The Orphanage will be exhibiting the artwork of two lifelong Yuma residents during February.
This first art exhibit of 2022, titled Acrylics & Metal, will feature the abstract acrylics of Cheryl Mekelburg and the metal art of Gaylord Mekelburg. The gallery, at 300 S. Main St., will be filled with over 50 of Cheryl’s canvasses and 15 of Gaylord’s metal pieces.
Cheryl was encouraged to join the Yuma Art Association, around 1994, by some of its original members, Margi Chance, Leta Smith, Audrey Lechuga and Lu Lillich. At that point, and for years after, Cheryl painted naturalistic watercolor pieces. She mostly painted flowers and figures and at one point was inspired by the distinctive figural paintings of Italian sculptor and painter Amedeo Modigliani. About three years ago she started experimenting with abstract acrylics and has never looked back. Cheryl and Gaylord recently created an art studio in the basement of their country home where she now paints “to my heart’s content.”
About ten years ago, Gaylord Mekelburg bought a plasma cutter to try his hand at metal art. He has experimented with cutting patterns and designs into everything from discs to 4’x8′ sheets of black steel. He sketches out designs in his workspace in the basement of their home, then cuts them into the steel or discs in the shop building on their property.
“Acrylics & Metal” runs from Febr 4 through March 6 at the Orphanage, 300 S. Main Street, Yuma. Hours for the exhibition are Tuesday through Saturday, from 10am-4pm, Sunday, from 1pm-4pm, closed Mondays. The opening of” Acrylics & Metal” will be on Friday, February 4, from 5-8 pm. Light refreshments will be served.
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