Former attorney Arline Mann has made a name for herself in the watercolor scene. Ms. Mann announced an upcoming exhibition which runs through the month of February, with an opening reception held Friday from 6-8 p.m. The show is being mounted by the River Gallery located in the Bluff View Arts District. The show will also feature the work of artists Shawn Krueger and Linda Crossan.
Review for Arline Mann
Ms. Mann has quickly made a name for herself despite having no formal background in watercolor. Her watercolor paintings have earned her spots in 35 notable competitive exhibitions including American Artists Professional. League, Customs House Museum, Marietta Cobb Museum, and the solo show at the Association for Visual Arts.
Ms. Mann’s watercolor paintings contemplate light and shadow in personal spaces and on cherished objects. Building on the traditions of Nineteenth-Century Scandinavian painters such as Christen Kobke, Constantin Hansen and Anders Zorn, her work seeks clarity and calm, and assumes a benevolent world. In Ms. Mann's watercolors, exterior light stresses the comfort and shelter of the interior elements -- a distinctive room, familiar objects such as glass, books, soap -- always with a sense of human occupation.