March Issue 2000
Gallery 80808Gallery 80808 in Columbia, SC, Shows Works by Eight Women Artists
Eight Midlands artists will hold an exhibition of their works at Gallery 80808 in the Vista Studios in Columbia, SC, from Mar. 2 through Mar. 15.
These artists are all accomplished, award winning regional artists. Exhibitors include Angela Bradburn, Margaret Carter, Laura Dickson, Claire K. Farrell, Frances Nelson, Anna Kay Singley, Laura Spong and Beverly T. Williams.
Nine years ago these artists formed a critique group to discuss their work, the local art scene and art trends. Even through their paintings are diverse, show-casing a wide variety of media and styles, they agree the monthly meetings have helped them to mature artistically.
An exhibit of their paintings two years ago met with much public enthusiasm. They are back this year with a second show, featuring all new work.
Angela Bradburn
Our natural surroundings are an ever changing source of inspiration for Angela Bradburn's realistic oil paintings and watercolors. While manipulating shapes within the rectangle she uses unique colors that are layered and mixed to create nuances and special moods. With these new works, Bradburn has chosen to simplify the landscape and paint objects in nature in a close format.
Margaret
Carter
Margaret Carter, a well-known portrait artist, works primarily in watercolor and oil pastel. Her portraits of children and adults employ a soft palette of color. Carter has a unique ability to capture the likeness of her sitter. Her impressionistic landscapes of South Carolina subject matter in oil pastel reflect her accomplishments in this medium. Recently she has developed a wider range of interests and explorations, painting in a more abstract manner.
Laura
Dickson
Laura Dickson's soft pastel and watercolor landscapes and portraits are popular with Columbia collectors. Her attention to detail and exquisite draftsmanship set her work apart. "I enjoy painting and drawing a variety of subjects and like to explore the use of different media and ways to express various subjects. Every painting is a challenge to do the very best I can and that is the excitement of what art is to me," says Dickson.
Claire
K. Farrell
The work that Claire K. Farrell brings to this exhibit includes oil paintings and monotypes. The oils are landscapes of the Lowcountry and Tuscany, inspired by a recent trip to Italy. These paintings are often set in early morning or evening in order to take advantage of the unique coloration of that time of day. The monotypes are more personal works, and reveal the artist's interest in employing a variety of printmaking techniques and creating interesting textures in her work.
Frances
Nelson
Frances Nelson also works primarily in oil and is a skilled portrait artist. Her work is not limited to portraits, however, but includes landscapes with an unusual point of view and still lifes. Everyday life inspires the work of Nelson. She chooses subjects for her painting from what she sees around her. Her work reflects her intuitive reaction to the subject and retains a spontaneity and individualism.
Anna
Kay Singley
Anna Kay Singley is a plein aire painter with a unique point of view. Her goal is to capture the essence of the landscape and hopefully the mood is expressed as well. "I am very excited about locations that are new to me," say Singley. Her watercolors and mixed media works on paper are bright and bold in color. While these paintings are inspired by the land and animals that surround her at her home in rural Prosperity, SC, they often veer off into flights of fancy and unique abstraction.
Laura Spong
Large non-objective oil paintings are the means of expression for Laura Spong. "I paint because it is the most comfortable way that I have found to gain some understanding of myself and the world. My work is about unmasking," say Spong. Her works, strong in color and design, exhibit an understanding of the fundamentals of painting. Look at her work and you will find layers of paint, hidden marks, unique colors and visual surprises.
Beverly
T. Williams
The ethereal watercolors of Beverly T. Williams reflects her environmental concerns. "My imagination has always been running ahead of my process of making art. I examine, digest and interpret my ideas about the diverse forms of our earth and its atmosphere and beyond," says Williams. She enjoys experimenting with layers of delicate hues in her watercolors. Her use of line and lifting techniques make her work technically interesting and compliment their visual beauty.
These award-winning artists gathered their works together to bring the viewer a wide variety of artwork: realistic, impressionistic, abstract and nonobjective styles in as wide a variety of media. It is an exhibition with something for art-lovers of all taste.
For further information about this exhibit check our SC Institutional Gallery listings or call Claire K. Farrell at 803/359-2225 or Angela Bradburn at 803/772-6535.
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