Southwestern Adventist University will exhibit the work of artists Spray and Jeff Gleaves through Wednesday in Meadows Gallery. The exhibit is entitled: “Spray and Jeff Gleaves: Fleeting Moments and Enduring Thoughts.”
“Spray’s paintings capture fleeting moments otherwise unnoticed by casual glances,” says Alfredo Vergel, associate librarian and curator of the exhibit. “Jeff’s sculptures give an enduring quality to his notion of aesthetic shapes and forms.”
Spray Gleaves is art director for Fort Worth, Texas magazine, where she designs editorial, web and multimedia content. She has accumulated more than 25 awards for graphic design. She is also currently a professor of drawing and advertising at Dallas Baptist University.
“As an artist, I want to make the viewer stop and think of how they have seen something a hundred times, but never noticed how interesting it was,” she says.
Her younger brother Jeff Gleaves is a sculptor. He never studied art, but while in school he discovered he’d always had a knack for it.
“Metal absorbs energy, glows red and becomes molten.” Jeff says, speaking about the process of making sculptures. “Anything is possible. A thought moves energy and manifests as ‘form’. That’s Creation, and that amazes me. That’s God’s gig! And with the power of a thought I can have a piece of that action! Possibly long after I’m gone, this thought, expressed on a piece of steel, will continue; maybe even for centuries.”
He has had many previous occupations including, exploration driller, television news videographer, corporate video technician, and presently as a blacksmith doing ornamental ironwork for Smith Design.
“This exhibit will hopefully become the first in a vibrant fine arts program at Southwestern,” says Vergel. “Beyond supporting the art curriculum, exhibits such as this one contribute to the quality of life in our community and provide a setting where Southwestern can connect with art lovers.”
Meadows Gallery hours are for this exhibit are 4-8 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday.
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