2021 Juried Art Show

2021 Juried Art Show

P R E S E N T I N G

2nd JURIED FINE ART SHOW 2021

There is no greater joy when

the eyes, soul, and heart join together

from an Artist’s imagination.

OFFICIAL ENTRIES - Apr i l 23rd - 30th

P R E M I E R S P O N S O R

Welcome to the 2021 Juried Fine Art official Show Book. Feaured in Section One are accomplished artists who have entered into three separate juding categories : 2D, 3D, and Photography. There are 3 winners in each category with an additional overall best of show award, totalling $3,550.00! Section Two features up and coming Student artists in a single overall judging category awarding the top of show and best of show, totalling $600. In addition, there will be a Nossi College of Art Pick with a $2,200 scholarship for a graduating senior art student upon meeting Nossi College of Art’s requirements. The Art League of Cheatham County thanks our many supporters and business sponsors! A special thanks go out to Debbie and Dan Small providing $1,500 cash awards for best of show in section one for $1,000 and section two for $500. Meet our 2021 judges on the following page!

OUR MISSION By nurturing the artist, we enrich the community. The Art League of Cheatham County develops the artist through education, exhibition, and a stimulating, supportive environment, while sharing the experience of the visual arts with the community. The Art League of Cheatham County is a 501c3 non profit organization to help celebrate the Fine Arts and Artists in Cheatham County. The Art Leagu;e is sustained by membership, donations, and events. FOUNDING PRINCIPAL ORGANIZERS Ti Rogers, Artist Debbie Keenan, Artist, & The Keenan Group, Inc. Dr. D. Beth Batson, Artist & Dir. of Human Resources / RC School System Debbie Small, former President & CEO Community Bank and Trust Heather K. Wolfe, Artist Franklin J. Luppe Accounting CO-FOUNDERS & SUPPORTERS Kerry McCarver, Mayor of Cheatham County Lori Ray, MD, Regents Medical Center Johnny Lindahl, Real Estate Entrepreneur Amy Hill, The Post Editor & Chief Nanette Malher, Reel Achievers Harold Lovell, Artist 2021 OFFICERS Debbie Keenan, Chairman. Heather Wolfe, Co Chairman Debbie Small, Treasurer Kelly Ellis, Secretary

SUPPORT

This project is funded in part by an Arts Build Communities Grant with the Tennessee Arts Commission & Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council.

Catron Wallace- Painter

the history of the aboriginals. She witnessed the equinox at Newgrange in Ireland, a tomb older than Stonehenge, which is aligned with the sun on that day. She says, “Part of me wishes I had been an archaeologist.” From her travels, Lisa has collected relics to be reused in her art. Her studio table is covered with treasures; broken pottery, porcupine quills, tortoiseshell pieces, and more. Lisa’s sculpture hinges upon the interaction of planes and lines. She is very careful to manage the flow of wood from one area to the next. In her figural sculptures, a slight tilt of the head or slope of the shoulder can alter the entire mood. “If something is not quite right, people will feel it.” It is a balancing act. If there is something square or sharp, Lisa says, there needs to be something round or soft. Lisa’s sculptures are highly labor intensive, but for the viewer they bring peace. Her clients report that they are pacified by these living forms. Not surprisingly she has had many commissioned works for hospitals. They have a healing effect, especially for the artist who creates them. Lisa’s work is replete with her cathartic energy. to her work. She gains inspiration by allowing herself to become deeply attuned to the natural world, and then uses music to tune in to that inspiration as she creates. Catron’s work can be found in the homes and offices of many private collectors, including Turquoise Condo in Orange Beach, several showcase homes in Dallas, Little Rock, Mississippi, Atlanta and was a featured artist in Legends Magazine in 2013 in her home-state of Mississippi. In 2016, Catron made the leap from Brandon, MS where after a little bit of settling in (moving three times in the first year) she has finally found her little slice of heaven just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. In a turn of the century home, surrounded by neighboring horses, she is now fully grounded and making her mark in her new surroundings with exhibits and installations at Studio 208 as part of the Nashville Art Crawl, and the new 505 Building. She is also soon to be featured on the exterior street-level windows of the iconic AT&T building in downtown Nashville. If artist block should ever set in, you can find Catron out in nature, hiking, kayaking, or horseback riding, readying herself for a new burst of abstract innovation.

