November Issue 2001
Hodges Taylor Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Features Solo Exhibitions Frank Hobbs and Jayne Johnson
Hodges Taylor Gallery in Charlotte, NC, continues the celebration of its twenty-first season in Nov. and Dec. with the exhibitions of two painters, Frank Hobbs and Jayne Johnson. The exhibition dates are Nov. 2 through Dec. 29, 2001.
Frank Hobbs
Frank Hobbs is a plein air painter from Virginia, whose inspiration comes from an interest in capturing the shifting moments of light. Preferring to work on site with his subject, the artist paints on canvases and panels that are suitable for transport, giving the viewer a rare, intimate opportunity to experience what the artist has experienced. In his fifth solo exhibition with Hodges Taylor Gallery, Hobbs will show paintings from his travels to New Mexico, Maine, and Italy.
Hobbs is a recipient of numerous awards, including the National Endowment for the Arts/Mid-Atlantic Foundation Fellowship and the Virginia Museum of Fine Art Fellowship. He maintains an active exhibition schedule as well as teaching at Washington and Lee University, Virginia Military Institute, and the Beverly Street Studios. His work is in the collections of Bank of America, CSX, and the Virginia Bar Association to mention just a few.
Jayne Johnson
In her first solo exhibition with Hodges Taylor, Charlotte artist Jayne Johnson will feature still life paintings. Johnson is a printmaker by training with a BFA degree from Baylor University in Texas and a MFA degree from James Madison University in Virginia. The artist is currently an associate professor at Queens College where she chairs the art department. Her work is included in the collections of Crescent Resources, First Charter Bank, Mayer, Brown, Platt and McColl School of Business among others.
Johnson is influenced by the work of 16th century Dutch and Flemish artists whose attention to details in the ordinary objects lend the objects a greater significance. Artists such as Durer, Bruegel and Van Eyck are among those that inspire Johnson for their use of intense color and treatment of still life subjects. The paintings are about both the objects and the abstraction of light. The printmaker's love of line comes through in her work, often drawing back into areas of wet paint searching for the essential quality of the object. Another influence from printmaking technique is layering of color to build the rich surfaces of her compositions.
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