Studio 3600 Series features 'old friends'
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: News
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One person looking at a particular photo framed on the wall, while another group discussed an arrangement of bowls on display was the scene at the opening reception for the Studio 3600 Series.
The reception, art and sandwiches at high noon, was held at the McCormick Gallery Jan. 21 to showcase the works of longtime Midland College students J. Mark Cox, a photographer, and John McBurney, a 3D artist.
Both McBurney, a pilot, and Cox, a dentist, have been taking art classes at MC for several years while managing to fit them into their careers.
"I enjoy art because it's a continuous, lifelong learning experience," McBurney said. "Every day is a new day for artistic possibilities." He said he uses his job, people in his life and daily events as inspirations.
McBurney said his favorite piece in the show was the ceramic bowl arrangement he called "Celtic Warrior Vessel" because of his Celtic background and his daughters working on a genealogy project for school.
With his interest in genealogy and archeology, he said he wanted his bowls to be reminiscent of the feuding days of Scotland and Ireland.
"I wanted the bowls to look as if they were ancient artifacts being dug up," McBurney said.
Cox said his favorite photograph in the show is "Ft. Union Door." The picture was taken on the Santa Fe Trail.
Cox and McBurney both agreed that one of the best things about art is that no two pieces are ever alike. Cox said that he can take several pictures of the same scene and something will always be different.
"Sometimes it's just the lighting that's different or the photo can be manipulated in the processing," Cox said.
Cox said he also likes "happy accidents." These are what he calls good accidents that aren't planned. For example, when he looks at a negative and notices something on the wall that he didn't notice before. He can zoom in on that and make that the focus of the picture.
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