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November Issue 2007
Charleston Artist Guild in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Veronique Aniel
The
Charleston Artist Guild in Charleston, SC, will present the exhibit,
Color and Light in Landscapes: Moving Toward Abstraction,
featuring works by Veronique Aniel, on view at the Guild Gallery
through Nov. 30, 2007.
Arriving in Charleston from France in l957, Aniel brought with her more than her paint brushes and art supplies. She brought memories of painting along side her father at the age of five in the Normandy countryside. "He would set up his plein air easel, and I would watch and paint rocks."
Of her exhibit Aniel states, "I've not only been influenced by my French heritage (Monet and Manet's seascapes), but also by Wolf Kahn's work, and I want to give credit to William Halsey for encouraging me to take chances and use a palette knife to paint during my studies."
Aniel began formal studies at the College of Charleston studying painting with William Halsey as well as sculpture and drawing with John Michel; she received her degree in Studio Art. Following her studies, Aniel produced a number of large abstract collages, which allowed her to experiment with color and composition.
Currently, Aniel paints landscapes and still life. "I am always drawn to views that include a wide horizon line, and this has made the Lowcountry an ideal area for me to paint." Such is the case in her work titled Summer Evening on Charleston Harbor. Sitting at the end of a dock on James Island looking across the harbor, Aniel was drawn by the subdued mood and atmosphere: "I could feel the moisture in the air and could smell the sea." The orange sun stood suspended in the middle of all the greys and blues, and at that moment Aniel contemplated how she would capture the image as well as the mood on canvas, which she ultimately successfully rendered. Beginning with a brush and building up the sky and the water at the same time with different hues and values, then towards the end she switched to a palette knife to better capture the layers in the atmosphere and the movement of the water.
Aniel's work has been exhibited at several Charleston galleries and at the Gibbes for the a SC Arts Commission show in l980. Currently Aniel is an exhibiting member of the Charleston Artist Guild Gallery where one can find her work. Aniel can be found teaching classes on mixing colors and acrylic painting at the Lowcountry Senior Center on James Island.
For further information check our SC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/722-2425 or visit (www.charlestonartistguild.com).
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