  Abraxas, will unveil his newest print, Noontide, during the Renaissance in Rehoboth Art Festival. The print release party will be from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Saturday, April 8, at the Boardwalk Plaza Hotel, 2 Olive Ave., Rehoboth Beach. Refreshments and a cash bar will be available. Art lovers and collectors can purchase the print, a Greek harbor scene of Navplion, Greece, throughout the evening: The cost is $200. Abraxas released his first print, First Light, in 1997, and it sold out within the year. A limited quantity of his additional works of art, Look Out, a depiction of the twin towers at North Rehoboth, erected as watch towers to protect the Delaware Bay, Delaware and New Jersey coasts from World War II attacks will be available. Also available will be Winter at the Beach, a stunning view of Delaware's Cape Henlopen Point after a passing snow storm. Abraxas was born in 1975 in Lewes. He graduated from Cape Henlopen High School in 1993. He then completed the New Renaissance Academy of Freeland on Whidbey island and tutored under Master Libby Berry in the tools and techniques of Leonardo Da Vinci and Rembrandt. He uses the same pigments, linen and methods that these masters used in their best work. Abraxas is honored to now instruct with Berry, founder of the New Renaissance Academy, twice a year.  Abraxas unveils latest print, "Noontide" Native Cape Region artist Abraxas unveiled his latest collectible print, "Noontide," to the public during a print release party held Saturday evening, April 8, at the Boardwalk Plaza Hotel. "Noontide," a scene in the Greek fishing village of Navplion, was commissioned by a prominent art collector who had been to Greece when Abraxas was in the State of Washington last summer. His first print, "First Light," a scene of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, sold out within the first year in 1977, while two other prints, "Lookout," showing the WWII towers, and "Winter at the Beach," a snow covered beach at sunrise, are available, although the former is almost sold out. "Noontide" is available unframed for $200, while framed versions are $400 and up, by calling Abraxas at 645-9119. Above, Judy and Chum Hitchens of Milford, are aided by Boardwalk Plaza bellman Matt Cornelius, right, as they leave the reception with the "Noontide" print they purchased. Abraxas, shown below with one of the "Noontide" prints, is now busy with private commissions and researching his next public piece. |