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Inland Bays Garden Center gallery features local artists in July

July 5, 2021

Visitors to the Inland Bays Garden Center in Frankford can view coastal wildlife woven through the camera lens, glass and found objects by three creative artists who bring natural beauty to life in the gallery during the month of July.

Ken Arni began photographing wildlife during his retirement when he moved to Delaware. He said it became obvious that he needed to bring along a camera while kayaking, and now his favorite place to catch nature happening is out on the Inland Bays along the eastern shore of the Delmarva Peninsula. His wife's garden and the surrounding salt marsh near his own back yard on the Little Assawoman Bay also provide wildlife habitat with food from the native wax myrtle, eastern red cedar and loblolly pine trees. 

Peter Gibson grew up in Michigan and moved with his wife Kathy to Maryland in 1973 for a job with the National Ocean Service. That winter, he took an adult education class on crafting with stained glass. He was soon hooked, and began a long period of taking workshops, learning, trying new things, and making projects for family and friends.

In 2008, Gibson retired from the federal government, and as a retirement gift to himself, purchased a kiln to start working with fused glass. In 2017, he began teaching fused glass classes at the Art League of Ocean City.

Lisa Scarbath is a self-taught mosaic artist who creates wall art, decor, furniture and custom portraits.  Her art is diverse; she thrives on being able to choose what materials to work with based on the finished project she envisions.

Scarbath can move from cutting colorful stained glass for realistic pet portraits or vintage wooden window scenes to getting her hands dirty cutting slate for an abstract, more organic project. Upcycling broken plates, bowls or other ceramics presents challenges of color, shape and density when transforming them into alternative compositions.  

She uses found objects such as watch parts, jewelry, toy pieces, charms and other small bits to make mosaic bouquets or themed 3D creatures such as blue crabs, starfish, horseshoe crabs, turtles and hermit crabs. Scarbath’s art ranges from realistic to abstract, functional, meaningful, thought-provoking or just plain fun. Her goal is to provide viewers with something new to see each time they look at one of her finished pieces.  

For more information, call 302-539-1839 or visit inlandbaysgardencenter.com.

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