Allure Art Center’s March fine art exhibit, “Celebrating Waterfowl Art” brings together award winning Virginia artists and their works that reflect the beauty of our waterfowl and the regions wildlife. The exhibit will showcase the mediums of sculpture, carving, painting and photography. Our featured artist will be Bill Casto of Williamsburg, VA. Bill is an Interpretive Wood Sculptor concentrating primarily on wildfowl. He uses driftwood and found weathered wood from the Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater region rivers to carve interpretive or stylized pieces of art. He attempts to capture the essence of the wildfowl rather that a realistic duplication of the subject, to create a totally original and one of a kind work. Bill has been carving wildfowl sculptures for over 20 years competing at the top level for the past ten years at the prestigious “Ward World Wildfowl Carving Championships”. He has been named Ward World Champion once and has received award recognition 6 times.
John Obolewicz is another award winning artist that will be featured. Specializing in watercolors, his paintings have been successfully auctioned through Ducks Unlimited and has been a sponsor artist in Virginia for Ducks Unlimited. He has received the honor of the Virginia State Duck Stamp 3 times.
The show will also include paintings by Cindy Harrison and Maria Reardon, carvings by Arthur Wolz, and photographs by Jeff Cherry.
The exhibit opens Saturday March 20th at Allure Art Center and will run weekends from March 20th through April 18th.
