The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum is honored to present a retrospective exhibition of paintings and ceramics by Eric Wiegardt and David Campiche. Form and Fluidity will open with a reception for the artists on Friday, July 27, 2018 from 5 to 7pm. The exhibition will be on view through October 6, 2018.
Eric Wiegardt and David Campiche were both raised on the Long Beach Peninsula. They each left to study art, with Campiche spending time in Paris, France via Lewis & Clark College and Wiegardt going east to the American Academy of Art in Chicago. Both returned home to pursue their work. They share an innate understanding of “place” in their art but use different medium to express it.
Eric Wiegardt is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society (Dolphin Fellow), National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America (Master Status) and others. He has been awarded the 2012 AWS Gold Medal of Honor, 2014 AWS Judge, among many other national and international awards. David Campiche is a ceramic artist whose work has been exhibited and collected widely throughout the Northwest.
“Life experience and one’s environment play an important role in how an artist creates their work,” said Museum Director, Betsy Millard. “This exhibition is a great opportunity for our community to see how the Long Beach Peninsula has helped to shape the work of two exceptionally talented people who chose different ways to express themselves while remaining true to their roots.”