Members Gallery on Jan 27th will include Prints by Steve Gawarecki & Digital Projection by Bill Von Holle. Join us for their presentations immediately followed by January's Forum presentation. The following are the biographies of the members presenting on Jan 27th:

                                                                                PHOTOGRAPHER

 

Stephen J. Gawarecki retired from the U.S. Geological Survey as a geologist and remote sensing specialist.  A camera always accompanied him on his travels throughout the world, so photography became a natural direction for Steve's artistic talents.  Since becoming a serious photographer in 1975 he has specialized in evocative, moody landscapes; architectural abstracts; and still lifes.  He works mainly in color, employ subtle contrasts of light and shadow which range from the monochromatic to full-bodied color.

 

Steve has participated in the U.S. Geological Survey National Exhibitions in every year from l975 through the present, and in exhibitions at the McLean Art Club, the Springfield Art Guild, and the Vienna Art Society.  He has also shown  in the annual Ellipse Gallery Regional Photography Show, the Shenandoah and Old Dominion Circuit Salons and received many equal awards from the Art League.   Recent awards include Best in Show at the City of Vienna Annual Photographic Show ; Best Advanced Color Print in the Northern Virginia Photographic Society, end of year finals 2004; in 2005 in USGS National a First and third and 2 HM's. In 2006: First Award at the Vienna Art Society First Annual Photography Show; an Equal Award, Art League, Second Award at the Springfield Art Guild's Green Spring Gardens Fall Exhibition; and Best in Show at the USGS National and with two Firsts and 2 HM's in Dec. 2006.

 

Steve has had two one-man shows at the Colorfax Galleries in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., has shown at Cudahy's Gallery in Richmond, and had a two-person show in 1983 at the USGS with his wife, Carolyn Grossé Gawarecki, a noted Virginia watercolor artist and instructor.  He was one of three artists to show at the Byrne Gallery in Middleburg in November 2004.  He has had two successful shows at Fairfax Hospital.   He has shown together with his wife at Green Spring Garden Park in the horticultural Center, March-April 2007

 

He has lectured for art and photographic organizations on artistic, scientific, and technical aspects of photography.  Steve has photographed art works for the annual calendar of the Korean Artists Association of Washington, D.C. and Goodwin House.  He was also commissioned to do the catalog photography for the Virginia Watercolor Society Annual Exhibitions and the Sumi-E Society of America.

 

Steve is a member of the Art League, Vienna Arts Society, Springfield Art Guild,  USGS Camera Club, and the Northern Virginia Photographic Society.

 

Bill has been a member of NVPS for the last eight years. He has a Ph.D. and worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory before coming to D. C. to work for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Only since joining NVPS has he begun to develop his photography as an art form, although he has made photographic records of family activities for many years. He is now all digital with a Pentax DSLR and a Panasonic point-and-shoot and loves to learn about photographic techniques and improve his skills. Although he enjoys travel and other forms of photography, nature is his first love. Bill has had prints juried into the last two Meadowlark shows and recently made the top five in the NVPS portfolio project.

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