October 5 - 27, 2024
From Wally Workman Gallery:
“On October 5th, 2024, Wally Workman Gallery is proud to present their group show Floral Realism, featuring the work of Molly Smith, Carol Dawson and James Andrew Smith. Each artist captures the natural beauty of flora in a realist manner, each with a different medium and approach.
Molly Smith’s colored pencil pieces are inspired by “nature’s mess”. Self-taught, Molly trained herself to really see while taking extended walks with her blind dog. Looking down around her, where others might see unkempt weeds, she found beauty in wild neighborhood vignettes, and the unexpected in a neighbor’s overgrown garden. Using only colored pencil, she achieves an incredible depth amongst the tangled foliage.
Carol Dawson’s watercolor series Mortal Beauty is an intimate portrayal of decaying flowers: fading and drying out at the end of their life cycle, petals falling, suspended in air. Dawson’s use of negative space surrounding her florals focuses the viewer’s attention on these details, creating abstraction and movement. Her macro depictions of peonies live immortally on paper.
James Andrew Smith favors traditional still lives in oil paint. His expert treatment of glass and reflection, attention to detail, and precise technique produces awe-inspiring photo-realistic canvases. His play with light is impressive in a centuries old pursuit that is notoriously challenging. His subjects are orderly, structured, anchored in their vases.
Established in 1980 and located in a 120 year old historic house, the Wally Workman Gallery specializes in emerging and collected talent.
Send inquiries to Rachel H. Stephens at [email protected] or call 512.472.7428″
On View: October 5, 2024 | 12–5 pm
1202 West 6th Street
Austin, 78703 TX
(512) 472-7428
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