Since you don’t always have the ability to get to Nickel Plate Arts gallery locations physically, we thought we’d bring our current works on display to you!
November 5 – 13 Exhibit: Gold Standard
Artists share the best of their best – their personal Gold Standard – in our annual juried exhibit.
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November Showcase: Rocky Walls’ “My Type of Art by Rocky Jack”
Rocky starting taking photos on his sister’s Pentax K-1000 in the 90s, “I’ve been taking photos since before digital cameras were around.” Rocky is a very visual person, so photography came naturally to him. “I saw my sister carrying around a camera and asked her to show me the ropes, and she was happy to do that. I always appreciated that.”
Incorporating nostalgic objects into his photography is a discovery process, reaching back into the past with the typewriter, appreciating analog things – a way to transform story and words into artwork. It all goes back to story and character development – figuring out the different ways he can interpret story and the world around him.
“My Type of Art by Rocky Jack” is Rocky’s way of accepting the fact that he’s an artist. “What is my definition of art, for me, that makes me comfortable saying, “I did that, it is art.” See Rocky’s exhibit in the Stephenson House November 5 through the 27 during regular business hours, Wednesday-Friday 12pm-5pm and Saturday 10am-5pm. A free reception will be held on Friday, November 5 from 6:00pm-9:00pm, alongside our November First Friday. Come meet Rocky and enjoy his works.
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Meyer Najem Showcase: Nickel Plate Arts Members Only Exhibit
Experience the talent of our Promote and Showcase Member artists in an exhibit inspired by this year’s Gala, “Paint the Town Red.” Wrap yourself in various mediums ranging from torn paper to oil to pastels and mixed media. The variety and talents of our artist community truly shine in this exhibit. Go to the second floor of Meyer Najem, located at 11787 Lantern Road in Fishers, to enjoy this gallery Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:30pm.
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Hub & Spoke Showcase: “Thorpe Creek and the Landscape in Fishers” by Brad Fields
Brad Fields’ painting style follows in the footsteps of the American Masters of Watercolor like Winslow Homer, Chet Reneson, Andrew Wyeth and contemporaries like Mario A. Robinson, Rob Evans and Dean Mitchell. His paintings are full of realistic details and loose flowing “glorious messes” that characterize the medium.
“Watercolor allows me to get those happy accidents that are thrown down on paper articulating the form flawlessly – a miracle if there ever was one.” Brad continues, “I want to entice your eye with realistic details so that when you really look closely – what you see is actually very abstract. I don’t want my work to look like photographs – I want to draw you in, leaving you with something to chew on visually.”
See “Thorpe Creek and the Landscape in Fishers” at the Hub & Spoke Design Center located on the first floor at 8100 E. 106th in Fishers from October 1 through December 29. A reception, hosted by High Frequency Arts, will be held on Friday, December 10, 2021 from 5pm to 9pm.
Click here to read more about Brad’s exhibit.
To purchase Brad’s work from this exhibit, contact High Frequency Arts.
Four Day Ray Showcase: Jennifer Hoard “In Between Dreams”
From October through December, Jennifer’s collection will be showcased on both floors of dining areas at Four Day Ray Brewing located at 11671 Lantern Road in Fishers, Indiana.
Jennifer’s objective in designing her paintings is to capture the general shape, appearance, and mood of her dreams—the way that time and space lose their footing in logic, and gravity seems to twist rather than pull. Her subjects are always painted in greyscale as an expression of the dreamer, who is out of his/her usual reality.
“In Between Dreams”, Jennifer’s exhibit at Four Day Ray, truly carries out her theme of painting her dreams, “They all come from the same place in my head,” Jennifer says. “I’ve dabbled in a lot of different styles, and this is the style that feels the most uniquely me.”
A reception will be held on Monday, October 11th from 4:30pm-7:30pm in the brewery at Four Day Ray Brewing.
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