Belton Center for the Arts
306 City Square
Belton, SC

 Figuratively Speaking:  featuring figure work
by 16 members of the SC Watercolor Society
(June 6 - August 15)

For more information, call 864 338-8556.
 

 

Opening Reception Thursday, June 12, 2003 6:00-8:00 pm Show Dates June 6-August 15, 2003

"Everything an artist creates is done in a solitary way except when painting another human being.  Then there are two people involved.  One who changes the model forever, and one who forever changes the artist."

Mary Whyte

 

 

In conjunction with the South Carolina Watercolor Society, The Belton Center for the Arts, located on the square in Historic Downtown Belton, SC, will present Figuratively Speaking, an exhibition featuring figure work by 16 members of the SC Watercolor Society.  The show will run from June 6 thru August 15th, 2003.  There will be an opening reception, free and open to the public, on Thursday, June 12, 2003 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.  The exhibition features 16 artists from all over the state of South Carolina who are members of the SC Watercolor Society and are recognized by their peers for their work featuring the human figure.  For competition and for exhibition they are often restricted to water media only, but the only criteria for this exhibition is that the subject be a figure.  This is a companion exhibition to the SCWS annual statewide juried exhibition which will open at the Anderson County Arts Center on June 21st.

Life drawing has always been regarded as the cornerstone of an artist's training.  Drawing the human figure offers every challenge one could require - line and tone, perspective and composition.  It is a challenge for the two dimensional artist to create figures with depth, shape, perspective and personality.  The artists represented in this exhibition have explored the figure from every angle.  From a classic portrait composition made bold with liquid flowing hair to a jazz quartet shaped and formed from highlights on a field of black and from watercolor to oil these artists have brought their subjects to life.

Some artists worked their pieces entirely in front of a live model, a stranger really, completing the composition in a couple of hours.  Other subjects are captured in a photograph and then only when the time is right translated by the artist into a painted work.  Still other subjects are more intimate.mothers, sons, friends, or husbands whose every gesture is clear in the artist's mind.  Stranger or friend, painted with speed or with painstaking attention to detail, these images ultimately are personal and deal with complex issues, answering questions and sometimes creating others.  The artists' statements about these pieces specifically speak of relationships, emotions, social issues, life and death, and spirituality.

Featured Artists:

JoAnne Anderson.............. Belton, SC
Randolph Armstrong......... Greer, SC
Al Beyer........................... Aiken, SC
Darden Camlin.................. Georgetown, SC
Kathy Caudill.................... Rock Hill, SC
Carolyn Epperly................ Charleston, SC
Harriet Marshall Goode..... Rock Hill, SC
Claire Miller Hopkins........ Spartanburg, SC
Cecile L.K. Martin............ Seneca, SC
Larry Mauldin................... Spartanburg, SC
Anne Patterson.................. Columbia, SC
Alex Powers..................... Myrtle Beach, SC
Tom Ratliffe...................... Hilton Head, SC
Barbara St. Denis.............. Easley, SC
Al Stine............................. Anderson, SC
Mary Whyte...................... Johns Island, SC
 

     

 

The Belton Center for the Arts is a community arts center striving to provide the greater Belton area with quality cultural programs and educational opportunities in the creative arts.  The Center is located at 300 North Main Street in Historic Downtown Belton, South Carolina. Gallery Hours are Tuesday-Friday 10:00 am-5:30 pm and Saturday from 10:00 am-2:00 pm.  For additional information please contact the Belton Center for the Arts (864) 338-8556.
 

Belton Center for the Arts PO Box 368 Belton, SC 29627 (864) 338-8556 (864) 338-0280 fax

 

 

 

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