{"id":55467,"date":"2017-12-07T17:36:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T22:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=55467"},"modified":"2017-12-07T17:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T22:50:48","slug":"fervent-ground-paintings-tina-cantelmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=55467","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Fervent Ground&#8221; &#8211; Paintings by Tina Cantelmi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Meet the Artist Reception<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Saturday December 9, 1 to 4 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Musselman Jewelers 420 Main Street Bethlehem, PA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3201540871356759027gmail-MsoNormal\"><b>BETHLEHEM, PA (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) <\/b>&#8212; A series of large color saturated paintings by artist Tina Cantelmi will be on exhibit <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2115725928\"><span class=\"aQJ\">December 8<\/span><\/span>, through <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2115725929\"><span class=\"aQJ\">March 9<\/span><\/span>, at Musselman Fine Jewelers, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=420+Main+Street+Bethlehem,+PA&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g\">420 Main Street Bethlehem, PA<\/a>.\u00a0 A meet the artist reception is slated for Saturday, December 9 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3201540871356759027gmail-MsoNormal\">The exhibit of nine canvases meld a fervent, optimistic color palette. A native of Bethlehem, Cantelmi earned a BFA from the NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.\u00a0 Her work is in private and corporate collections from Boston to Miami, the Lehigh Valley, Seattle and Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_6a14a7a814d45\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Guardian-Spirit-by-Tina-Cantelmi-.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"200\" width=\"182\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Guardian-Spirit-by-Tina-Cantelmi-.jpg?resize=182%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Guardian Spirit by Tina Cantelmi\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Guardian Spirit by Tina Cantelmi<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tempest-painting-by-Tina-Cantelmi.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"200\" width=\"182\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tempest-painting-by-Tina-Cantelmi.jpg?resize=182%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tempest, painting by Tina Cantelmi\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Tempest, painting by Tina Cantelmi<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/tropic-window-.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"200\" width=\"182\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/tropic-window-.jpg?resize=182%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"tropic window\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">tropic window<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Red_Sky.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"200\" width=\"182\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Red_Sky.jpg?resize=182%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Red_Sky\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Red_Sky<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n(click to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3201540871356759027gmail-MsoNormal\">&#8220;I prefer to paint large abstract landscapes that allow the viewer&#8217;s imagination to travel to a place or time. My choice of a cheery, color charged palette and spirited nuances is meant to uplift the viewer,&#8221; says Cantelmi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55469\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/70q.ab7.mytemp.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Red_Sky.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55469 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/70q.ab7.mytemp.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Red_Sky-1024x290.jpg?resize=474%2C134\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Red_Sky.jpg?resize=1024%2C290&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Red_Sky.jpg?resize=300%2C85&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Red_Sky.jpg?resize=768%2C218&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Red_Sky.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Red_Sky.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Sky, by Tina Cantelmi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"m_-3201540871356759027gmail-MsoNormal\">A former fashion editor and feature writer, the artist says the aesthetics of fashion continue to inspire her creative process today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3201540871356759027gmail-MsoNormal\">For more information about the artist, follow Tina Cantelmi, Fine Art on Facebook, or email Tina@TinaBradfordpr.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TinaCantelmiPainter\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TinaCantelmiPainter\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Meet the Artist Reception Saturday December 9, 1 to 4 p.m. Musselman Jewelers 420 Main Street Bethlehem, PA BETHLEHEM, PA (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) &#8212; A series of large color saturated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=55467\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Fervent Ground&#8221; &#8211; Paintings by Tina Cantelmi<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14,69,1876,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events","category-in-the-valley","category-local-artists","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tina-Cantelmi.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}