Tuesday, August 22, 2017
YOUNGSTOWN
Doug McLarty jokes that his wife won’t go on walks with him anymore.
That’s because the Xenia-based artist is always stopping to pick up objects he finds along the way. Those objects – leaves, flowers, berries – might then become his next work of art.
“It’s very much a discovery process, and I never know what I’m going to come up with,” said McLarty. “It’s pretty much a mystery until suddenly I see it in front of me.”
McLarty, whose work now is on display at the Weller Gallery in the D.D. and Velma Davis Education & Visitor Center at Fellows Riverside Gardens, creates images using a high-resolution digital-scanning process called scanography.
Against black backgrounds, the objects found in nature stand out in striking, visceral detail. They’re a little whimsical, too.
For example, there’s his “Supremes” piece. Green peppers are depicted “on stage” as if they were the Diana Ross-led female singing group.
McLarty said he hopes his art encourages viewers to look at nature a little bit differently.
Read more about his exhibit in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.