“In the Summer Sun of the Hillside”: The Agricultural South
Drawn from the permanent collection, the seventeen paintings in this exhibition—many rarely exhibited and more than a few never exhibited before—celebrate the everyday in their depiction of agriculture and the rural life it has supported from time immemorial throughout the American South. The predominance of agriculture within the economy of the region until recent times has played a significant role…
Artist(s) as Muse: Photographs by Drake White
These photographs are drawn from White’s ongoing portrait series of painters, sculptors, muralists, and other artists who live and work in the Central Savannah River Area and shape the region’s cultural landscape. Working principally in abstraction, still life, and portraiture, White has spent his professional life—a career of forty-plus years—mainly on the West Coast, concentrating on telling stories as a photographer…
Steeped in Folklore: Recent Paintings by Reynier Llanes
Born in 1985 in Pinar del Río, Cuba, Reynier Llanes embarked long ago on an artistic journey that is deeply rooted in his native land and folklore. He was first trained at Pinar del Río’s school of art, Instructores de Arte, where he completed his studies in 2004, mainly under the tutelage of renowned realist Juan Miguel Suárez. After his…