On First Friday, October 4, The Artists’ Gallery will feature the work of Evie Baskin in her newest collection of work titled “Exploring the Surface.” The theme for this show was inspired by a workshop Evie took earlier this year with Rob Liberace at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia, which involved painting oil on copper.
The use of copper as a substrate for an oil painting originated in the Medieval times as the Flemish masters favored copper for its smooth surface allowing fine detail and increased durability. Included in Evie’s show in October will be paintings using a variety of surfaces and mediums, ranging from oil on copper, canvas and birchwood panels, pastel on sanded boards and paper, and drawing in metal point over coated paper.
Like many creative artists, Evie’s work has continued to evolve and change. Her use of the variety of surfaces in this show exemplifies her desire to explore both texture and light while incorporating oil, pastel and silverpoint. The subject matter for this show includes portraits of people and animals as well as beloved landscapes on the Eastern Shore and beyond.
As a native Floridian, Evie obtained a BA in Visual Art from Florida State University in Tallahassee in 1976. After raising her family on the tropical island of Key West, she moved north where she managed a law firm in Washington, D.C. while continuing to study art under Danni Dawson and Rob Liberace at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. In 2007, she and her husband, Jonathan, moved to Chestertown where she began to work with pastel, studying under Mary Pritchard and Claudia Post. Evie has been a partner with The Artists’ Gallery since 2015 and is a juried member of the Working Artists Forum in Easton, a member of Chestertown RiverArts, the Portrait Society of America, and an accredited member of the Maryland Society of Portrait Painters…