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Cape Gazette
 
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7/7/06
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Three abstract artists on exhibit
at Coastal Frameshop
Mills, Sampogna, Harper on display
Coastal Frameshop and Gallery presents ABSTRACTIONS3, a group exhibition of works in mixed media by Lee Wayne Mills, Peggy Sampogna and Michaele Ann Harper. Each of the artists brings a bold and individualistic approach to unique combinations of paint, paper and collage in the making of their art - and together they explore a fascinating range of images possible for artists working in an abstract mode today.
 
Lee Wayne Mills, Rehoboth resident and co-owner of Coastal Frameshop and Gallery, continues to generate pieces from the rich mix of recycled materials, found objects and random play of collage elements employed in the construction of his work.
 
Many of the images spring from the recollection of time and place - in this exhibition, local marshes and wetland vistas - or a suite of works on hand-made paper using energies from a visit to Puerto Vallarta.
 
Peggy Sampogna, of Millville, a long-time favorite of the Rehoboth Art League Outdoor Show, this time shows recent works of richly textured and saturated color with dense patterns and overlays.
 
Like tapestries, they weave floating and hovering compositions which are topographies of her experiences and her working methods.
 
Michaele Ann Harper - recently returned to the region after stints in Fort Worth, Texas and Atlanta, Ga. - shows essentially intimate mindscapes reflecting her interest in mark-making in general with a specific knack at capturing a big landscape motif on a much smaller scale.
 
Dashing brushstrokes, bright incidental color and graphic linearity punctuate her vistas.
 
Separately and together these three artists conjure real connections to a very real world; but they do it through an abstract sensibility with abstracted materials and approaches - in a real way, picturing all the possibilities.
 
The public is invited to meet the artists at an opening reception from 3 to 6 p.m., Saturday, July 8. Their efforts can be viewed through Aug. 20 at Coastal Frameshop and Gallery, 4284-B Highway One (on the service road near CVS) in Rehoboth Beach.
 
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday through Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed Tuesday or open by appointment. For more information, call 302-227-8704.

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