Macon Arts Alliance presents “Colorful Distraction” exhibit for April

Come see Macon in a different light. “Colorful Distraction,” will draw you into a lively and exciting array of skillful artwork. The exhibit debuts at the Macon Arts Alliance on First Friday, April 1, with a reception from 5-8 p.m. Photography by Doug Nurnberger and glasswork by Kelly Robertson will be on display through April 30. Admission is always free and open to the public.

Macon-born artist Doug Nurnberger’s work comes directly from the heart and the reality of all that surrounds him. Emotion is an integral part of his creativity and inspiration. Since childhood Nurnberger has always had an inquisitive and sometimes intuitive mind; building entire new worlds and realities.

“I would say that have always had an artistic mind; I spent a lot of my childhood watching Stanley Kubrick films and engulfing myself in National Geographic Magazines from the very first issues till the mid 1980s.  I was always playing and had a big imagination,” states Nurnberger.

All of Nurnberger’s work has its roots in photography, however as technology has progressed and photography has changed, he identifies himself more and more as a digital artist.

“There are times when I will work on a piece and leave it more ‘real’, but occasionally I like to ask ‘what else could be?’ Attention to detail and a photographer’s eye, bring together iconic scenes of reality that cannot be viewed with a closed mind,” states Nurnberger.

“I use a digital camera with an array of lens that range from modern to older than me.  Once a scene(s) is captured I use the digital darkroom to create the various types of my work, from High Dynamic Range photography to Star/Cloud Stacking as well a Panoramas.  I love the idea of multiple universes stacked on top of one another, the idea that we live in some sort of virtual reality that is a possibility of many other realities that could be.

For the last fifteen years, Kelly Robertson of Lawrenceville, Georgia, has used glass as his primary artistic medium.

“I started my life as a glassblower while attending Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus and have studied both traditional and modern styles from institutions like Corning and Penland,” states Robertson.

Robertson is influenced by being a father to three beautiful children.

“The work I’m currently making is colorful and loose, to express both the method of glassblowing and the natural flow of the molten glass.” Over the course of his carrier, Robertson has exhibited his work across the southeast in museums, galleries, and universities. He also frequently tours with his mobile glass studio to demonstrate and teach glass making techniques to a wide variety of audiences and students.