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Scores of artists' work will be on display. Immaculata plans 25th art show
For an exhibit at the Immaculata University Art Show, Paoli resident Maria de los Angeles Morales plans on exhibiting her distinctive artwork of indigenous women in Mexico and Ecuador.
Morales acknowledges her subjects are unusual subject matter in Wyeth country.
This year, the 25th annual Immaculata University Art Show is welcoming back 18 former featured artists, as well as more than 125 other artists, for an anniversary celebration. The exhibit open with a ticketed reception tomorrow and runs until Feb. 10.
In 2001, Morales was a featured artist at the Immaculata show. "I was elated," Morales, now 67, recalled of receiving the honor. "It made me realize that there were people interested in the work that I do. I don't have a tremendous following like other Chester County artists."
Her signature piece in this show, At the Flower Market, shows a dignified Mexican flower vendor cradling white and yellow lilies.
The background is a vibrant mixture of what Morales describes as "cerulean blue and ultramarine blue." The brilliant blue appears in her other works, Woman in a Blue Shawl, Night Visitors and Bye Bye.
Most of her works feature indigenous women. "I like to think of my women as universal women. They're strong women. Most of them have children and they also work outside the home," said Morales, who is a Taino Indian.
Typically, it takes her a week to a week and a half to finish a painting. Her work will be offered for between $125 and $700 at the Immaculata show. Currently, her artwork is in the Longwood Art Gallery in Kennett Square, as well as in galleries in New Mexico, Arizona and her native Puerto Rico.
When she was 18, she came to Pennsylvania to attend college. She met her husband, Luis, in the area and they have lived in Paoli for 32 years.
Another former featured artist, Richard Bollinger, will show still lifes of fruit, flowers, glass and ceramics. The works will be in watercolors and mixed media, using pencil, acrylic and watercolor, done on panel. "The result was a lot more lively," said Bollinger.
At Immaculata, his works will be on sale for between $800 and $1,500. About 120 galleries around the East Coast show his works, which sell for as much as $12,000.
The West Whiteland Township artist said he was attracted to "anything with texture and metal."
Bollinger, 62, who was a featured artist in 1991, said he had been involved in the show since it began in 1983. "The first time it was in a different building, the Rotunda. It's grown each year. It's one of my favorite shows," he said.
Bollinger added, "I get to see artists I don't usually see, so it's a nice sort of reunion."
