Hillsborough Gallery of Arts Exhibit Previews Orange County Artists Guild Studio Tour

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - Oct. 15, 2013 - PRLog -- The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts will include eight of its members in an exhibit previewing participants in the Orange County Artists' Guild Open Studio Tour. The exhibit will feature the paintings in oil and acrylic of Linda Carmel, Chris Graebner, Lolette Guthrie, Marcy Lansman, Eduardo Lapetina, and Ellie Reinhold, as well as the glasswork of Pringle Teetor and Susan Hope.

This will be the 19th Annual Open Studio Tour for the OCAG.  Over sixty artists will participate in this juried event, opening their studios located throughout Orange County, including Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and surrounding areas. It is a rare opportunity to meet the artists and see the work where the creative magic happens!

You can visit several OCAG members of the The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts within a mile radius. Linda Carmel and Pringle Teetor will show together at Carmel's home studio, 101 Huntington Drive, Chapel Hill, #44 on the tour. Carmel will be giving demonstrations of her unique painting technique which uses acrylic modeling paste. Teetor will show a video demonstration of her glass blowing and will exhibit a variety of pieces, indoor and outdoor, pumpkins, solar lights, and jewelry. They will be available both weekends of the tour.

Ellie Reinhold is joining the Tour for the first time. She is #38 on the tour and will welcome you at her studio off Roosevelt Drive in Chapel Hill, across from Cafe Driade.  Reinhold's figuative art has been described as 'soul work', 'dreamscapes', and 'internal landscapes'.  She explores emotional experiences using color, brushwork, and iconic imagery that often draws from nature. Her more recent small abstract work is done mostly with knives and allows her to explore texture, shadow, contrast, and silhlouette. Reinhold will offer works on canvas as well as cards and giclee prints. To learn more about the artist and her work visit her website at: elliereinhold.com.

Eduardo Lapetina's studio is located at 318 North Estes Drive, Chapel Hill, #40 on the Tour map. This is his fifth year participating on the tour. He will be showing his abstract paintings which are worked in complete solitude. They represent the discoveries of the unconsious mind. In the artist's words,"They hold the promise of dreams, visions, fears, ....and the magic of a private, secret language."

Chris Graebner is #8 on the Tour map.  It is her third year on the tour. As a painter she works most often in oils, but also has a background in botanical art in which she has used watercolor and ink. She enjoys mixing media to see what each brings to the other. Her most recent work is a return to botanical silverpoint drawings which she colored with layers of highly diluted acrylics instead of traditional watercolors. She invites you to visit her in her studio, #8 on the Tour map.

Marcy Lansman is welcoming visitors to her home studio, #43 on the Tour map, on Mt. Bolus Road close to the center of Chapel Hill. She will be showing her paintings together with the work of fellow artist Dale Morgan. This is Lansman's ninth year on the Studio Tour. Many neighbors drop by as well as repeat customers from previous years.  It is a great time to reconnect with old friends and show them the new directions her work is taking.

Lolette Guthrie will be showing contemporary landscapes and abstracted landscapes in oil and pastel. Her studio is #62 on the Tour map, located at 113 Rhododendron Drive, Chapel Hill. ( phone number : 919-933-2931). Guthrie will have open studio both weekends of the tour and is also open all year by appoiuntment.

Susan Hope will be displaying her stained, fused, kiln worked and cast glass as well as weaving and hand made fiber items. Susan's studio is #13 on the tour, at 7106 Hebron Church Rd. in Mebane.

The Orange County Artists Guild Open Studio Tour is a rare opportunity to meet artists,in a warm, casual atmosphere, view and purchase their work in their actual work spaces.   The Studio Tour brochures and map of participants studios are available through the Guild (www.ocagnc.com or call Ellen Hill 919-942-7578).

The OCAG Preview Exhibit at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts will be on display from October 21 through November 10, 2013.  It is a wonderful opportunity for a first look at the work to be offered on the tour to help you plan your tour route.

An opening reception for the OCAG at the HGA will be held on Friday October 25th from 6-9pm. The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts is located in the Mercantile Building at 121 North Churton Street in historic downtown Hillsborough, North Carolina. For more information visit the Gallery website: http://www.HillsboroughGallery.com.

The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts is an art gallery owned and operated by 22 local artists and represents these established artists exhibiting contemporary fine art and fine craft. The Gallery's offerings include acrylic and oil paintings, sculpture, ceramics, photography, textiles, jewelry, glass, metals, mosaics, encaustic, enamel, watercolor, and wood.