Exhibition Dates: January 29 – February 25, 2023
Gallery Hop: Friday, February 3, 7- 9 pm
Reception: Sunday, February 12, 2-4 pm
Alix Hitchcock is exhibiting new hand colored and hand pulled dry-point prints. These one of a kind monoprints are based on initial drawings from shadows of trees and foliage.
Working instinctively, Hitchcock considers the art process an unpredictable visual journey that starts with a structural set up but with much left for accidental results and evolving responses. Her work communicates a sense of awe in the presence of Nature, and brings the viewer into each art work’s world of mystery, as well as portraying a type of “emotional abstraction”, as the artist Arthur Dove said of his art.
Hitchcock received her MA in painting from NYU, and her BFA in printmaking and painting from UNC-G. She is a retired Instructor in Drawing at WFU. She was the W-S Artist of the Year in 1998, and is a founding board member of Artworks Gallery. She has exhibited widely in N.C., and in shows in Kentucky, Virginia, South Carolina, New York City, and Wyoming.
A large ink drawing of banana leaves by Lea Lackey-Zachmann is one of four graphite, ink and acrylic works in this exhibition. Three dimensional paintings and large colored pencil drawings complete her showing.
The similar shapes and forms in trees, leaves and feathers common in our natural environment are subjects in this exhibition. An appreciation for the complexity and similarities in these natural forms provides an avenue for understanding and appreciating the commonalities with all living beings and the natural world.
Lea Lackey-Zachmann holds an MFA in painting and graduate teaching certification from UNC-G and a BA from Winthrop University. She is retired from teaching art at High Point University and prior regional colleges. She has shown her works throughout the southeast and is a founding member of Artworks Gallery. Gardening is her passion along with her husband, two dogs and their cat, Be.
This exhibition is free and open to the public.