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Peninsula Gallery Presents...
Artwork representing means of transportation
Showing March 1--30
The train is arriving at Lewes Junction, and it’s making its way to the Peninsula Gallery for the newest exhibition, “On the Move”! This March, enjoy over 40 works of art that represent means of transporting humans from place to place. In this collection, you will be driven away in purring vintage cars, rocking sailboats, robust trains, and more. ​
“On the Move” features pieces from eight unique artists including oil painters Al Barker, Raymond Burns, Don Doheny, Karen Merkin, Emily Thompson, and Janet Williams, as well as acrylic painter Jack Hornady and photographer Lisa Masson.
Hornady, Merkin, and Thompson use their brushes to portray a variety of classic cars. Hornady’s illustrative paintings are bold and colorful in design. The graphic nature of his pieces makes them appear like they’re straight from the 1950s, mimicking the era from which his vehicles are from. Merkin uses intense realism to bring the viewer up close and personal with her automobiles. She crops the perspective of her cars, opting to depict detailed sections like bumpers, interiors, and hoods. Thompson’s people-movers are inherently nostalgic because of the subject matter. Her artistic trucks, vans, boats, and sedans are presented with a unique surface texture to give them a worn-torn feeling.
Barker, Masson, and Williams focus their collections on water transportation. Barker and Masson both represent sailboats but in different mediums. For two of his pieces, Barker keeps with his miniature style, painting sailboats drifting on picturesque waves. But for one of his works, Barker sizes up to 13” x 22” and depicts a vast landscape with many tiny sails drifting along. Masson’s boats are derived from photographs captured during competitions. Her pictures include distinct types of sailboats, including historic styles, coasting on the Chesapeake Bay. Williams’ images embrace a naturalistic palette, using muted tones to present her subjects. The scenery plays a large role in Williams’ pieces, giving viewers a look at the location in which these vehicles are located.
Like Merkin, Raymond Burns also crafts paintings that are intently detailed, but his works showcase hyper-realistic trains. Rusted and battered, these trains are regal and striking, taking up space with their towering canvases. Doheny’s paintings include scenes of military prowess, displaying men at work with their machines. His images focus on WWII fighter planes and combat aircrafts, giving viewers a glimpse into the life and career of the men working on the battlefront.
Peninsula Gallery Presents...
Proceeds benefiting the
Howard Schroeder Memorial Art Scholarship
Showing April 5--27
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 5, 5:00-6:30pm
Local heritage artist Howard Schroeder will be honored at the Peninsula Gallery this April with a special exhibition featuring 40+ original paintings of varying styles, mediums, and subjects. In partnership with the late artist’s family, “Howard Schroeder: A Retrospective” assembles a rich compilation of work that will excite collectors, inspire artists, and enthuse all audiences in between. The show will only be on display from April 5-27, and proceeds from all sales will benefit the Howard Schroeder Memorial Art Scholarship.
An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April 5, from 5 to 6:30 pm, which is free and open to everyone. Join the gallery staff and members of the Schroeder family for an evening of fine art and complimentary food and drink.
Howard Schroeder (1910-1995) is best known for capturing the changing face of southern Delaware from the 1940s to the 1990s. A commercial artist from New York City, Schroeder was stationed at Lewes' Fort Miles during the Second World War. He fell in love with the area and made it his home for the rest of his life. Lewes, and other nearby fishing villages, became his dominant subject. Using such media as watercolor, oil, pen and ink, charcoal, and pencil, Schroeder illustrated the region’s evolution from quiet commercial ports to bustling vacation communities, in the process documenting a vanishing way of life. As a teacher, Schroeder traveled the Delmarva Peninsula, offering art instruction from Smyrna to Seaford to Salisbury. From the mid-1940s to the late-1970s, he sold art supplies, gifts, and his own work at The Art Age, his Rehoboth Beach shop.
From abstracts and portraits to still lives and water scenes, the pieces featured in this exhibition showcase the vast subject matter Schroeder painted throughout his life. Many of the paintings depict places and people in and around the local area, such as creations made during the Rehoboth Art League’s Open Sketch Group and woodcut prints of Lewes streets. The collection also includes international landscapes from Spain and Italy, images of maritime boats, and unique pastel and oil portraitures.
The Howard Schroeder Memorial Art Scholarship was initiated in 1996 with a two-fold mission: 1) to offer a scholarship to a senior at Cape Henlopen High School who intends to study the visual arts in college, and 2) to honor the memory of local, award-winning artist – Howard Schroeder. It was envisioned that the scholarship would help encourage the pursuit of the visual arts at the post-secondary level. The scholarship is awarded based on the recommendation of the members of the Art Department at Cape Henlopen. The initial scholarship, 29 years ago, was $250. As the cost of a college education has increased significantly, the family of Howard Schroeder is now intending to offer the scholarship at $1,000. Anyone interested in donating to the foundation can write a check made payable to “The Howard Schroeder Memorial Art Scholarship.”
