Mississippi University for Women Show

The University made me feel welcome indeed! Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

A Pre-Symposium reception with Professor Alex Stelios-Wills and Professor Tom Nawrocki. I enjoyed talking with all the faculty and was very impressed with the beautiful facilities, student and faculty work!

This was my bedroom & bath at the Puckett House on campus, it's a beautiful Victorian house for visiting speakers.

 

 

Reception pictures borrowed from the Eugenia Summers Gallery facebook page. Thank you photographer Aneesha Baldeosingh (student and gallery assistant).

This is the cabin I stayed in the second night, it's at Plymouth Bluff, a property maintained by the University.

The show will be up until November 4, Eugenia Summers Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

A Virtual Exhibit of the work in the show can be seen at http://www.terrystricklandart.com/VirtualExhibit.htm

Eugenia Summers Gallery

Here's a preview of my solo show at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus. The show opened Oct 8.

On Friday Oct 23, there will be a student lecture/gallery talk early in the day and a public reception 5:30-7:00 pm.

The exhibit of thirty two paintings and drawings will be up until Nov 4, 2009. The show will be in the Eugenia Summer Gallery on the MUW campus which is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

All the paintings and drawings on display can be seen at
http://www.terrystricklandart.com/VirtualExhibit.htm

Thanks to Alex Stelioes-Wills, gallery director for making this exhibit happen!

"Oracle", Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends

This is a painting called, "Oracle" it's part of my Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends Series. It's 20x16 in an oval format. The idea of an oracle as a medium for revelation is provocative and one I have enjoyed exploring. Technically this is one of the trickiest faces I've every painted because of the strange blue reflected light and the golden up-light from the lamp.

 

I used a combination of different exposure photographs for reference because of the nearly impossible lighting situation and to get the various levels of detail I wanted. I left the still life set up and painted that from life sheltering the still life from the light shining on the canvas and palette.

Too much studio light killed the drama and the color in the still life so I was practically painting this in the dark. The colored lights reflecting on fabric and flesh were luscious to look at and a challenge to paint.

 I thought this image was so strong and the expression so mysterious that I decided to do another version in charcoal and pastel on a warm gray paper. This piece is 30x22.

 

Both of these pieces will be in my Mississippi University for Women show at Eugenia Summers Gallery, Oct 8-Nov 4, 2009, Reception Oct 23. More about this show on my blog from Sept 13.

Mississippi University for Women Art Gallery in Columbus

I'll be the visiting artist at MUW. This event is a Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium Event.

The gallery director, Alex Stelioes-Wills, has chosen my painting "Venus Speaks" to be the image used on the gallery's 2009-10 events poster and the invitation piece for the solo show.

This painting is a self portrait with husband. It is 12"x38" and was done around the time of our 26th anniversary. This painting made me smile the entire time I was working on it.

This painting went straight into our art collection so it has never been exhibited. It will be fun to show it for the first time in Mississippi!

This is the beautiful gallery space with the current show, a faculty exhibit.

The exhibit of thirty paintings and drawings will be up Oct 8-Nov 4, 2009 with a reception Friday, Oct 23, 5:30-7pm. The show will be in the Eugenia Summer Gallery on the MUW campus which is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm