New Artists Nash Bellows, Kevin McClay, Mark Pearson, and Angela Szelag feature a series of works in “New Elements” from Tuesday, March 3 to March 29, 2020 at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, 405 S. 11th St. in Omaha’s Old Market. March featured Artists will host a First Friday opening reception 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., March 6, 2020.

Artist Nash Bellows works with salvaged thrift-store paintings and photos gleaned from the internet, her art is less about medium and more about blending subject and style. As a measure of imaginative control, it is more a response to and a re-imagining of pre-existing environments.

Omaha-based artist Kevin McClay creates wall décor with wood, metal, stone and other materials.  His work explores the texture and topography of the natural world and our built-environment.  The juxtaposition of sterile and weathered themes references the tension existing between organic and manufactured influences.

Photographer, Mark Pearson, grew up in small town Iowa, with deep family roots in the rural countryside. His art is presented “as seen by Mark”. He spends countless hours out looking for THE picture. “I hope my art offers a moment of peaceful reflection, fond memories, and serves as a reminder to live, remember, and explore.”

Angela Szelag is an Omaha-based silversmith artist currently working out of the Hot Shops Art Center. Her handmade, heirloom quality, sterling silver jewelry is inspired by and designed around the natural beauty of turquoise and other semiprecious stones created by nature.