October Issue 1999
Somerhill Gallery Features Works by Michael Joerling, Eric
Lawing and Barbara Heinrich
Somerhill Gallery, in Chapel Hill, NC, announces a two-person exhibit featuring hand-crafted studio furniture by NC artist Michael Joerling and new realist paintings on board and paper by Eric Lawing. Their works will be featured in the South Gallery through Oct. 22.
Opening concurrently is a special jewelry feature exhibit of new works by nationally noted artist Barbara Heinrich. Art jewelry created in gold and precious stones will also be on exhibit through Oct. 22.
Michael Joerling
Using a variety of domestic and environmentally conscious exotic woods, Michael Joerling crafts elegant one-of-a-kind studio furniture works. Each piece, be it a functional bench, or a pure sculpture work is a detailed expression of the beauty of material, self expression of ideas and the emotional attachment Michael Joerling possesses to each work.
Joerling is a native of Cincinnati, OH and a NC resident. He is a past recipient of a Fine Arts Scholarship to Georgetown College and has studied at the Haystack School of Arts & Crafts, where he also was a teaching assistant. He recently completed his second teaching assignment at NC's Penland School of Crafts.
Joerling is a 1994 recipient of a NC Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship and was a finalist for the 1993 NC Museum of Art Triennial Exhibit of that year.
Joerling's work has been featured in Celebrating the Creative Spirit:Contemporary Southeastern Furniture, touring six museums of the Southeast, 1998; Presenter's Show, Spotlight '97 at the American Craft Council Southeastern Conference, 1997; The Designed Object at the Duke University Museum of Art, 1996; Eight NC Furniture Makers at the Greenhill Center, Greensboro, NC, 1995; Spotlight 94, the American Craft Council's Southeastern Regional Exhibit, 1994; New Furniture, at the Visual Arts Center, NC State University, 1994; and a one-person exhibit in 1994 at the Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC.
In 1998, Michael Joerling was featured in Creating a Theatre of Art in Decor Magazine, he was the featured artist in the Portfolio section of American Craft Magazine in 1995, and 1992 he was a featured artist in North Carolina Home Magazine.
This is Michael Joerling's second feature exhibit at Somerhill Gallery. He has been previously featured in a 1996 exhibit with artist Carol Bechtel and has been a participant in several group exhibits.
Eric LawingEric Lawing's expressionist, textured paintings explore figurative, recognizable subjects, With strong contrast and energetic application of paint to form a richly textured surface, artist Lawing captures the essential elements of figurative subjects through abstract techniques. A sense of "objectness" is often given to the works by mounting the paper-borne art on wood panel. Frequently, the artist progresses through a series of works of a given image with each altered in some way from the previous.
Lawing received his BA from the University of NC-Wilmington and continued his studies at the University of NC-Greensboro where he received his MFA.
Lawing has been a participant in numerous one-person and group exhibits including: ones at the St. John's Museum of Art in Wilmington, NC; The NC Artists Exhibition at the NC Museum of Art, 1996; the 24th Competition for NC Artists at the Fayetteville Museum of Art, 1996; the 1995 Art on Paper exhibit at the University of NC-Greensboro; a one-person exhibit at the Durham Arts Council in 1996; Black and Light, a three-person exhibit at the St. John's Museum, Wilmington,NC; and the Texas National at Stephen F. Austin University, 1995.
Represented at Somerhill Gallery for 5 years, this is Lawing's second South Gallery feature exhibit. Previously, he has been a participant in a two-person exhibit with artist Richard Stenhouse in 1997 and numerous group exhibits.
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