On Saturday, April 11, from 5-9:30pm, join glass artist John Brekke and multi media artist Richard Logan for the opening of “Making their Mark”, a two person exhibition of new works at the Duncan McClellan Gallery.
The evening includes a free glassblowing demo by John Brekke beginning at 6:15pm, and both a food truck and a cash bar is available on the premises. general admission is free.
On Sunday, April 12, Brekke will blow glass again from noon-1pm at the Duncan McClellan Gallery. The demonstration is followed by “Brunch with the Artists” at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg from 1:30-3pm. Reservations are required.
Brekke and Logan will present about their life, working inspiration at 3pm in the Bayview Room of the Museum of Fine Arts. The lecture is free with Museum admission.
“Making their Mark” runs through May 14, 2015.
Brekke is also giving a slide talk at the Chihuly Collection on Friday, April 10, at 5:30pm.
John Brekke is an American artist whose work focuses on the visual line in abstract as well as figurative contexts. This attention to line appears in the multiple forms of his art: drawing, painting and glass. Brekke received a Fullbright to travel in Austraila where he created his Narrative Overlay series. He has shown internationally and his work is included in a number of permanent collections including the S m i t h s o n i a n American Art Museum – Renwick Gallery,Corning Museum of Glass andMuseum of Art & Design. John has worked on site specific installations and commissions for private clients.
Richard Logan has pursued a varied artistic career that started in the 70s while living in the Caribbean. He began putting the colorful people and island scenery to canvas – the result of which was a series of vibrant oil paintings that caught the attention of artists-in- residence Roland Richardson, Jasper Johns and Romare Bearden.
The 80s found Logan stateside in his home town of Kansas City, Missouri where he began selling his art out of his own studio, while freelancing as a graphic designer. But he missed the year ’round warmth of the tropics, packed up and moved south – this time to Florida.
Working as a creative director for Tampa Bay ad agencies in the early 90s, Logan spent his free time experimenting with his artistic side. Focusing on photography, he opened a studio and began shooting commercially for brands such as Prentice Hall, Time Warner, Talbots and International Petroleum. This national format and audience soon drew the attention of galleries, museums and collectors to his mixed media work.
