Web Pages:
David Day’s work:
http://tomlohre.com/day.htm
Tom Lohre’s work:
http://tomlohre.com/figure.htm
Contacts:
Tom Lohre, 513-861-4146,
Cell 513-236-1704, 619 Evanswood Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220,
tom@tomlohre.com
http://tomlohre.com
David Day, designer &
Assoc., Inc., 1310 Pendleton St., Cincinnati, OH 45202, 513-621-4060,
ddaydesign@fuse.net
Mike Wilger, proprietor,
Visual History Gallery, 2709 Observatory Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45208,
513-871-6065,
http://tomlohre.com/vhg.htm
The Story:
Tom Lohre,
fine artist & David Day, designer, will have a group show at the Visual
History Gallery. The Visual History Gallery has moved from Michigan Avenue
to Observatory Avenue just east of Edwards on the south side of the street.
Tom will
be showing his “Figure in a Landscape Series” oil paintings. David Day will
be showing prints of his meticulously accurate drawings of Cincinnati
streetscapes.
The show
runs from April 21 to May 10, 2006. The artists will be present from 6-9 on
Friday April 21, 2006. Light refreshments will be served.
David Day has been called many
names: engineer, artist, historian, businessman, and architect. He is none
of the above, while at the same time, all of the above and more. It is
through his work that definitions disappear: a sheet of paper is transformed
into a three dimensional sculpture, an urban parking lot becomes a
surprising garden oasis, a city wall - a canvas on which to tell a visual
story. This fifth generation Cincinnatian, from a long line of craftsmen,
mechanics and artisans, has articulated a passion for this river city's
history.
On view at The Visual History
Gallery, David Day, a master draftsman, shows meticulously accurate
reproductions of his work, most done by commission, some for the sheer fun
of it. Because his imagination is so intensely private, he is always
surprised when the public takes an interest in his work.
Tom Lohre
will show his “Urban Landscape Series.” He melds his formidable
portrait skills with his accomplished “en plein air” manner.
For thirty
years he has painted formal portraits that sometimes take upwards of a year
to paint. The life size portraits are masterpieces of modern romanticism.
The surface of the canvas is amazing to look at for Tom uses the white of
the canvas and transparent tints to create lifelike form. Tom is obsessed
with the surface of the painting. He emulates the great master figurative
painter William Adolph Bouguereau. You can see Tom painting in the window of
the Visual History Gallery during the show.
Tom
started his “en plein air” work, artwork painted outdoors, after mastering
his portrait manner. He honed his skills by painting outdoors everyday. He
would paint scenes devoid of people even though they would be in very
popular locations.
Now Tom
incorporates well wrought figures into his “en plein air” work. The figures
and composition are worked up in the studio and painted on location. Nature
is Tom’s inspiration. He takes numerous photographs of people milling
about and uses these images as stepping off points for the figures he creates
in his canvases. The ten inch high figures in the new work can be portraits.
The small figure in the painting can look just like a person but the size
prevents it from becoming to ponderous.
