monday - Saturday, and 12pm-4pm on Sunday. More information can be found on the HGA website: http://www.HillsboroughGallery.com