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Artist Richard Mayhew
exhibited eight pen and ink
drawings along with eleven oil
paintings in the Gallery
Lounge.
Mayhew is an Associate
Professor of Art at University
Park, an occupation which he
views as a means to subsidize
his art. Among other voca
tions, Mayhew has been a
courtroom reporter and illus
trator, a medical illustrator,
and a juvenile illustrator.
Outside the realm of visual
arts, he has been a jazz singer,
and an actor, but always the
artist first.
Fairly well known in the
art world, Mayhew has exhib
ited in the Whitney Museum
in New York, the Brooklyn
Museum, the American Acad
emy of Arts and Letters, and
the Museum of Modern Art,
to name just a few. The
exhibit being presented in the
Gallery Lounge will go to the
San Jose Museum around Jan.
1, 1980. The catalogue of his
awards is nearly as long as the
list of his exhibitions. Among
his most recent awards are
the Benjamin Altman Award,
National Academy of Design
in 1970, and the National
Institute of Arts and Letters
in 1965.
Calendar
Oct. 4 -
HACC movie, “Wedding in Blood”, Friday,-.8 j».m. in Arts bldg.
LECTURE SERIES Dr. Theodore L. Gross, Provost/Dean; in Gallery
Lounge 8 p.m.
HERSHEY MED CENTER film, “Play It Again Sam,"
I.D. $1.50.
American Folklife Festival, Washington D.C. trip,
Sopata 944-1552.
SGA meeting rm. W-138, at 3:30 p.m.
XGI meeting at American Legion, Middletown at 9 p.m,
First Floor Wrisburg Hall Party
9 p.m.. Student Center
Oct. 10
Hershey Med Center films, “Frankenstein” and
"Young Frankenstein” PSU I.D. $1.50.
HACC film, “Let Joy Reign Supreme"
8 p.m. Srts Bldg.
Oct. 13,14,20 and 21
HACC Children Theatre performed by
the Sunshine Players. $1 admission, 2 p.m.
by adrienne 1. zedaker
On Mon., Oct. 1, Mayhew
lectured to two art classes,
and spoke with interested
students. The art classes,
both instructed by Troy
Thomas, were regaled by the
articulate Mayhew on sub
jects as diverse as how a price
for a painting is set, the
functions of an agent or gal
lery; and, more importantly,
how and what he feels about
his own work. Mayhew also
mentioned his background,
and the various artists he has
worked with. Among the lat
ter is Abstract Expressionist
Hans Hofmann, with whom
similarities in palette can be
seen.
At times Mayhew’s art has
been described by art critics
as in a lyrical, lyrical abstract,
or abstract impressionist st
yle. They have also been
characterized as romantic
landscapes. Especially in the
exhibited works, Mayhew is
dealing with optics, the illu
sion of space. He is concerned
with the essence of space,
rather than the strict identifi
cation of the object.
Primarily a landscape ar
tist, Mayhew conveys some-,
what abstract landscape im
ages with musical textures
such as space, feeling and
mood. At one time Mayhew
worked closely with leading
American composers such as
Aaron Copeland. In fact, one
painting in the exhibit is
based on a Copeland work.
Mayhew feels that the musical
elements in his painting
should be discernible to the
viewer; at least, he hopes so.
Music is an abstract idiom,
and so is his work. Neither
have any particular structural
elements. Elements of music
which exist in Mayhew’s art
are rhythm, density and ton
ality. How warm or cool a
painting “feels” or appears is
relative to the density of the
Oct. 15thru 19
Road Rally sign-up in main lobby
in the Main Bldg.
0ct.15
film “All The King’s Men,” aud.
Oct. 18
Hershey Med Center Documentary -expose of society’s
treatment of the criminally insane.
” 8 p.m. ; PSU
Lecture Jim Siegelman and Flo Conway, authors
of “Snapping.” HACC aud.
Hacc movie “Conversation Piece," 8 p.m.
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October 5 - 26 HACC Gallery .. carrie Thomas will exhibit a sample of
her paintings and collages. Reception is Oct. 5.
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Monday. His paintings were exhibited in the
October 8 - 26 Gallery Lounge
David Armstrong, painter
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color. The optical density of
this color can be seen in
relationship to sound space.
The colors in his oils, as well
as the pen strokes in his
drawings, are variations in
intensity of the overall comp
osition.
Mayhew’s pen and ink
drawings are worked using a
crow quill pen. According to
Mayhew, his choice of paper
color is more or less arbitrary;
it introduces mood space,
more than anything else.
Since there is no color, other
than the background paper,
the dark and light areas indi
cate the intensity of space.
lounge.
The drawings are also land
scapes, and are involved with
musical elements, just as the
oils.
The paintings exhibited
are based on native American
space, and some are “dedi
cated” to various Native A
merican Indian tribes. May
hew sees landscape painting,
as well as other art forms, as
virtually inexhaustible. Art
should reflect society, and as
society changes, so should art.
There are constantly new
challenges for an artist to
overcome, and once con
overcome. Once they are con
quered, the artist moves on.
The next scheduled exhib
it will be hung Oct. 8, and
taken down Oct. 26. The ar
tist, David. Armstrong, is a
Pennsylvania resident who
works in watercolors.
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On Oct. 23, the Erickson
Gallery of Cockeysville, Mary
land will have original prints
on exhibition and for sale in
the Black Cultural Arts Cen
ter from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.