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Hello
Galena! Features Self-Taught Artists
 During
August, works by two talented, self-taught artists, charlene
buran price and Stephanie
O’Shaughnessy, are featured at Hello Galena!, an artist
co-op. Buran price paints in oils on both paper and canvas;
O’Shaughnessy is a potter with a focus on traditional and abstract
functional pots, fired in electric, gas, and wood-fired kilns.
Results of their passion are on display in the shop at 121 N.
Commerce Street.
Buran
price paints the world around her in a free, impressionistic
style that conveys mood and connects the viewer. Her work ranges
from the muted tones of a limited palette to the excitement
of brilliant color -- Galena as seen through the mist to tile
rooftops of Italy.
 “The
arts communicate in a unique way,” buran price shares. “I think
of painting as an international language and try to express
love and respect for life, qualities common to all cultures.”
She has had solo exhibitions in Galena, Barrington, and Skokie,
Illinois, and was the featured artist for the 30th annual Galena
Arts Festival in 2001.
“My
passion for working in clay began 35 years ago as a self-taught
potter,” O’Shaughnessy notes. In addition to assisting Paul
Solder with pottery workshops across the United States, O’Shaughnessy
sells at shows and galleries, does commissioned work, and teaches
individual and group lessons. She is a member of 20 Dirty Hands.
Please
stop by Hello Galena! to meet the artists and catch their
passion at the Hello Galena shop Sunday,
Aug. 22 from noon-3 p.m.
Hello Galena!
is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization made up of more than
65 local artists. Their artwork and signature gift items are
displayed at 121 N. Commerce Street, Galena, Ill. Artists staff
the art-only shop. Check
out our handy online map, store hours
and directions.
For more
information, call (815) 777-1448 during shop hours.
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