From her humble beginnings as an avid sketch artist and doodler curled up next to her father as he poured over his plans for his air conditioning business, Catron has spent the past twenty years as a painter, answering her inner call to create beauty and introspection that will eventually end up both

inside and outside of homes and offices. An abstract artist working in a base of acrylic layered with other mixed media, she strives to create a piece that invokes the viewer to see something different every time they walk past it. Entirely self-taught, Catron paints with acrylics, watercolors, coffee grounds, sand, and graphite; basically anything she can get her hands on to bring her optimistic and energetic personality onto the canvas. She uses brushes, her hands, cardboard, spatulas, forks, and spoons to create the layered effect that is signature

Lisa Jennings- Sculptor / Painter The bridge between her

painting and sculpture is her handmade pigmented paper, which she seals into the wood. The paper element lends a pleasing contrast to the organic structure. Lisa then may add something unexpected, like a quartz stone or fused bark. With the utmost simplicity and minimal ornamentation, her

figures are revealed as the essence of femininity. Like Modigliani in the third dimension, Lisa’s long slender forms evoke delicacy and grace, backed by the strength of Mother Nature. Lisa has lived in Nashville since she was fifteen, but has been a wanderer all her life. Her parents, both creative types with nomadic spirits, kindled in her a curiosity for life that still burns. Lisa asserts that travel is the greatest education. She is fascinated by ancient cultures and has visited the living museums of the world, the sites that evidence humans’ first attempts at making art. She spent six weeks in Australia, living in nature and tracking Anne Goetze- Painter / Photographer Anne Goetze resides on a small

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are combined. She has studied with many contemporary artists and friends such as Anton Weiss, Quang Ho, Skip Whitcomb and Dawn Whitelaw. She has garnered an understanding by documentation, absorption and reflection.. that whether it be by our roots, transplanting or just traveling through.. we all share in a connection to God’s Creation, and in the same shared relationship of our souls needing a ‘sense of place’. Goetze’s work is found in the permanent collections of The Tennessee State Museum and Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, as well as the personal collections of Oprah Winfrey, Tony Joe White, U S Senator Fred Thompson, Tim McGraw, Michael McDonald, Naomi Judd, John Hiatt, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and Billy Ray Cyrus, among others. Anne Goetze is a member of the Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, Metro Nashville Arts Commission, and The Chestnut Group, a non-profit plein air painters group dedicated to land conservancy.

farm in the countryside outside of Leipers Fork, Tennessee. Her cherished subject matter features the rural life and landscape of middle Tennessee, as well as a certain beloved town in the French Alps that she frequently visits. Goetze was born into a family of artists and photographers, where

the walls of her home offered her consistent visual beauty. Goetze also cites her influences to be the documentary photography of Dorothea Lange during the Depression Era, and the paintings of the French and American Impressionists from the late 19th century. Her work in plein air and impressionism offers her complimentary mediums of expression through photography and in painting, as well as a particular technique she developed working over the years as a hand retouch artist, where the two mediums

2021 Juried Art Show Artists Accomplished Artists ages 16+ 26 Artists and 62 entries! - - April 24th - 30th

2D

PHOTOGRAPHY

Amy Bornstein c

10

a b

Reflection Silhouette

1P

Brenda Boyd

Sonja Ann Becknell * On a Brighter Note

1 a b c 2 a b c 3 a b C 4 a

a

It Always Snows On The First Buttercups Phoenix Thornburg * Disgruntled Housewife Blind as a Bowie Knife A Rare Bird Indeed Carla Christina * Contreras Okaloosa On My Mind The final Good-Bye Gabriel Has A Revelation

Angel of Hope Well Traveled

Barbara L. Allen * Bird Watching Summers Getaway Kentucky Bluegrass Monica O’Neill * Lady of Shallot

