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This year marks the 10th year that Melanie Parke and Richard Kooyman have been hosting a Summer Exhibition of new work at the Old Art Building in Leland, Michigan.
This years exhibition will included new oil on canvas and works on paper from both Parke and Kooyman.
Melanie Parke will be showing landscapes of the Leelanau County Peninsula and beautifully abstracted interior still lifes. Parke will also show her gouache on paper work including her "Morning Poem" series of small intimate line work and color shapes that she works on in the quite morning hours in her studio.
Richard Kooyman will be showing large and small landscapes of Northern Michigan and a new series of paintings based on tree canopies as seen from below. The whirling shapes of color border on the abstract but remain grounded in the experience of being in nature and taking the time to look in unconventional ways.
The 10th Annual Summer Exhibition will be August 7, 8, 9, 2009 at the Old Art Building on Main Street in Leland, Michigan. There will be an Opening Reception from 5-8pm on August 7th. Hours for Saturday and Sunday are 10- 5pm. If you are unable to attended but would like to arrange a preview of the show please call 231-889-6134 or email info@parkekooyman.com