The Caldwell Arts Council presents Natural Connections art exhibit, Feb. 6-28
From The Caldwell Arts Council:
During the month of February, visitors to the Caldwell Arts Council will experience an exhibit of original artwork, created by five artists from Western North Carolina. High definition photography by Wink Gaines (Connelly Springs, NC), fiber art by Sandy Adair (Boone, NC), paintings by Eddie Kent Tallent (Lenoir, NC) and Kim Abernethy (Boone, NC) and pastel artwork by Carl Peverall (Burnsville, NC)
“Natural Connections” will be on exhibit in the Caldwell Arts Council Gallery (601 College Ave SW, Lenoir) Feb. 6-28. All Caldwell Arts Council Gallery exhibits are admission free and open to the public during the Arts Council’s operating hours, which are Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
An opening “meet-the-artists” reception is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 6, 5-7 p.m. hosted by Caldwell County Schools Association of Educational Office Professionals. Light refreshments will be served, free & open to the public.
Wink Gaines specializes in bird and wildlife photography. Her photographic specialty allows her to combine her passion for the outdoors with the creative pursuit of digitally capturing wildlife in natural habitats.
Carl Peverall spent six months in New Zealand, exclusively painting the landscape and capturing the splendid beauty of New Zealand in pastel realism after thirty years of pursuing modernist works in ceramics in painting.
Eddie Kent Tallent, an introvert by nature, has always had a deep affinity for locations and objects which embody a sense of mystery, solitude, or isolation. His recent series of landscape-based artworks explore hidden and private locales to which one might escape for quiet contemplation and spiritual renewal.
Kim Abernethy is an oil painter whose impressionistic style evokes feelings of serenity and calm. Her work draws upon a sense of familiarity and connects the viewer to a moment in time captured on canvas.
Sandy Adair says that the Blue Ridge Mountains, which surround her home with their ever-changing moods, have been a continuing source of inspiration to her as a tapestry weaver. Tapestry weaving is much like painting – with yarn as the palette, and needles as the brushes. Her intention is to create peaceful places, microcosms one may enter for replenishment.
The Caldwell Arts Council presents monthly and quarterly exhibits, education and collection programs that foster cultural arts in Caldwell County. These programs are supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources and by individual and corporate donors.
To learn more about Caldwell Arts Council events and programs, please visit caldwellarts.com, email info@caldwellarts.com , or call 828-754-2486.
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