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January Issue 2005
Conn Gallery in Landrum, SC, Offers 4th Equine Show
The Conn Gallery in Landrum, SC, is presenting its Fourth Annual Equine Show, on view through Jan. 21, 2005. The exhibit includes works by June Ellen Bradley, Phyllis Eifert, Mark Haines, Joan MacIntyre, Kristin Schmitt, Jill Silver, and Marie de Tarragon.
June Ellen Bradley hails from Connecticut and moved to SC after college graduation 22 years ago. She started working in a small business, then sold real estate for three years. But the artists' bug, in her since childhood, let loose and she started J.E. Originals. Under this title she sold paintings, produced murals, and did commissions for 11 years. Bradley and her husband then moved to Columbus, NC, where she changed the business to June Bug Naturals. Under this title she continues her artwork and adds an herbal practice she runs in correlation with the Adawehi Center in Columbus.
Phyllis Eifert, always a local favorite as well as a national star, will display her fabulous bronzes and paper maché pieces in this show. All of her horse and rider pieces look as if they will trot right out of the gallery. Eifert's work has been in (and still is) galleries and juried exhibits up and down the East Coast. She and her husband live in Tryon, NC, and Eifert rides and fox hunts in her spare time.
Mark Haines lives with his wife in Hendersonville, NC. His works are in oil and watercolor. He is mostly known for his landscapes and only recently dabbled with the equine form. One piece, oil on paper only 7 x 10 inches, is of a thoroughbred flat race, breathtaking in its authentism and color. Haines' subtle brush strokes make the small paintings (his work typically is never bigger than 8" x 10") jump out at you and demands your attention.
Joan MacIntyre resides with her husband in Tryon, NC. Her paintings reflect the diversity in her subject matter; she not only does horse and dog portraits, but sport horses as well. Steeplechase scenes, fox hunting, jumpers, as well as cart horses, kids' ponies, and so on. MacIntyre paints with acrylics and oils, and her canvases range in size from tiny pieces that will fit into nay nook, to pieces big enough to hang above your mantel.
Kristin Schmitt lives with her husband in Columbus, NC. Her works are small pen and ink or conte crayon on paper. These pieces are exquisite in their attention to the detail of the horses form, musculature, and action. The beauty of these horses reinforces their appeal to even those who don't ride but just watch.
Jill Silver works in pastel and acrylics. She lives in Columbus, NC, and rides and foxhunts in her spare time. Silver does a lot of portrait work of hounds and horses, and her work shows a maturity and understanding of these two species. The fabulous light and color in her paintings makes them even more appealing and "true to life".
Marie de Tarragon originally hails from France. Surrounded by horses all her life (her father and uncles bred and raced them in France), drawing and painting them was a natural form of expression for her. Tarragon's bronze pieces are animated, beautiful renditions of the horse jumping, galloping and cavorting; showing the horses' sheer joy as an athlete. She now resides on a horse farm in Landrum, SC.
So come view these representations of the horse, a symbol of serenity, joy and beauty in our neighborhood. These animals and the sports they're involved with, we hold so dear to our hearts, especially in these troubled times.
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