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Contemporary Botanicals
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2018/09 - September | Photograph By: Autumn Lucas
The Carolina Gallery of Fine Art is guaranteed to grow on you with September’s new exhibition,
Contemporary Botanicals.
Plateau visitors and residents delight in the region’s beauty. Most people photograph the scenery, but gifted artists go one step further and represent their visual interpretations of mountainscapes, landscapes, gardens, and floral still lifes on canvas, paper, and a variety of surfaces. Artists gifted enough to be juried into the Gallery’s current show offer everything from photo-realism to fantasy flowers to sinewy vines to misty vistas of mountain fields and flowers that will delight viewers’ senses and draw them into imaginary gardens of delight.
Among featured artists are Donna Johnson with her beautiful, sophisticated encaustics. Jacquelyn Leebrick will take you on a stunning digital photographic tour of iconic floral colors, shapes, forms, and textures. Mary Lou Carpenter delights viewers with her colorful, playful bird of paradise palette.
Originally botanical drawing/painting was intended to provide a scientific, detailed, and accurate illustration of plant species. Contemporary Botanicals encourages artists to take flight and push the boundaries of their imaginations…sow creative seeds and see what will germinate and blossom.
The opening reception is Saturday, September 15, 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. The show will run through October 21.
The Carolina Gallery of Fine Art, known for its exquisite lighting and open space, is available for events. Any meeting, gathering, or engagement staged at the Gallery will be enhanced by the ambiance of its fine art setting, walls filled with high-quality paintings, photography, and more.
Workshops are held in the spacious studio classroom. Last month, internationally-known portrait artist Mark Chatov presented a well-attended three-day workshop. On September 14 and 15 renowned landscape painter Jon Houglum will be conducting a long-awaited Landscape Workshop in the Dutch Master style.
The Gallery is located at the corner of North Fourth Street and Carolina Way, upper level, entrance off Carolina Way. For more information call (828) 526-3705.
