Geometry

Susan Raines
Hans Gerhard

Curated by Jane Livingston

Wednesday, March 26th through Saturday, April 19th, 2025

This is a show about Geometry - Angles, Circles, Curves, Lines, Ovals, Rectangles, Spirals, Squares, and Triangles. All of these shapes are found in our natural world and in the world we have built.

Hans Gerhard, a sculptor and painter, and Susan Raines, a photographer, have combined their work with the theme of geometry in mind.

Susan Raines

Susan Raines worked as a free lance photographer doing magazine and newspaper work in Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and London. She also taught photography in the Journalism Department at the University of Maryland and worked at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Art Services International, two commercial art galleries and at the National Endowment for the Arts. Susan is a member of the Middle Street Gallery in Washington, Virginia and the Studio Gallery in Washington, DC and has exhibitions of her work in both places.

Susan Raines’ Website

Hans Gerhard

Hans was born and educated in Germany where his early interest in the arts was nurtured in a large family. A visiting appointment in the United States extended to permanent residence and US citizenship. He taught economics at Duke and other universities, and later joined the staff of the International Monetary Fund in Washington,DC.

He studied at the Corcoran School of Art, but drew most inspiration from artist friends, and learned from visits to their studios, to museums and galleries. Franz Bader, the venerable Washington art dealer, encouraged Hans Gerhard’s pursuit of painting and included his work in exhibitions at the Bader Gallery. This opened access to other galleries and so his work found its way into private and public art collections in the United States and Europe.

Since 1985 Hans has been able to devote most of his time to Hughes River Farm. The foothills of Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains, with Rappahannock County as home to a thriving arts and crafts community, made a stimulating setting for developing his painting and exploring other forms of artistic endeavors. Welding found objects and scrap metal has been his most recent fascination.

Hans sees his work as evolving out of the traditions of German modernist art as well as American Pop Art and the Washington Color School.

Hans’ Website