Banana Factory Gallery Shoppe recently issued the following announcement
Event: Art History in Quarantine with David Sommers: Images of the Annunciation and Nativity through the Centuries
When: December 17, 2020
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Be prepared for a visual feast that will enhance the joy of Christmas. Banana Factory Resident Artist Dave Sommers will present via Zoom beautiful, high resolution images by major artists such as Tintoretto & El Greco from the 16th cent., Henry Ossawa Tanner and Paul Gauguin from the 19th cent., and a few contemporary artists. Participants are welcome to analyze and discuss these works as well as hear Dave’s analysis of color, form, composition, and iconography. Please note, this is a virtual event, all registered students will recieve a Zoom link via email before the class time. "David Sommers holds a Masters degree in Religious Education from Presbyterian School of Christian Education, a Master of Divinity from Moravian Theological Seminary, and studied advanced art of classical design in painting. He studied as an undergraduate in painting and design at Temple University Tyler School of Art, and holds a BA in Art and Religion with a Minor in Spanish from Moravian College. He has been a teacher of Spanish, Art History, and Comparative World Religions at Moravian Academy since 1995.
“Painting begins with my daily search for the subtle beauty that the world offers. And when I find that subtle beauty, my passion to paint kicks in. For where words fail, colors and brush strokes satisfy my desire to tell how I see the interplay of light and shadow in a fleeting moment. I like how Henry Ward Beecher sums it up: ‘Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.’”
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