BIRDS & Bs, FLOWERS and TREES (May 2023)
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Photography by Patrick Grewe and ceramics by Larry Pelter. May 3-28, 2023
PATRICK GREWE
My journey in photography began in 1979 when I bought a 35 mm film camera. I have been taking pictures ever since. My subject is anything that I find to be interesting or beautiful. Most often, that will be something in the natural world like flowers, trees, birds, and butterflies, which ties in perfectly with Gallery 9’s May theme of “Birds and Bs, Flowers and Trees.”
LARRY PELTER
I grew up in Newman Grove, a farming community on the banks of the Shell Creek in north central Nebraska. I have had a diverse upbringing experiencing, at times, life as a sheepherder, cowboy, railroad gandy dancer, truck driver, anti-submarine warfare specialist, electrical engineer, barista, and Zen practitioner. Throughout my life, I have maintained a passion for the arts, having studied classical and blues guitar, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and ceramic art with a variety of teachers. My current work is an exploration of pottery forms , masks and sculptural pieces related to aboriginal and indigenous peoples as well as early Neolithic European cave art. I like this work for its purity of form and connections to the earth.
