Publishing/HeraldMail.11.27.05

At first glance, "Invitation" (2004) could be a painting of MD 77 between Cunningham Falls State Park and Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, MD. It's actually a road in Harford County, MD. Jasper said she doesn't give her paintings site-specific names because such places can be found in a viewer's own region and made more personal.

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THE HERALD-MAIL Gallery Sunday, November 27, 2005
Let there be light Text by Julie E. Greene. Photos by Richard T. Meagher and Ric Dugen
"Quench" (2005) is the view from the backyard of Jasper's friends Kathy and Bill Kurtz, who live in Lusby in Southern Maryland's Calvert County. The river in the distance is the Patuxent.
Jasper named this oil painting of a Myrtle Beach, S.C. golf course "Chance" just before it was delivered to Washington county Museum of Fine Arts. "I love to paint water." says Jasper who grew up around the Chesapeake Bay.	Caroline Jasper Forty-five years after she began taking art classes at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Caroline Jasper's work is hanging on the walls of the museum's Kerstein Gallery. "I just think it's so cool," said Jasper, who remembers looking at the museum's art displays as a child and thinking having her own artwork hang there would be unattainable. Jasper won Best of Show honors at the museum's 2002 annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition and was invite to return for a solo exhibition, which opened earlier this month. In addition to taking lessons from Clyde Roberts at the museum, Jasper credits South Hagerstown High School art teachers Lee Weaver and the late Norman Grahl. Their lessons helped her not only with her artwork, but also with her career as an art teacher, said Jasper, who graduated from South High in 1966. Jasper, who lives in Bel Air, MD, with her husband, Eric, said her main motivation in her subject matter is light. Her exhibit at the art museum in Hagerstown's City Park, "Light Luxe," is open through Friday, Dec. 30, and features 20 oil paintings of landscapes and water scenes. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
At first glance, "Invitation" (2004) could be a painting of MD 77 between Cunningham Falls State Park and Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, MD. It's actually a road in Harford County, MD. Jasper said she doesn't give her paintings site-specific names because such places can be found in a viewer's own region and made more personal.
One of Jasper's earliest works in the exhibit is "Aquavitae (1999) - of the Susquehanna River near Havre de Grace, MD. The painting is on loan from the collection of Paul and Joyce Murphy of Bel Air.	"The element of backlighting seems to attract me," said Caroline Jasper, who painted "Ice Light" in 2005. After reviewing several of her paintings, Jasper discovered backlighting was prevalent in her work. Perhaps it was a subconscious move, but she likes the strong contrast backlighting provides in the foreground as well as the hopefulness it represents as the viewer is drawn to the light.
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