Mother-daughter art exhibit opens Aug. 28 at WSC

WAYNE — Mother-daughter artists Judy and Amy Haney present “Textures” beginning Wednesday, Aug. 28, in the Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, located in U.S. Conn Library at Wayne State College. The exhibit opens at 4:30 p.m., with an artists’ talk preceding the opening at 3:45 p.m. in Connell Hall, room 131.

Both events are free and open to the public. The exhibit runs through Sept. 26. The Omaha natives share a studio in the Hot Shops Art Center where they work in tandem and lend one another a helping hand. Judy’s focus is abstract paintings with oil and cold wax, accented by photography and poetry. Amy is a printmaker at heart yet finds watercolor equally stimulating.

After early retirement from her first career in nursing, Judy studied art and literature. She obtained a general studies degree from Creighton University. She also acquired skills in photography, sculpture, and oil and cold wax painting. Drawn to nature, Judy’s photographic eye is drawn to people or a specific aspect of landscape. Her paintings follow a perfectly imperfect journey of coordinating colors and patterns into a layered abstract of random sequences.

Amy delights in printmaking’s technical processes, complex planning, and meditative repetitiveness. Birds often dominate her works due to their undeniable spirituality and adaptability. Using wood, stone, and metal, Amy creates bold, powerful figures or delicate, vulnerable images. Her artwork has been featured throughout the U.S.. Amy holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in Printmaking from Ringling College, a master of fine arts degree in Printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute, and a master of arts degree in Art History from Prescott College.

The gallery is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 3 to 7 p.m. It is closed Saturday. Shows end at noon on closing day. For more information, visit www.wsc.edu/art-gallery or contact Dr. Andy Haslit, director of the Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, at anhasli1@wsc.edu.