ART
the Backus MuseuM’s
2015 - 2016 season
The Story Teller’s Chair, by Gretchen Jolles
Annual Juried Art Exhibition “The Best of the Best”
October 9 – Nov ember 13, 2015
Holiday Art Showcase
November 20, 201 5 – January 8, 2016
Holiday Open Reception
Friday, December 4, 5 - 8 pm
Holiday Open House Sale
Saturday, Decemb er 5, 10 am – 4 pm
High Fiber
January 13 – Fe bruary 12, 2016
Sunday in Key West Brunch, 2016
January 31, 201 6 11:30 – 3 pm
A Tribute to Backus-Pass It On - Vintage Paintings
By the Original Florida Highwaymen
February 17 – M arch 11, 2016
Special Sale of Highwaymen
& Indian River School Paintings
February 19 – 21, 2016
A. E. Backus Brunch & Painting Raffle
Sunday, March 6, 2016 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 pm
Wax Menagerie – Season’s Premiere Exhibition
March 17 – May 5, 2016
A Weekend of Graffiti
Friday, March 18 – Saturday, 19, 2016
The Eye of the Camera: Juried Photography Show
May 12 – June 17, 2016
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Complete relaxation is caught in Loughlin’s Peace.
it.” Loughlin says she shares some of the struggles that her
chosen artist, Edvard Munch, wove through his work.
Saturdays became an extension of her studies with painting
classes under Vero Beach artist Ellen Fischer in her Fort Pierce
studio. “I started with still-life drawings and worked my way
into acrylic painting. At the time, I used ads out of magazines
I thought were interesting as reference material,” one more
guidepost along the path to her current passion for exploring
the interaction between water and skin.
REGIONAL ARTIST
This self-described “true Floridian” lives in Port St. Lucie,
keeps her studio in Stuart and is involved in the arts in all
three Treasure Coast counties. “My studio space in downtown
Stuart is a new venture for me and I am excited about having a
space just for creating. It is about 380 square feet, with a great
little front porch and is within walking distance of downtown
Stuart. I wanted to have a place where I was around other artists
in the area and Stuart seemed to fit the bill.”
Although Loughlin started out working with acrylics, by
the time she hit college, she had fallen in love with oil paints.
“I have had a love affair with them ever since. I love the texture
of oils and how they sit on the canvas.” Along the way
she has tried her hand at drawing, printmaking, large paper
installations and clay. “I did a lot of hand-building ceramics
in college, as well. Ceramics is a very therapeutic medium >>
Shower is a study in the movement of water on skin.
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