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February Issue 2010

City Art Gallery in Columbia, SC, Offers Works by Claire K. Farrell

City Art Gallery in Columbia, SC, will present the exhibit, New Works, featuring works by Columbia artist Claire K. Farrell, on view from Feb. 25 through Mar. 27, 2010.

Farrell is a versatile artist who works in a variety of media. She holds degrees from Duke University and the University of South Carolina. Additionally she had studied printmaking at Santa Raparata Art School in Florence, Italy and at Penland School of Art in North Carolina.

Included in this exhibition are Farrell's most recent oil paintings and mixed media monotypes, which focus primarily on the human figure as subject matter. She says, "I love to paint or draw the figure from a live model. I have this opportunity at weekly drawing sessions at the Columbia Museum of Art's About Face group. My sessions at About Face were originally intended to build my skills, but now I use those sessions to gather material to use in paintings and monotypes."

Farrell's unique mixed media prints incorporate a wide variety of unique printmaking techniques, including digital images, photo etchings, stencils, collage, chine colle, hand drawings and collage. The artist says, "I am able to convert my drawings and paintings, through digital technology, into small photo etchings, which I incorporate into my monotypes. This has given me more variety and opportunity for experimentation in my monotypes, making them a type of mixed media print."

Farrell's work is included in private and public collections nation-wide and she has been accepted in numerous juried exhibition. Most recently she was winner of "Best in Show" at the South Carolina Watermedia Society's 2009 Exhibition, and a First Place prize in printmaking at the SC State Fair. Additionally she was chosen to paint the image for the official poster of the 2010 SC Book Festival that coincides with her exhibit at City Art Gallery.

For further info check our SC Commercial Gallery listings, call Wendyth Wells at 803/252-3613 or visit (www.cityartonline.com).

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