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\u201cHorned Owl Man\u201d by Wendell Perry in Oolong Gallery\u2019s August show \u201cRecent Work Over the Last 50 Years\u201d. (Courtesy Oolong Gallery)<\/p>\n\u201cRecent Work Over the Last 50 Years\u201d remains on view at Oolong Gallery through Aug. 30.<\/p>\n
The fun exhibition put together by sculptor Wendell Perry carries an intentional contradiction in its title, as \u201cRecent Work\u201d encompasses works from nearly 50 years of sustained creativity by seven distinctive artists. The exhibition highlights personal and meaningful pieces from artists Wendell and his wife Carol Perry, Peter Mitten, Lauri Koseff, Barry Mastro, Nadine Baurin and Les Perhacs, in the mediums of bronze and steel sculptures, abstract paintings and digital imagery. The works represent different periods and perspectives, \u201crevealing how ideas, materials and visual language develop over time,\u201d according to a press release.<\/p>\n
\u201cHorned Owl Man\u201d by Wendell Perry in Oolong Gallery\u2019s August show \u201cRecent Work Over the Last 50 Years\u201d. (Courtesy Oolong Gallery)<\/p>\n
Bronze artist Wendell Perry owned and operated a bronze casting foundry in Fallbrook for many years. For him, creating art allows him to \u201creach a state of focused awareness where discovery becomes as important as the finished object itself. The challenges, frustrations, and unexpected turns encountered along the way become essential elements of the work, making each sculpture an experiment in form, thought, and expression,\u201d according to the press release.<\/p>\n
Perry and fellow featured artist sculptor Peter Mitten were frequent collaborators of the iconic San Diego sculptor James Hubble (Hubble himself had roots in Rancho Santa Fe with a studio on his mother\u2019s property in his early years and doing the artwork for historic The Wishing Well Hotel that used to be on Lago Lindo in the 1960s).<\/p>\n
As a sculptor, Mitten is fascinated by the architectural possibilities of box construction. His Cartons series featured in the Oolong exhibit \u201cexemplifies his ongoing investigation into structure, space and meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRecent Work\u201d includes emotional \u201cpsychological landscape\u201d paintings by Carol Perry and Lauri Koseff\u2019s paintings, which explore themes of spirituality and nature \u2014symbolic imagery in her work includes abstracted baskets, birds of prey, landscape and halos.<\/p>\n
Digital artist Barry Mastro\u2019s one-of-a-kind playful and vibrant digital paintings are printed directly onto aluminum while Nadine Baurin\u2019s pieces are created in a medium of molten beeswax, tree resin and pure pigment. Her semi-abstract paintings draw inspiration from the Pampas grasslands of her native Argentina and California\u2019s coastal landscape.<\/p>\n
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\u201cGolden Rain\u201d by Lauri Koseff, featured in Oolong Gallery\u2019s \u201cRecent Work Over the Last 50 Years\u201d. (Courtesy Oolong Gallery)<\/p>\n
Artist Les Perhacs\u2019 works represent a 60-year career in bronze, steel and stone sculpture. \u201cWhether distilling animal forms to their essential rhythms and elegance or exploring movement and geometry through his celebrated Chaos Series, his sculptures reveal an extraordinary balance of craftsmanship, innovation, and design,\u201d according to the press release.<\/p>\n
Since the Aug. 5 opening, new work from the artists has been added each Wednesday, offering visitors a changing view of the exhibition each week.<\/p>\n