January Issue 2002
Conn Gallery in Landrum, SC, Features Exhibition of Equestrian Art
The Conn Gallery in downtown Landrum, SC, is presenting an equestrian art show which will continue through Feb. 2, 2001. The six artists in the show are nationally and regionally revered for their equestrian works.
Charles Harpt, known nationally for his watercolor and oil portraits of horses, grew up in Philadelphia, PA, and graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After serving in the Army, Harpt earned his living painting billboards. Unbeknownst to his employers (and most viewers) he began painting tiny landscapes, horses and people inside the large pieces of his billboard - just to break the monotony of painting advertisements. Eventually he retired from the billboard advertising business but he never retired from painting. Harpt loved going to horse shows, getting lost in the crowd, listening to the "horse jargon" of spectators, trainers and riders. His paintings reflect these moments: grand prix riders, short stirrup ponies, and steeplechase jocks. His works have quite a following of admirers; several galleries in the Southeast and the "Chronicle of the Horse" have displayed his art.
Phyllis Eifert, also a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, will be displaying her famous paper maché horses and three of her bronzes. Eifert has spent her life incorporating her love of horses into her art, she now lives in the Tryon, NC, area and enjoys riding and foxhunting. Her sculptures have been displayed the world over.
Ann Allen studied art at Sweet Briar College as well as training under Lawrence Davidson at Converse College (1962). Spending most of her career in bronzes, plaster, clay and paper maché, she has recently moved to pastels. Allen's fun sense of humor shows through in her depictions of farm animals, horses and pets.
Joan E. MacIntyre has been painting horses for over forty years. While in Southern California she concentrated on racehorses and then became interested in foxhunting and eventing scenes. MacIntyre's works are usually done on commission and she has shown in Tryon.
Nancy Pellat, originally from the Northeast, has lived in the Carolinas since 1979. Her passion for horses and everything that goes along with them is apparent in her many watercolors, oils and drawings. Pellat is a member of the Charleston Artists Guild, an instructor for Art at the Park at the Kentucky Horse Park, a juried member of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and she's represented by the Beresford Gallery of Boyd's, MD.
Carolyn Nemrow transforms a moment in time, a slice of life.. ..into a box. Her beautiful boxes are rooms depicting different scenes: a horse in his barn (complete with tools, hay and tack), Peter Rabbit in Macgregor's shed, the "Wind in the Willows" characters on the river bank. These magical boxes are meticulously put together and are a superb rendition of all they portray.
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