Inner Visions

Artists' photographs and paintings
filter objects, experiences
through their own changing prisms.

Sculptors, the Michigan Water Color
Society and the Palette and Brush
Special to the Jewish News
Club.
"Most of my paintings come from
bjects observed through a
inside,"
says Blinder, in her second
water alass
, flowers examined
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exhibit
at
the Janice Charach Epstein
without any color distraction
. put something down and it
Gallery.
"I
and scenes representing a
keeps
evolving.
I'm constantly draw-
personal diary will be on view as the
ing."
Janice Charach Epstein Gallery pres-
Among Blinder's favorite past proj-
ents "Collected Visions: A Group
ects has been a series capturing a
Exhibition."
French city she visited. Although she
Marilyn Blinder, applying acrylics to
has never traveled to Jerusalem, she
canvas, displays the visual impact of
has made her own rendering of the
light passing through transparent liq-
area. For the upcoming show, smaller
uid. Dr. Howard Schwartz, taking on
paintings will be grouped as one
all creative photography tasks from
although they are for sale separately.
concept to framing, offers some close-
"I want to go further with the glass
up looks at floral life. Helene Lubin,
images and make them more abstract,"
using oils on canvas to expand her
says Blinder.
medical illustration techniques, turns
Unlike Blinder, Schwartz is new to
experience into metaphor.
the
artistic world. A physician who
The three artists will be among 14
took
his first pictures while traveling
in the show running through July 3 at
through
India with his son almost two
the West Bloomfield Jewish
years ago, he has found a subject that
Community Center. Also represented
resonates with him although he is not
will be Suzanne Aberly, Joyce Brods ky,
sure why.
Rachail Laine, Riva Pintzuk, Mimi
"Maybe it's the challenge that God
Prussack, Nancy Raitt, Joel Stillman,
made
flowers so beautiful in color that
Patti Tapper, Susan Warmbrand, Fran
I
want
to make them beautiful in
Wolok and Linda Zalla.
black
and
white," says Schwartz, who
"I think of my water glass paintings
scours
flower
shops and neighbors'
as different and personal," says
gardens to find the orchids, tulips and
Blinder, who always has made time for
other varieties that he shoots with a
art but has not been able to give it as
neutral background.
much attention as she would have
Schwartz essentially is a self-taught
liked until retiring last year. "The
art
photographer. He read up on his
refraction of light passing through the
subject
before.enrolling in an intro-
water in my everyday glasses sparked
ductory
class that put him at ease with
wonderful and mysterious visions that
the
camera
and later studied develop-
inspired this series."
ing techniques.
Blinder, a former sales associate and
"I want the pictures that people see
buyer for Tapper's, divides studio ses-
— and possibly purchase — ro be
sions between home space and corn-
absolutely mine from beginning to
mercial space shared with a group of
end," says Schwartz, who has set up a
artists. She studied at Wayne State
darkroom in his home. "Photography
University and the Birmingham
has made me more observant of my
Bloomfield Art Center and went on to
environment and certainly of other
be part of group exhibits at the
artists' work. It's become a passion,
Birmingham Community House,
and I can't wait to do it every day. I
Women's Center at Oakland
love the creative process."
Community College and the Paint
Schwartz has had his work placed in
Creek Center, among many others.
exhibitions
at the Somerset Collection
Her paintings, over many years,
and
Robert
Kidd
Gallery as well as in
have brought awards from professional
private
homes
and
commercial estab-
organizations, including the Detroit
lishments.
Society of Women Painters and

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