exhibitions
Exhibition at National Institutes of Health
Exhibition at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, July – September 2017
Bella Italia at Via Umbria
Published in the Washington Post, written by Mark Jenkins
It’s closer than Tuscany, but the gallery at Via Umbria is a bit of a hike. Up the stairs and beyond the test kitchen, the cookery store is hosting “Bella Italia,” featuring four members of the Washington Printmakers Gallery. The emphasis is on landscape, but Rosemary Cooley ventures into history, artistic and otherwise.
Nina Muys’s delicate prints depict small Italian towns; the palette is primarily in shades of clay and brick, sometimes set off by green woods or blue lagoons. Deron DeCesare’s prints and drawing are also cityscapes — vertical and with a strong sense of enclosure. Jane Mann’s digitally manipulated photos go for the opposite sensation, portraying fields that might roll forever under misty skies.
Cooley’s pieces are the most diverse, and include such Renaissance touches as gold leaf. The technique is classical, and so are such pictorial elements as ornate columns and arches. Yet the artist reveals a modern sensibility in the way she combines styles and subjects in a single picture. If the individual elements are precise, the overall effect is impressionistic.
Exhibit of Fine Art Printmaking
Maryland Printmakers and local Talbot County artists exhibited fine art, such as etchings, linocuts, lithographs, woodcuts, collagraphs, silk screens, and monoprints. Maryland Printmakers was formed as a non-profit organization to introduce printmaking techniques to the public and showcase area artists who produce fine-art prints.
Personal Geographies

Please join us for a reception Saturday, June 4, 2 -4 pm for “Personal Geographies”, Rosemary Cooley and Cynthia Back .
World View

Celtic Twilight, Blue Nirvana, Of Cloudless Climes and Starry Skies
You are invited to attend the opening reception of
“World View”
Original Prints and Paintings by
Rosemary Cooley
at the Academy Art Museum
106 South Street, Easton Maryland 21601
Friday, April 24, 2015
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Exhibition open from April 11 – July 19, 2015
Please come to the opening reception or during regular gallery hours.