October Issue 2001
The Verner Gallery in Charleston, SC, Features New Works by Lese Corrigan
The
Verner Gallery in Charleston, SC, presents, A Life's Texture,
an exhibition of paintings by Lese Corrigan, which will be on
view Oct. 5 - 31, 2001. This native Charlestonian's works are
bright, shimmering impasto oils which are reminscent of many of
the artists from the turn of the century. The exhibition will
open as part of the French Quarter Gallery Association's ART WALK.
Corrigan is primarily an oil painter who also works in other media including photography and clay sculpture. Her creations are representational but more impressionistic and full of expression. The paintings walk the fine line between abstraction and representation. Following the belief that all art developes from that which we know, whether that be internal knowledge or that of nature around us, Corrigan plays off of the textures of life and its color in the exploration of how shapes and color make up reality. The vibrancy of the energy of life is apparent in the textural quality moving from thick relief to thin in one brushstroke. The color variations record the light shifts over time.
A Life's Texture is composed of paintings recording the interplay of light over matter. The subject matter includes humans, fruits and vegetables, the rivers and ocean of the Lowcountry, French fishing boats, the interior walls of a colonial room and even a cow in a pasture.
Born and bred in Charleston of the mid-1950s,
Corrigan learned at age ten that you could look at something and
draw it. She found this concept as exciting as seeing leaves on
trees after putting on her first pair of glasses. Corrigan fully
immersed herself in the visual arts fifteen years ago: She teaches
art privately and at the Gibbes Museum Studio; served on the board
of arts organizations such as Print Studio South and for the last
five years as Production Director for The Lowcountry Heritage
Society; has written art reviews for City Paper and Carolina
Arts and directed galleries. These experiences have allowed
her to see the art world from all sides. She has also been interim
studio administrator at the Gibbes and is a docent emeritus after
14 years of docenting and several years on the education committee.
She is currently the director of The Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
Gallery and recording secretary for The Charleston Fine Art Dealers'
Association while spending the majority of her time painting.
Corrigan has paintings in collections throughout the United States,
in France and Great Britain including a painting commissioned
by the Coca Cola Corporation and presented to former First Lady
Barbara Bush.
The Verner Gallery is housed in the historic home and studio (also known as Tradd Street Press) of Elizabeth O'Neill Verner is her estate and work of contemporary American artists. The gallery is the oldest contemporary gallery in Charleston and has been at the same location since 1938. The gallery also carries works by Daphne vom Baur, Manning Williams, Lonnie Stewart, Karel Mikolas, Bob Stark and Mary Walker.
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Gallery listings or call the gallery at 843/722-4246, e-mail at
(info@vernergallery.com) and on the web at (http://www.vernergallery.com).
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