Georgia Art Education Association GAEA
 http://www.gaea.armstrong.edu/

Fifth Annual GAEA
GOVERNOR'S EXHIBIT 2001
at the CAPITOL GALLERIES
Atlanta, Georgia

February 12 to March 23, 2001

  

Office of the Governor (Suites 109, 111, 115, 201, 203, 245) The Honorable Roy Barnes
Office of the Lieutenant Governor (Suite 240) The Honorable Mark Taylor
Office of the Secretary of State (Suites 110, 214) The Honorable Cathy Cox

 

Juried by the Capitol Gallery Committee and curated by the Georgia Council for the Arts

Entry form for next years Governor's Exhibit
and past exhibitors lists.

 

Annual February Show and Reception

The Second Wednesday in February
Twin Towers Lobby
The Governor’s Exhibit runs in conjunction with the Student's Capital Art Exhibit, Twin Towers Lobby January 29 – February 23, 2001 (Legislative Office Building, across the street from the Capitol).  Mark your calendar for the Big Reception with dance, music, dramatic presentations, and refreshments.  February 14, 2001, 3:00 PM till 6:00 PM.  Arts Advocacy meeting 3:15 PM cafeteria conference room sponsored by the Georgia Coalition for the Arts.  GAEA presentations begin at 4:00 PM.  Have your picture taken with your representatives from 5:00 - 5:30 PM. 

 

These 101 works, we pray, will subtly influence the Governor and Legislators to strengthen support for the arts in Georgia’s schools.  GAEA’s top legislative goal (in conjunction with other arts organizations) is to persuade legislators to include one credit for an arts class (art, music, theater, band, or dance, etc.) toward the high school graduation requirement which would allow an arts class to count when high school averages are calculated for post-secondary study and the Hope Scholarship.  This would raise the status of at least one arts class from an Elective to the level of the Core Curriculum such as Math, Language Arts, Science, etc.  For the entire list of legislative goals go to www.gaea.armstrong.edu and click on Advocacy then Legislative Agenda or the direct link is at http://www.gaea.armstrong.edu/gaealegisl.htm

 

 

 

LIST OF 34 ARTISTS, BIOGRAPHIES, CREATIVE STATEMENTS, AND 101 WORKS

40 Pages of Great Artists

 

Participating Artists:  Chris Bain, Virginia Carnes, Tom L. Cato, Joe Cillo, Anita Cook, Katherine Crossan, Grace Davis, Jeanne M. George, Carole Henry, Jodie Hobbs, Roscoe Jackson, Lynda C. Kerr, M. Kerry Marquis, Terrylynne Marshall, Paula L. McNeill, Kirby Meng, Helen Miller, Judith Moore, Eleanor Neal, W. Robert Nix, Nancy Olney, Michael Padgett, Mary Kate Repaire, Donna Roberson, Gudrun Rominger, Michelle Schulte, Jena Sibille, Jeannette Smith, Helen Fleming Stone, Kathleen Thompson, Vanessa Wardi, Deborah Dunavant West, Jane Wierengo, Barbara Lord Willis

 

 

a. Chris Bain

Athens, GA 

 

Christina Bittel Bain was born November 9th in Syracuse, NY.  She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in History of Art and a Master’s of Art degree in Art Education from Syracuse University.  She completed her student teaching experience through Pratt Institute.  She taught elementary, middle, and high school art classes in Syracuse, NY for three years and middle school art in Copperas Cove, Texas for a year.  She also has training in graphic design and worked in the field of advertising for a year.  Christina will soon complete her PhD in Art Education from the University of Georgia, where she has been teaching part time for the past five years.  She has also taught various college level studio courses (including watercolor, photography, design, and art history) at Mary Hardin-Baylor University in Belton, TX; Upsala College in West Orange, NJ; and Sussex Community College in Newton, NJ.  Her work is included in the permanent collection at the Lowe Art Gallery at Syracuse University.  Christina’s awards include graduate teaching assistantships from UGA 1995 -1999, a research assistantship from the Graduate School 1999-2000, the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award from UGA in May 1998 and the W. Robert Nix Award of Excellence in Art Education in August 1999.  She also has had several articles concerning quilting, art history, and art education published in various journals and anthologies.  She is an active volunteer at her daughter’s elementary school, particularly in the computer lab, and she is the co-leader of a local brownie troop.  In her spare time, Christina enjoys spending time with her family.

 

1.

Chris Bain

River

Color photograph

8 X 12

$150.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

Nature always refreshes and inspires me.  The fall is my favorite time of year--I love the colors of the leaves, the crunch of the leaves underfoot, the crispness of the air, and the scent of a bonfire in the air.  While walking in the woods one day, I took this photograph to try to capture the tranquility and beauty that this time of year represents to me.  Mrs. Bain is a Ph.D. candidate and art graduate assistant at the University of Georgia.

 

 

 

 

b. Virginia Carnes

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Virginia Carnes is originally from New Jersey and came to Georgia following an undergraduate degree in Art Education at Jersey City State College.  After completing an MA at the University of Georgia, she taught elementary art with the Atlanta Public Schools.  In 1996 she received an MA at Columbia University in Educational Administration.  Since 1996-1999, she was employed by the Westminster Schools and held the position of Director of Art Education and is currently employed as Director of Arts Education at The Howard School, Atlanta, GA.  Her work as a practicing artist has been exhibited widely with work published.  She is represented by Art Canyon, an on-line exhibition site at www.artcanyon.com.

 

2.

Virginia Carnes

Towns County

oil

8” x 12”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

Small landscapes are a very dramatic departure from the ongoing work I have been doing as an artist.  They represent a series of summer vacation images from North Georgia and are what I refer to as postcard works due to the small scale.  I have not painted representational work of this nature in some time and am intrigued by the challenge of creating space on a small scale.  Revisiting this manner of working originated for me from a sketchbook journal developed while traveling in Alaska.  Virginia Carnes is Director of Arts Education at The Howard School, Atlanta.

 

3.

Virginia Carnes

Coastal Calm

Oil

12” x 12”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

Small-scale works of this size are a new venture as is working with oil after an absence of many years.  The coastal series I am now working with comes from being on the coast and while they’re being engaged by light as it transforms the state of nature hour to hour.  The ever-changing light on water reflected from the drama or lack thereof in the sky as it moves from light to dark creates subtle and quiet moments to those of great tension.  Virginia Carnes is Director of Arts Education at The Howard School, Atlanta.

 

4.

Virginia Carnes

 Fall

Oil

8 x 12”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

Small landscapes are a very dramatic departure from the ongoing work I have been doing as an artist.  They represent a series of summer vacation images from North Georgia and are what I refer to as postcard works due to the small scale.  I have not painted representational work of this nature in some time and am intrigued by the challenge of creating space on a small scale.  Revisiting this manner of working originated for me from a sketchbook journal developed while traveling in Alaska.  Virginia Carnes is Director of Arts Education at The Howard School, Atlanta.

 

5.

Virginia Carnes

Meadow

Oil

8 x 12”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

Small landscapes are a very dramatic departure from the ongoing work I have been doing as an artist.  They represent a series of summer vacation images from North Georgia and are what I refer to as postcard works due to the small scale.  I have not painted representational work of this nature in some time and am intrigued by the challenge of creating space on a small scale.  Revisiting this manner of working originated for me from a sketchbook journal developed while traveling in Alaska.  Virginia Carnes is Director of Arts Education at The Howard School, Atlanta.

 

6.

Virginia Carnes

At the Edge of Lake Chatuge

Oil

8 x 12”

$150.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

Small landscapes are a very dramatic departure from the ongoing work I have been doing as an artist.  They represent a series of summer vacation images from North Georgia and are what I refer to as postcard works due to the small scale.  I have not painted representational work of this nature in some time and am intrigued by the challenge of creating space on a small scale.  Revisiting this manner of working originated for me from a sketchbook journal developed while traveling in Alaska.  Virginia Carnes is Director of Arts Education at The Howard School, Atlanta.

 

7.

Virginia Carnes

Golden Rain Tree

Oil

40 x 40 inches

$300.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214 (back)

 

Trees have long been a focus of my vision whether they occur in my natural or imaginative vision.  They provide an endless variety of linear rhythms and create changing shapes as the lines of intersection wind and intersect.  The rain tree in this piece is an ever-present image in my front yard, as I have watched its growth and passage over the course of our existence together moving through the seasons.  I visit the image from time to time through both drawing and paintings.  Virginia Carnes is Director of Arts Education at The Howard School, Atlanta.

 

8.

Virginia Carnes

By the Light of the Moon

Acrylic

40 x 40”

$300.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214  (back)

 

By the Light of the Moon, was originally created for a show at the Albany Museum of Art celebrating that ever-important Georgia product, the peanut.  The image came to me while driving through South Georgia peanut country on an evening of the full moon.  Virginia Carnes is Director of Arts Education at The Howard School, Atlanta.

 

 

 

 

c.  Tom Cato

Savannah, Georgia

 

Tom L. Cato completed his BFA degree in painting and drawing in 1973, and his M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision in 1978 at Valdosta State College; he completed an Ed.D degree at the University of Georgia in art education in 1997.  Cato was an assistant professor at Georgia Southern University from 1990-93, and currently heads up the art education program at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah.  A practicing artist and educator since 1973, Cato has exhibited and lectured widely in Georgia and the Southeast.  Among his specialties, Cato is a muralist and is adept at using technology to teach art.  Cato is currently serving as President of GAEA.

 

9.

