The Aiken Artist Guild Gallery showcases works by its members throughout each exhibition at Aiken Center for the Arts. This exhibition features Samantha Hamrick and Jessica Graham. Come view their work through April 30th.
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Jessica Graham - “To capture the essence of a subject but leaving out the obvious. I continually strive for softer edges, luminous layers, and less details instead of more. Abstract realism gives wings to the viewer’s imagination, and I love the challenge of deconstructing the image to its most simplistic form.”
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Samantha Hamrick - "...Through my own spiritual journey, I’ve developed a unique viewpoint to consider beauty in less obvious places and contemplate the layers of life that present in the complexities of human emotions, mathematics science and even pop culture. It might be my background as a nurse and therapist influencing me a little, but I deeply feel my role as an artist is to inspire others. My desire is that it will inspire others to have a glimmer of hope and find the light in the darkness."
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Join us tomorrow for a free lecture: Death on the Nile with Rose Hayes
Tuesday, March 26, 6-7pm
No cost, please RSVP 803-641-9094 or online aikencenterforthearts.org/register/
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Dr. Rose Lee Hayes, a medical anthropologist, shares her extensive photography collection and field work in the valley of the Nile River. Traveling 1,400 miles on the river through Sudan and Egypt, by camels, lorries and feluccas, she demonstrates verbally and visually how building barriers, like dams, to restrict the natural flow of surface water, can destroy environments and cultures.
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"Over Land and Sea" will be on view in our main gallery March 21-April 30.
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Meet the artist: Anne Peyton
"My main intention with my art is to bring the birds I have seen in the field closer to the eyes of the viewer. I am hoping to share their beauty and behaviors . I am also hoping to spark an emotion. As a wildlife conservationist, I believe that people will care for only the things they love. If my paintings can inspire the viewer to want to know more about birds and to care for them a bit more, then I have had a successful day."
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Image: “Picking Flowers” Green-tailed Towhee, acrylic, Anne Peyton
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