PHCC's 'Water's Edge' exhibit features works by Melissa Miller Nece

By Barbara L. Fredricksen, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Friday, August 21, 2009

Melissa Miller Nece’s Three Couples, a colored-pencil drawing, is part of the “Water’s Edge” exhibit at Pasco-Hernando Community College Art Gallery.

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The art gallery at Pasco-Hernando Community College in New Port Richey winds up the summer with an exhibit of pencil drawings and plein air paintings featuring scenes from area beaches and other Florida landscapes.

Called "Water's Edge," the show contains works by Melissa Miller Nece, whose creations have been featured in national magazines and numerous books, including Vera Curnow's Creative Colored Pencil Portraits.

"My interest is in accurately portraying the details of a subject," Nece said in an artist's statement. "It is my hope that this produces an emotional response beyond the impressive but clinical accuracy of a technologically produced image."

A reception for the artist will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the gallery. Her exhibit continues through Sept. 19.

It is the first of seven exhibits planned at the PHCC art gallery through May 12.

Remaining shows

• Sept. 24-Oct. 17: Life in Puerto Rico, oil and acrylic scenes in Puerto Rico by the husband-and-wife team of Luis Rodriguez and Gloria Barreto-Rodriguez.

• Oct. 22-Nov. 2: Work by the controversial German social, cultural and political artist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) from the collection of David Kastner.

• Nov. 5-Dec. 15: Psychedelic Visions, the multicolored visions of David Kastner resemble out-of-focus photographs of brightly colored lights.

• Jan. 14-Feb. 17: Photographs by the Chasco Camera Club feature animals, scenery, people and still life in color, black and white and infrared.

• Feb. 25-March 31: In Stitches, embroidered needlework using silk and metal thread create blackwork, drawn thread, hardanger, needle lace, ethnic embroidery and crewel by members of the Gulfview Chapter of the Embroiderer's Guild of America.

• April 8-May 12: Retrospective Works by Ted Giavis (1920-2008), from New England coastlines to the Holy Trinity Greek Monastery of Meteora, one of the many monasteries built on high, isolated rock formations in the 15th and 16th centuries to keep the monks safe during turbulent times.

If you go

Pencils and plein air

What: “Water's Edge," an art exhibit.

Where: Pasco-Hernando Community College Art Gallery in the Alric Pottberg Library, 10230 Ridge Road, New Port Richey.

When: Through Sept. 19. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Call (727) 816-3229. Note: Reception for the artist is 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Tickets: Free.

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