Watery Landscapes; Art by Bonnie Sprung - Review by Judith Kaplan

WATERY LANDSCAPES – HIDDEN WORD SERIES

ARTIST BONNIE SPRUNG’S SOLO ART EXHIBITION
AT STEINWAY PIANO GALLERIES, 303 EAST ALTAMONTE SPRINGS BLVD 32701

MEET THE ARTIST OPENING RECEPTION MAY 10, 2012

"Can You Find The Fun" by Bonnie Sprung

ALIVE, MYSTERIOUS, FLORIDA SWAMPS, PUZZLES AND PUZZLING

A quick glance of the large watery trees-scape paintings and I was in the Everglades however the artist explained her inspiration is the St John’s River here in Central Florida.

The colors and execution are not photographic-color Florida-sentimental they are vibrant, yet mysterious – what is going on? My favorite, a tall, narrow, very vivid red-orange painting nonchalantly radiates Florida’s heat. A Florida mid-summer sunset or year round swamp humid heat?

There is a playful dimension the artist offers the viewer: find the hidden words sculpted in the shapes of the trees’ branches, leaves, trunks and other elements. At first they’re elusive but as you has the first one or two “aha” moments the viewer succeeds in locating the motivational words in each painting.

This lighting and arrangement of the exhibition in the Steinway Gallery succeed in bringing the viewer into the St. Johns River environment. I could almost hear the birds and insects as I was transfixed by all of Ms. Sprung’s paintings. Not the heat and humidity - fortunately the gallery is air-conditioned.

Ms Sprung is a very talented artist in most medias including stage-setting, sculpture photography,  however, I believe, this series is a new avenue of expressing her love of Florida and its environs and simultaneously sharing with the viewer what inspires her and motivates her… with puzzles added.

Be sure to see and enjoy Bonnie Sprung’s solo art exhibition - enjoy how excellently she shares her talent as an artist, her vision and her puzzles, her inspiration and best of all this excellent unique artful and delightful Watery Landscapes series.


This exhibit is on view through May 31, 2012..
Admission: Free
Hours: 11 - 4 M- Sat

By Judith Kaplan

 

Judith Kaplan, artist.  Her award winning large palette knife abstract oil paintings have been exhibited at group and solo art exhibitions in California and Florida. She was Vice President of  the Women's Caucus for Art, Florida 2006 to 2009 and Acting President  2009 to 2011.

Another passion of Ms Kaplan is promoting women's history. To that end, from 1976-1981 she created, produced and marketed an original collectible women's history series consisting of 180 different first day covers picturing and honoring women of achievement in American history. She is a Board Member, since 1997, of National Women's History Museum and Veteran Feminists of America where she is also a Vice President-History.