VISIT THE ART GALLERY: AUGUST-SEPTEMBER

As a KAG resident for about six weeks now, more and more amazed by the talents and personalities here, I have delighted this month in the exhibit of resident and staff photography.

At the opening reception, the photographer most cornered was Hedda von Goeben, for a long wall celebrating "who hangs the wash, where they place it, and the country they live in."  It features vivid colored clothing gracefully hung in the South Pacific, spread on roofs above restaurants and art studios in South America, hung on ropes linking South Africa's Kelly green shanties, neatly organized on all white veranda clothes racks in Japan, attached with colored clothes pins in Tahiti.  A great idea, displaying only one of Hedda's artistic talents.

I was struck by the composition and sheer beauty of Jan Hoftiezer's pictures of the New Zealand Alps, Antarctica, and the high window flower boxes of Maastricht.  She has a photographer's eye.

Much attention was drawn to Wanda Quay's Tea Rose, the mushroom she spotted among autumn leaves, and a perfect shot of Old Faithful.  And everyone was counting the babies sheltered by Polly Redifer's mother elephant, then sharing experiences of--or dreams of--their own African safari.

Bob Doherty's focus on cooling area lakes, Kelley McCormack's collage of her "Home Away From Home" in the Great Smokies, and Kim Yang's delightful photos of laughing children and women, all remind us that they have lives beyond Kendal.

Mary Ingham's glorious shots of stages of the setting sun over the Gulf of Mexico make a Westerner like me long for that view, whereas Dan Fletcher's close-up shots of wildlife visitors outside his Kendal home tell us to get out there early and late if we want to see the wild turkey, snapping turtle, rabbits, raccoons, deer and pheasants!

Doyle Anderegg must have a great lens and quiet feet, judging by the exhibit's welcoming photos of wildflowers and butterflies he caught with open wings.

Don't miss this exhibit!

meh