Jill Troutman's Invitational Spring Fling Art Show coming May 22nd weekend

MEBANE, N.C. - May 10, 2015 - PRLog -- Get ready for an amazing show of eight artists' artworks in a plethora of mediums. There will be jewelry, paintings in oil, acrylic and cold wax & oil, encaustics, enamels, collage, sculptures, fiber art, metal work, pottery and photography.

Along with Jill Troutman, artists showcased include Donny Bell, Martha Hamblin, Milton Hall, Sherwood Hill, Jude Lobe, Loretta Partin and Betty Tyler.

Jill TROUTMAN is a classically taught artist. At 45, Troutman decided to pursue an art career. She quit her job when she was top in her field and attended art schools in New York, France and Italy then applied her marketing skills to being a successful artist.

Last year Jill sold over 80 pieces of original art. Her art is in every major medical center in North Carolina, private doctors' and dentists' offices and legions of private homes throughout the United States. She has licensed her images, which have been sold in Bloomingdales in NYC and national gift catalogs including Plow and Hearth and Lillian Vernon. See more of her work at her website, http://JillTroutman.us.

Donny BELL is all about the abstract, the experiment and the disconnection to reality.  He feels art should be about spontaneity and freedom of expression. "I think it is important for the observer to use their imagination and for them to see what they want to see in my art." Bell works in a variety of mediums including  encaustic, glass, and painting. Bell says, "I honestly believe it is better to experience the unexpected rather than live the ordinary and I strive for my creations to reflect that philosophy."

Martha HAMBLIN works in photography, hand-built pottery and mixed-media. While much of her photography has been documentary in style, she delights in looking at and representing the world through abstract, altered and creative images. Recent photo work has been largely imaged-based mixed media. She says, "Using mixed media stretches me creatively and allows for expanded interpretation of a subject or an experience."

Hamblin's pottery arose in her search of a more tactile creative experience which she has developed through hand-building pottery. Her pottery utilizes different textures and a relaxed approach to making clay pieces.

Milton HALL's works of paper-mache sculptures of musical instruments combines two of his joys of life, art and music. He taught high school visual art in the Alamance-Burlington Schools and drawing and illustration at Alamance Community College. He continues teaching art in his home studio.

Sherwood HILL considers himself a "creative spirit" rather than an artist and gains satisfaction from the creative process regardless of the medium. Hill elaborates, "I make everything I do a creative endeavor, whether developing a spreadsheet at my day job, experiments with wood in the dye pot or working through a design for a bracelet. I have developed a unique style and method that doesn't follow the rules." Hill creates beautiful weavings, and hand-dyed scarves as well as jewelry where he works in copper and semi-precious stones.

Jude LOBE works in oil, cold wax & oil, encaustic and enamel. All of her works are inspired by nature's unrelenting qualities of rejuvenation and renewal. Her oil landscapes are a blend of abstract and impressionism relating emotions of a scene. Lobe turned to Cold Wax & Oil, because it allowed her to show a history of a painting. The process is one of addition and subtraction, adding layer after layer of texture and color, then scratching, scraping and removing  parts of layers to reveal what is beneath. As she explains, "It is symobolic of our lives in which we are a compilation of the bits and pieces of the experiences we have traveled."

Loretta PARTIN considers herself a 'late bloomer' when it comes to art. She began painting after retiring from a nursing career, taking classes in 2003 from Jill Troutman, who became her friend and mentor. Partin feels she is missing something if she doesn't paint every day. Acrylic paints are her medium of choice and she is attracted to bright and bold colors.

Betty TYLER is inspired by the Old Masters. She considers herself a 'Southern Girl' who loves bright colors. People are her favorite subjects, but, she says, "abstract art gives me the opportunity to explore myself, color and design."

The Spring Fling filled with Art, Music, Food and Fun, is held at Jill Troutman's beautiful home at 1089 Foxcliff Drive, Mebane, NC 27302.

Rod and Marilyn Fox, two of the founders of the Alamance Jazz Band, will be playing jazz daily.

A raffle will be held to benefit the Allied Churches of Alamance County Food Pantry. There will be eight chosen winners, one for each artist's donated work of art. Come join the fun. Everyone is invited. Find directions here: https://goo.gl/maps/SvehQ.

The Opening Reception is Friday evening, May 22nd, 2015, from 5 pm to 8:30 pm. The show continues:

Saturday, May 23rd, 10 – 5 pm
Sunday, May 24th, 1 – 5 pm