Summer Color    Jul 7 - Aug 3, 2008

Washington, VA: Three artist's, Bruce Dorfman, DeLoss McGraw, and Robert H. Ballard, will be exhibiting a stunning group of works using color as a dominate theme at R. H. Ballard Art, Rug & Home, in Washington, VA, from July 5th through August 3rd.

The three styles on display represent a truly eclectic approach in featuring color in it's multitude of forms.

Bruce Dorfman, a New York artist and teacher, exhibits abstract combined media paintings using found objects as well as a range of hand colored papers. These luscious color statements tend toward delicate pastel shades, always with a color theme in mind. Their simplicity of form belays their complexity. Gerrit Henry in "Art in America" stated: "Dorfman's powers of coloristic invention are pronounced…as the analogue of a pure expression." The artist has exhibited nationally and is in major museum collections. He has been an influential teacher at the Art Students League in New York since 1964. This is his first exhibition at R.H.Ballard courtesy of the Kouros Gallery, New York.

DeLoss McGraw has had two one person exhibitions at R.H.Ballard in the last few years. This current body of new work consists of three mediums; oil on panel, collage, a new expression for this artist, and gouache on paper, all using color as a boon to express his unique vision of the human condition. The themes running through this current work relate to poetry by Robinson Jeffers, stories of refugees during the Second World War and family. The artist continues to exhibit world wide and be collected by major museums though out the country.

Ballard will be exhibiting a series of new paintings in acrylic representing the chair motif as a vehicle for subtle, dramatic, and glowing color expressions. The straight forward, portrait like images of the chair invites a range of meanings both inviting and formal. This is the first time this series has been shown in an exhibition. Ballard has exhibited widely in the U.S., is in numerous public and private collections, has directed public and private art galleries, and taught art at colleges and universities on both coasts.

This exhibition is a continuation of the dedication of R.H.Ballard Art, Rug & Home to present the very best in local, regional and international fine art. The gallery is open from 10am – 6pm daily. For more information call 540 675-1411, visit the website www.rhballard.com, or email the gallery at robert@rhballard.com.