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July Issue 2004
Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC, Features Works by Mollie Doctrow and George Peterson
The Focus Gallery at the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC, will feature woodcut prints by Brevard, NC, printmaker Mollie Doctrow as well as Lake Toxaway, SC, woodworker George Peterson, through Aug. 17, 2004. This feature exhibit promises to be a cohesive, but diverse showcase. These Southern Highland Craft Guild members share a philosophy of intuitive expression and spontaneity. The juxtaposition of Doctrow's dramatic woodcut prints to Peterson's carved sculptures and lathe turned vessels offers visitors the opportunity to experience dynamic new work from two of the region's craftspeople whose talent has been recognized both nationally and internationally.
Doctrow is an Assistant Art Professor at Brevard College and the Owner/Designer of Mollie Doctrow Designs. Her formal education includes a Bachelor of Art in philosophy and a Master of Art in printmaking from California State University, Northridge. A recipient of numerous grants for fieldwork and research, Doctrow received funding from The North Carolina Arts Council for a project in Jocassee Gorges, a state park located in Western North Carolina. Doctrow's description of this experience illustrates the depth of her process. During the project she was able to experience the landscape, canoeing, hiking, backpacking and camping. Onsite sketches and field notes were later developed into larger format drawings that express the drama of her personal interaction with that specific place. Her process then moved to the studio where carved blocks were printed with water-based lamp black relief ink on Japanese Kozo paper. Each print was hand pulled on an etching press.
Seven of George Peterson's monolithic slabs and turned vessels will share the space with Doctrow's woodcut prints. These works, made of white and red oak, are monolithic and sculptural in nature. A self-taught turner and sculptor, Peterson has been a full time studio artist since 1992. His work has been featured in such publications as American Craft Magazine and Scratching the Surface, Art and Context in Contemporary Wood. He has participated in exhibitions from Los Angeles to New York City. Peterson has twice received the Crafters Choice Award from the Smithsonian Craft Show. Robin Rice, a senior art critic describes his work, as "not simply about turning, it suggests a context in which approximations, accidents and irregularity have a positive meaning, a world that rewards boldness and simplicity."
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