Richard Dison, Dan Petrov art exhibit

Dan Petrov works in the medium abandoned by fellow artist Richard Dison, but their oil and watercolor paintings are the perfect complement to each other on the walls at Crossings during the month of June. The exhibit will be on display June 1-30, and an artists reception is 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Sat., June 16. The reception is concurrent with Art in East Park, just down the street from Crossings. Art in East Park is in conjunction with Zumbrota’s annual Covered Bridge Festival. Dison, an 81-year-old retired Rochester businessman, began painting as a child while confined to his bed, but as an adult he was busy and became frustrated waiting for oil paintings to dry. When he tried watercolors, he discovered his preferred medium. He enjoys using a few brushstrokes and dabs of color to suggest forms, letting viewers ‘finish’ a painting. Conscious of the heritage of art passed down through the ages, Petrov works in oils, creating still lifes he says are each a reference to all the paintings in art history.