Tom Cato

Arcadia Cliffs

Photo Manipulated Computer Print

14” x 18”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 201

 

Landscapes have always been fascinating to me and being living on a barrier island in Savannah attracts me to water related landscapes all along the coast of the United States.  By combining the photographic image with the many tools of the computer I have created a fantasy effect on a very real coastal scene along Penopscot Bay in Maine.  Color and texture and the mystique of the cave help create this surreal surrounding.  Dr. Cato is Chair of Art Education at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah. 

 

10.

Tom Cato

Duchess

Photo Manipulated Computer Print

18” x 14”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 201

 

While taking a special vacation with family aboard the schooner, Timberwind, in Maine I was attracted to the many aspects of the boating experience.  The Duchess was our lifeboat and served as a general-purpose boat when we were in a harbor. In the quiet times of the morning the Duchess had its on beauty that rivaled the majestic sails of the Timberwind.  Dr. Cato is Chair of Art Education at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah.

 

11.

Tom Cato

Boat Reflections

Photo Manipulated Computer Print

18” x 14”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 201

 

The evening before our sail aboard the schooner, Timberwind, I was drawn to various reflections of boats on the water in the afternoon light.  The unusual bow of this boat against its reflection in the water created a sense of tranquility and beauty.  Dr. Cato is Chair of Art Education at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah.

 

12.

Tom Cato

Tender II

Photo Manipulated Computer Print

18” x 14”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 201

 

The tender was a skiff capable of pushing the Timberwind, a 90-foot schooner, in and around the various harbors that we visited.  It was the workhorse of the schooner, which had no mechanical propulsion systems.  The ropes and other metal tackle used to lift the tender out of the water and onto the schooner and were visually appealing to me.  I found many different angles to photograph the patterns that they created. Using Adobe Photoshop in a creative way I was able to create a watercolor effect that pushes this work beyond the realm of a photograph.  Dr. Cato is Chair of Art Education at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah.

 

13.

Tom Cato

Awaiting

Photo Manipulated Computer Print

14” x 18”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 201

 

Lobster floats hanging on a rustic wall of the Harbor Master’s shack in front of the open window of the building created an interesting pattern and feeling that something was missing.  More than anything else the work leaves room for speculation about what might actually happened in the next few minutes.  Dr. Cato is Chair of Art Education at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah.

 

14.

Tom Cato

White/Dark

Photo Manipulated Computer Print

18” x 14”

$150.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

The contrast between the two hulls of the boats in the dark waters of the harbor creates a dynamic composition.  The angle of the white boat sets up the dynamics that is countered with the darker hulled boat on the left.  It is mysterious, interesting, and presents a quality all its own.  Dr. Cato is Chair of Art Education at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah.

 

 

 

 

d. Joe Cillo

Decatur, GA

 

Joe Cillo originally from New Jersey, received his BA in Advertising from Marietta College of Ohio and his BFA in art education from Georgia State University.  Joe is a local photographer, he teaches at Callanwolde Art Center, and is a full time art teacher for Dekalb County Schools.  He is currently serving as Co-District President of the East Metro region for the Georgia Art Education Association.

 

15. 

Joe Cillo

Isolation

Silver gelatin print

15” x 18”

$300.00

Office of the Governor Suite 115

 

Cemeteries have always been of interest to me.  I began photographing cemeteries under the guidance of my college mentor.  My projects were born from the notion that the graveyard is a photographic cliché.  The goal was to find a new direction.  From that point the iconography that represented the dead became an obsession.  Surrounded by peace these forms create their own conversations in history.  Ironic, considering we often associate the cemetery with evil and danger.  Joe Cillo teaches art in metro Atlanta.

 

 

 

 

e. Anita Cook 

Stone Mountain, GA

 

Anita Cooke was born in Corpus Christi, Texas.  She graduated cum laude with a B.F.A. degree from University of Texas-Pan American at Edinburg, Texas in 1976.  She and her family have lived in Texas, North Carolina, Alaska, and Georgia.  While living in Anchorage, Alaska Anita was the national advertising manager for the Anchorage Times.  In Atlanta, she worked for United Family Life Insurance Company in publications/publication education.  She has, also, worked in marketing and marketing research.  In 1990, she attended Georgia State University and earned her art education teaching certification.  Anita has taught at The Art Place in Marietta and the Art Station in Stone Mountain Village.  For the past seven years, she has taught art at the elementary level in the Clayton County Public School System.  Anita has exhibited work in the Texas Watercolor Society Show, the Brownsville International Juried Show, the Spruill Art Center Juried Show and several state and regional art shows.  She has encouraged her students to excel in art and has had students showcased in the Crayola Dream Maker Southeast Show and has repeatedly won ribbons and award in the Georgia Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest.  She feels her students and their accomplishments are her greatest masterpiece.

 

16. 

Anita Cook

Life Pose

Acrylic

20” x 24”

$550.00 NFS

Office of the Governor Suite 203

 

This painting was painted from a model- a new model – the young man had not posed before and seemed some what anxious.  I started it as a value study, using charcoal and earth colors, I added the color later.  I feel the uneasiness of the model is apparent in the final painting.  Anita Cook teaches elementary art in Clayton County.

 

17. 

Anita Cook

Island Retreat

Collage, watercolor

15” x 21”

$575.00 NFS

Office of the Governor 201

 

This collage on illustration board was developed from sketches and photographs taken after a trip to Jekyll Island.  My friend and I had walked along the rocks stepping around pools of water left by the tide.  Anita Cook teaches elementary art in Clayton County.

 

 

 

 

f. Katherine Crossan

Evans, Georgia 

 

Katherine Crossan was born in Augusta, Georgia.  Her family moved to Athens and she took extensive studio art classes at the University of Georgia as a child.  She received my BSEd in Art Education from UGA in 1989. In 1991 she moved to the Huntsville, Alabama area with her family where she taught children’s art classes with the Huntsville Art League. Since relocating to the Augusta area in 1994, she has taught children’s art classes in a community setting with the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art.  Currently, she is the visual arts instructor at Riverside Elementary School (Columbia County Schools) in Evans. 

 

18.

Katherine Crossan

Untitled (Small Trees)

Watercolor on paper

16” x 20”

$175.00 NFS

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

The Great Smokey Mountain National forest in the summer months, with its dense, lush green foliage, and quiet streams was the source of this on sight watercolor.  While hiking my party and I were caught in an afternoon shower, while taking refuge in an old barn I sat on the steps and began doing some watercolor sketches that I later finished back home.  Although, it was raining heavily, the sun's warm afternoon glow continued to filter down through the hardwood forest, my hope was to create a sense of that in this particular work.  Katherine Crossan teaches elementary art in Columbia County, Evans. 

 

 

19.

Katherine Crossan

Untitled  (Larger Trees)

Watercolor monoprint on paper

28” x 36”

$375.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 110

 

Trees are just one of natures beauties that bring me great joy.  The works of the American painter Charles Burchfield, particularly his paintings of trees and forests are of interest to me and an important source of inspiration.  I love to go out and just look at and listen to the forest and sometimes sit and paint.  Other times I go back and paint from memory in the studio, my own impression of the forest and its trees.  Katherine Crossan teaches elementary art in Columbia County, Evans.

 

20.

Katherine Crossan

Still Life with Sunflowers

Oil on canvas

24.5” x 32.5”

$350.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 110

 

Memories of the wildflowers, which grew outside my Father's Northeast Georgia boyhood home and Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers, were my sources of inspiration for this piece.  When painting flowers I can relive childhood moments filled with wonder and delight, bright colors and beautiful light.  Katherine Crossan teaches elementary art in Columbia County, Evans.

 

 

 

 

g. S. Grace Davis 

Athens, GA

 

Sarah Grace Davis received her Bachelor's Degree in art history and English from the University of Georgia in 1983 and went on to do graduate study in art history at Bryn Mawr College, earning her Master's Degree in English at the University of Georgia in 1992.  She has been teaching English for fifteen years and teaches currently at Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville.  Her love of light and shadow brings her back time and again to photography.  Branches and the patterns they make against the sky are particularly intriguing to her.  She is currently working on a book of photographs and poems that enhance the narrative of her stay at Brunnenburg in Italy's Tyrol last summer.

 

21.

S. Grace Davis 

Bleak Branches 

Photography

8” x 10”

$195.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

 I have always been fascinated by the patterns of leafless branches against the gray sky.  Looking at the intricacies of patterns each branch and twig make never ceases to add to my amazement at God's creation.  Contrasts of light and dark mark most of my work.  Ms Davis teaches at Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville. 

 

 

 

 

h. Jeanne George

Stone Mountain, GA

 

Jeanne M. George has been an Art Educator and practicing artist since completing her degree in Art Education at Murray State University in 1969.  She began teaching in Cincinnati, Ohio; then a move to Florida enabled her to teach at the Discovery Center/Science and Art Museum in Ft. Lauderdale.  Another move to the Orlando area found her experience being enriched by teaching at the Orlando Museum of Art and the Crealde Center in Winter Park.  She was teaching full time in Seminole County when a transfer brought her to Atlanta.  She is currently teaching the children at Sagamore Hills Elementary as a PTA sponsored Art Instructor.

 

22.

Jeanne George

We Share a Circle

Watercolor

5 1/8"x 5 3/8"

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

Inspired by the greens of spring and the North Georgia mountains, this watercolor evolved from a journey. For many years Florida was my home and the move that brought me to Georgia and to the changing seasons also brought me to the seasons of my life. We all share in this circle of life and change.  Jeanne George teaches at Sagamore Hills Elementary as a PTA sponsored Art Instructor, metro Atlanta.

 

23.

