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March Issue 2005
Charleston Artist Guild in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Bonnie Stabler
Bonnie
McPhail Stabler is returning to the Charleston, SC, art scene
as the Charleston Artist Guild Gallery's featured artist. An exhibit
of her works can be seen from Mar. 4 - 31, 2005.
A Charleston native and Mt. Pleasant, SC, resident,
Stabler is a graduate of Queens University, Charlotte, NC, and
has studied with many notable artists including the late watercolorist
Edgar A. Whitney and presently, Martin Ahrens. "I am so enjoying
being the student for a change!," she enthuses.
For the past 25 years, the award-winning artist has devoted her
artistic energies towards teaching art at Hanahan and Stratford
High Schools, respectively. "This is my official return as
an artist."
The exhibit offers a wide variety of subject matter primarily in oils. "I have twenty-five years of painting ideas in my head and I get new ones each day. I have always been captivated by the natural world: a gorgeous sunset over the marsh, the play of light and shadow as wild turkeys cross through woods, or great white herons drifting in to roost over a pond behind my home. What a joy it is to attempt to capture those moments and share them with others!," Stabler says.
Not satisfied with just depicting regional
scenes, Stabler strives to impart an emotional connection through
her painting. "I hope to engage my viewers to share my point
of view; what I first saw, or felt that entranced me," she
says. "I guess you could describe my style as Realistic with
an emphasis on emotion, Expressive."
The most dramatic painting in the exhibit is of a red eyed tree
frog with the reflection of a man in his eyes. "Years ago,
a friend was telling me about logging operations in the Amazon,
bringing out rare hardwoods from the Rain Forest. He revealed
that natives with blow darts were seeing "white men"
for the first time, in some instances. This image haunted me.
What is to become of the environment, of these primitive cultures?
Intrusion is my response," says Stabler. On a lighter
note, other paintings in the exhibit include enduring images of
children playing on the beach, and luminous marshscapes, such
as Marsh Hummocks at Dusk.
For further info check our SC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/722-2425 or at (www.charlestonartistguild.com).
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