Holiday Small Jewels exhibition returns to Peninsula Gallery Nov. 29

Beginning with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 29, Peninsula Gallery will open its 11th Annual Small Jewels Show featuring 24 artists presenting smaller works of art in a variety of media including polymer, glass and metal jewelry, and holiday ornaments as well as paintings and blown glass, metal and wood sculptures.

The exhibition introduces six new artists to the holiday exhibition.

Ed Kidera, a sculptor who works with found metal objects, creates fantastic - as in fantasy-steampunk functioning objects.

Brenda Kidera, new to the small jewels show, has been an artist in the gallery for the past year. She will present small oil paintings of farm and wild animals.

Ramona Maziarz is a pen-and-ink artist who will present paintings set in nature’s underbrush featuring trees, leaves and grasses.

Jim Whalen, an award-winning North Carolina potter, will present a series of hand-thrown pots fired and polished with a marbled patterned surface.

Matt Smith is a printer who uses an intaglio process on copper plates together with hand-applied colored inks to produce lavish, color-rich images of sea animals and fish.

Finally, Carol Edwards Evans is an artist who uses colored pencils to produce realistic country landscapes.

Returning artists include Debbie Appleby, Al Barker, Jill Basham, Beth Clark, Denise Dumont, Louise Gatanas, John Held, Doris Ingram, Victor Letonoff, Michelle Marshall, Mary Pritchard Steve Rogers, John Schisler, Maria Serafina and Nick Serratore.

Returning artists also include Arden Bardol, a 2012 NICHE award-winning artist presenting jewelry in colorful polymers; fiber artist, Betsy Von Dreele, and Yan Dong Wang with ornaments in recycled metals.

The show has become a tradition for the gallery, and this year the exhibition will extend through the holiday season into the new year until the second week of January.

The Peninsula Gallery, 520 E. Savannah Road, is currently in its 18th year and presents fine art from more than 20 artists, monthly exhibits, and framing and restoration services. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday. Phone 302-645-0551.