Artworks Gallery Presents
Marion Adams: “Piedmont Wildlife”
And
Betti Pettinati Longinotti: “Cradling the Divine: A Tree Study”
Exhibition Dates: March 30 – April 26, 2025
Artist’s Reception: DADA Gallery Hop: Friday, April 4, 7-9 pm
Open for Art Crush: Friday, April 18, 7 – 9 pm
Marion Adams has returned to her favorite subject matter: wildlife. Her gardens and woods teem with creatures. Larger animals are predictable and easy to spot. Bluejays arrive in pairs to feed off the hollies. Robins come in large groups, usually five to eight at a time. Squirrels and chipmunks scurry thru the landscape to take advantage of the various feeders. Possums and fox arrived when they think no one is looking. From overhead, a red shouldered hawk instructs her young how to hunt for prey.
Wildlife has always been a passion and inspiration. “This collection of work focuses on animals I love, even though they destroy my lettuce, take the earliest of tomatoes, make a mess around the feeders and even sting if I accidentally invade their territory. Living together in the same habitat is give-and-take. It’s a small cost to plant more lettuce or give up a few tomatoes.”
Colored pencil has been the medium of choice because it allows for sharp detail and blending to produce a richness of color.
Marion Adams is a retired Middle School Science and Math teacher. She has taught art history, painting and drawing on the high school and college levels. She holds a Master’s degree from Georgia State University and is a member of Artworks Gallery and Associated Artists in Winston-Salem, NC. She has won two Best in Shows and is featured in Ann Kullberg’s book “Colored Pencils: Secrets of Success” (Northlight Books, 2009).
Betti Pettinati Longinotti shares a series of gel transfer prints of her “Cradling the Divine: Tree Study”, a contemplative exploration. “I love and enjoy nature – flowers, trees, plants, and see the face of God in these created items. I consider myself a co-creator with our Creator.”
Betti Pettinati Longinotti loves the rhythm of nature in sunsets and sunrises and often records and shares them. She enjoys spiritual contemplation in nature, loves trees and her individual perception, perspective and focus of these living creations. Reflecting on these photographs in her digital inventory, she brings these to new life for this show. She uses gel transfer prints within a mixed media exploration. This technique shows up often, as well within the paintings produced.
Betti Pettinati Longinotti works in drawing, painting, and glass. She received a BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art and her MA from the University of the Arts/ Philadelphia, in Art Education with a studio major in Glass, an MFA in Visual Arts through the Lesley University College of Art and Design. Her work has been shown internationally. Betti is a juried member of Artworks Gallery, Piedmont Craftsmen, Studio Montclair Gallery and holds membership in the American Glass Guild.
This exhibition is free and open to the public.