Painting patterns
By Susan Pugh on Oct. 01, 2008
From staff reports
When Kaye Sweeney Lipscomb was a child, she and her grandmother would lie on a blanket in the grass, looking at the stars as her grandmother pointed out the constellations.
Lipscomb says she felt wonder at the vastness of it all. “That was the beginning of (my) looking at all those light patterns.”
She says that feeling of awe is reflected in a series of her paintings that are part of a new exhibit.
Kelly Mattox, who owns Avenue Arts Studio Gallery, decided to pair Lipscomb’s work with the installation art of Barbara Cornett for the gallery’s current show, “Counterpoint,” which opens this Friday.
Cornett, who used to design clothes, uses materials like metal and felt to fashion her artwork. One piece, for instance, is a pair of copper wings, which Mattox says gives the feeling of flight.
Mattox says when she put the work of the two artists together, “it was a marriage.”
The First Friday opening reception is scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Other shows:
Rivermont Studio: Artist John Morgan’s Rivermont Studio will show “The Space Between,” which is the photography of Paige Critcher, plus drawings and pottery from Mary Holland and Steve Glass.
Morgan has set his opening reception for 6 to 8 p.m. In addition to the First Friday opening, he has scheduled a time for conversation with the artists for 11 a.m. on Oct. 4.
The Lynchburg Art Club: “It’s All About Color” features the work of artists Faye Burnett, Mary Lou Michaels and Betsy Owen. Owen’s work is a retrospective.
The opening reception is set for 5 to 8 p.m. for the show, which is scheduled to run to Oct. 12.
The Academy of Fine Arts: Mike Piggott’s oil paintings will be on display in the Academy Gallery. In the Up Front Gallery will be the oil paintings of Geral Butler and the photographs of Sammy Allen, which catalogue the restoration of the Academy of Music Theatre.
The Academy’s First Friday reception is set for 5 to 8 p.m., with music by Kensie Johnson and Robert Marshall.
The Academy’s satellite galleries have shows on, too. At UBS, it’s photographs by Lisa Pitcher, and at Magnolia Foods, it’s the drawings of Ginny McCraw.
Riverviews Artspace: Skate culture and skate art will collide in “Concrete Canvas,” an exhibition that features the art and culture of skateboarding. The show is a partnership between Riverviews and its neighbor, Amazement Square, which is home to the Rotary Centennial Skatepark.
The idea is to celebrate skateboarders and skateboard artists, and “what they contribute to the urban landscape of Lynchburg,” according to a news release from Riverviews.
The show will be up at the Riverviews Jefferson Lobby Gallery through Nov. 30.
Beeswax Candle Co. - An Artisan Gallery: The new show features the work of local tile artisan Jane Garrett.
Her work has been featured in Lark Books’ “500 Tiles.” But Lynchburgers might know her from the classes she has taught in local schools and at the Academy of Fine Arts.
The artist’s dessert reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on First Friday.
The GLTC “Art” Trolley will run between the Academy of Fine Arts, Riverviews Artspace, the Beeswax Candle Co. - An Artisans Gallery, Avenue Arts Studio Gallery, Hardwick’s in the Galleria, Heritage Crafters Gallery at Lynchburg Community Market, 921 Main St. Fine Art, Blackwater Creek Gallery, Amazement Square, the Lynchburg Art Club, Light Wings Gallery, Rivermont Studio, the Firehouse Gallery and participating downtown restaurants, from 5 to 8 p.m. Free parking at the Midtown Parking Deck, located at Ninth and Commerce streets.
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