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October Issue
2008
Treasure Nest Art Gallery in Mt. Pleasant,
SC, Features Works by Karen Garner
The Treasure Nest Art Gallery in Mount Pleasant, SC, will present Lowcountry IV New Works by Karen Burnette Garner, on view from Oct. 25 through Nov. 30, 2008.
The exhibition continues Garner's tradition of creating lowcountry landscape paintings, with over 40 new works in acrylic on canvas shown. This will be the fourth solo show in what has become a highly anticipated annual event for area collectors.
Garner, a Georgia native, has been represented by The Treasure Nest Art Gallery since 2002. Her studies with mentor John Baden-Nuttall and the late Al Brouillette have helped the artist bring the Carolina lowcountry to paint and canvas. Her works have been characterized as impressionist and realist in style, and she credits the influence of master painters Ray Ellis and the late Paul Strisik in the development of her interpretations of the lowcountry marshes and tidal creeks. As Garner says, "These master painters understood the importance of light, composition, and touching the heart of the viewer."
This year's show includes scenes that convey not only the reality of the lowcountry vistas, but the "feeling" of being there. Garner comments, "A common thread that runs through the works of great artists is the ability to engage the viewer, to make them feel they are a part of the art experience. It is my intention as well: to draw the viewer into this beautiful world of marshes and moss-laden oaks, where life is guided by time and tide. To visually remind the heart of the landscape it loves."
Garner's works have been avidly collected by art connoisseurs worldwide. Her clients include AT&T, Wachovia, Thomas and Hutton Engineering (Myrtle Beach), Chateau Elan Winery, Holston Valley Hospital, University of Georgia, and Larry "Chipper" Jones of the Atlanta Braves. She is also a published illustrator and an award-winning poet.
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