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The beautiful Balentine Gallery is open during the summer months: 
Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sundays in July and August: 5 - 7 p.m. (closed 7/13/08)     
Evenings & Saturdays: by appointment



Acrylic Art by Sheldon Shalley
June 2 to July 18, 2008
Opening Reception: June 8, 3 - 4:30 p.m.  Artist talk at 3:30 p.m.
Healing Arts Worshop: Dreams of Art with Sheldon Shalley June 28, 1-5 p.m.
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"I began painting in 2002 in response to a dream. In the dream, I go to an oriental family’s house for a meal. After the meal, the man
who is a painter, suggests that we paint. He gets out paints, brushes, paper, canvas, etc. We start painting. I am painting on a very
large canvas. Either I have put globs of different colors of paint on the canvas or the globs of paint were already there. I begin by
taking a brush and just smearing the paint around. As I work I notice that a picture has emerged.  I look over and see what the other
man has painted. He has painted a stone tablet like one might see for the Ten Commandments. I think that he has painted Jesus
like coming out of the stone. I look closer and see that it is Moses. I am quite amazed at how it looks like Moses is coming right out
of the painting. I look at my picture and think that I need to bring out the figures in my painting." 

 It was like the process that I was using in the dream was instructing me on how I was to paint. So, following the dream, I begin by painting

several colors into a background. Then I stare into the background until I see something, and I develop whatever it is that I see. I might

stare into the canvas for several hours before suddenly I may see a nose, an eye, a part of an animal, a bird’s beak, etc. I then develop

that image and let the painting emerge. My painting has evolved to include images from dreams or images that I meet in meditation or on

a shamanic journey.

Sheldon lived in Bluffton from 1967 to 1988 and taught Spanish at Bluffton High School. Currently, he lives in Noblesville, with his wife, Betty.
He is a clinical social worker  for the Center for Mental Health in Elwood and has a private psychotherapy practice at Wellspring Counseling
in Indianapolis.

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Green
July 25 - August 28, 2008
Call for entry: June 19 - Deadline for proposals
Opening reception: July 25 from 7 to 8 p.m.
Some decades ago, a little gree frog sang to us, "It's not easy being green." Inspired by his lyrics and by renewed interest and energy
surrounding the color, the Balentine Gallery seeks proposals for entries in an exhibit titled, "Green". Interpretations of the concept are open:
the lush vegetation of summer or the new sprouts of spring, youthful inexperience, fresh salad fixin's, mythic figures, recycling, etc.
Sponsor: Alexin, LLC


ARTISTS: For more information and an proposal form, click image below.


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