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Mother Earth at the Morning Star
Gallery
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Many moments of life are spent remembering the wonder, joy
and creativity of childhood.
Whether one’s fascination was in building blocks or pop-bead
necklaces, those ideas of color and construction can be revisiting
through an artistic exhibition at Morning Star Gallery on Sunset
Drive in Blowing Rock.
Along the gallery’s sidewalk, Ema Godfrey’s rope-skipping
girls catch attention, while large canvases painted by Jonas
Gerard await viewers inside, reminding one of time spent playing
and taking the world in through a wide-eyed view.
This exhibition features sculpture, glass, assemblage, paintings
and prints, as well as small whimsies sure to remind viewers
of their own childhood days.
Cher Shaffer’s paintings revisit summer nights with her
sister, as they delighted in the blinking lightning bugs in
their jelly jars. Sculptor Bill Skrips’ childhood love
of trains is expressed in his unusual construction using found
objects. And Simone Wilson’s playful objects d’art
are the happy result of time spent with her grandfather, Hugh,
who encouraged Simone’s gift of using “nothing”
to make “something,” something exciting and imaginative.
Diane Kline’s art explores the four seasons, and glass
artist Val Beck’s painterly scenes on her husband’s
blown glass bowls are testament to every kid’s fascination
with creatures that swim and crawl. Robin Kent’s assemblages
and Tracey Marshall’s paintings revisit the garden as a
place of discovery and growth.
Trena McNabb’s worldly viewpoint offers several paintings,
featuring “mother earth” as an expressive and creative
force in our lives. McNabb’s carefully rendered paintings
show both the interconnectedness of this earthly life and its
vast diversity.
In addition to this special exhibition, Morning Star Gallery
continues to show giclees by Wes Waugh and art and crafts from
throughout the region. Everything in the gallery is handmade
in the U.S.A. Visitors to the gallery will find artisan jewelry,
pottery, blown glass and artistic garden accessories, including
giant and colorful flowers.
The public is invited to visit and view the spring exhibition
of American-made art and fine crafts.
Morning Star Gallery is open Monday through Saturday, closed
Sunday and Wednesday in April. For more information, call (828)
295-6991 or e-mail mstargallery@bellsouth.net. Morning Star
Gallery is located at 257 Sunset Drive in Blowing Rock.
Gallery Times is a weekly news feature of the Focus section
of The Mountain Times, featuring short news items submitted
by local galleries.
For more information, contact entertainment editor Frank Ruggiero
at frank@mountaintimes.com or (828) 264-6397.
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