NEWS RELEASE
Dec. 16, 2009 Contact: Frank Murray, 542-4835
Ron and Vicki Gerton, an art-making couple at Columbia Basin College for more than a decade, will be showing their work in the next exhibition at Esvelt Gallery entitled, “Disquisition of Wood and Fiber as Art”.
Vicki produces fabric wall pieces and wearable art working primarily with silk and wool, with the addition of metallic threads, beads, and feathers. These cloth pieces are hand dyed and highly patterned. “The interplay of the various colors is a language in itself and nothing speaks this language better than dyed cloths or fibers,” Vicki says.
Ron combines cast bronze pieces with wooden vessels to produce highly original sculptures. The sculptures are influenced by Ron’s love of the Japanese art of the Bonsai plant and Art Noveau.
The Disquisition of Wood and Fiber as Art will be on display Jan. 11-Feb. 18, 2010. An opening reception will be held Jan. 12 at 3:30 p.m. in Esvelt Gallery. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. 8 p.m., and Fridays, 8 a.m. 4 p.m.