Elder Art Gallery exhibits "I am Woman"

Elder Gallery
presents

I am Woman

On September 7th Elder Gallery will present an exhibition of paintings and ceramics by nine accomplished women artists from the United States and Russia. The exhibition will include the work of Terri Amig, Mary Erickson, Yana Golubyatnikova, Claire Miller Hopkins, Jill Jones, Jean McWhorter, Laura Spong, Katherine Wolf- Webb, and Marlies Williams.

Terri Amig was born in central Pennsylvania and spent her summers at the sea in southern New Jersey. Formally trained at The Corcoran School of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Art and California Institute of Art, she continued critical studies at Nabarts with artist Timothy Hawkesworth and Anderson Rance with Enrique Martinez Celaya. After living in Los Angeles and Brooklyn, she settled in an old farmhouse near Cape May, New Jersey.

Mary Erickson was born in New York and grew up in Connecticut and is a graduate of Sacred Heart University. She studied with noted Maritime artist Don Demers and wildlife artist John Seerey-Lester. She maintains studios in Marshville, North Carolina and Venice, Florida.

Golubyatnikova, also know in the United States as Yana G, was born in Khersin, Ukrane and is a graduate of the Art College in Crimea. For several years she was a costume designer at the Kherson Theatre of Drama and Comedy. Today she spends her time between St. Petersburg, Kherson and the Black Sea Coast of Crimea. She draws influence from such Russian masters as Ilya Repin and Nikolai Fechin. She was featured on the cover of the Fall/Winter 2005 edition of Artbook of the New West.

Claire Miller Hopkins has been a teacher of drawing and painting in South Carolina for over 24 years. She is a workshop instructor, Juror, and has served as Artist in Residence for South Carolina Art Commission. Hopkins has exhibited in over 100 national, regional and local shows and is a member of the Pastel Society of America. She was accorded “Distinguished Pastelist” designation at Pastel Society of of the West Coast National Exhibition in Sacramento, CA. She is a Knickerbocker Artist and has been featured in numerous art publications around the nation.

Jill Jones is a native of Spartanburg, South Carolina and holds a degree in Journalism from the University of South Carolina as well as a degree in Studio Art from Converse College. She has been painting full-time for over ten years and has been included in numerous juried exhibitions in the Southeast. Her paintings have won “Best of Show” recognition in several competitions to include the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg’s Annual Juried Show.

Jean McWhorter eared her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Fine Art from the University of Georgia. She studied for a year at the Brooklyn Museum of Art School in New York City and moved to South Carolina to begin her professional career as an artist. She taught drawing, painting and sculpture at the Museum School of Columbia Museum of Art for twenty-three years and served as Director of The Museum School for six years. She continued teaching at the University of South Carolina, Newberry College and Benedict College. McWhorter has participated in over thirty one-woman exhibits both regionally and nationally.

Laura Spong was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1926 and graduated from Vanderbilt University. She did not begin to paint until late in life, sometime in the 1980s. Her work has been included in numerous juried exhibitions in South Carolina and she has participated in exhibitions across the Southeast. She remains an inspiration to most everyone who knows her and her art.

Katherine Wolf Webb is a native of Charlotte and is currently living and painting in Wilmington, North Carolina. She was educated at CdeP, Sorbonne, Paris, France and Hollins College, in Roanoke, Virginia. She has traveled extensively and her work is reflective of the many countries she has visited throughout her life. She has been included in numerous exhibitions across the state of North Carolina.

Marlies Williams grew up in the heart of the steel and coal industry during the post WWII era of West Germany. She developed her ability to express herself early in life through art.

She studied architecture, married an American soldier and moved to the United States in 1962.

She worked in architecture and construction in Charlotte, North Carolina for over 30 years. She always felt the need to balance her life by exploring different mediums to express what is and always has been within her. In 1997 Williams decided to devote her life to her first love, art. She moved to St. Helena Island, South Carolina where she maintains her painting studio.

I Am Woman runs through October 2, 2007.

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