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Helene Lubin: "Rue Devi lle" presents
a street in the south of France and
captures two shadowy people on bicycles
traveling toward light. "Through the
nuance of color form and light, I
capture life as I experience it," she says. s•
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Howard Schwartz photographs flowers
in black and white: "The images
at the JCC gallery never have been seen
publicly and represent a new
technique and direction," he says.
"A
Marilyn Blinder: "Ballerina" is one of
a series of works inspired by visions
garnered from the refraction of light
passing through water. I
vegetarian treat in West Bloomfield.
I,
Bob Talbert, March '99
I just had to find
out what so many
people were raving about."
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Danny Raskin, June '99
"I now have an agent, Cheryl
LaKritz," Schwartz says. "She's the one
who spotted my work and pushed me
into exhibiting. The images at the
JCC gallery never have been seen pub-
licly and represent a new technique
and direction. They're sharper and
show higher contrast."
Sharp images have been at the heart
of Lubin's painting, certainly soon
after she earned a master's degree from
the University of Michigan and was
hired as an illustrator for a pharma-
ceutical firm. She prepared advertise-
ments to show medical conditions
treated by company products, and
those renderings were in publications
circulated in many countries.
"I've always enjoyed fine art and
been interested in medicine," says
Lubin, who works out of a second
floor studio with lots of windows to
draw in natural light as she combines
colors.
"When I'm painting, there is no
time, no worries, only now. As a med-
ical illustrator, I am drawn to subject
matter concerning the natural world.
Through the nuance of color, form
and light, I capture life as I experience
it.
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Rue Devi lle, one of several paintings
in this show, her first, presents a street
in the south of France and captures
two shadowy people on bicycles travel-
ing toward light. Jeremy's in the Car
introduces her husband and son walk-
ing toward a lighthouse.
With both works and in broader
terms, the artist thinks of the depicted
action as communicating choices people
make as they move in certain directions.
Lubin, who also does portraits, has
completed large paintings and carbon
drawings specifically for the current
exhibit. While viewing an earlier dis-
play in the JCC gallery, she talked
about her own work and later provid-
ed samples at the encouragement of
friends. She subsequently was invited
to be part of this group show.
"I enjoy the process of painting as
much as the results," Lubin says.
"Painting, to me, is a form of medi-
tation." ❑
"Collected Visions: A Group
Exhibition" runs through July 3 at
the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery
at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sundays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-
Wednesdays and 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Thursdays. The gallery will be
closed May 28 and 29.
The Coffee, Culture and
Conversation series hosts a lec-
ture by Deanna Sperka, titled
"Carnival of Conflict: An Artist's
Vision of the Word," 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 24, in the gallery.
A dessert reception follows. Free
of charge. Call (248) 661-7641
by May 20 for a reservation.
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