BLACK ROCK ARTS CENTER, GAITHERSBURG, MD
The OUTLOUD Painters
Living Outloud—in the Abstract!
Abstract painting; mixed media
May 7–June 6
Artist reception: May 10 (5:30–7:30 p.m.)
"With a quote by Emile Zola as their credo——the OUTLOUD painters firmly establish their collective
vision, represented through abstract works that are best described as bold, explosive, breathtaking,
monumental. In short, out loud."

YELLOW BARN STUDIO
Glen Echo, Md.
January 26 & 27..............Ed Palash 
Reception: Sunday, January 27, 2–5 PM

The OUTLOUD painters will hold a tribute to the life and work of Ed Palash at Glen Echo Park’s Yellow Barn Gallery on Saturday and Sunday, January 26-27.

An imaginative, intuitive artist who stretches his own huge canvases, Palash has never found a platform too large for his exquisite experimentations.  He is a member of the OUTLOUD painters.  Since 1992, his paintings have appeared in exhibitions at the Glen Echo Tower Gallery, and the Yellow Barn Gallery in Maryland and at the Washington Arts Club, Touchstone Gallery, and Picasso Gallery in Washington, DC.   

A native of Toledo, Ohio, he is a veteran of WWII.  In his career with the Agency for International Development (AID, he lived and worked in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and much of Latin America.  An admirer of fine paintings and amateur artist through much of his life, he began to paint seriously about 14 years ago with abstract artist Helen Corning at the Yellow Barn Studio.  He especially enjoys the experimental freedom and challenge of discovering and exploring a range of non-objective painting ideas…ideas that may then be further developed within his own special harmonies of composition, form and color.  It is in these ways that he invites viewers to bring into play their own imaginative thoughts.
ARTIST STATEMENT
In the wake of a lifetime interest in viewing paintings in museums, galleries and in the art-related destinations I found myself in the Navy, especially in Tailand, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and much of Latin America, and following courses in sketching and painting, I decided one day to pick up brushes and acrylic paint myself and  began to tackle large canvasses of my own.   I especially enjoys the experimental freedom and challenge of discovering and exploring a range of non-objective painting ideas…ideas which may then be further developed within my own special harmonies of composition, form, and color.  It is in these ways that I invite the viewer to bring into play his or her own imaginative ideas the painting inspires. 

NOTES ABOUT ED
        
When I started teaching at Glen Echo in 1992, Ed Palash and his wife, Marjorie, were two of my first students.  After a year or two, Marjorie left class for other adventures, and Ed stayed on. 

Fifteen years later…we are privileged to show Ed Palash’s paintings in the Yellow Barn Gallery. 

Ed worked quietly in his own space.  The class and I became aware of the development of an exceptionally fine artist.  He experimented with different mediums and tools, sometimes forgoing brushes for a house painters’ scraper!

He worked BIG AND BOLD…he even took old khaki trousers, cut them up, pasted them on a huge canvas and fashioned a humorous and exciting piece of art!  Composition, color, and texture all there…

Ed and Marjorie are museum goers and it shows.  He obviously took the best of what makes good abstract painting and uses this to his advantage.

His work has a very personal story to tell.  His vision is all his own.
Thanks Ed for your time with us.

And all the best from the OUTLOUD painters,
                          
                                    Helen