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October Issue 2005
Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC, Features Works by Millie Jarrett and Dean Leary
Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC, is presenting exhibitions featuring abstract oil paintings by Millie Jarrett and stone sculpture by Dean Leary. The exhibits will be on view through Oct. 20, 2005.
The abstract works on canvas by Jarrett are spontaneous and active. Both subtlety and strength are brought to bear in her paintings, as she wields the abstract brush with skill, experience and passion. Many of her works are large and powerful, with a grace and polish that comes only after an artist masters the medium.
The Nashville artist says her work is "based on personal discoveries steered by intuition." Often, this leads her to be surprised, explaining that the spontaneity of her process causes the painting to take on a life of its own.
Millie
Jarrett
Jarrett's career as an artist spans over twenty years, and she has won multiple awards, including a purchase award from Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville, and a merit award from the Renaissance Center in Dickson, TN. She has studied at Middle Tennessee State University, the University of Tennessee, and the Vermont School of Art and Design. Jarrett holds a degree in fine art from Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville.
Dean
Leary
Dean Leary has participated in numerous group exhibits at Somerhill Gallery. For this exhibit, the artist will be presenting new abstract stone sculpture in a variety of media including marble and black India granite. These sensuous and graceful carvings are reminiscent of sea-forms, such as water-worn shells or tree limbs, as well as other natural objects that have captured the artist's imagination. Leary grew up on the North Carolina coast where he developed an interest in the fluidity of line and sea-washed forms so prevalent in his work.
Leary received his MFA from East Carolina University. His work can be found in the collections of RJ Reynolds Corporate Headquarters in Winston-Salem, NC; the North Carolina Telecom Corporation in Raleigh, NC; Edward Weck and Company, Raleigh; Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem; Duke Power, Raleigh; and Saint Andrews College in Laurinburg, NC.
For further information check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 919/968-8868 or at (www.somerhill.com).
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