GARY in AN ART SHOW at MERRICK ART GALLERY in NEW BRIGHTON, PA

Changed format for Blogger and what a pain for me!!  I just hate CHANGE.  Guess that is a sign of advancing AGE!
But I will try to write another Blog and hope that any changes that I made to the previous Blog did not make a mess!!
We pray that you are all having a decent summer with masks and restrictions.  But most of all that you are well and safe!!
We have had a couple feasts with family here in Ohio. We have also been to do laundry and visit with our oldest son, Victor, in our condo in Boardman.  He is working from home so probably bored!!  I know that he is in a lot of pain from his sciatic!  I think that he was hoping to get back to the office site a week ago, but they have decided to extend the "work at home" for a while yet.
Gary was concerned that his scheduled Art Show in New Brighton, PA. at Merrick Art Gallery was going to be cancelled or at least postponed.  However, it continued as planned July 26th and will continue to August 14th.  

Gary!!  Of course, he does not smile!

Gary's Art biography

The paintings on the outer walls are European Art
from the 17-1800's  (Merrick's personal collection).
The Art Museum is quite interesting!!
Gary's art is on free standing display walls in the
center of just one room in the museum.

This seemed to be one of the favorites.

Gary with a high school classmate, Elaine.  

There were several people from the Gallery who checked out his work also.
We left when the day's show was over and decided to go with Elaine and check out a local Pub for a bite to eat as we had not had anything since breakfast.  Friend, Bill, made the recommendation and it was great!!  Thanks Bill!!

Gary should have shown some of
his large classic car drawings!

This seemed to be one of the favorites as we listened
to comments.

Gary with a former co-worker, Jan, from Lincoln Machine.

Gary with friends, Esther and Bill.
Gary and Bill spent many years working
with Boy Scouts in Salem.

The top right drawing of a
hummingbird is one of
my favorites.

Jan, Esther, Bill, Gary and Audrey

Gary received Honorable Mention
for the top drawing at a Show in
Desoto Art Center in Arcadia, Florida
2020 

This bottom drawing was used on the
postcards for publication.

Gary was told in 2018 in a gallery in Punta Gorda that his western work was not as sale-able in the Florida area.  So that is when he began more work with birds, sand and ocean shores.

An Ohio Lighthouse

Gary with one of his best friends,
Rick

 I wish that my pictures could really do his artwork justice!!  But you get the idea.  In his lifetime he has done graphite drawings, colored pencil,  water color paintings and oil paintings, as well as wood carvings. Most of his pencil art work is over the past twenty years at the most.  I do think that he has found his nitch!!

He also was written up in The Times of Beaver Valley : 

     Gary Wyatt poses with a few of his color pencil pieces featured in a solo show at the Merrick Art Gallery in New Brighton. [Submitted]

By Scott Tady@scotttady

Posted at 10:31 AM

   

NEW BRIGHTON -- The colored pencil art of Gary Wyatt is showcased in a new solo exhibition running through Aug. 16 at the Merrick Art Gallery.

Wyatt pieces like “Cowboy’s Journey,” with a lone cowboy working in his field, “Brown Pelican 2020,” with a waterbird in flight, and the meditative “Girl in Blue” are rich in detail, and relaxing.

Wyatt has specialized in color pencil creations for 20 years. He had his art featured late last winter in an exhibition in Florida.

The eastern Ohio artist, now retired and traveling full-time in an RV with his wife Audrey, attended a small opening at the Merrick, in New Brighton, this past Sunday.

“I consider myself a professional artist because of entering many competitive art shows in the past few years, and belonging to several artist groups in Florida and Ohio,” he said.

“I have developed a system using colored pencil that I call painting with colored pencil. I use Prismacolor pencils that are wax-based pencils that are easy to blend,” Wyatt said.

By burnishing and blending the colored pencils starting with white and building the hue as he goes, he creates what looks like a painting with acrylic.

“I have been asked if my work is a painting, and by that I am pleased with what I have accomplished,” he said.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Merrick has modified its hours to 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and all other hours by appointment.

Admission is free.

Wyatt also will have several pieces in the Merrick’s next show, “Merrick Masters,” a mixed media juried presentation opening Aug. 23 and running through Sept. 20.