Jeanne George

Trees

Watercolor

14 1/8" x 10 1/8"

$100.00

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

Trees are one of Georgia's most extraordinary treasures! And around Atlanta, they are more abundant than ever! This is a watercolor of a trio of lonely pines on a rock island in one of Georgia's streams.  The wind and water have taken its toll as is apparent by the bareness of needles on the spindly trees.  Jeanne George teaches at Sagamore Hills Elementary as a PTA sponsored Art Instructor, metro Atlanta.

 

24.

Jeanne George

Georgia Pumpkins

Pen and ink

5 ½" x8"

$120.00

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

A pen and ink drawing of the simple fruits of life. Resisting the urge to become abstract, I left this still-life exactly as it was, an understatement of the importance of these simple fruits, wheat, and the extraordinary role they play in all of our lives.  The Georgia farmer in dealing with this year's drought would relish such a bounty.  Jeanne George teaches at Sagamore Hills Elementary as a PTA sponsored Art Instructor, metro Atlanta.

 

 

 

 

i. Carole Henry 

Danielsville, Georgia 

 

Carole Henry was born in Savannah and graduated with a BSEd in Art Education from Georgia Southern College in 1968.  She taught art in public middle schools for approximately 15 years while earning an MAEd in Art Education and an EdD in Art Education from The University of Georgia. She joined the Art Education faculty at UGA in 1988 and is currently Chair of Art Education.  Carole lives on a farm in rural Madison County with her husband, Hue, an attorney; her son, Jason, is a freshman at UGA.  Photography is something she does when she sees something so interesting or beautiful that Carole wants to “keep” it.  She enjoys isolating an image through the camera’s viewfinder, and she hopes her photographs replicate that experience for others.

 

25. 

Carole Henry

Sacred Space, Sapelo Island  

Color photograph

16” x 20”

$150.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

This is the view form inside an abandoned church on Sapelo Island looking out through the missing pane of a stained glass window.  The trees are filtered by the plain glass insert that has clouded over time.  The image seemed more a painting to me than reality and the stained glass became the frame.  Dr. Henry is Chair of Art Education at The University of Georgia, Athens.

 

26. 

Carole Henry

Rex

Photograph

16” x 20”

$150.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

It was evening and the rain had ended.  It was photographing the sky’s reflection in the puddle, when Rex, the neighbor’s dog, walked up and laid down.  I liked the way the curve of his body echoed the curve of the dirt road.  Rex took on the quality of an artist’s model.  Dr. Henry is Chair of Art Education at The University of Georgia, Athens.

 

27. 

Carole Henry

Winter Late Afternoon

Color photograph

16” x 20”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

I was on my way to the store in Danielsville to buy groceries when the light and now it illuminated the land caught my attention.  I stopped my car and took a series of photographs of this shed and dead tree in the pasture.  I was struck by the darkness and power of what I saw in the viewfinder.  The tree takes on a sense of life; it has a presence.  Dr. Henry is Chair of Art Education at The University of Georgia, Athens.

 

 

 

 

j.  Jodie Hobbs

Newnan, GA

 

Jodie Hobbs was born in South Carolina.  After receiving her BSEd in Art Education from the University of Georgia in 1985, she moved to Newnan Georgia.  She completed her MAE at the State University of West Georgia in 1997.  Jodie taught elementary art in Fulton County Schools for 13 years before changing to high school art education in Coweta County.  She currently teaches drawing, sculpture, and photography at Newnan High School.  Jodie designed and painted the Easter egg that represents the state of Georgia for the year 2000 spring celebration at the White House in Washington, D. C. this past year.  She is married and has two children.  She enjoys drawing, pager-making, and painting.

 

28. 

Jodie Hobbs

Channel 43

Oil on canvas

11” x 14”

$200.00

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

This piece was inspired by a class assignment given to my students.  They were studying abstraction and cubism.  I went home and saw a very familiar site, my daughter, Anna sitting in a wing back chair with her legs thrown over the arm.  Of course, she was holding the remote, trying to find her favorite channel on television.  As a mother I struggle to keep the remote control away from the entire family at times!  I tried to capture this common pastime using abstraction to capture the energy of the television that causes us to watch.  The piece became an abstraction of our obsession with television and the remote control.  The energy from the television absorbs the viewer.  Jodie Hobbs teaches art at Newnan High School.

 

 

 

 

k.  Roscoe Jackson

Columbus, GA

 

Roscoe Jackson is from Bryan Texas.  He received his BFA from Texas Tech in Lubbock, and his MEd. in Art Education from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.  Mr. Jackson taught 10 years in the Detroit Public School System at the elementary and middle school level.  Roscoe is a member of the National Art Education Association and its affiliate the Georgia Art Education Association, and the Columbus Artist Guild.  He has exhibited at Miriam’s Café and Gallery in Columbus, Columbus State University, the Georgia National Fair in Perry and various GAEA exhibits.  Mr. Jackson currently teaches at Stuart-Quitman High School, in Lumpkin, Georgia.

 

29. 

Roscoe Jackson

The New 27 Clearing

Pastel

21” x 27”

$200.00

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

This is a rendering of a landscape not for from the high school where I teach art.  It is the beginning of a new road, an extension of Route 27.  I was amazed by how quickly the construction machinery worked clearing the area but I was also thankful they left some trees.  A fully developed highway now goes through that area in Lumpkin, Georgia.  Roscoe Jackson teaches high school art in Lumpkin.

 

30. 

Roscoe Jackson

Cotton Field

Pastel on corkboard

17” x 23”

$200.00

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 214

 

This is a rendering of a scene from around Fort Valley, Georgia.  Growing up I worked in cotton fields for spending money.  The hot, tiring work taught me the value of a dollar and the appreciation of hard work.  This drawing is a study of perspective, space, and color.  This piece is inspired by the Impressionist approach to dealing with light and color.  Roscoe Jackson teaches high school art in Lumpkin.

 

31. 

Roscoe Jackson

On the Way from Len Perry’s House

Charcoal

20” x 40”

$500.00

Office of the Governor Suite 201

 

This scene is in Louvale, Georgia approximately 10 minutes from the High school.  I stopped and took a photograph on the way from dropping off an art student.  I was fascinated by the light and shadowy patterns on the dirt road underneath the canopy of trees and did a charcoal drawing.  Roscoe Jackson teaches high school art in Lumpkin.

 

32. 

Roscoe Jackson

New 27 to the Left

Pastel on corkboard

17” x 23”

$200.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

This is a rendering of an actual scene down from the high school.  Construction prepares passage of a new extension of Route 27.  The perspective of the area and formation of earth left by machinery intrigued me.  This is a study of space, light, and texture.  A fully developed highway now goes through this area in Lumpkin, Georgia.  Roscoe Jackson teaches high school art in Lumpkin.

 

 

 

 

l. Lynda C. Kerr 

McDonough, Georgia 

 

Lynda Kerr is the first Georgia art teacher to earn National Board Certification.  She grew up in Illinois on a farm along the Mississippi River.  She graduated from Illinois State University with a B.S. in Art Education.  After teaching art in Indiana, Minnesota, and Georgia, she established an advertising design studio, which won twelve national design awards.  The heart-and-cross logo of Georgia Baptist Health Care System is one of her designs.  Currently, Lynda Kerr teaches drawing, painting, and graphic design at Forest Park High School in Forest Park, Georgia.

 

33. 

Lynda C. Kerr

Early Morning Pool, McDonough

Watercolor 

11” x 14”

$100.00   

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

There’s something exciting about swimming pools early in the morning.  The colors are golden, the air is fresh, and the water is so inviting.  It’s my favorite time to swim.  It’s also an enjoyable time to capture this feeling in watercolor.  Once I’ve painted these impressions, the feeling stays in my mind as a beautiful picture I can retrieve on some cold, gray day.  Lynda C. Kerr teaches art at Forest Park High School in Forest Park.  Ms. Kerr was the first Georgia art teacher to earn National Board Certification. 

 

34. 

Lynda C. Kerr

Early Morning Pool, Jekyll Inn

Watercolor

9” x 12”

$100.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

The Jekyll Inn swimming pool early in the morning was a contrast of hot sun and cool shade.  The colors were brilliant, the air cool on my skin.  Painting a pool like this imprints it in my memory not only as a picture, but also as a tactile feeling.  Seeing the painting brings back the feel of the breeze, the smooth wooden deck under my feet, and the smell of the beach.  Lynda C. Kerr teaches art at Forest Park High School in Forest Park.  Ms. Kerr was the first Georgia art teacher to earn National Board Certification.

 

35. 

Lynda C. Kerr

December Cotton Field, Candler County

colored pencil  

12” x 18”

$200.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

Under a full moon half hidden by clouds, this cotton field lay resting at the beginning of winter.  Growing up on a farm, I learned the cycles of crops, from planting through harvest, always followed by the time of rest for the soil.  Although the cotton had been harvested, this field seemed to have its own kind of magic in the ghostly tree shapes and the soft colors.  Lynda C. Kerr teaches art at Forest Park High School in Forest Park.  Ms. Kerr was the first Georgia art teacher to earn National Board Certification.

 

 

 

 

m. Kerry Marquis 

Douglasville, Georgia

 

Kerry Marquis is originally form South Carolina.  She received a BFA in Drawing and Painting at the University of Georgia in 1986 and MAEd in Art Education at the University of Georgia in 1988.  She has been a practicing artist and teacher for most of that time.  She currently teaches high school art in Fulton County and has recently shown work in the Superintendent’s Gallery at the Fulton County Board of Education and at the Church of Scientology of Georgia.  She is represented on-line at www.artistnation.com.

 

36. 

