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September Issue
2009
Center of the
Earth Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Offers Works by Gayle Stott Lowry
Center
of the Earth Gallery in Charlotte, NC, will present the exhibit,
TRANSITIONS: Icelandic Landscapes by Gayle Stott Lowry,
on view from Sept. 1 through Oct. 31, 2009.
Gayle Stott Lowry is
an artist who has taken a giant leap artistically into the natural
world with her impressive canvas works. Known for her haunting
interiors, Lowry has made a departure into a realm that is not
only diametrically opposed to her oeuvre of twenty years, but
disquieting in its message. She has activated strong interest
in this body of work.
After a trip to the Hebrides islands with her daughter in 2007,
Lowry took to the studio to produce 8 foot paintings that capture
the essence of the landof which are comparable to the great vision
of the Hudson River school of the 19th century. The difference
and similarity between the artists of that venerable American
school is that Lowry is showing us environments that are threatened
by man's encroachment. The Hudson River school also depicts the
last vestige of the American wild landscape in the wake of the
industrial revolution and expansionism. In the same breath, the
landscape was romanticized and attributed as a great source of
inspiration. This is where the transcendentalism was born.
Lowry's works are lushly painted with textures that are carved
out with brush and palette knife. The physical grandeur of the
landscape is captured completely and brings our existence as its
steward into question. These paintings of devastatingly beautiful
waterfalls, vast valleys, wild forestation, and last but not leastreceding
glaciers in Iceland all capture the magnitude of beauty that makes
our planet a veritable garden of Eden in the 20th century. One
can imagine hearing the echo of a thoughtful prayer for its survival.
Once again, artists are bringing the plight of the environment to the attention of us all. These new paintings of Iceland are eloquent visions to help us reflect on the many issues that face our natural world. One can only hope they will encourage dialogue to find solutions to preserve its splendor for future generations.
Lowry's work can be viewed in selected institutional and corporate collections which include the North Carolina Museum of Art, Duke Medical Center, IBM, The Renaissance Hotel, REX Hospital, Glaxo Welcome, and the S.A.S. Institute.
For further information
check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at
704/375-5756 or visit (www.centeroftheearth.com).
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