ELLA RICHARDSON FINE ART PRESENTS:
Donald Weber | Charleston: Spires and Light
Gallery Open House Friday, March 4, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Open House Saturday, March 5, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and
Artist’s Painting Demonstration 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view through March 31, 2022.
Donald Weber’s art education began with his study of architecture, evidenced in his sure strokes delineating the streets and skylines of Charleston. Soaring steeples and narrow streets bounded by the reach of sun or blanket of dusk, palms and planters, stucco and brick - these are the elements that beckon exploration and for Weber, expression.
The gallery will host an Open House Friday, March 4, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. and the artist will give a painting demonstration Saturday, March 5, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Exhibition on view through March 31, 2022.
An American artist, Weber paints in a contemporary impressionist style. His mediums include oil, oil pastel and pastel. He draws daily with graphite and charcoal.
"I love to paint!,” he said. ”I love the work of it. It is a very real physical activity for me and is connected to me through my senses. I love the feel of the materials in my hands, the smell of the paint, the light in the studio and the tremendous satisfaction from painting outside and from life. Through this, my thinking process becomes part of that physical activity and allows me to be in the moment entirely. I can’t think of anything else I do that comes close. ‘Exercising mentally’ while painting produces results for me."
Though retired, Weber has continued his art education through self-teaching and workshops with noted artists such as Scott Burdick and Kim English. Mentors are many, but some favorites include artists C.W. Mundy, Irby Brown and Masters Ilya Repin, Joaquin Sorolla, J.M.W. Turner, John Singer Sargent and Edgar Degas.