Kerry Marquis

Swans I

Watercolor and Pastel on Paper

30” x 22”

$550.00

Office of the Secretary State Suite 214

 

These pieces were inspired by gardens that I visited last summer.  There were a pair of swans, which lived in this garden and were feeding at the edge of a pond.  I took photographs and later started a series of watercolors and pastels using the photos as references.  I did several thumbnail sketches for value and several color sketches before starting.  I wanted the outcome to look as if it were easily and spontaneously done.  The day was a very pleasant and beautiful one; I wanted to capture that and to capture the size of these birds.  They have great presence not only because of their beauty and grace, but also because of their size.  Kerry Marquis teaches high school art in Fulton County, Atlanta..

 

37. 

Kerry Marquis

Swans II

Watercolor and Pastel on Paper

30” x 22” 

$550.00

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

These pieces were inspired by gardens that I visited last summer.  There were a pair of swans, which lived in this garden and were feeding at the edge of a pond.  I took photographs and later started a series of watercolors and pastels using the photos as references.  I did several thumbnail sketches for value and several color sketches before starting.  I wanted the outcome to look as if it were easily and spontaneously done.  The day was a very pleasant and beautiful one; I wanted to capture that and to capture the size of these birds.  They have great presence not only because of their beauty and grace, but also because of their size.  Kerry Marquis teaches high school art in Fulton County, Atlanta.

 

38.

Kerry Marquis

Flowers I 

Watercolor and Pastel on Paper 

30” x 22”

$550.00

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

Every year I grow a cutting garden so that I can have cut flowers in my house all summer.  This was one of those bouquets.  Kerry Marquis teaches high school art in Fulton County, Atlanta.

 

 

39. 

Kerry Marquis

Apple and Cream Pitcher

Watercolor

10” x 12” unframed

$350.00

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

I simply enjoy painting still life.  This one is of a pitcher from my collection of which I am particularly fond.  I have painted several still life arrangements, which include my pitchers and fruit.  Kerry Marquis teaches high school art in Fulton County, Atlanta.

 

 

 

 

n. Terrylynne Marshall, Exhibit Co-Chair 

Young Harris, Georgia

terrylynmarshall@hotmail.com

terrylynmarshall@artlover.com

 

Terrylynne Marshall attended Young Harris Junior College 1969-71; The University of Georgia, BS 1973; East Carolina University, MAE 1977; and The University of Georgia, EDS 1996.  Terrylynne has been recognized with awards for watercolor, photography, sculpture, and computer art.  She enjoys presenting at the local and national levels on her two of her favorite subjects: human anatomical artwork and computer artwork.  Terrylynne has taught at the elementary, high school, and college levels.  She currently works as art instructor for Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville, the University of Georgia Continuing Education Department, and independently as a computer and graphic artist.

 

40. 

Terrylynne Marshall

Orange Forest Illusion I

Acrylic on Colored Paper

18” x 24”

$350.00

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

This illusion came from a dream.  It makes me wonder if it does exist in the world or only as an illusion in my mind.  When trying to capture the dream, it kept fading away.  I was left with a vague memory of a beautiful image that spoke to me and was real to me before I became totally conscious in the reality we call life.  In trying to capture the illusion, several basic colors were used to grasp at the image but none come as close to the dream illusion as my original vision.  Ms Marshall teaches art at Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville.

 

41. 

Terrylynne Marshall

Blue Forest Illusion II

Acrylic on Colored Paper

18” x 24”

$350.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 111

 

This illusion came from a dream.  It makes me wonder if it does exist in the world or only as an illusion in my mind.  When trying to capture the dream, it kept fading away.  I was left with a vague memory of a beautiful image that spoke to me and was real to me before I became totally conscious in the reality we call life.  In trying to capture the illusion, several basic colors were used to grasp at the image but none come as close to the dream illusion as my original vision.  Ms Marshall teaches art at Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville.

 

42.

Terrylynne Marshall

Yellow-Green Forest Illusion III

Acrylic on canvas

18” x 24”

$350.00

Office of the Governor Suite 115

 

This illusion came from a dream.  It makes me wonder if it does exist in the world or only as an illusion in my mind.  When trying to capture the dream, it kept fading away.  I was left with a vague memory of a beautiful image that spoke to me and was real to me before I became totally conscious in the reality we call life.  In trying to capture the illusion, several basic colors were used to grasp at the image but none come as close to the dream illusion as my original vision.  Ms Marshall teaches art at Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville.

 

43.

Terrylynne Marshall

Violet Forest Illusion IV

Acrylic on canvas

18” x 24”

$350.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

This illusion came from a dream.  It makes me wonder if it does exist in the world or only as an illusion in my mind.  When trying to capture the dream, it kept fading away.  I was left with a vague memory of a beautiful image that spoke to me and was real to me before I became totally conscious in the reality we call life.  In trying to capture the illusion, several basic colors were used to grasp at the image but none come as close to the dream illusion as my original vision.  Ms Marshall teaches art at Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville.

 

 

44. 

Terrylynne Marshall

Pink Forest Illusion V

Acrylic on canvas

18” x 24”

$350.00

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

This illusion came from a dream.  It makes me wonder if it does exist in the world or only as an illusion in my mind. When trying to capture the dream, it kept fading away.  I was left with a vague memory of a beautiful image that spoke to me and was real to me before I became totally conscious in the reality we call life.  In trying to capture the illusion, several basic colors were used to grasp at the image but none come as close to the dream illusion as my original vision.  Ms Marshall teaches art at Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville.

 

45. 

Terrylynne Marshall

Pragmatic Forest Illusion VI

Acrylic on canvas

18 x 24”

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

This illusion came from a dream but my original vision faded away.  When I look at images in our world and take photographs to capture the beauty, I am always disappointed.  My photographs have never given me the sense of awe I felt when I saw the original scene, only artwork created by talented artists can give me an inspirational sense of wonder.  Ms Marshall teaches art at Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville.

 

 

 

46. 

Terrylynne Marshall

Hurricane Debi

Acrylic on paper

18 x 24”

$700.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 110

 

Debi is a whirlwind of excitement and emotion with a genteel spirit.  She has helped with numerous art projects for the past few years, which makes her even more special to me.  This image was taken from a photograph in the Secretary of State’s Office when members of the Georgia Art Education Association were installing an exhibit.  Ms Marshall teaches art at Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville.

 

47. 

Terrylynne Marshall

Cloisters

Acrylic on canvas

12” x 12”

$500.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

The Cloisters was built as a replica of medieval architecture.  The castle makes us think about knights in armor on white horses riding to save their special loves from sure disaster.  This romantic time and setting never existed in America, so we have to create replicas to remind us of a history that existed long ago in far way places.  This is a place that reminds me of a time before wars involved the entire world as symbolized by the red horizon.  Ms Marshall teaches art at Truett-McConnell College in Watkinsville.

 

 

 

 

o. Dr. Paula L. McNeil

Valdosta, Ga 

 

Dr. Paula L. McNeill was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and spent her formative years in the public schools of Florence, Alabama, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Mesa, Arizona.  She received a Bachelor of Arts in art history from Arizona State University in Tempe (1970); a master of Arts in art education/art history from the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque (1972) where she studied the history of photography with photo-historian, Beaumont Newhall; and a Ph.D. in art education from the University of Missouri-Columbia (1995) where she studied with D. Larry A. Kantner.  Paula has taught elementary art on the Navajo Reservation in Ganado, Arizona. In 1996, she began teaching art education and art appreciation courses at Valdosta State University.

 

48. 

Paula L. McNeil

Barbecue

black and white photograph

8” x 10”

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 115

 

Cut-off at mid-calf, standing by an open bag of charcoal and an out-moded hibachi, one woman in one photograph exemplifies a humorous look at a time honored American ritual--The back yard Bar-B-Que.  Dr. Paula L. McNeill teaches art at Valdosta State University.

 

 

 

 

p. Kirby Meng 

Jonesboro, GA 30236

 

Kirby Meng was raised in Atlanta.  She graduated, cum laude, from Texas Christian University in 1983 with a BFA in Graphic Design.  After working in graphic design for several years in Natchez, Mississippi, she attained her teacher’s certification.  Mrs. Meng has taught kindergarten through twelfth grade in public and private schools as well as in an alternative school.  She has also taught private and group lessons to children and adults.  In 1996, she was named Natchez Middle School Teacher of the Year.  Mrs. Meng and her family moved to Jonesboro, Georgia in 1998.  She currently teaches kindergarten through fifth grade at Hickory Flat Elementary in Henry County.  She is currently Co-Chair of the Georgia Youth Art Month and President of the Griffin District for the Georgia Art Education Association.  She also does freelance work at her home in the form of commissioned drawings and paintings and hand-built ceramic pieces.  “I enjoy drawing and painting from nature and love wildlife and “wild” scenes.  When I see old rundown barny places, I photograph them in order to draw or paint them later.  My work is almost always realistic and detailed because I enjoy the control that I have with colored pencil, pen and ink.  Most recently I have found watercolor a wonderful loose medium.”  Kirby Meng is working toward her Master’s degree in Art Education at Georgia State University.

 

49.

Kirby Meng

Hummingbird

Ink and watercolor

17-½ w. x 18-½ h.

$150.00 NFS

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

Hummingbirds have always fascinated me. When I lived in Mississippi, I planted zinnias and day lilies in front of my studio in the summer and the hummingbirds were constantly flying right up to the reflection of the flowers in my studio window.  They were only a few feet away from me and entertained me through many jobs.  Mrs. Meng teaches elementary art at Hickory Flat Elementary in Henry County.

 

50. 

