Friday Jul 31, 2015 Sunday Aug 2, 2015
Gallery Hours: 10 AM-10 PM Friday, July 31-Sunday, August 2 Receptions with Artist: 7 PM-10 PM Friday, July 31 & Saturday, August 1; 1 PM-4 PM Sunday, August 2
Ocean Galleries, 9618 Third Avenue, Stone Harbor, NJ 08247 609-368-7777/www.OceanGalleries.com/PR@oceangalleries.com
Free & Open to the Public with ALL Artwork Available for Acquisition.
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Ocean Galleries welcomes Victoria Montesinos for her first exclusive art exhibition in New Jersey. The talented artist, best known for her exquisite paintings of flowers, uses a unique technique of layering to create artwork that is strikingly beautiful. ?Victoria Montesinos: Passion of the Flower? will be on display Friday, July 31 through Sunday, August 2, 2015 from 10:00 AM until 10:00 PM at Ocean Galleries (9618 Third Avenue, Stone Harbor, NJ). Ms. Montesinos will be on hand to meet collectors at receptions from 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM on Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1, and from 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM on Sunday, August 2. The exhibition and the receptions are free and open to the public, with all artwork available for acquisition. Born in Mexico City, Victoria studied art with master Spanish painter Jose Bardasano, where she learned the rigorous veladuras technique of painstakingly building up texture and depth through many fine layers of paint. By introducing marble, sand, and stone as textural elements, as well as stenciling techniques, Montesinos creates a subtle topography for her floral universe. Most notably, she is able to achieve a nearly subliminal incandescence through a medieval method of applying gold leaf to the canvas before painting. Because this process is so labor intensive and time consuming, Montesinos will spend two to three weeks absorbed in a single canvas.