Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. will be taking viewers skyward with two online presentations on Monday, July 24. “Out of This World” will look at creative works that explore the cosmos from 5-7 p.m. “Exploring Spacescapes: In the Studio with Artist Linda Daniels Cermak” will follow from 8-9 p.m.
Artist Camila Bryce-LaPorte will host the SSTCi “Summer Arts Salon: Out of This World” that will have works intriguing to anyone in the creative spectrum including artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and poets.
RSVP to view Out of This World, or get more information about the presentation by emailing Lisa Martin at lisa@silverspringtowncenter.com. The event is free to view.
The quarterly salons normally feature a performance-oriented show-and-tell format—a kind of "open mic" for artists of all disciplines based around a theme of collaboration. Artists are encouraged to bring samples of their work to share.
Exploring Spacescapes: In the Studio with Artist Linda Daniels Cermak will look at the paintings of the Maryland-based artist who finds inspiration from local landmarks, flowers and nature and space.
Ms. Cermak, a printer by trade, began creating her own watercolor paintings after spending 25 years printing other artists’ graphic and fine art creations. She is attracted to watercolor because of the textures the media can produce through the use of glazes, dry and wet brush techniques, spattering and scraping. More recently Linda expanded on her need to explore texture by adding acrylics and collage to her work. The use of a mixed media approach, especially collage, gives Linda the feeling of literally building her artwork.
She uses photographs and drawings, as well as an active imagination, as references for her final works. Her collages incorporate a variety of mulberry and rice papers to a watercolor or acrylic painting. Each collage is wholly unique and draws the viewer into a new and different experience than traditional watercolor.
Linda recently married and added her new last name Cermak to her long familiar Daniels name. She is a native of Maryland and has exhibited in juried shows in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Her work is in the collections of art lovers all along the East Coast.