Kirby Meng

Wood Duck

Colored pencil

28 ¾ w x 28 ¾ h

$250.00 NFS

Office of the Governor Suite 201

 

I have several avid hunters amongst my friends and family. In addition to hunting, they enjoy coaxing various animals in to photograph them. They are nice enough to share photos with me.  I enjoy working from photographs although I do not want my work to look as if it is a photograph.  Mrs. Meng teaches elementary art at Hickory Flat Elementary in Henry County.

 

51. 

Kirby Meng

Chickadees

Pen & ink

14 5/8 w x 13-5/8 h

$100.00 NFS

Office of the Governor Suite 109

 

Chickadees are precious little birds that can be found all over the South in the winter-feeding at feeders whenever possible!  They are perfect for a black and white study in pen and ink.  Mrs. Meng teaches elementary art at Hickory Flat Elementary in Henry County.

 

52.

Kirby Meng

Cardinals

Colored pencil & ink

15 3/8 w x 18-3/8 h

$150.00 NFS

Office of the Governor Suite 109

 

Cardinals, what beautiful birds!  What could be more inspiring than a pair of them?  When you see a male, you can almost always count on a female coming along shortly. I like to capture them realistically without creating an image too photo like.  Mrs. Meng teaches elementary art at Hickory Flat Elementary in Henry County.

 

53.

Kirby Meng

Mallards

Colored pencil

26 3/8 w X 21-½ h

$200.00 NFS

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 214

 

I have several avid hunters amongst my friends and family. In addition to hunting, they enjoy coaxing various animals in to photograph them.  They are nice enough to share photos with me.  I enjoy working from photographs although I do not want my work to look as if it is a photograph.  Mrs. Meng teaches elementary art at Hickory Flat Elementary in Henry County.

 

54.

Kirby Meng

Cranes

colored pencil

25 ¼ w x 20-11/16 h

$300.00 NFS

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

I love to watch the “long-legged birds” at the shore of lakes and marshes.  These were particularly entertaining.  I usually work from life and photographs.  I like to capture wildlife realistically, without simply duplicating a photo.  Mrs. Meng teaches elementary art at Hickory Flat Elementary in Henry County.

 

55. 

Kirby Meng

Window Box

watercolor

12” x 14”

$100.00

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

Spring is my favorite time of the year.  I love the fresh cool mornings and especially love all of the flowers.  I have always wanted a window box to plant with early spring flowers so that I can watch them and be renewed by them.  This painting is my window box until I have one outside my kitchen window!  Mrs. Meng teaches elementary art at Hickory Flat Elementary in Henry County.

 

 

 

 

q. Helen Miller 

Atlanta, GA

 

Helen Miller is an artist and art teacher who lives in Atlanta.  Her current teaching position is at the Immaculate Heart of Mary School where she teaches grades K-8.  She also runs an after school enrichment program three days a week teaching students   And adult’s pottery, wheel and hand building, drawing, painting and sculpture.  Recently Helen and her husband have been participating in gallery and art shows around the metro area.  Helen has been studying Chinese brush painting for over a year and a half.  She enjoys the spontaneity and its simplicity as a contrast to her ceramics.

 

56.

Helen Miller

Azalea

Chinese brush painting

18” x 24”

$100.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214 (back)

 

Contrary to western culture which honors original creations of art, the Chinese sanction the practice of copying the work of masters in order to assimilate techniques, principles of composition and design, and the skilful uses of brush and ink; all learning to “master” the art of painting.  This is not intended to suppress individual creation; but rather to expand creativity by helping students to develop a personal style in creating aesthetically appealing paintings.  “Azalea” was inspired after watching the “Masters” Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.  Helen Miller teaches art in metro Atlanta.

 

57.

Helen Miller

Peony

Chinese brush painting

18” x 24”

$100.00

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

Contrary to western culture which honors original creations of art, the Chinese sanction the practice of copying the work of masters in order to assimilate techniques, principles of composition and design, and the skilful uses of brush and ink; all learning to “master” the art of painting.  This is not intended to suppress individual creation; but rather to expand creativity by helping students to develop a personal style in creating aesthetically appealing paintings.  The Peony represents the Atlanta springtime to me.  It’s hard to imagine a garden without them.  Helen Miller teaches art in metro Atlanta.

 

58.

Helen Miller

Spontaneous Sunflower

Chinese brush painting

18” x 24”

$100.00

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

Contrary to western culture which honors original creations of art, the Chinese sanction the practice of copying the work of masters in order to assimilate techniques, principles of composition and design, and the skilful uses of brush and ink; all learning to “master” the art of painting.  This is not intended to suppress individual creation; but rather to expand creativity by helping students to develop a personal style in creating aesthetically appealing paintings.  The sunflower is a spontaneous happy flower to me.  Helen Miller teaches art in metro Atlanta.

 

59.

Helen Miller

Magnolia Summer

Chinese brush painting

18” x 24”

$100.00

Office of the Governor Suite 109

 

Contrary to western culture which honors original creations of art, the Chinese sanction the practice of copying the work of masters in order to assimilate techniques, principles of composition and design, and the skilful uses of brush and ink; all learning to “master” the art of painting.  This is not intended to suppress individual creation; but rather to expand creativity by helping students to develop a personal style in creating aesthetically appealing paintings.  I love to look out my kitchen window at my beautiful Georgia Magnolia tree.  It is my favorite reason for summer.  Helen Miller teaches art in metro Atlanta.

 

 

 

 

r.  Judith Moore 

Alpharetta, Georgia

 

Judith Moore is originally from Hudson, Ohio.  She attended Columbus College of Art and Design and transferred to The University of Akron where she earned her BS in Art Education in 1969.  Immediately after graduation, she and her husband moved to West Lafayette, Indiana where she began her teaching career.  She continued teaching in Cincinnati, Ohio; Nashville, Tennessee and for the past eleven years in Fulton County.  Since the opening of Findley Oaks Elementary she has been the art specialist there.  In addition to teaching, Judith has had many freelance art jobs, including illustrating seven miniature books for Mosaic Press in Cincinnati.

 

60.

Judith Moore

Shops on Highland Avenue 

Watercolor  

10” x 14”

$200.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

Because I stay busy teaching during daylight hours, I enjoy photographing my favorite places.  Afterward I take the photos to my studio and create a composition, which is a visual reminder of a favorite scene.  This is a reminder of a Highland Avenue shop in Atlanta.  Judith Moore teaches art at Findley Oaks Elementary, metro Atlanta.

 

61.

Judith Moore

Coastal Cottages 

Watercolor

15” x 13 “

$300.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

In this painting, I represented an impression of coastal cottages.  Once again, I worked in my studio combining my own photographs and remembered images of a favorite coastal scene.  Judith Moore teaches art at Findley Oaks Elementary, metro Atlanta.

 

62.

Judith Moore

Island Path

Watercolor

22” x 13”

$300.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

When I want to ‘get away’ from the busy city of Atlanta, my first thoughts are of the coast.  This painting was created from my photographs of the coast. It evokes images of an area that is more relaxed and unhurried than the everyday in Atlanta.  I like to combine my photographs with my imagination to create paintings of remembered places.  Judith Moore teaches art at Findley Oaks Elementary, metro Atlanta.

 

 

 

 

s. Eleanor Neal 

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Eleanor Neal enjoys teaching art for Gwinnett County Schools, painting and exhibiting her art- work.  She is a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, and a Masters of Science Degree in Art Education.  The Woodruff Arts Center Georgia Games exhibition: “Art in Motion ‘98” has also featured Neal’s work.  Hers artwork can presently be seen at the New Orleans African American Museum of Art, History and Culture.  Neal explains that, “Mutual escapism is what connects me and my work with the viewer.  Through my art I create what I see and feel.”

 

63. 

Eleanor Neal

Landscape of Trinidad

Oil on canvas

16” x 20”

$700.00

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

The oil painting is titled "Landscape of Trinidad."  It reflects my admiration for one of nature's most beautiful places, Port of Spain, Trinidad.  My journey to this wonderful place last summer was exciting, adventurous, and as an artist very inspiring.  The limited palette of analogous colors focus on the tropical greenery, exotic trees, rolling hills, mountainous rain forest, along with a hidden cocoa house.  I plan to create a series of landscape paintings that reflect my passion for this beautiful paradise.  I am very honored to have this one exhibited in the GAEA Governor's Exhibition 2001.  Eleanor Neal teaches art for the Gwinnett County Schools.

 

 

 

t. W. Robert Nix 

Athens, Ga

 

Dr. W. Robert Nix attended West Georgia College, then the University of Georgia where he earned B.S., M.A.Ed., Ed.S., and Ed.D. Degrees in Art Education.  Dr. Nix is Professor of Art Education/Photography at UGA, where he is a member of the graduate faculty.  He has forty-five years’ teaching experience with extensive involvement at all public school grade levels.  Photographs have been published in books in the U.S., Europe, and China.  The National Art Education Association named Nix Georgia Art Educator of the Year in 1995.

 

64.

W. Robert Nix

Window Glass

Photography

9” x 13”

$250.00

Office of the Governor Suite 115

 

It was a very cold January day in Lexington, Georgia.  I was visiting an antique shop looking for historic photographs.  There was little heat inside and about an hour of looking through stacks and piles of “stuff” covered in dirt and dust I had to get some fresh air.  As I stepped outside there in a small display window was this bright sparkling arrangement of pressed glass.  The lighting was bold and the glass reflected wonderful colors from the many prism like facets.  In a moment I had moved from dark, dust and decay into a fantasy world filled with delicate transparent forms of light and color.  The wind and the bitter cold reminded me that while this was a delightful sight, I needed to photograph it and enjoy it at my leisure another day.

