Mixed media by Carol Staub and acrylic paintings by Cheri Cruden

NEWS RELEASE

Gallery 14 is happy to present an exhibit featuring Cheri Cruden and Carol Staub, two artists with long standing ties to the Gallery. Carol who is represented by Gallery 14 year round is being given a special expanded showing of her work. An international star in the field of mixed media, Carol has won an astonishing number of awards for her work, including most recently, the Holbein Award in the California Watercolor Association’s 47^th Annual National Exhibition and First Place in Acrylic, at Art by the Sea in Vero Beach. A former owner-artist at Gallery 14, Cheri’s acrylics and mixed media work include abstract as well as representational images done in a bold, large, distinctive style. Commissioned by Scoozi in the Arts District, her striking vegetable paintings create dramatic ambiance in the main dining room, where they adorn the walls.

The exhibit will run from March 1 through 31st, with a reception on Friday March 3, from 5-8pm as part of the First Friday Gallery Stroll. Also on view, will be work in watercolor, acrylic, oil, graphite, mixed media, collage, jewelry, photography, ceramics, glass and sculpture, by Gallery 14 artist-owners: Edgardo Abello, Lila Blakeslee, Barbara du Pont, Beth-Anne Fairchild, Mary Ann Hall, Barbara Landry, Virginia Knapp, Deborah Morrell Polackwich, Dorothy Napp Schindel and Shelley Weltman, as well as represented artists: Carol Staub, Viola Pace Knudsen, Francis Mesaros, Joan Earnhart, Diana Feuer, Terry Green, Walford Campbell, Michael Robinson and Mia Lindberg. Gallery 14, located at 1911 14th Ave. Vero Beach is open Tuesday through Friday 11am – 6pm, and Saturday 11am-5pm, or by appointment. For further information please call 772 562- 5525 or visit: www.gallery14verobeach.com.