News Release
January 8, 2013
Contact: Carolyn Pennington, 860-679-4864
Email: cpennington@uchc.edu
Realism Takes the Stage at UConn Health Center Art Exhibit
Who/What: Robert Everding, “American Landscapes, Etc.” and Gigi Mezzo Genovese, “This and That”
Where: Celeste LeWitt Gallery, UConn Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington
When: January 10 through April 17, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., daily
About the artists:
Robert Everding’s finely detailed acrylic paintings have received numerous awards, including best in show, at juried exhibits in New York and Connecticut. His original paintings and limited edition archival prints are included in corporate and private collections throughout the U.S., as well as in Australia and Japan.
In addition to painting and
displaying his own art, he
organizes and installs works by
artists from the tri-state area
for corporate, gallery and
special event exhibits. A
Brookfield, Conn. resident,
Everding maintains affiliations
with the Art Society of Old
Greenwich, Kent Art Association
and the Society of Creative Arts
of Newtown.
Gigi Mezzo Genovese has honed
her art through her creations in
realism. Working in acrylic, pen
and ink, watercolor and pastels,
she has been painting
professionally for more than 35
years. Her subject matter
includes seascapes,
architecture, landscapes, still
life and wildlife.
Her artwork is in numerous
private collections in the U.S.,
and in Great Britain and the
Cayman Islands, and she has
exhibited in Los Angeles, New
York, and Providence and Block
Island, R.I., and in a number of
Connecticut and Grand Cayman
galleries.
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