Tyme Gallery once again is presenting an eclectic range of award winning artists with “4 Visions”. This exhibition includes work by Mildred E. Becker, Joy C. Fine, Marilyn E. Lavins and Bernice Paul.
Mildred E.Becker, grew up in New York City, where she studied art at a special high school for the arts. She worked as a commercial artist before receiving degrees from New York University and Hunter College. Becker, has taught art in the public schools for many years. She has won many awards for her artwork two of which are in the International Museum of Electrographic Art in Spain. As a member of I.S.C.A. [an international art organization] her work was included in portfolios and sold to museum and university libraries, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian, the Tate Gallery and others.
Becker, works in various media. Color, is an important factor in her work. She is concerned about the environment [both natural and political ]. She completed a series of paintings on both of these subjects. Presently she is president of MCGOPA [ Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists ]. Locally, her work may be found in collections at Delaware County Community College and Rosemont College.
Joy C. Fine is a native of Philadelphia. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) with a major in illustration, from the Philadelphia College of Art (presently the University of the Arts). She also attended Moore College of Art and Design.
Fine worked for 10 years as a television artist and as a freelance designer and illustrator in advertising. She has been a docent at the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 1986 where she leads tours in the European, Medieval and Asian galleries. Fine has also conducted tours for large-scale exhibitions such as Cezanne, Delacroix, Fabrics and Fashion: Ten Years of Acquisitions, the Walter F. Annenberg Collection, Michelangelo/Rodin, Black and White: The Julien Levy Collection, Van Gogh: Face to Face, Dali, The Art of Lee Miller, Henri Matisse and Modern Art on the French Riviera. Some of her juried exhibitions include Juried exhibitions include Phillips Mill, New Hope and Riverrun Gallery and Lambertville, NJ.
According to Fine, “Inspiration comes from old photographs, magazines and places I’ve visited (and loved). The paintings represented in this exhibition are personal statements, as the subjects evoke emotion in me. I believe a painting is a collaborative effort between the painter and the medium. The vagaries of watercolor spark my imagination, allowing me to “go with the flow”, capturing the subject’s flavor by combining naturalistic and abstract imagery. I work several paintings at the same time, returning to each one, seeing things anew. Acrylics, gouache, and mixed media provide a chance for new discoveries.”
After and before receiving her BFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Marilyn E. Lavins continued her education at Moore College of Art and Design, The Barnes Foundation, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Fleisher Art Memorial. Her awards while too numerous to list include; The DaVinci Art Gallery (John Cederstrom) awarded her Water Meter painting a gold medal. At the Chilton Publishing Co. in Radnor, Richard Chew gave Lavin’s Boathouse Row a Grumbacher Award. Also, at Chilton in Radnor the Philadelphia Batik received a Special Award and review by Bill Ternay. Her Batik is hanging in the hotel rooms at the Embassy Suites Hotel on the Parkway in Philadelphia and a hand colored Batik serigraph is hanging at the Philadelphia Four Seasons on the Parkway in Philadelphia. And the William Penn Foundation has her Italian Market serigraph in their front office.
Her published work as with most of her accomplishments which are clearly too numerous to mention include “Art First” Cover for the catalog at the University Medical Center at Princeton (Rose of Sharon),’06 and “Blue Angels, San Francisco Bay” International Library of Photography 2000. Lavins is not only an exhibiting artist, exhibiting in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, Washington DC and San Francisco, she is also a teacher. She has taught at University Museum Mobile Guide (U. of PA), Young Peoples Art Workshop, Moore College of Art and has been a jewelry instructor at The Main Line Art Center.
Her experiences and expressions of art are vast and varied, according to Lavins.
Award-winning artist Bernice Paul has been expressing herself through her art from the time she was a young girl growing up in Russia to the present. She loves to experiment with different media including oil paints, watercolors, printing inks, clay, silk, pastels, and metal.
“Although I enjoy working in a range of materials, I keep coming back to oils because of the physicality of the paint itself. I enjoy applying layers of paint as planes of color to make abstractions of the natural world, whether as landscapes, still-lifes, or portraits.”
Paul attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Fleisher Art Memorial, and the Barnes Foundation. She has received numerous awards from the Plastic Club, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, The Main Line Center for the Arts, and The Upper Merion Cultural Center.
“4 Visions,” a collection of eclecticism and color. The artwork is on sale and exhibit from May 14th through June 8th. Tyme Gallery is located at 17 W. Eagle Road in Havertown. For additional information about the exhibition, or for directions, call 610-853-1215 or check out their web site at
www.tymegallery.com.
