A Revolving Art Exhibit Right In Your Community
We’re excited to partner with The Compass Atelier on a program that allows Master Artist Program students to showcase their paintings inside Signal Financials’ flagship branch at City Center, located in the heart of Washington, DC. Each month, the City Center branch morphs into a revolving art exhibit, giving the students a platform to display their visual artwork and be recognized among the community. New artists are highlighted each month, with an opening reception on the first Thursday of every month. Come by and enjoy music, light refreshments and complimentary beverages as we acknowledge and celebrate the artists of our very own community. Check back monthly to see which artist we’ll be featuring next.
Deborah Pollack
Artist’s Reception: Thursday, September 14th 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
City Center Branch: 1101 New York Ave NW Washington, DC 20005
Susan Fitch Brown
Artist’s Reception: Thursday, September 14th 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
City Center Branch: 1101 New York Ave NW Washington, DC 20005
Artist’s Statement
I’ve been making art and looking at art all my life. A student job organizing a curator’s papers led me into museum work and eventually I realized I was looking at paintings for answers to color choices and composition rather than learning their history. I wanted to paint and so I started this painting journey which I find fascinating and full of exploration and discovery. It also has a meditative side, a way for me to focus and receive. For me painting is not about the exact replication of what I’m seeing. It is the mix of what I see, what I can put down along with accidents which are sometimes gifts that make the work a new experience.
The common thread in all my work is the interplay of colors and color values whether the piece is a landscape, a still life, a portrait or an abstract. I’m interested in how colors can reduce or intensify each other, and how those harmonies or discords can affect the sense of story or rhythm of the work. I like to explore how colors can work together and/or how they can collide in a way that creates harmony in the rest of the piece. Currently I’m working on the way mark-making can affect color.
