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Fine Art and Custom Framing in Lewes, Delaware
Fine Art and Custom Framing in Lewes, Delaware
Fine Art and Custom Framing in Lewes, Delaware
Fine Art and Custom Framing in Lewes, Delaware
Fine Art and Custom Framing in Lewes, Delaware
Fine Art and Custom Framing in Lewes, Delaware
Fine Art and Custom Framing in Lewes, Delaware
Fine Art and Custom Framing in Lewes, Delaware
Peninsula Gallery Presents...

When Many Pieces Come Together
To Create a Work of Art

Showing July 5--27

    All artists create work, but only some construct it! Our July 2025 exhibition asks viewers to observe how five artists — Joseph Barbaccia, Melanie Berry, Margaret Black, Carol Lehmann, and Jason Lyons — piece together a puzzle of seemingly arbitrary objects to create a whole work of art. This showcase, which combines 2-D and 3-D artwork, puts emphasis on the physicality of the art-making process, allowing visitors to explore the many intricacies featured in each of the 42 original works.     

 

    Joseph Barbaccia is an artist working in a variety of mediums from his home and studio in Georgetown, DE. He is inspired by his personal history and the world around him, using his art as a means to grapple with and make sense of his experiences. His artistic process involves experimentation and exploration, pushing the boundaries of his chosen medium. Joe uses Ployer Clay to construct the works for this show, a versatile and forgiving medium that allows him to create intricate details and textures in his art. He uses the medium to create a variety of scenes, including animal portraits, local landscapes, and still lives, as well as a special stained glass-style piece.

 

    Melanie Berry began her career as a time-based media artist, focusing on creating films that reflected daily life as rhythmic sequences of color and shape. Eventually, she moved away from filmmaking and towards practical artmaking. She uses common, everyday materials to create pieces with strong ties to decorative art and popular craft. Although repurposed, her materials are still recognizable as objects made for another use, suggesting that meaning and value can be found by looking at something in a different way. In this exhibition, Melanie’s mosaic designs are rooted in the Gibson Girl archetype — a century-old symbol of idealized womanhood preserved in the American psyche and reproduced on the china plates that are broken and reassembled to make each artwork. 

 

    Margaret Black is a full-time textile studio artist in rural Jenner Township, Pennsylvania, who studied under acclaimed quilter Nancy Crow for 10 years. She is an improvisational machine piecer, creating original art without using rulers or measurements. Rhythm and repetition, as well as abstract line patterning, are at the core of her designs. During the past several years, she has been dyeing her own fabrics using wringer washers and MX dyes. Additionally, she also utilizes surface design techniques using thickened dyes with screen printing, paper lamination, monoprinting, and shibori. For “Constructions,” Margaret is featuring two extra-large quilt works from her “Critter” series. These pieces — one monochromatic and the other a colorful explosion of rust, plum, and navy — use geometric shapes and patchwork to create striking wall-hanging art.  

 

    Largely self-taught, Carol Lehmann believes that the art of craft is not just a ‘nice’ activity — it transforms, connects, and empowers her to explore different mediums and techniques without reserve. Based near the Delaware Bay, her growing portfolio of work now includes works of encaustic, collage, sculpture, and creating unique copper enameled jewelry. For this exhibition, Carol is displaying two different types of constructed art. Five pieces utilize collage to create whimsical scenes of famous artists’ homes, which combine the famed artist’s iconic style with Carol’s eclectic imagination. Her other five pieces are 3-D sculptures that create their stories through found objects and tucked-away details.

 

    Through an inherent passion for the discarded object, Jason Lyons has developed a unique perspective and talent to visually dissect, re-interpret, and then re-purpose the materials found in his sculptures. He creates his work from discarded, man-made objects that come together to form sculptures of natural things, such as flowers, birds, fish, and insects. He finds unique shapes buried within the objects, reinterpreting them into the anatomical structures that make up the larger work. 

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Tues - Sat    10 am - 5 pm

Sunday       11 am - 3 pm

Monday      closed

framing consultations Tues - Sat only

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Peninsula Gallery Presents...

Artists depict both
metropolitan and ocean landscapes

Showing August 2--31

Artist Reception: Saturday, August 2, 5:00-6:30pm

    Many residents of Sussex County consider the beach and the city their home, so we are celebrating both locations with our August exhibition! “City to Sea” brings together three artists — Cathy Abramson, John Aquilino, and Jack Robbins — to depict both metropolitan and ocean landscapes. While the artists share a contemporary realism style, they all express the theme in their unique perspective. Cathy, John, and Jack have each produced 10 artworks in various sizes and shapes, with half the pieces being nautical and the others urban.

 

    An opening reception will be held on Saturday, August 2, from 5 to 6:30 pm, which is free and open to everyone. Enjoy a night out on the town with complimentary food and drink, basking in beautiful landscape paintings.

 

    Cathy Abramson is a Maryland-based artist inspired by the city and its constant fluidity. She explores the urban environment through the more painterly aspects of her subject matter; the linear quality of buildings under construction and the effect of light and shadow on the geometry of the built environment. She sees poetry in the ordinary, and her local paintings of Washington, DC, and the DMV resonate with everyone. For this exhibit, Cathy has included scenes of modern urban living: strangers in a cafe, windows dressed in the latest fashion trend, a man taking his best friend out on an evening walk. But the concept of “City to Sea” pushes Cathy beyond her metropolitan comfort zone, inviting her to showcase more traditional marsh and seascapes that reflect the quiet stillness of natural waterways. 

 

    Born and raised in the New York City area, artist John Aquilino has been a working artist for 20 years. He is intrigued by the endless patterns of colors and shadows produced by the changing light throughout the day and even at different times of the year. His goal is not to document a particular city or view, but rather, he manipulates shapes and shadows to create striking compositions. The colors are exaggerated, the surfaces are simplified, and architectural features are rearranged or eliminated. John’s cityscapes are graphic and geometric, creating an intimate connection with buildings through intense precision and detail. Meanwhile, his beach scenes, which capture the crowded shores during summer vacation, are freer in design while still embracing a graphic nature.   

 

    For Jack Robbins, painting is storytelling — creating an image that sparks the imagination and makes you want to spend time with it, writing your own narrative. His mid-century modern, acrylic paintings take you someplace new or remind you of a favorite place from long ago. The joy of art is the connection between the creator and the viewer; each pair of eyes sees something different, and each experience is unique. Jack’s “City to Sea” images are atmospheric and evocative, with simple shapes and high-contrast shading. Through his brush, he transports the viewer to a specific moment in time, taking you from stormy evenings on the beach to sun-soaked afternoons in a modern museum.

520 E. Savannah Rd. Lewes, DE 19958

(302) 645-0551

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