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Gallery One Garden Glories exhibit available to view online

April 12, 2020

A new show called Garden Glories, featuring works by Gallery One artists, is available to view online along with creations from talented Gallery One artisans.

Gallery One artists and artisans hope to welcome guests to the gallery in person very soon. For more information about a particular piece, email art@galleryonede.com or leave a message at 302-537-5055.

Each year about this time, Gallery One entertains a garden theme to usher in a breath of fresh spring air. In this time of uncertainty, that preview of color and inspiration seems especially welcome.

The artists each explored the Garden Glories theme in their own unique and vibrant ways, but all included flowers. Michelle Marshall and Joyce Condry both chose to honor the tulip. Because they are one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, tulips have come to symbolize rebirth. 

In MaryBeth Paterson’s oil painting, “Garden Blues,” white blooms fill the canvas. Even with a limited palette, these blossoms capture the many blues as well as the warm yellows and reds in her still life.

Cheryl Wisbrock’s watercolor painting, “Hydrangea and Daises,” is rendered in a classic watercolor style, loosely painted with transparent pigments so it exudes the freshness of spring. Eileen Olson’s acrylic abstract painting, “Peppermint Lane Gardens,” vibrates with color and the energy of seasonal rebirth.

In Scott Broadfoot’s oil painting “Still Life with Gardenia,” a cornucopia of garden glories is depicted in a realistic and classical style. In Victorian times, gardenias were given when people wanted to express love and devotion without revealing their identity, a secret or untold love. The gardenia holds the viewer’s focus for a minute and then their eyes travel through the diagonal layout of fruits, a butterfly, insects, acorns and a shell.

Laura Hickman’s pastel painting, "Garden in Ravello," features a garden at the famous Villa Cimbrone in Ravello, Italy, where she was guided through the gorgeous grounds by two sweet dogs. Lesley McCaskill’s acrylic painting of a summer water garden, “Lily Pads,” suggests a scene from Monet. In Dale Sheldon’s “Garden in Giverny,” colors, shapes and textures fill this painting of the celebrated grounds of Monet’s house in early spring.

Gallery One carries an outstanding selection of work from local artisans including jewelry, glass, woodworking, ceramics, mosaic, fabric art and more. 

For more information and to view the exhibit online, go to www.galleryonede.com.

 

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