TC Arts exhibit “In the Belly of the Clouds” opens Nov. 27

Press release:

The Transylvania Community Arts Council has announced its next exhibit “In the Belly of the Clouds” which will be on display at the TC Arts Council Gallery from November 20 thru December 18. This exhibit will feature the photography of R. K. Young (Becky Young), the paintings of Julie Bowland and the woodturning of Peter B. Mockridge. The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Friday, November 27 and again on December 18 as part of the Brevard Gallery Walks from 5 – 8 pm.

Brevard’s R. K. Young said of her photography, “Some things are too beautiful to be ignored. To me, creating a photograph is a way of acknowledging or respecting what I have seen. Some people would call this a mindful practice—for me, it stems from some social isolation as a child which gave me the opportunity to spend hours in the treehouse my dad built. I would sit there, sometimes with a sketch pad, and watch the birds. The work in this exhibit at TC Arts has not deviated far from work I have done previously—trying to honor a particular time, place or event. What has evolved is my desire to create more interrelated images—images that don’t purge all humanity from the context.”

Julie Bowland works at Valdosta State University as the Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery Director. Her paintings have been selected for solo exhibitions throughout FL, GA, and MI. She has been a featured artist in more than 45 invitational exhibits in NC, FL, GA and MI. Her paintings can be found in public and corporate collections including Buchanan Museum of Fine Art, Buchanan, Michigan; Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, Florida; Valdosta State University Permanent Collection; City of Tallahassee Permanent Art Collection; Florida State College at Jacksonville Permanent Collection; First South Bank, Tallahassee, Florida; Barnett Bank, Jacksonville, Florida; Medical Office of Dr. Antoinette Patterson, Valdosta; Numerous private collections, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Utah, Arizona, and California.

Peter B. Mockridge of Brevard, will have his woodturning on display for this exhibit. Mockridge said, “My late father-in-law, Jack S. Dendy, introduced me to the nuances of wood some 50 years ago. He taught me to treasure the various American primary furniture woods, particularly walnut. Figure and color, density and hardness, attributes of wood about which I hadn’t a clue. In his view, wood needed no embellishment. John Rymer, of Highlands, NC, provided me with my first hands-on experience with a lathe, some dozen years ago. John also enjoyed wood in its natural state, eschewing dies, stains and inlays of non-cellulosic materials, preferring instead coatings that enhanced the wood’s intrinsic characteristics: quilting, burl, crotch grain, and chatoyance. From these mentors I learned that wood needed nothing more than a simple coat of varnish (or five!) to bring out the attributes that I especially appreciate. Hence, the name I have chosen for my small business: R & B (Round and Brown) Woodturning. Most of the objects I create are considered to be faceplate turnings: that is, the rim or the bottom of the bowl or vessel is parallel to the pith line of the tree. Often during the course of turning I will reveal unexpected color, figure or voids that add character to the piece, and will alter the form to insure that these features are not lost as shavings!”

The Transylvania Community Arts Council Gallery is located at 349 S. Caldwell Street in Brevard, NC. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm. For more information on this exhibit or the TC Arts Council call 828.884.2787 or go to www.tcarts.org.