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It was a pleasure for visitors at the September MACK Art Exhibition to meet the artists and view the works of five women who met at the Aiken Artist Guild several years ago.
The women have kept in close contact through their love of art expression and have previously shown their work together.
While many of the paintings in the exhibit are acrylics, an oil painting, "Three Gents" by Judy Adamick, pictures three of her favorite hens looking most handsome. "Lucy Hen," made it to the gallery as well.
Adamick, a former resident of Connecticut, resides in Ward and often paints farm subjects. She sells her work at her gallery, Butterfly Heart Gallery and Grits, in Ridge Spring.
From the same area of the state in Johnston, Anne Rauton Smith dedicates her pen and ink and watercolor talent to weathered barns. Smith and Adamick recently found themselves traveling on the Quilt Trail in North Carolina. From photos of these barns, which display quilts and guide visitors, Smith created four paintings of unique old barns. Smith's paintings are, at times, begun with watercolor and finished with pen and ink, at other times, she may reverse the process.
Doris Sofge has been painting "as long as she can remember," and enjoys using a wide variety of media in her many creations. Among several other honors, Sofge is a "Member with Excellence," of the South Carolina Watermedia Society. For the MACK exhibit, interesting collages as well as watercolor and acrylic paintings are on display. Her painting "A Good Life," begun 10 years ago and just recently completed, depicts memories of a good life with much thought and detail.
Another "Member with Excellence" of the S.C. Watermedia Society and past president of that society is Jill Noel Stafford. Stafford was participating in a mission trip and unable to attend the exhibit. Her work, influenced by her travels with a Christian medical missionary team, includes eight acrylic paintings. Each is a compelling study of the subject she has chosen to paint.
Works displayed in the exhibit by Elizabeth Moretz Britt of North Augusta feature assorted media. A mixed media painting in her "Gesture Series" is a contrast to two other of her works on display using charcoal and graphite and another work in which she has used pastels. Her work as a figurative painter has won her a number of awards in juried shows in Aiken, Augusta, McCormick and Sandersville.
Bruce Harling's excellent piano again contributed to the electricity of the gallery for the evening exhibit. The outstanding art can be seen in the gallery until the end of September.
The MACK, the McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah, is located at 115 S. Main St., McCormick, and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (864) 852-3216.![]()
It was a pleasure for visitors at the September MACK Art Exhibition to meet the artists and view the works of five women who met at the Aiken Artist Guild several years ago.
The women have kept in close contact through their love of art expression and have previously shown their work together.
While many of the paintings in the exhibit are acrylics, an oil painting, "Three Gents" by Judy Adamick, pictures three of her favorite hens looking most handsome. "Lucy Hen," made it to the gallery as well.
Adamick, a former resident of Connecticut, resides in Ward and often paints farm subjects. She sells her work at her gallery, Butterfly Heart Gallery and Grits, in Ridge Spring.
From the same area of the state in Johnston, Anne Rauton Smith dedicates her pen and ink and watercolor talent to weathered barns. Smith and Adamick recently found themselves traveling on the Quilt Trail in North Carolina. From photos of these barns, which display quilts and guide visitors, Smith created four paintings of unique old barns. Smith's paintings are, at times, begun with watercolor and finished with pen and ink, at other times, she may reverse the process.
Doris Sofge has been painting "as long as she can remember," and enjoys using a wide variety of media in her many creations. Among several other honors, Sofge is a "Member with Excellence," of the South Carolina Watermedia Society. For the MACK exhibit, interesting collages as well as watercolor and acrylic paintings are on display. Her painting "A Good Life," begun 10 years ago and just recently completed, depicts memories of a good life with much thought and detail.
Another "Member with Excellence" of the S.C. Watermedia Society and past president of that society is Jill Noel Stafford. Stafford was participating in a mission trip and unable to attend the exhibit. Her work, influenced by her travels with a Christian medical missionary team, includes eight acrylic paintings. Each is a compelling study of the subject she has chosen to paint.
Works displayed in the exhibit by Elizabeth Moretz Britt of North Augusta feature assorted media. A mixed media painting in her "Gesture Series" is a contrast to two other of her works on display using charcoal and graphite and another work in which she has used pastels. Her work as a figurative painter has won her a number of awards in juried shows in Aiken, Augusta, McCormick and Sandersville.
Bruce Harling's excellent piano again contributed to the electricity of the gallery for the evening exhibit. The outstanding art can be seen in the gallery until the end of September.
The MACK, the McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah, is located at 115 S. Main St., McCormick, and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (864) 852-3216.