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May Issue 2006
Upstairs Artspace in Tryon, NC, Exhibits Plants and Prints
The Upstairs Artspace in Tryon, NC, welcomes spring with two new exhibits, Botanical: Images Inspired by Plants and Painterly Prints: Work from King Snake Press, 1998-2006. The exhibitions will be on view through June 10, 2006.
Botanical is
primarily an exhibit of paintings presenting a colorful
profusion of flowers, fruits, vegetables and other plants.
Artistic styles include impressionistic, narrative and abstract and
are executed in oil, acrylic and mixed media. Participating artists
are Mary B. Gilkerson, Columbia, SC; Jean Hess, Knoxville,
TN; Heidi Leitzke, Waynesville, NC; Elizabeth Lide, Atlanta, GA;
Blair Martin, Tryon and Key West, FL, Nancy Nieves, Gastonia,
NC, and Alexia Timberlake, Greenville, SC. In addition, the well
known ceramic artist Michael Sherrill, Hendersonville, NC,
has sculptural pieces in the show.
Painterly Prints is a handsome retrospective of original
monotypes produced by 18 artists at the illustrious King Snake
Press in Greenville, SC. Most of the artists are not printmakers,
but are highly recognized artists in other art forms. They are Catherine
Bettencourt, Carl Blair, Patti Brady, Jim Campbell, Sharon Campbell,
Robert Chance, Phil Garrett, Linda McCune, Alice Ballard Munn,
Katie Walker, Frances Woodside, Greenville, SC; Steven A. Chapp,
Easley, SC; Raymond Chorneau, Blowing Rock, NC; Tim Dimond, Clemson,
SC; Mary B. Gilkerson and Steven Nevitt, Columbia, SC; Edward
Rice, North Augusta, SC; Lynne Tanner, Ruthfordton, NC.
Founded in 1998 by master printmaker Phil Garrett, King Snake Press gives artists who haven't done monotype work the opportunity to experiment with a historic art form. The first exhibit of monotype prints from King Snake Press was at the Greenville County Museum of Art in 2002. About 40 artists have learned the monotype process from Garrett.
On May 4, at 7pm Garrett shares the secrets of monotype printmaking in a demonstration using a traveling press.
For further information check our NC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the Artspace at 828/859-2828 or at (www.upstairsartspace.org).
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