 

65.

W. Robert Nix

Old Savannah Crystal

Photography

9” x 13”

$250.00

Office of the Secretary State Suite 214

 

Professional conferences are usually held in interesting locations.  The complexity of the subjects in meetings often leads to a point in which one has to get out into the “real world” for a few minutes.  On this day the sun was bright and the world was a shop in an old part of the city.  Cut, lead glass crystal and starched white lace curtains spoke boldly of a past age that still proclaims the timeless beauty of that which is truly elegant.  This was absolutely visually compelling!  This was light revealing even more light and form.  After making this photograph I was ready to go back and try to bring some light to less exciting subjects.  Dr. Nix teaches photography and art at The University of Georgia, Athens.

 

66.

W. Robert Nix

To See Through

Photography

13”x 9”

$250.00

Office of the Governor Suite 115

 

There were many windows in the old building that housed a gift shop in Madison, Georgia and as one might suspect, gift shops often have a vast array of things one really does not need and probably would not buy for oneself.  These objects are colorful and catch our eye and so we buy to give to others knowing that it will get their attention, expressing our concern for them.  There was nothing to see out of this window, but the strong light made the vivid reds, deep blue and gold of these glass dishes, vases and pitchers take on a richness of color that rivaled a treasured stained glass window.  Perhaps for only $40.00 you could make a present of this priceless color for someone special.  Dr. Nix teaches photography and art at The University of Georgia, Athens.

 

67.

W. Robert Nix

“It’s Morning”

Photography

9” x 13”

$250.00

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

Looking at a window in my home in Athens, Georgia. I became aware of the strange, literal and symbolic meanings that could be implied from what I was seeing.  Outside the window, the early light was making the leaves almost transparent and glowing - the dawn of a new creation in the making.  Inside, the potted plant was very solid.  The candle was no longer needed to keep out the dark of the night and the paper rooster was looking just outside the open curtains as if to crow, saying, “it’s morning.”  Dr. Nix teaches photography and art at The University of Georgia, Athens.

 

 

 

 

u.  Nancy Olney

LaGrange,  GA

 

Nancy Olney is a teacher at La Grange High School located in Troup County.  She teaches courses ranging from "drawing and painting" to "A. P. studio art."  Nancy has exhibited for a number of years showing work at the Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, Jasper Marble Arts Festival, as well as several Colleges and Universities.  Her favorite mediums are egg tempera, oil, graphite, charcoal, and colored pencils. Currently she is combining graphite and colored pencil in order to create images similar to tinted black works and with photographs.

 

 

 

68. 

Nancy Olney

Breakfast and Lunch Only

Graphite and colored pencil

15” x 10”

$500.00

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

Traveling everyday around LaGrange I became fascinated by the patchwork of people that make-up the community and how it reflects in the architecture.  The architecture is familiar throughout Georgia and can be found as a common thread seen in one vision of people throughout the south; people warm, familiar, and comfortable.  People as solid as the concrete and brick structures they created to stand though time.  Nancy Olney teaches art at La Grange High School in Troup County. 

 

 

 

 

v. Michael Padgett

Marietta, GA 

 

James Michael Padgett has been the East Paulding High School Fine Arts Department Head from 1990-99.  He began painting Georgia themes about five years ago.  His wish in the near future is to contact the Georgia Department of Tourism and publish a booklet including his work as well as the work of his student’s about places to visit in Georgia.  Michael feels that it is important for teachers to also have an area of studio, art history or actively participate in an organization such as Georgia Art Educators Association.  Many teachers have talents in many different areas, they all teach but some produce art; some study art and write about it, some help others with their professional development.

 

69.

Michael Padgett

Faith Chapel, Jekyll Island

Watercolor

11” x 15”

$2500.00 NFS

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

I tried to capture the wildness of the island looming behind the small chapel.  From the collection of Donald and Audra Ingalls.  Mr. Padgett teaches art in metro Atlanta.

 

70.

Michael Padgett

R. J. Reynolds House, Sapelo Island

Watercolor

20” x 29”

$2500.00 NFS

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

We took the ferry over last summer as a day trip.  I was painting on location at Jekyll.  My wife asked that I might paint this for her birthday so that we might enjoy the feeling and uniqueness of this special place throughout the year.  Mr. Padgett teaches art in metro Atlanta.

 

71.

Michael Padgett

Fountain Crane Gardens, Jekyll Island

Watercolor

14” x 22”

$2500.00 NFS

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

The repetition of the wall leading the eye in different directions first interested me. I also wanted to capture the reflections and shadows of the lily pads floating in the water.  One has a very relaxed and safe feeling standing in this garden.  I hoped to capture this moment.  From the collection of Beverley and James Parkin.  Mr. Padgett teaches art in metro Atlanta.

 

72.

Michael Padgett

Moss Cottage, Jekyll Island

Watercolor

15” x 22”

$1,500.00

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

I have been visiting Jekyll Island for the past four decades.  Finally after all this time the Moss Cottage was restored.  I painted this watercolor shortly after the restoration.  I tried to catch the uniqueness of the setting.  Mr. Padgett teaches art in metro Atlanta.

 

 

 

 

 w. Mary Kate Repaire

Athens, GA

 

Mary Kate Repaire holds an AA in graphic design from Greenville Technical College in Greenville, SC.  She became interested in photography through this, and worked on her own for several years.  She has since chosen to pursue a BA in photography.  Currently, she is attending classes at Truett-McConnell College followed soon by classes at University of Georgia.  She held her first photography exhibit in September, and hopes to have many more to come.

 

73.

Mary Kate Repaire

Column

Photograph

8” x 10”

$300.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

As I was walking the campus of the University of Georgia, I was struck by the enormity of this column.  From my perspective, the column seemed to tower above me, as if it were preparing to squash me like a bug.  I tried to capture some of this feeling by photographing at a very sharp angle.  This gives the viewer the sense they are right there, standing next to this looming column, and looking up.  Mary Kate Repaire is a student at Truett-McConnell College/Watkinsville.

 

 

 

 

 x. Donna Roberson

Aragon, GA

 

Donna S. Roberson, lives on a farm in rural Northwest Georgia.  She and her husband raise approximately 150,000 chickens each six weeks, they also have cattle.  Donna took a year off from teaching to enjoy the farm, work on her art, and spend time with her two grandchildren.  In 1989 she graduated from Berry College with a degree in Middle Grades education and received her art certification from West Georgia College in 1993.  Donna has taught art in Bartow County for the past ten years and has been teacher of the year at two schools:  Taylorsville Elementary (1993) and Adairsville Middle-High School (2000).

 

74.

Donna Roberson

Times Past

Oil  

18”x22”

$320

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

This painting is about farm life.  I live on a farm in north Georgia and the work of a farmer is never done.  You usually work before sun up until after sun down.  The work is very demanding, but worth it, most days.  In this painting, you will see a lot of little details, from the lights on in the barn to the junk piled up beside the little barn.  I enjoy painting scenes from rural Georgia, especially farm scenes.  Mrs. Roberson teaches art at Adairsville Middle-High School.

 

75.

Donna Roberson

Bountiful Harvest

Oil

18”x22”

$250

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

This painting reminds me of when I lived in a pecan grove in south Georgia.  The old barn is still standing after many years of use.  The farmer had a great pumpkin harvest.  After the harvest, there are barns to repair and fences to mend.  The work is never done, but what a beautiful life to enjoy.  It is a simple painting that says so much.  Mrs. Roberson teaches art at Adairsville Middle-High School.

 

76.

Donna Roberson

Round Barn

Acrylics

22”x28”

NFS

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

This round barn, at the time of the painting, was still standing near Villa Rica.  It was in disrepair then.  There were not many barns built of this type in the United States.  It is sad to think we live in a society where new is better.  We tear down the old, our heritage, because “we” like to look at the new.  Good thing the Parthenon was not built in the United States – it would be an eyesore and therefore, gone!  Pictures are great, but can’t replace the “real thing!”  What is left for our kids to experience and remember?  Mrs. Roberson teaches art at Adairsville Middle-High School.

 

 

 

 

y. Gudrun Rominger

St. Simons Island,  GA

 

Gudrun Rominger, an artist and art educator is a native of Heidelberg, Germany.  She received her bachelor’s degree in art education from Virginia Commonwealth University and taught art for two years in Brazil.  She completed graduate work at the University of Louisville and the Louisville School of Art and attended a five-week study at the Europaische Kunst Akademie in Trier, Germany.  She completed her masters in art education at Georgia Southern in 1993, has traveled to the Republic of South Africa on a University Study, and most recently to Japan on a Fulbight-Hays Scholarship in 1999.  Ms Rominger is an active member of the Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Organization, The Pottery Guild, Glynn Arts Association, the NAEA, USSEA, Women in the Arts (Washington, DC) and is a Partner in Education.  “I am a naturalized American Citizen whose family members suffered through the Nazi regime which discriminated against the Jewish heritage . . . thus as an artist and educator, I feel it necessary to express and make the people whose lives I might touch aware awakened, and more sensitive to the struggle each person has to go through to contribute to our world.”  Gudrun Rominger is a full-time assistant professor of art at Costal Georgia Community College and a resident of St. Simons.

 

77. 

Gudrun Rominger

In Homage to Black History-Mary McLeod Bethune

Handmade paper collage

12” x 18”

$800.00

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

The "Homage to Black History-Mary McLeod Bethune" is a work created of handmade paper with woven fibers, copper nail (symbolic of the struggles), fabric and the blue (symbolic of indigo dyes, reminiscent of the tradition of dying cloth in African tradition), a collaged postage stamp portrait of the great educator, activist and feminist.  In addition to being an educator having established what is today Bethune-Cookman College, Bethune's involvement in American government, eventually becoming director in charge of Negro Affairs in the New Deal National Youth Administration (NYA) 1930-40's, made her the first black woman in U.S. history to occupy such a high level federal position.

