Ellwood City, Pennsylvania's

Arts, Crafts, and Food Festival 2010

Friday - Sunday  July 2, 3, & 4, 2010

Juried Art Show Information

DAVID P. LUDWICK
3215 Old Pittsburgh Road
New Castle, PA 16101
(724) 730-8516 :cell
(724) 654-5736 :studio

DPLudwick@aol.com


ARTIST’S STATEMENT:

As a visual artist I enter into a relationship with my subject, usually nature, and my viewer. My role is to interpret and to some degree edit the subject while conveying my impression of the theme to the viewer. The materials that I prefer to use in this process are either soft pastels, crayons or oil paint.

In order to be successful in developing my interpretation of a theme, I depend upon the use of color. If the viewer is to experience either something similar to my impression of a subject or develop another reaction of their own, then an understanding of color is essential. Color and light create the mood and stir the emotions regardless of the chosen motif.

During the editorial process, what is excluded is just as important as what is included in each piece. I prefer to hint and suggest to the viewer rather than explain. In the end, it is all about communication and expression. Technique and materials are just the means of obtaining that goal.

ARTIST’S BACKGROUND

David Ludwick has over thirty years experience in fine arts education and administration. Hi is a faculty member at Butler County Community College in Butler, Pennsylvania where he teaches studio classes in drawing, painting and sculpture as well as art history and creative thinking. Mr. Ludwick received the Outstanding Faculty Scholar Award for 2004 for 2004. He is a former executive director of the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts in New Castle, Pennsylvania.

In addition to his duties at BC3, Mr. Ludwick conducts workshops for artists, judges art exhibits, consults to non-profit organizations and corporations, and maintain as active exhibit schedule as a traditional painter. His work is represented in the permanent collections of many colleges and universities as well as corporate and private collections. He has presented his work in numerous one person exhibits including the Butler Instituted of American Art in Youngstown, Oh, the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts in New Castle, PA, Clarion State University, Clarion, PA and Westminister College in New Wilmington, Pa. His work has been included in such group exhibits as the Midyear Show at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Oh., the Associated Artist of Pittsburgh, Annual at the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa, the Academic Artists Association Nation Exhibition of Realism in Springfield, Mass. and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Alumni Invitational Exhibition in Indiana, Pa. Mr. Ludwick is represented by Gallery 1683 in Annapolis, MD, Glass Growers Gallery in Erie, Pa and the Kelly Run Gallery in Cambridge Springs, PA
 

For  Entry Card and/or additional information call:

Juried Art Show Chairman

Gloria Heckendorn

724-758-4952