oils on canvas, captures one person
standing on a ridge above an ocean
but does not reveal what is catching
the person's attention.
"I like pictures that are ambiguous,"
says Strauss, 48, who has shown a man
shooting a rifle into space and a vast
landscape with a tiny McDonald's at
the horizon line. "I've taken a tradi-
tional form and twisted it to bring it
up to date. I like to use frames made of
lead as a heavy, industrial contrast with
the natural scenes that are painted."
Sternbach works with a camera
developed by a Michigan inventor,
Dick Phillips. Besides appreciating the
picture quality it brings to her proj-
ects, she finds its lightweight property
makes the work easier.
Monet-Like
Sally Apfelbaum's untitled photo in
her "Giverny" series departs strongly
from Sternbach's picture. Apfelbaum
references Impressionism by present-
ing a colorful flowerbed
photographed in the gar-
den of French painter
Claude Monet.
The artistry of the image
is enhanced because
Apfelbaum made it a com-
posite of views to the
north, south, east and
west, combining multiple
exposures on one negative.
"I went to Giverny for
six months on a grant,"
says Apfelbaum, who
expresses her age as over
30.
was an artist in resi-
dence while the garden
was being restored.
"Monet was a very
"Something Outside the Painting," oil on canvas.
involved gardener inter-
ested in a simple palette.
Strauss, who likes working with- oil
Since the garden was opened to the
paints because of their luminosity,
public, it has been packed with plants.
planned to be a biologist before decid- At a certain point, plants are in con-
ing to paint scenes of nature instead.
trol."
Commercially, he has done photo-
Apfelbaum has been doing multiple-
graphic work in Detroit, assisting with exposure work for 20 years, aided by a
CEO portraits. Artistically, he has
compass to get views from different
used the city skyline for a series of
directions. She assigns herself set
smokestack paintings.
places to stand to capture the panora-
ma of space. Her intent is to work
while moving around, not just pivot-
Sea And Sky
ing.
Joni Sternbach, who is collaborating
"I've always been interested in
with her sister on a book project
observation," says Apfelbaum, who
about Sephardic history, extends the
felt a connection to her Jewish roots
"Landscape" exhibit with a black-and-
while taking photographs on Ellis
white photographic image from her
Island. "I also like being outdoors." ❑
"Sea/Sky" series. The large white surf
and expanse of sky contrast with the
black miniscule figures in the water,
suggesting the overpowering effects of
"Images of Time and Place:
the environment.
Contemporary Views of
"I was interested in capturing a tur-
Landscape" is on view through
bulent, emotional state that can't be
May 13 at the Elaine L. Jacob
photographed in portraits, and I
Gallery, 480 W. Hancock, on the
wanted to show the relationship of
campus of Wayne State
man to natural surroundings," says
University in Detroit. Gallery
Sternbach, 51, who went out to the
hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
waterfront at varying times over four
Tuesdays-Thursdays and 10
years to complete her series.
a.m.-7 p.m. Fridays.
"You see in color, but you reflect in
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