June - August 15, 2014: In celebration of the Barrington Area Library's complete renovation, the Gallery in the Library has brought back select works by some of the most popular artists to exhibit here in the past. Stop in and enjoy paintings by Kathleen Eaton, Bruno Vanoudenhove, and Lou Taylor, along with photography by Barbara Pintozzi and former Gallery co-curators Kelly Stachura and Lisa Swarbrick!
Kathleen Eaton is a Chicago area artist interpreting city and suburban life.
Her works reflect a fascination with architectural spaces and the
unexpected solitude or human activities that occur within them. From
this perspective, her paintings explore the emotional landscape between
imagination and reality in man-made surroundings. Eaton graduated with
a BFA from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Her works
have been featured in shows for over 20 years and many pieces have
been acquired for public, corporate, and private collections. You may
have seen her large murals at Midway Airport.
We are delighted to feature the works of Kathleen Eaton again in the
Gallery in the Library. Her 2012 show, Urban Landscapes, was one of
the most popular Gallery exhibits of all time, and resulted in Eaton’s
painting Entrance to the Red Line being featured on the cover of the
Illinois Library Association Reporter magazine.
For more information on her work, please visit her website at:
www.eatonart.com.
Bruno Vanoudenhove uses his photographic background to create
photorealistic portraits in black and white acrylics on canvas. Born in
Belgium, he is now a resident of Barrington, where he began a career
as a freelance architectural photographer. When he first arrived in the
United States, he was awed by the tall buildings, and marveled at how
this concrete “garden” created a skyline that integrated both form and
function, yet ebbed and flowed with nature. He transformed his love for
well-known Chicago landmarks into intense and elegant art works.
He has studied drawing and painting at Harper College.
We are delighted to feature him again in the Gallery in the Library, showing
some of the most popular works from his 2010 show, Black Tie, as well as
additional pieces.
For more information on his work, please visit his website at:
www.bvartisticexpressions.com.
Lou Taylor, former resident of Cary and Barrington, was an artist and
photographer. After receiving photography training in the Navy during
World War II, Taylor also trained at the Modern School of Photography
in New York and the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
Professionally, he owned LFT Studios, and produced photography,
illustration, and fine art for corporate and private collections for 70
years. Personally, Taylor offered community art workshops through
the schools and park district, and took great interest in preserving,
through photography and art, the treasured rural countryside. The
Library was honored to host Taylor’s final public show in May of
2011. Upon his death in December 2011, a number of pieces were
gifted to the McHenry County Historical Society to benefit their programs.
The library greatly appreciates the loan of these exhibited works from
the McHenry County Historical Society in Union, IL.
For more information or to purchase one of Taylor’s works,
please visit:
www.mchsonline.org -> Gift Shop -> Rural Images by Lou Taylor
Barbara Pintozzi: Few of us have time to examine closely the intricate patterns, colorful hues, and graceful arrangement of flowers in the garden. Barbara Pintozzi’s garden photographs are a call to slow down and look more thoughtfully at nature and gardens, in order to increase your appreciation for growing things and green spaces.
Shot without a macro lens, these images were inspired by Pintozzi’s observations of her garden, revealing the stories hidden within. The artist hopes that you, too, will hear the flowers speak.
Pintozzi has been working creatively in the arts since childhood. Pursuing music for a time, she took photography courses in college and was active in a camera club. Pintozzi’s photography has received awards from the Chicago Area Camera Club Association, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, and Gardening Gone Wild’s “Picture This” competitions. She also features her photographs in her garden blog, Mr. McGregor’s Daughter, and explores her artistry further in her welded garden sculptures. In her role as Barrington Area Library Trustee, Pintozzi serves as a member of the Gallery in the Library Art Advisory Committee. Pintozzi previously displayed her garden-inspired photography in the show, “In the Garden of Live Flowers,” Spring of 2012.