Alchemy Fine Art holds opening for Rebecca King, July 10

Alchemy Fine Art will hold an opening for Rebecca King, local artist out of Black Mountain.

A mother of 3 King started her venture into Classical Contemporary Art in her teens. Long long into her studies she sold her first works in a small show in Montreat, North Carolina. Where King’s father, Don King, is a professor Emeritus at (Montreat College). King’s mother, Jeanine, studied textiles at Virginia Tech, and is to this day producing one of a kind garments with both cloth and yarn. It was Jeanine’s love of French and American Impressionist paintings and encouragement of Rebecca’s earliest efforts that propelled King to pursue art as a life long calling.

On Thursday July 10, 2014 (5:30­8:30pm) King will hold an opening Titled” Transitory Sojourners. “ In my current works I am exploring the nexus between the spiritual and the material. I use elements of recognizable imagery to explore the transitory experience of being alive. Atmosphere, mood, and chromatic melodies are important elements in these works that help to bring definition to this idea while experiencing these works of art. The show includes a series figure drawings, portraits and landscapes.” ­ R.King
The show will continue through August 15, 2015.

Alchemy Fine Art has also announced that small percentages are to be donated to the Asheville Bumcombe Community Christian Ministry (ABCCM).Having worked with Crossnore School for the Children and completed a series of sketches which were then compiled into a book in which the proceeds were donated to the affiliated shelter in Charlotte, NC artist and owner of the Gallery, Ben Long, has always thought to give in any way he can to those in need. “If we have an artist showing who has another charity of organization that hits closer to heart than we will highlight them, the main focus is simple to be able to give back to the community. Art shouldn’t single out the wealthy. It should be enjoyed by the masses, and if we can help those in need than art can reach out to the community on another level.” explains Long.

Before her third child, Orin, was born Rebecca King was making meals for the Veterans Restoration Quarter, a branch of the ABCCM, with some of the members of her church. After Orin after born she and some of the other mothers in North Asheville started helping with the Steadfast House, a home for women and children which is also a branch of the ABCCM.