Main Street Gallery's Spring show features Carla Huber

    
  
  

   

Main Street Gallery is delighted to be exhibiting a show of guest artist Carla Huber’s oil paintings and recent monoprints this spring in a show titled "2 Ways About It".  Carla, a well known and award winning plein air painter who lives and maintains a studio in Woolford, has created a series of hand pulled monoprints that were inspired by and correspond to several of her oil paintings. 

The gallery will pair the monoprints and the oil paintings, hanging them side by side so as to give the viewer a unique insight into how she interpreted her subject in two different ways using two different media.

Carla claims that her love of the outdoors and the Eastern Shore have strongly influenced her plein air artwork. This is readily apparent in the pieces in this show. “The outdoors is my studio” she says, and the flora and fauna along with sailboats, the seashore and other Eastern Shore scenes populate these works and have been her subjects for the last twenty years. During that time, Carla has participated in the popular Plein Air show in Easton and has shown her work in several Eastern Shore galleries. 
 

But Carla’s journey as an artist began well before she moved to the Eastern shore. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in New York City and studied at the NY School of Visual Arts. After finishing school she moved to the Washington DC area where she worked as a fashion illustrator for several department stores. 
 

Wildlife art later caught her attention and she set up her own business and studio and participated in national shows winning several MD Duck and Trout Stamp competitions and placing in the finals of the Federal Duck Stamp judging. Carla also completed commissions for organizations such as the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Wildlife Federation. In addition she turned her artistic skills to landscape designing and creating logos and promotions for new plant introductions.

"2 Ways About It!" will premiere at the gallery at 518 Poplar St. in Cambridge alongside its member's work on May 2 and will run through June 29.

There will be two artist receptions on Second Saturdays, May 10 and June14 from 5-8 pm. The artist will give a brief talk at both receptions at 6 pm. The receptions are free and all are invited. Light refreshments will be served.

Main Street Gallery is open Fridays through Sundays from 11-5 and online shopping is always available at mainstgallery.net. The gallery, located in Cambridge’s thriving arts and entertainment district, is the city’s only artist owned and operated cooperative and has been downtown for almost 14 years. It is currently reviewing work by prospective members and guest artists. Please contact the gallery through its website or by calling 410-330-4659 if you are interested in being part of this vibrant artist community.