A new art exhibit was ushered in just before Halloween at West Michigan Bank & Trust in Frankfort, MI. The art exhibit by married artists, David & Susana Green, will be on display from Thursday, October 27, 2011, until  Wednesday, February 22, 2012. 

The exhibit will showcase an eclectic combination of their works.  David Green was born in Seattle in 1950 and lived in Los Angeles before moving to Michigan in 2006.  He studied art at UCLA and taught landscape painting and welded sculpture at Otis Art Institute Extension.  His work has been in several group shows in LA & Michigan.  David draws in charcoal, paints in oil and acrylic, and uses various media in sculpture.

David states, “To speak about my art is to look backwards, and like a prospector for gold, I’m always thinking that the next time might be the ‘big strike’. As an artist two things interest me, the world and the materials I have to embody it. When the accident creates the form, that’s the magic I seek.  I’ll stop working on the day one of my works runs out of the studio to live with the ‘real’ things of the world.  Knowing that will never happen, but still pursuing it as a goal, would seem crazy in most any endeavor except art.  We artists have not forgotten what it is to play.”

Susana Hubbard Green was born in Ann Arbor and studied at Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Art Students League, New York, and UCLA Extension, California.  Her work has been in numerous group shows in four states, winning awards in Michigan and California.  She taught stained glass for the Los Angeles Parks & Recreation Department and ceramics at Arroyo Seco School.  She currently teaches drawing and pastel classes at the Oliver Art Center in Frankfort, MI.  Her handmade tiles are sold at the Oliver Art Center gift shop.

Susana states, “After a long journey through various media, I find pastels exciting because I’m inclined to work from dark to light, and the satisfaction is immediate.  The landscape here is beautiful and inspiring in all seasons. I work en plein air as often as possible, and take photos for reference when working in the studio. What I enjoy most about making art is when the intellect switches off and the image seems to paint itself.  It’s as if Nature is speaking through my eyes and hands, and it’s magical.”

West Michigan Bank & Trust invites you to view the Greens’ Art Exhibit during normal banking hours. The exhibit is free of charge and located at 501 Main Street, Frankfort, Michigan.  For more information, please call (231) 352-9655.