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May Issue 2008
Waterfront Gallery in Charleston, SC,
Offers Works by Bill Oplinger
Waterfront
Gallery in Charleston, SC, is presenting the exhibition, Scenes
from the Lowcountry, featuring watercolors and oils by Bill
Oplinger, on view through May 31, 2008.
A retired music professor from the College of Charleston, Oplinger
has been painting watercolors since his high school days, but
it is only in the last several years that he has been able to
concentrate on painting regularly and showing his work. His favorite
subjects are landscapes, with emphasis on trees, flowers, and
other plants. He is often found viewing the marshes around Charleston
and the Lowcountry.
Sometimes Oplinger takes photographs, and sometimes just observes
and absorbs the imagery of the scenery. He then takes these mental
paintings back to the studio and translates them onto paper through
the medium of watercolor.
Oplinger says, "I have always delighted in the transparency of watercolors. Their vibrancy, their free flow and the intermixing of colors on the paper never fail to excite me. Now I am excited about learning to accomplish the same things through the medium of oil paint. The way oil paint goes onto canvas or paper is entirely different from watercolor. I love the demands made by the process of learning a new painting technique."
"I enjoy the challenge of recreating the images of the Lowcountry into a painting that I can share with others," adds Oplinger. "That, to me, is the ultimate reward of painting - the appreciation of my interpretation of color and light and scenic views of Charleston. I am always excited when the weather permits me to be outdoors painting. Plein aire painting brings its own challenges of working quickly to capture the moment before the light value changes or the shadows shift. And, as I recently learned in an outdoor class, to keep the wind from blowing my easel into the water! I work to project the mood of a scene that I am painting as well as the visual image."
For further info check our SC Commercial
Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/722-1155 or visit (www.waterfrontartgallery.com).
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