Learn something new at our special artist talks by scratchboard artist Richard Sele + painter Tina Mostov in our main gallery during our HAPPY! Art That Makes You Smile exhibit.
Richard and Tina are two of the 40+ guest artists with artwork on display in the gallery this month. They are excited to tell you about how they use various materials and processes to create and present such amazing work.
Free entry to see the show, meet the guest artists, meet our resident artists, and see inside their working art studios.
Big white building near the back of the 3 Daughters Brewing parking lot.
ABOUT RICHARD
I’m a retired Army veteran. I enlisted in the Army as a Private First Class in 1983 and retired as a Brigadier General in 2018 after serving in several conflict zones and two wars. I’m a self-taught artist and work in scratchboard. I’ve been drawing as long as I can remember. I first learned the Scratchboard technique in a high school art class. At the time I was a charcoal portrait artist but picked up scratchboard very quickly. After high school I continued my artwork for a few years but stopped when I joined the Army. I picked it up again in 2010 while serving in a very stressful assignment and needed something to relieve stress. My artwork at that time focused on humanitarian subjects influenced by my Army experiences. The nature of my work in the Army placed me in close contact with civilians and foreign government officials. They shared their experiences living through war, genocide, and
starvation. I felt the impacts of conflict on a very personal level through them. This had a profound influence on my artwork.
Scratchboard has become a self-healing and meditative tool for me. I’ve battled severe depression for years and seem to get lost in the artwork while working on a piece. My work includes people such as Mother Teresa, Diana Spencer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Einstein, Marie Curie, and Presidents Lincoln, FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Reagan. I’ve worked on a variety of pop culture and literature icons. I gifted the portrait I did on the
late Randy Rhoads, founding member of the metal band Quiet Riot and later the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, to Randy’s sister. She displays it in the family’s Musonia Music School. I recently added wildlife to my portfolio and focus on animals at risk to extinction as a means to raise awareness.
ABOUT TINA
Tina Mostov was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania. She moved to Florida in the Spring of 2018. At first, art was a hobby when in December of 2014 she begin taking art lessons . After a personal tragedy in 2015 painting became a passion and helped her work through a very difficult time. Painting has brought a lot of enjoyment to Tina and she is very thankful for this gift! Tina paints primarily in acrylics and oils. She loves colorful vibrant images to paint and aspires to take you to a special place or time and bring a smile to your face!
Through the years, Tina has taken numerous classes and workshops to further her art education. Experimenting with different genres and styles to find her own style. She has had solo exhibitions in the Sally Danyo gallery at the Art Association of York. Special selections of her work have been displayed at The Annex Gallery in Lancaster, PA, The Hive, Creative York West, The York Blue Moon, and Ironic. In 2017 “Cabin Run” was featured in the annual
Printostat calendar. While living in In Florida Tina is part of the Riverview artist group and has belonged to the Brandon Fine league of arts. She has participated in their shows and festivals. She has previously participated in shows at the Carrollwood Cultural Center , WADA, and has had special selections of her artwork at the DeStihl gallery in Ruskin, Florida