These two Lake County, Illinois artists approach landscape painting from opposite corners. Nina Weiss paints with thick, expressionistic brush strokes and vivid colors. Yelena Klairmont is a realist painter who depicts aerial views of both Chicago and Illinois farmland.
Publications
A an educational service, current and past exhibition materials are available for free to gallery visitors. Many are on display in the gallery. An electronic version of the exhibition brochure from this show is available online.
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Gallery Talk Audio Clips
Gallery Talk - Nina Weiss: In this audio clip Nina Weiss talks about her love of landscapes and use of color to express emotion in her pieces "Spring: Bannockburn Creek" and "Red New Zealand."
Length: 0:1:45 (one minute and forty-five seconds)
Gallery Talk - Yelena Klairmont: In this audio clip Yelena describes meanings behind two of her landscape pieces featured in a gallery exhibit.
Length: 0:2:48 (two minutes and forty-eight seconds)
Pieces on Display
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Spring: Bannockburn Creek, detail Oil on canvas Nina Weiss
On View
August 20 – September 26, 2010
Carrie Schneider: Photography & Video
Reception: Friday, August 20, 7-9 pm
The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art is located at:
College of Lake County 19351 W. Washington Street, Grayslake, IL 60030
Phone: 847-543-2240 | Fax: 847-223-7690 | Email: sjones@clcillinois.edu