From Figures To Abstractions• A New Exhibit at Coast Highway Art Collective in May: CC Case, Painter and Eric Harald Nordvold, Ceramics
The entire community is invited to attend an opening reception for guest artists CC Case, painter and Eric Harald Nordvold, ceramics, Friday, May 6, from noon to 5:00pm. The exhibit runs from May 6-30. The following afternoon, on Saturday May 7, the gallery will host a memorial reception for longtime Point Arena artist, Peter Dobbins. Anna Dobbins, framer extraordinaire, will have images, books and other items from 2:00pm to 4:00pm to show and honor him.
Case is an eclectic artist, showing for the first time at CHAC with her husband, potter Eric Harald Nordvold. Case has participated for many years in life drawing sessions at Gualala Arts and strives to depict the human figure with sensitivity, to render the organic form believably and also capture some sense of spirit or mood. She paints both abstractly and realistically in a variety of media, depicting either the natural beauty of her surroundings or the inner world of imagination, impressions and energy. She also will be showing "photo collage paintings," digitally manipulated photographs.
For the past eleven years Case has made her home in Gualala, drawing inspiration from quiet time in the forest and regular walks on the beaches and bluffs, appreciating and gaining nourishment from the peace and beauty of the coastal surroundings.
Nordvold has been a potter for over 40 years, making a variety of stoneware and porcelain pieces using the name Viking Pottery. He splits time between homes in Santa Rosa, where he maintains his studio, and Gualala, where he finds inspiration in the colors, patterns and energy of the natural environment. He is known for his bowls, mugs, vases, trays and plaques and for the luminous multicolored and ash glazes he has formulated and mixes himself. His pieces are high fired in a kiln of his own construction to create a durable and vitrified product. The kiln allows him to work with a range of natural materials to develop glazes that have the fluidity of water and blend into each other in various ways as do the colors of nature. He has been working with wood ash glazes for many years with other minerals added to create glaze surfaces reminiscent of tide pools or ocean currents through kelp forests.
Nordvold's throws work on the potter's wheel, with consideration for the form and function of each piece, and in recent years has added rectangular and square shapes, and experimented with a variety of textural effects and different clays.
The Coast Highway Art Collective is located at 284 Main Street, Point Arena, the little red building with the big yellow sun, located next to the Redwood Coast Credit Union. Regular hours are Friday through Sunday, 11:00am to 4:00pm. Visit the website at www.coast-highway-artists.com for information about the collective’s artists, upcoming events and how to join. To find out more about becoming a member of the Collective, contact Ling-Yen Jones via the website above.
