Groveland Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Prints & Paintings, an exhibit of new work by Stuart Loughridge. This exhibit marks Loughridge’s first solo show at Groveland Gallery. As a studio painter, Loughridge works primarily with oil-paint and watercolors. He is also a devoted printmaker, well known for his etchings; and occasionally he is able to find time to create serigraphs. Stuart’s methods of creating a landscape are rooted in the 18th and 19th century practice of watercolor sketching, and he always carries a small watercolor kit with him. These treasured plein-air sketches are the raw material; the seeds for the finished studio creations, whether that be an etching, a watercolor, or an oil painting.

The artist states, “There is no such thing as a failed sketch: in the studio all the notes and sketches become useful as reference material in the building of a finished work of art. A piece may cite numerous sketches and notes… Sometimes there are extensive alterations from an original idea. It is this process of translating a sketch into a finished work of art that I find most intriguing. The final result is not necessarily an exact representation of a place, rather these works are the results of problems I have solved on how best to view a scene.”

The artist will be demonstrating the etching process on the front porch of the Gallery on September 18^th and October 2^nd, beginning at 1pm each day.

The artist will be present at the opening reception Saturday, September 11 from 12-5 pm. The opening reception and exhibition runs concurrently with Studio Window by Barbara McIlrath. Both shows continue through October 16, 2021