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August Issue 2006
Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, NC, Features Works by Mandy Johnson
Sunset
River Marketplace in Calabash, NC, is featuring acrylics by Mandy
Johnson in a show entitled, Coastal Colors, which runs
from Aug. 1 through Sept. 5, 2006. Johnson offers collectors a
unique combination of sophistication and naiveté. Her work
is both primitive and fine, a metaphor, perhaps, for the many
contradictions found in our lives today.
Always moving, paths in her paintings lead to places caught in extreme repose - cups of coffee, cows in a field. Color is the word and only rule. Johnson, whose childhood drawings of peaches were always hot pink, started her passion early, taking inspiration from the animal menagerie on her family's Scotland Neck farm.
A college and real world art education at Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, FL, got Johnson rolling. She took a brief 20-year break to seek higher education, teach art to middle school students and to raise her own daughter under the artist's umbrella.
Since 1998, Johnson has enjoyed her passion full-time, bringing her vision to life every day - starting at 6am, when the light makes cows and cups of coffee seem more than they are.
Of Johnson's work, gallery owner Ginny Lassiter said, "I am in love with Mandy's color and styling. There are so many layers to her paintings, and such humor. She's new to Sunset River Marketplace, and I'm excited to have her work here. Mandy is a terrific addition to our other artists."
Sunset River Marketplace
is one of the largest galleries in the area, and only represents
artists from the Carolinas. Included in the 10,000 square-foot
space is a custom framing center, two classrooms and two pottery
kilns for students. Ongoing classes in oil painting, watercolor,
pastel are offered, as well as children's after-school and summer
programs. The gallery recently opened a second division, Sunset
River Studio, which offers three- and five-day workshops by nationally
and regionally known artists.
For further information check our NC Commercial Gallery listings,
call the gallery at 910/575-5999 or at (www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com).
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