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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oct. 16, 2018

WNED ǀ WBFO Media Contact: Dallas Taylor
Content Associate
(716) 845.7000 x192 • dtaylor@wned.org

Horizons Gallery Hosts Plough & Allen Exhibition


WNED’s Horizons Gallery will feature painter Todd S. Plough and photographer Darlene Allen through Dec. 6. The two artists have decorated the gallery with their works that both come from different places within the artists.

“I was inspired by Claude Monet and how he used colors,” said Plough. Plough’s interest in nocturne paintings was also an inspiration in his work. Monet had a quote in which he said ‘I’ve always like nocturnes, but I couldn’t find the colors.’ So I said, I’ll show you!”

Allen’s photographs are inspired by her background in healing arts and her ability to find peacefulness.

“It’s a moment in meditation,” said Allen. “When I’m taking photographs, it’s ‘my time’. And it’s as if everything is standing still.”

Many of Plough’s paintings have been crowned with antique frames in which both Plough and Allen admit that the frames are as much as a story as the paintings themselves.

As the frames and art have their stories, this exhibition will be a chance for the viewer to create their own.

“When you look at art, it should be a private moment,” said Plough. “Just the viewer gets to be there. It’s just you and no one else.”

While the show will be a chance for the viewer to create their own experience, the art itself will have come from the artists’ experience.

“These are our memories,” said Allen. “We created these moments from the time that we’ve spent together. Now we are sharing them.”

The free exhibition at Horizons Gallery is open weekdays from 9 am to 4:30 pm. The public is also invited to an artists’ reception 5 to 7 pm, Friday, Nov. 2. Plough will be live painting and Allen will have a book signing during the event. The gallery is located in the WNED Studios at 140 Lower Terrace in downtown Buffalo; Tel.: (716) 845-7000. Free parking is available in the station’s parking lot off Charles Street.
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