 

Bethune's life and work provide one of the major links between social reform efforts of Post-reconstruction black women and the political protest activities of the generation emerging after WW II.  The many strands of Women's struggle for education, political rights, racial pride, sexual autonomy and liberation are united in the writings, speeches and organization work of Mary McLeod Bethune.  My goal is to express this role model as a parallel to family in WW II Germany and their struggle to continue their education, which was snatched away due to prejudices of religion, and not just color or being female.  We have a responsibility to share and understand that there is a universality in all our struggles to become all that we have been created to be.  Gudrun Rominger teaches art at Costal Georgia Community College near St. Simons.

 

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Gudrun Rominger

Mountain Spirit

Oil

11” x 15”

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

"Mountain Spirit" is an oil that evolved out of an experimental marbling exercise.  This work was the results of the artist (myself) wishing to return to the summers in Southern Germany, when the lower hillsides are a florescent green, and the snowcapped Alps hover in the distance.  There is a spirit that emerges from the landscape that is a self-portrait (with the dreams of returning soon).  Gudrun Rominger teaches art at Costal Georgia Community College near St. Simons.

 

79.

Gudrun Rominger

Mardi Gras Girl

Collage

10” x 14”

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

Homage to Black History Month, Mardi Gras Girl.  Social reform has allowed us the right to enjoy Mardi Gras and celebrate the mixture of culture and races found in New Orleans.  The many strands of Women's struggle for education, political rights, racial pride, sexual autonomy and liberation are themes that run through my work and parallel my family’s history during WW II Germany and their struggle to continue their education, which was snatched away due to prejudices of religion, and not just color or being female.  We have a responsibility to share and understand that there is universality in all our struggles to become all that we have been created to be.  Gudrun Rominger teaches art at Coastal Georgia Community College near St. Simons Island.

 

 

 

 

z. Michelle Schulte

Savannah, GA

 

Michelle Schulte was born in Stuttgart, Germany and lived in various locations throughout Europe and the United States before settling in Georgia.  She earned a BFA in photography, with a minor in art history, in 1995 from the Savannah College of Art and Design and went on to receive her Georgia State teaching certificate in art education.  Michelle has been working with the Telfair Museum of Art's Education Department in Savannah, Georgia since 1999 and currently holds the position of Interim Education Curator.

 

 

80.

Michelle Schulte

Dock Harris Neck

Silver print from infrared film

16" x 20"

$100.00

Office of the Governor Suite 115

 

Dock, Harris Neck is one image from a photographic series in which I sought out areas of Georgia that had not yet been corrupted by urban sprawl and widespread construction.  In order to capture the land's calm serenity, I chose to use infrared film, which softened the natural lines and shapes and infused the landscape with a sense of tranquility and peace.  The odd camera angle and point of view enhanced the scene with a sense of intrigue that consequentially separates the image form what one might consider a traditional landscape photograph.  Michelle Schulte works at the Telfair Museum of Art's Education Department in Savannah.

 

81.

Michelle Schulte

Elevator

Ilfochrome print

11" x 14" frame dimension

$150.00 NFS

Office of the Governor Suite 115

 

In college I worked for a photographer who had a studio housed in an old, dilapidated former J.C. Penny's department store building.  I frequently spent long, late-night hours in the dark room finishing up projects and assignments. At times, especially in the evenings, I felt a sense of nostalgia, heavily laced with fear, as I would ride down the ramshackle wrought iron elevator. It would often stop unexpectedly between floors, leaving me stranded and dangling in mid air.  I always wondered if that elevator had ulterior motives.  Michelle Schulte works at the Telfair Museum of Art's Education Department in Savannah.

 

82.

Michelle Schulte

Fallen Tree, Harris Neck

Silver gelatin print

16" x 20" frame dimension

$150.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

Fallen Tree, Harris Neck is one image from a photographic series in which I sought out areas of Georgia that had not yet been corrupted by urban sprawl and widespread construction.  In order to capture the land's calm serenity, I chose to use infrared film, which softened the natural lines and shapes and infused the landscape with a sense of tranquility and peace.  The odd camera angle and point of view enhanced the scene with a sense of intrigue that separates the image from what one might consider a traditional landscape photograph.  Michelle Schulte works at the Telfair Museum of Art's Education Department in Savannah.

 

 

 

 

aa. Jena Sibille

Doraville, GA

 

Jena Sibille received her B. F. A. from the University of Georgia and her Teaching Certification from Columbus University.  She works at the High Museum of Art as the Coordinator of School Resources, developing educational materials and assisting with the museum's Teacher Institute.  In 1996 she joined the U.S. Peace Corps and served for two years as an educator in Papua New Guinea.  Her paintings and drawings focus on the interconnections between humans and between humans and nature.  Jena's work has been show locally in galleries and alternative spaces.

 

83.

Jena Sibille

Untitled (Flower)

pastel and acrylic

11" x 30"

$350.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 110

 

Discarded wastes from pruning heaped on the side of the road waiting for removal, these objects imprint themselves in my consciousness.  Though they are dried and dead, they were, ironically, the future - the seedling, pod or womb of tomorrow..  These paintings celebrate these discarded forms of nature and offer optimism for tomorrow.  Jena Sibille works at the High Museum of Art. 

 

 

 

 

bb. Jeannette Smith 

Conyers, GA

 

Jeanette Smith was born in Germany and received her B.F.A. in Art Education from Valdosta State University in May 2000.  Currently, she teaches K-5 art at an elementary school in Conyers, GA.  Her wish is to eventually earn her M.A.Ed and go on to receive her doctorate.  Jeannette is involved with GAEA and is currently the District President for Perimeter East.  Jeannette enjoys reading, traveling, her puppy, and photography.  Jeannette has special training in calligraphy and enjoys many other art mediums, however photography is one of her favorites.  Jeannette feels that in order to teach art she must be a practicing artist, which she tries to do as frequently as possible.

 

84. 

Jeannette Smith

Musical Oblivion

Oil

4'x4'

Not For Sale

Office of the Governor Suite 245

 

I love Vincent van Gogh.  Although this looks nothing like a van Gogh, I love the swirls and thick paint he uses.  That's what I was trying to create with "Musical Oblivion."  I wanted a fun painting with movement and lots of thick paint.  Jeannette Smith teaches elementary art in Conyers.

 

 

 

 

cc. Helen Fleming Stone 

Canton, Georgia 

 

Dr. Helen Fleming Stone received her A.B. from LaGrange College and her M.V.A. and Ph. D. from Georgia State University where she was twice named one of the outstanding students of GSU.  She has been involved extensively with the Georgia Art Education Association including serving as president, secretary, treasurer, and historian.  She has been named Georgia's Art Educator of the Year twice, the Southeastern Art Educator of the Year by the National Art Education Association, and, most recently, Georgia's Secondary Art Educator of 2000.  Dr. Stone has exhibited in a number of exhibits and has work in a number of private collections.

 

85.

Helen Fleming Stone

Blue Bowl

Ceramic

9" x 3"

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 203 (Governor’s Inner Office seen by appointment only)

 

I like to experiment with both glazes and designs in my ceramic pieces.  Because I had some enamel threads, I decided to see what would happen if I put them in the ceramic bowl-you now join me as you see the results of my experimentation.  Yes, I was pleased.  Dr. Stone teaches high school art in Canton.

 

86.

Helen Fleming Stone

Short Brown Pot Transformed

Ceramic

5 ¼"x 5" x 5"

$100.00

Office of the Governor Suite 203 (Governor’s Inner Office appointment only)

 

With some leftover unknown glaze, I glazed the short little pot and fired it.  It was brown.  Even though I liked it, I decided to add a "collar" of thick white glaze on its shoulder.  I did and fired it again to find the brown had transformed itself into the color you now see-there's always an unexpected outcome possible when you are "playing with fire" in ceramics!  Dr. Stone teaches high school art in Canton.

 

87.

Helen Fleming Stone

Tall Pot with Ivy

Ceramic

9 ½" x 5 ¼" x 5 ¼"

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 203 (Governor’s Inner Office appointment only)

 

A friend of mine heard me tell my students if you really did not care to sell one of your artworks, to price it high enough that, if sold, you felt O. K.  Since I felt that way about my Ivy Pot, I followed my advice and, guess what,  that friend paid that price and gave it back to me as a gift saying, "Now you have had your pot twice!"  Dr. Stone teaches high school art in Canton.

 

 

 

 

dd. Kathleen Thompson 

Blue Ridge, GA

 

Kathleen Thompson has been painting and drawing the mountains of North Georgia for almost thirty years.  She has exhibited regularly including two one person shows.  While she currently teaches middle school in Ellijay, she previously taught high school in Blue Ridge.  Additionally, she teaches drawing and design as an adjunct professor for Truett-McConnell College. 

 

88. 

Kathleen Thompson

Mountain Highway

Acrylic on canvas

20" x 32"

$500.00  NFS

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240

 

"If you live in the mountains, you drive a lot.  This is my favorite location in North Georgia.  When I return from the city I know I am home when I see this view.  I roll down the windows breath in deeply and know I am home.  One evening I was heading home from school and saw the moon on the left and a cold front approaching from the East.  I pulled over and made a sketch.  The car is myself and my love for the mountains.  A warning is spelled out by the guard rails and the sign.  There are only limited forms of protection for the beauty of the mountains.  Caution is advised."  Dr. Thompson teaches middle school art and at Truett-McConnell College in Ellijay.

