Exhibition at Davidson County Community College

Seven of my paintings were selected to be in an exhibition at Davidson County Community College in Lexington, NC. The show features the work of eight artists and will open with a reception at the Mendenhall Building on the Davidson Campus, Tuesday, August 21 from 4 pm to 6 pm. Moments In Time will run from August 21 through December 14, 2007. DCCC is located at 297 DCCC Road in Lexington, NC 27295. The exhibit is well worth checking out.

There were four pieces selected from my series of allegorical paintings called Sowing and Reaping, and three others: Alpha/Omega, At Rest and Taming the Shrew. Taming the Shrew, shown in the first photo, is acrylic and epoxy resin on canvas over panel and is 18" x 98". At Rest, shown in the second photo, is made of the same materials with two hand-made paper mache birds. The piece is 26" x 77". In both of these pieces I use bird imagery as symbols of freedom but also identity and gender related orientation. The text is hand-painted and distressed using sandpaper.

The artists selected include: Barbara Cullen of Winston-Salem – watercolor, mixed media, collage; Carl Gombert of Maryville, TN – oil, ink, mixed media, collage; Ed Harris of Elizabethtown – watercolor; Carolyn Landers of Naples, FL – oil; Steve LeGrand of Jamestown – sculpture; Callie Mott Matthews of N. Little Rock, AR – oil, print, pen, pencil; Leslie Pearson of Fayetteville – oil, acrylic, mixed media; and Laura Yarbrough of Lexington – photography.