A modern day constructivist, local artist Mel Tudisco forges her vision of the natural world in her upcoming exhibit entitled Earth, Water, Sky.  Heavily influenced by the manipulation of clay within ceramics, Tudisco applies the same building techniques to copper surfaces by hammering, engraving, puncturing, bending and in all ways contorting the metal to suit her dimensional art pieces.  Acrylic paints add to the complexity of the works to soften and enhance the heavy, metal built surfaces.  These paintings often depict a loose interpretation of a landscape where highly organic forms merge to reveal the many layers of the Earth’s surface over time.