While color and expression
remain his primary interests, James Krauss over the past decade has developed
a combined approach to media using watercolor and acrylic titanium white
on watercolor paper. The use of paper along with a more intimate scale
has allowed Krauss, chair of Oakton’s art department, to substitute visual
references with subtle nuances and poetic moods.
Inspired by his teachers,
Rudolf Staffel and Ruth Duckworth, Peter Hessemer is formally stimulated
by natural objects, and his creative process is open-ended. In this exhibition,
Hessemer, head of Oakton’s ceramics studio, displays hand-built and wheel-thrown
porcelain in a variety of sizes. |