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January Issue
2011
Charleston Artist Guild Features Exhibit
of Works by Muriel Lanciault
The Charleston Artist Guild in Charleston, SC, will present the
exhibit, A Few of My Favorite Things, featuring works by
Muriel Lanciault, on view in the Guild Gallery from Jan. 1 - 31,
2011. An artist's reception will be held on Jan. 7, 2011, from
5-8pm.
Lanciault offers the following statement about her art. "Discovering
my abilities as an artist has been a recent and delightful journey.
Not a formally trained artist, I spent forty years teaching and
serving as a Principal and Superintendent of Schools, mostly in
upstate New York. I began exploring watercolor about a year before
I retired but made no progress until moving to Charleston five
years ago. That's when I got lost one afternoon and found myself
at the Dorchester County Senior Center, which hosted an 'Introduction
to Watercolor' class once a week. That started me down the road
to my new life."
"In working to develop my skills, I have had the privilege
of studying with several outstanding artists in both classes and
workshops, including Eugene Bekaert, Charles Parnelle, Helen Beacham,
Connie Olsen, Kathleen Wiley, and Lian Zhen. Some of these studies
included introductions to painting with oils and acrylics and
exploring mixed media, all of which remain in the developmental
stage. Watercolor is most definitely my favorite medium. I tend
to paint realistically, although recent experiments with abstract
subjects have been fairly successful."
"The assembly of paintings which I will hang for this exhibit
will center on two themes, both of which are among 'my favorite
things': flowers and structures. I became a gardener at 11 years
of age, when my family celebrated their exit from an apartment
in the Bronx to our first house 'in the country'. That meant there
were trees and grass! So several of my favorite pieces are florals.
The structures portion of the exhibit will include cityscapes
and interiors, bridges and lighthouses, and studies from my recent
trip to China. There will be both exteriors and interiors, often
festooned with banners or flags, the colors of which enhance the
overall effect of solidity. Bridges and lighthouses have symbolic
meaning to me as well as structural challenges."
"Having stepped into the world of art at such an advanced
age, I have not taken the time to formulate an artist's vision
or a great body of work; I simply take time each day to paint
what pleases my eye. The greatest fun is having someone say it
pleases his or her eye well enough to buy it!
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery
listings, call the Gallery at 843/722-2454 or visit (www.charlestonartistguild.com).
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