 

 

 

 

ee. Vanessa Wardi 

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Vanessa Wardi was born and raised in Oklahoma where she was surrounded by paintings and fine art that she found fascinating and inspiring.  This led to the pursuit of her Bachelor's degree in Art History and a minor in Art from Mills College in 1978.  She also completed her M.A.T. in Education in 1981 and did post-graduate work at the Art Institute in San Francisco.  Vanessa currently resides in Atlanta where she has lived with her family for the last fifteen years.  Time is divided between raising her three sons, working for the Carlos Museum at Emory in the museum education department, and doing community volunteer work.  Previously she worked for Dekalb County School system as a substitute teacher in French and Art.

 

89.

Vanessa Wardi

Dunes

Pastel

10” x 8”

$175.00

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

This is a picture of the dunes at St. George Island, a place we often go. It is a cloudy-day panorama of rolling dunes, plants and sky. The colors are deep and rich and reflect another kind of light, almost ready to rain.  Mrs. Wardi works for the Carlos Museum at Emory and does community volunteer work.

 

90.

Vanessa Wardi

Ocean Blues

Pastel

11x17

$350.00

Office of the Governor Suite 201

 

I am always inspired by visits to the beach, by the sparkle of the sun, the glint of water, waves and sky. It is an endless interplay of colors and moods. Here the sea is very tranquil and it is a peaceful and serene mood with cool soft colors - lavenders, aquamarines, and a wide range of blues.  Mrs. Wardi works for the Carlos Museum at Emory and does community volunteer work.

 

91.

Vanessa Wardi

Garden Path

Pastel

10x11

$225.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

I love flowers and like to celebrate nature's color and variety.  The bright and joyous colors of summer flowers, contrasted against the garden path with deep green foliage were the inspiration for this picture.  It was a beautiful and vibrant combination.  Mrs. Wardi works for the Carlos Museum at Emory and does community volunteer work.

 

92.

Vanessa Wardi

Wildflower Field

Pastel

16” x 22”

$450.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214

 

This picture was painted in Atlanta towards the end of the summer, a place that luckily has not been touched or developed yet. I was there for a soccer game and it was just there.  It was one of those fields with waves of wild flowers and butterflies.  It was perfectly lovely and peaceful.  Mrs. Wardi works for the Carlos Museum at Emory and does community volunteer work.

 

 

 

 

ff. Debi West

Cumming, GA

 

Deborah Dunavant West was born in St. Joseph, Missouri and lived her childhood years in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.  She graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1989 with a BA in Studio Art.  In 1991 she received her art certification from Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia and received her M.A.Ed from the University of Georgia in 1999.  West began teaching elementary art in 1993 and has been on the Georgia Art Education Association's board since 1996, chairing Youth Art Month, working with the Capitol Art Exhibit committee and chairing the Professional Development Fall Conference 2000.  She received the Clare Flanagan National Youth Art Month award in 1997 and 1998, the National Youth Art Month Award of Excellence in 1999, was named the Georgia Elementary Art Educator of the Year in 1999, the Southeastern Elementary Art Educator of the Year 2000 and was recently nominated for the National Elementary Art Educator.  She also serves on the National Art Education Association board as the Southeastern Elementary Division Director-elect and the NAEA Development Committee.  Her work is currently exhibited in 7 galleries across the United States.

 

93. 

Debi West

Persistence of Georgia (after S. Dali)

Mixed Media oil pastel and colored pencil

12"x 24"

$200.00

Office of the Governor Suite 111

 

My 1st grade students inspired this piece.  We were studying the art of Salvador Dali, learning about foreground, middle ground, background, and emphasis.  Persistence of Memory, or Melted Watches as it is more commonly known, was one of our inspiration pieces.  Working beside them, I began the composition as a sample for them to observe and then I continued the piece in my studio.  The technique of layering oil pastel and colored pencil motivated me to continue several pieces in this manner.  Mrs. West teaches elementary art in Gwinnett County.

 

94. 

Debi West

Outside Athens

Mixed Media

12"x 16"

$200.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 110

 

Driving to and from Athens for 4 years while attending graduate school, I became inspired to paint the rural scenes.  This piece correlates the academics I was learning at the University with the beautiful scenery that I passed by weekly.  Mrs. West teaches elementary art in Gwinnett County.

 

95. 

Debi West

Summer 2000 "Starfish" (small)

Watercolor

5" x 7"

$200.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 214 

 

I created a series of watercolor pieces this summer while in Debordieu, South Carolina and then again in Ocean City, New Jersey.  I was really enjoying learning different watercolor techniques and using them to create ocean type themes.  This is a new medium for me, one that I hope to continue exploring.  Mrs. West teaches elementary art in Gwinnett County.

 

 

96. 

Debi West

Summer 2000 "Starfish" (large)

Watercolor

16" x 20"

$200.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 110

 

I created a series of watercolor pieces this summer while in Debordieu, South Carolina and then again in Ocean City, New Jersey.  I was really enjoying learning different watercolor techniques and using them to create ocean type themes.  This is a new medium for me, one that I hope to continue exploring.  Mrs. West teaches elementary art in Gwinnett County.

 

 

 

gg. Jane Wierengo 

Marietta, GA

 

Jane Wierengo grew up in Belle Glade, Florida.  She graduated from Young Harris College, then the University of Georgia where she earned a BFA degree in Art Education.  Jane earned a MVA degree in Art Education from Georgia State University in 1976.  Jane has taught art in the Cobb County Public School System for 30 years.  She was the first art teacher at Wheeler High School.  She taught at Pebblebrook High School and presently teaches at South Cobb High School.  Jane has been selected as "Teacher of the Year" twice while at South Cobb.  She was nominated for the "Disney American Teacher Award" and was selected as the "Braves/Ryder Educator of the Year" in 1996.  Jane has exhibited in gallery shows and has work in private collections.

 

97. 

Jane Wierengo

Old Marietta 

Oil

29 ¼" x 35 ¼

$600.00

Office of the Secretary of State Suite 110  

 

I was shooting a roll of film of houses around the square in Marietta for my students to use in a watercolor assignment.  I especially wanted to capture the shadows being cast off of interesting cropped architectural shapes.  I selected this photograph to use in a class that I was taking with Philip Carpenter at Atlanta College of Art.  I liked the light and shadow combined with the architectural style of this house.  Jane Wierengo teaches art at South Cobb High School, Marietta. 

 

98.

Jane Wierengo

The Victorian

Watercolor

27 3/8" x 37"

$600.00

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Suite 240 

 

I took pictures of old houses in Athens, Georgia and this one I painted.  I like the big rambling houses of the Victorian period.  I wanted to show the special qualities of the architecture as well as think about what it would be like to live in a great house like this when I look at my painting.  Jane Wierengo teaches art at South Cobb High School, Marietta.

 

 

 

 

hh. Barbara Willis 

Stone Mountain, GA

 

Barbara Lord Willis received her BFA in graphic design from the University of Georgia, cum laude, in 1974, followed by a Masters of Art Education from UGA in 1984.  She completed her specialist degree in art education in 1998 through the University of Georgia.  Willis has taught art at Brookwood High School in Gwinnett County since 1981 where she was Teacher of the Year in 1987, and received national recognition with the Claire Flannagan Memorial Youth Art Month Award in 1986.

 

99.

Barbara Willis

Delphi

35 mm photography

16 X 20"

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 115

 

I love ancient architecture.  I shot multiple views of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi trying to dodge other tourists in the process.  Barbara Willis has teaches art at Brookwood High School in Gwinnett County.

 

100.

Barbara Willis

Santorini I

35 mm photography

16 X 20"

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 201

 

The photos in this series were shot during a tour of Greece in the summer of 1999.  The doorways and windows of Santorini fascinated me so much that I almost missed catching the cruise ship before it sailed to the next port!  Barbara Willis has teaches art at Brookwood High School in Gwinnett County.

 

101. 

Barbara Willis

Santorini IV

35 mm photography

16 X 20"

$150.00

Office of the Governor Suite 201

 

This sight struck me as rather amusing seeing a reproduction of a classical Greek figure "growing" out of the top of a thatched roof in a restaurant terrace.  Barbara Willis has teaches art at Brookwood High School in Gwinnett County.

 

 

 

 

(For further information about the artists or the exhibition, please call Richard Waterhouse, Georgia Council for the Arts Visual Arts Manager, at 404/685-2797.)

 

Dear Exhibitors,  A slide show of your work was shown on Friday November 17, 2000 as part of the Fall 2000 Professional Conference evening banquet with Keynote Speaker NAEA President, Eldon Katter.  Your resume should list this exhibit similar to the following entry:

 

EXHIBITION HISTORY

2001 (the titles of your pieces go here ), Fifth Annual Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA) Governor's Exhibit 2001 at the Capitol Galleries, Atlanta, Georgia, February 12 to March 23, 2001. 

 

2000 (the titles of your pieces go here ), Slide show of artwork presented at the Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA) Fall 2000 Professional Conference Banquet with Keynote Speaker, National Art Education Association (NAEA) President, Eldon Katter at the Renaissance Pineisle Resort, Lake Lanier Islands, Georgia, November 17, 2000. 

 

For further information about the artists or the exhibition, please contact: 
Richard Waterhouse
Visual Arts Manager
Georgia Council for the Arts
260  14th  St  Suite  401
Atlanta  Ga   30318-5360
Work:  404-685-2797      Fax:   404-685-2788
E-mail:   waterhouse@arts-ga.com

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