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July Issue 2008
Beaufort Art Association in Beaufort,
SC, Features Works by Gay Torrey and Camille Perrin
The Beaufort Art Association in Beaufort, SC, is presenting a two-person exhibition featuring paintings and collages by Gay Torrey and recent works in fused glass by Camille Perrin. The exhibit will be on view in the Association's Gallery through Aug. 3, 2008.
Torrey knew she had inherited her grandfathers artistic ability at an early age. She started art lessons when her husband was stationed in Cherry Point, NC. She arrived several years later in Beaufort where she joined and became an active member of the Beaufort Art Association. Several years later Torrey attended classes in drawing and jewelry making at Prince Georges Community College in Maryland.
Torrey then moved to Long Island, NY, where she was a member of the Tri-County Artists Association. There she found time to take additional workshops with Marion Brown AWS and Liz Gibson with whom she explored the use of acrylics.
Torrey' paintings have been exhibited from New York to Florida. She won her first prize in Cherry Point for a pastel portrait. She is happy to be back in Beaufort and paints regularly in her studio.
Torrey says of her art, "All artists are creators. I conceive an idea and labor (happily) until there is a representation of my initial thought. Successful or not, my joy is in the creative process more than in the product of that process. I come to art with the blessings of instructors who dare to let me into their wonderful world of how to. If I am lucky I am able to glean and refine my techniques in the hope that they will work. Having said that, what you see in my work is a total gift from the past in the present. I hope you will find something that holds your attention even for just a moment or two. That would make me very happy."
Camille Perrin has been a multi-media artist for over 35 years. Trained in silver smithing at an early age and after graduating from the Gemological Institute of America in Santa Monica, CA, with credentials as a Certified Gemologist from the American Gem Society, she embarked on a career as a Certified Gemologist and jewelry designer. Perrin has also completed course work in professional pearl and bead stringing and incorporates these stringing techniques into her current fused glass, textile and surface design work. She is a consultant to design and media firms on product and packaging design. She has shown and sold her work in galleries and museum stores as well as in art and craft fairs throughout south Florida for over 25 years.
Perrin graduated from the University of South
Carolina with Deans list honors and has since studied with award
winning surface designers such as Marna Brauner (Kansas State
University) and Yvonne Porcella (UCLA). Her textile designs and
fabric sculptures were exhibited in June 2000 at a one-person
show at the Palm Beach Community College Fine Arts Gallery.
Perrin's work includes fabrics and hand made paper and dyes, and
she has also studied beading with Carol Wilcox Wells. Since first
working with hot glass in 1989, she has been focused on learning
various techniques and has had the opportunity to study with Brett
Cole at the Appalachian School of Art and Craft and more recently
has studied advanced fusing with Sheri Goldstein at the Armory
Art Center in West Palm Beach, FL. Perrin and Goldstein have become
successful studio partners and show their work together in juried
shows. She is very involved with the growth of the glass
department at the Armory, was a featured artist for the Spring
2007 student show and serves on the Armory Programming Committee.
With a love of bright colors, Perrin uses the infinite characteristics and gem-like colors of hot glass for the creation of interesting color arrangements and patterns in functional glass pieces; such as glass bathroom sinks, elegant and whimsical jewelry as well as pieces that serve no purpose other than to be fun to look at. At present, she owns and operates Brightwater Farms Art & Design Studio and is the managing partner and lead designer for a plumbing contracting firm that offers innovative glass art for the bath.
For further info check our SC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/379-2222 or visit (www.beaufortartassociation.com).
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