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April Issue 2004
Hilton Head Art League in Hilton Head, SC, Offers Works by Bobsy Simes
The Hilton Head Art League in Hilton Head, SC, is featuring local artist, Bobsy Simes, with her collection of oil paintings titled, Low Country Allure, at the Art League Gallery from April 13 through May 8, 2004.
Simes works en plein air, giving expression to her passion for "bringing the beauty of the area into peoples' awareness and share with them her love of the landscape." Using the analogy of poetry to express her painting style, Simes says, "Stories tell you much more about a subject and leave little to the imagination, while poems use limited words to pique the imagination of the participant." Her paintings are pure poetry and invite the viewer to participate in the unfolding drama of Nature's wonders.
Since moving to the Lowcountry in 1987, Simes
has found the ever-changing marshes around he Moss Creek home
to be an irresistible inspiration.
Born in New York City, Simes earned BS and MA degrees at Adelphi
University, and New York University at New Paltz. When she and
her husband moved to Dallas, TX, she taught language arts at the
Hockaday School, while taking classes in cartooning with Richard
Rhuel, a Disney animator, and freelancing as a humorous graphics
illustrator.
Simes attributes much of her success as a recognized Hilton Head artist to her good fortune in meeting and studying with Yvonne Stark who introduced her to the excitement of working with oil paints and vibrant colors. In late 1992, she founded the Low Country Artists, a group of 25 artists that exhibits regularly at the Frasier Museum in Sea Pines. In addition to the CSA Gallery, Simes' work can also be seen at the Society of Bluffton Artists' Gallery in Bluffton, SC, and the Hilton Head Art League Gallery in Pineland Station where she has been the featured artist twice since 1998.
Simes' artwork has been recognized in Dallas and the Southeast. She has won awards in Beaufort, Island Scene Magazine, and participates in many group exhibitions for art associations and organizations in South Carolina.
Simes particularly admires and is influenced by the California impressionists and Wolf Kahn. Her palette is limited to five colors and she strives to capture the effect of light and shadow on the Low Country Landscape.
For additional information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/681-5060 or at (wwwhiltonheadartleague.org).
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