HUMAN NATURE
Features Painted Landscapes and Naturalistic Photography:

New Works by Tama Distler and Andrea Arcuri

3 Ring Circus Productions is proud to present HUMAN NATURE:  New Works by Andrea Arcuri and Tama Distler, on view at The Big Top Art Gallery and Event Space from December 4, 2004 through January 1, 2005.  The December art exhibition features paintings by Tama Distler and photography by Andrea Arcuri.  The exhibition opens on Saturday, December 4 with an Opening Reception from 6:00 until 9:00 pm.  Live music will begin at 8:00 pm.  The reception is free and open to the public.

Tama Distler began her formal art education at Tulane University in New Orleans and continued her studies at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting as well as a degree in Art Education.  She currently teaches art studio at the Isidore Newman School.  Ms. Distler currently shows her paintings in Chicago and New Orleans and finds her careers as art educator and artist to be mutually beneficial.  Her paintings explore the delicate relationship of color and form and the power of color to create form.  Her recent works explore the body as landscape with muted hues taken from nature, brilliant in their subtle and skilled combinations with anthropomorphic imagery.

Andrea Arcuri grew up in LaPlace, Louisiana and has lived in New Orleans since 1991.  Her career as a hair stylist encourages her creativity in a 3-dimensional format, whereas photography enhances her artistic eye.  Ms. Arcuri’s images display natural beauty in the form of idyllic landscapes, and also deal with the human impulse.  Black and white as well as color photographs are currently on view.

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