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July Issue 2008
Arts Council of Lincoln County in Lincolnton,
NC, Offers Works by Lydia Collier & Richard Stevenson
The Arts Council of Lincoln County is presenting the exhibit, British Boy, American Girl, featuring works by Lydia Collier and Richard Stevenson, on view in the Carolina Mills & Cochrane Galleries at the Lincoln Cultural Center in Lincolnton, NC. The exhibit will be on view through July 20, 2008.
Great Britain and the USA are often referenced as two nations divided by a common language, yet in this international exhibition hosted by the Arts Council of Lincoln County a shared passion for art shines through, capturing the heart and soul that forever unites.
British Boy, American Girl showcases two emerging artists, linked from origins 4,000 miles apart by an appreciation for life. As if painting together from a virtual studio, to being intricately entwined in the physical gallery space, their art complements to reflect both vibrancy and serenity.
Lydia Collier (American Girl) portrays a joie de vivre that many seasoned artists struggle to capture throughout their careers. Primarily painting with acrylics on a wooden canvas, her brushstrokes display no fear, nor does she impose boundaries. Stepping outside of her paintings and continuing into the wooden framework of her canvas, Collier is able to combine her paints with a sculpture-like effect, placing her at the very beginning of what is an emerging trend in the art world.
Collier has previously sold work during exhibition at the Green Rice Gallery in Charlotte, NC, and has donated to the Human Rights Campaign annual auction in Washington, DC.
Richard Stevenson (British Boy) started channeling his mind and passion into the arts since open heart surgery saved his life 20 years ago. A budding author currently writing his first novel, a love story entitled Innocent Strangers, Stevenson paints watercolors under his pen name of John Richards. Influenced by Turner and often likened to Chagall, he has gained considerable attention for both his landscape and abstract works. In addition to accepting commissions for various fund raising events in New York and North Carolina, Stevenson has sold into private collections both in the USA and England.
For further information check our NC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the Council at 704/732-9044 or visit (www.ArtsLincolnNC.org).
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