Anita McComas and Vance Theoret

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Left: Vance Theoret, “Pink Helps Me Think,” no date ; Right: Anita McComas, “In All Her Glory,” no date

Left: Brazilian soapstone; Right: Left: acrylic, 60” x 40” (courtesy of the Gallery)

Anita McComas: “Riotous Strokes” is a two word summary of my landscapes and bears. I do not simplify subjects, but rather layer color and irregular, seeming random brushstrokes on the canvas in an impressionistic style with abstract elements. From up close, the canvas is a maze of unstructured strokes of color, irregular, interwoven, multilayered and anything but simple.

Vance Theoret: There is no right or wrong way to approach carving a piece of stone. Vance Theoret’s approach is called “direct carving” method, this means that he looks at the stone and decides what shapes of animals are waiting be released. He views the stone from all angles until he can connect with the different shapes that stone lends itself to. Vance describes this technique as “talking with the stone”. He has been practicing this method for close to 30 years