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February Issue 2006
Artful Living in Hickory, NC, Features Works by Judy Rider
Works by Judy Rider will be on view at Artful Living, located on Level Three at the Hickory Furniture Mart in Hickory, NC. The exhibition entitled Artist of the Month, will be on view from Feb. 1 - 28, 2006.
Rider is a water media painter with a BA degree in English Education from Louisiana Tech University and a MA degree in Secondary Classroom Teaching from West Virginia University. Since her introduction to watercolor medium in 1987, Rider has advanced her technique and style through workshops by professional artists and self-help books, as well as experimentation. Rider has participated in art workshops by nationally acclaimed artists for several years.
Rider is a member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina, the Piedmont Painters, the High Country Water media Society, Brush and Palette Club and associate member of the Southern Watercolor Society. She teaches beginning watercolor classes for Catawba Valley Community College and Hickory Museum of Art.
Rider has had works
placed in regional exhibitions including: Books and Brushes
Art Invitational (Sept. 05) at Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory;
High Country Water Media Society's Member Juried Exhibition
(Aug. 05) at the Jones House, Boone, NC; Watercolor Society
of North Carolina 59th Annual Juried Exhibition (July 04),
Boone; and Southern Watercolor Society 27th Annual Juried Exhibition
(June 04) in
Fair Hope, AL.
Rider offers the following about her work: "Whether I am expressing excitement or quietness, a sense of time or place, water media gives me the versatility I seek. Its results can be both predictable and surprising, bringing impact to the viewer. I paint the things I love, including bright bold florals, the shimmer of light bouncing off water, the aging texture of stucco walls, seasonal colors and abstract design, including collage."
For further information
check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at
828/328-9500 or e-mail (artfulliving@earthlink.net).
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