Center Gallery announces exhibitions

From staff reports

Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor begins its summer of weekly exhibitions July 1 with metal sculpture by Rod Bearup. The exhibition opens with a public reception at 6 p.m., and runs through July 7.

Bearup looks to the natural world for his subject matter, drawing inspiration from the flora and fauna that are indigenous to his northern Benzie County home. He works primarily in copper, stainless steel and glass enamel, translating these subjects through hand-forming, welding and brazing techniques.

“The first 20 years of my working life were spent in industry working with metals as a craftsman, designer and engineer,” he said. “For the second 20 years of work, I applied these well-honed skills to develop the original processes which are used to create my unique works.”

Center Gallery is located at 6023 S. Lake St. For more information, please call (231) 334-3179.

Also exhibiting at Center Gallery in 2011 are:

July 8-14: Glenn Wolff, “Roads and Shorelines” of Leelanau County, oil paint and mixed media on wood, pastel and acrylic on paper.

July 15-21: Joe Lombardo: Plein air paintings of Leelanau County, including scenes from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

July 22-28: Linda Green: “Adrift,” an on-going series of mixed media fiber portraits of women.

July 29-Aug. 4: Margo Burian: Oil landscape paintings inspired by memories of Leelanau County.

Aug. 5-11: Joe De Luca: Tuscany, Pompeii and Herculaneum remembered in mixed media (oil paint and crayons, enamels, pencil and collage).

Aug. 12-18: Scott Mack: Michigan landscapes in oil paint and watercolor.

Aug. 19-25: Holly Sturges: Vignettes from the Leelanau landscape, painted in oil.

Aug. 26-Sept. 5: Joan Richmond: Northern Michigan landscapes in gouache.