Lucy Spencer and Lea Lackey-Zachmann
Feb. 1 - 26, 2011
Opening Reception: Sunday, Feb. 6, 2-4 pm
Artworks Gallery presents a two-person exhibit of paintings by Lucy Spencer and Lea Lackey-Zachmann. Ms. Spencer's oil paintings depict trees and horses. Ms. Zachmann's paintings are inspired by microscopic images of Gardenia flowers.
Lucy Spencer earned her BFA from the University of Georgia in 1971 and
her MFA from the University of NC - Greensboro in 1974. Her work is in
many private and corporate collections, including RJ Reynolds of W-S,
Duke University in Durham, and The Weatherspoon Gallery of Greensboro,
NC. Lucy taught elementary school art in Guilford and Forsyth Counties
and has owned and operated The Ark Gallery in Greensboro, NC. She now
lives in Clemmons, NC , painting and showing her work at the Fat Cat in
Oak Ridge and as a new member at Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem.
She lives in a little cottage in the woods with a pasture for her
horses on one side and her living room window looking out on a family of
large beech trees. Explaining how one of her current paintings came
about, she says: "Typically, I get up before dawn, make tea, and sit.
Morning is so beautiful. Without the house lights on, the forest
outside my living room window is indeed magic viewing. Though sometimes
cloudy and grey, sunrise is usually fire, skipping and shooting thru
millions of branches to me. “Morning Chorus” happened like that. The
night before I had been trying to remember the words to “Morning Has
Broken” and found them on-line. So here I am, with those lovely words
in my head, as a truly fairyland like morning opens before me. Even the
sound of the light seemed present. I had no option but to paint it."
Lea Lackey-Zachmann earned her BA in Art and Art Education from
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, and her MFA from UNC-Greensboro in
painting. Ms. Zachmann is a founding member of Artworks and teaches art
at High Point University. Her work is in many private and corporate
collections.
The paintings she has done this year have been inspired by microscopic
images of Gardenia flowers. She says:" I was drawn to Gardenias because
they have varied connections with us. They have joined us in many guises
from feelings of purity, of romance, or memories of summertime heat to
their sweet odor that some enjoy and others cannot abide."
The opening reception is Sunday, Feb. 6, 2-4 pm
Click on image for a larger view.
Lucy Spencer, "Morning Chorus", 36"x24" oil on canvas
Lea Lackey-Zachmann, "Camelia Wing Study", oil on canvas