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 Plaza Lobby January 29 – February 23, 2001 (Floyd 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.  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

 

 

 

 

Participating Artists and list of works can be found on the web as follows:

 

Page 1  A-K

Find the following artists A-K, at the web link (click here)

www.geocities.com/art_appreciation/2001govexhibitA-K.html         

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,

 

 

Page 2  L-R

Find the following artists L-R, at the web link (THIS PAGE)

www.geocities.com/art_appreciation/2001govexhibitL-R.html        

 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,

 

 

Page 3  S-Z

Find the following artists S-Z, at the web link (click here)

www.geocities.com/art_appreciation/2001govexhibitS-Z.html         

Michelle Schulte, Jena Sibille, Jeannette Smith, Helen Fleming Stone, Kathleen Thompson, Vanessa Wardi, Deborah Dunavant West, Jane Wierengo, Barbara Lord Willis

 

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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.

 

78.

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.

 

 

 

 

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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
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