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Join Arts for ACT Gallery, located at 2265 First Street
in downtown Fort Myers on Friday, December 06, 2013 from 6 to 10 pm for the
opening reception and art walk for November 2013. This month, ACT Gallery will feature two
photographers,Lynn Berreitter & Pam Brodersen, the art of Carol Anfinsen and
mixed media art by Alisha Koyanis. Come
downtown to view great art and support ACT Gallery and Boutique.
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| The Red Fish House Lynn Berreitter |
Lynn Berreitter's interest in
photography came at an early age while watching her Father develop images of
her in his basement darkroom. Fascinated by the process, she picked up her
sisters brownie camera and began to take photos. She still has those black and
white pictures from the late 1960’s which were taken to the local pharmacy for
developing. She was finally able to "play" in the darkroom when she
took her first photography class in 7th grade. Through school, she
played with 110 cameras and amassed many snapshots and photo albums and fell in
love with the camera. For her 12th grade graduation, she received a
Canon TX as a present, her first SLR camera with interchangeable lenses. In college, Lynn worked on the school
newspaper and spent many hours in the darkroom. She became a freelancer with
the local Trenton, NJ newspapers, opened up her own black and white archival
print lab, and worked at photographing the local flavor of the area. The
introduction to Digital came later with her first DSLR which was purchased in
2003. The switch from shooting people to shooting nature happened when she and
her husband moved to Florida. Fighting the “manipulation of the image” she
strived to keep her images pure and unaltered. With the advent of the iphone,
that all changed. The pure fun of shooting with the iphone was irresistible.
Not only did she start to use her iphone everyday to shoot, she also uses toy
cameras with film to experience why she picked up that camera in the first
place. It’s been a long love affair that she hopes will continue to the
end.
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| World's Largest by Pam Brodersen |
Pam Brodersen is a digital artist whose process
goes far beyond the taking of a digital photograph. A stylus on a pressure sensitive monitor
becomes her brush and allows her to hand work her images. Computer software becomes her digital
darkroom. With a mastery of these tools
and technology there is no restriction to her creativity. Pam is a full time resident of Sanibel, who draws
on her experience as a commercial photographic illustrator. In her Chicago studio she worked on national
advertising campaigns for clients such as Kelloggs, United Airlines, MacDonalds, Pillsbury, Disney. Her commercial film work won both national
and local Gold Addys. She continues to
win awards with her digital images.
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| Ragaae Night Carol Anfinsen |
Carol Anfinsen – "The Human Spirit -- a Celebration of
People and Places" Showing off the main Gallery
Carol
started her fine art career first as a freelance writing consultant. She also
wrote children’s stories and articles for children's magazines. This led to a
contract for writing a series of educational video scripts for children which
branched out into adult education and training projects; consulting with such
entities as Marshfilm Companies, The Learning Exchange, local school districts,
Courage Center, St. Paul Companies, Vancouver Aquarium, and Northwest
Airlines. Carol has created children’s stories, scripts, educational and training
materials for schools, physician organizations and corporations. She has
designed and written newsletters, brochures, stationery and varied marketing
materials using elements of graphic design.
Carol believes there is spirit, voice, and emotion even in inanimate
objects, but especially in living things. She envisions each object, each life
force speaking out – no, shouting out
to her. Carol tries to portray nature as honestly and beautifully as she sees it.
She exaggerates color and movement. Having a vivid imagination her portraits
are a favorite. Carol hopes viewers will experience joy when they look at my
paintings.
Alisha Koyanis is a new and
emerging artist but is quickly making her mark in the art scene. She has been
featured in galleries, won awards and even started her own event Drink and
Doodle in Southwest Florida. She is an art teacher in Fort Myers, Fl. She
attended FSU, but is a self taught painter. She was raised in Rhode Island by
her mother who fed her creative imagination full of colorful, whimsical
creatures which can be seen in her work today. Alisha's work can be best
described as a skittles bag explosion of color. Not a tradition artist
inspiration is drawn from comic, tattoos, childhood adventures, found
materials, family and friends. Each piece does not follow a constant theme.
However, each piece is bright and eye catching in hopes of bringing happiness
to the viewer.
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| Angry Attack Smore - Alisha Koyanis |
These exhibits continue through Monday, December
30, 2013