11

a b c

2P

a b c

Cathy L. Henson * The Wild Vine of Spring Just Before Dusk

12

Paradise Palms

a

3P

Bobbie Noreen * Another Galazy

13

Emily Hall

a b c

a

Lola

Bellegra, Italy

Pierced

Marlynda Augelli *

14

Monica O’Neill *

4P

Pat Millius *

a

Professional

a

Amarylilis

You Used to Fly in Airplanes You Made Friends with the Creatures on the Wing The Mechanisms All Shiver Awake

Holly Kenitzer * Wild Flowers Autumn Leaves White Anemone

15

5P

Jackson Carr The Farmer

a b c

a b c

b

Nashville

The Staredown

Andrea (Picasso) Henry *

5 a b c 6 a b c 7 a 8 a b c 9 a b c

16

Robin Hall

6P

Paiten Wolfe

Overripe Avocado Love with Rocks Ashland City Days

a

Can I Use Your Phone?

a b c

V1 V2 V3

17

Aleshia Garrett

a b

Brooding

Adam Sandor *

Calm

7P

Elizabeth Ramsey

Cornell Cyborg

a

Blue Face

3D 1-3D Lundy Cupp * a Leonardy da Vinci b The Shawman 2-3D Ben Caldwell * a Silver Bowl b c

Tears in the Rain

Arlene Glavas * A Summer’s View Becky Vincent *

The Complacent Dragon

Black Pearl

Note to Picasso Unexpected

Copper Magnolia Bowl Enamel United States Flag

c

Sally Taylor * Hidden Treasure

3-3D Morris Self * a Octo Table b

Lazy Day

Bird on Basket

Grandpa’s Tractor Flowering Pitchfork

c

g Art League of Cheatham County Members

2D SECTION ONE

SONJA BECK Utilizing a bold, contemporary style full of color and life, dynamic angles, and layers of tonal variations, I work primarily with acrylics on canvas and colored pencils on paper. I capture expressive musicians (most of whom are my talented neighbors on the outskirts of Nashville, TN) playing their instruments to convey the soulful messages we hear in their music. I am drawn to the beauty we discover in nature and apply captivating compositions and perspectives. My love of people shines through in many of the portraits I create, expressing moments of joy or beauty. Through my work I strive to celebrate this colorful life and uplift others.

On A Brighter Note Sonja Beck Acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 No: 1a

Angel of Hope Sonja Beck Acrylic on canvas 20 x 24 No: 1b

Well Traveled Sonja Beck Acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 No: 1c

CATHY HENSON I’ve loved creating some type of art all my life......painting with acrylics & watercolors are my favorite. The use of bright vibrant colors in my paintings have been described as fresh, happy, energetic & soul lifting. I make it a point to develop and practice skills in my work and to experiment with new techniques. I never sketch anything I paint; I use my brush and paints to create. All freestyle & truly from my heart. I truly feel as an Artist there is no right or wrong way to create something that is pleasing to one’s eye. I encourage each parent to allow their child to be creative, to paint and to enjoy and experience art. “If one of my paintings or works of art gives you a smile, a laugh or makes you think of a wonderful memory, then I feel I’m already a success!”

The Wild Vine of Spring Cathy Henson Acrylic on canvas 24 x 48 No: 2a

Just Before Dusk Cathy Henson Acrylic on canvas 22 x 28 No: 2b

Paradise Palms Cathy Henson Acrylic on canvas 16 x 16 No: 2c

BOBBIE NOREEN I am the child of a very flamboyant colorful artist mother and a very analytical engineer type father. I loved the creative and beautiful side of nature and life, but being cautious and conservative at my father’s instruction, my right brain won out in my life choices. 2022 will mark my 50th year as a REALTOR broker, educator, and coach. Over those years I dabbled with oils and dreamed of being able to bring the scenes and visions, that were in my head, to life. Just before we went in to the lockdown, I met Debbie Keenan at an art show in Cheatham County. I had just started some on line classes with a teacher in abstract painting. When I saw the great works displayed, I became a little intimidated. However, I overcame my lack of confidence and showed Debbie a few things on my I-phone that I had completed . She was so complementary and encouraging that I promptly joined the league and continued to take classes. To my surprise, many of my facebook friends wanted to buy my work when they saw some of the postings. I have now sold over 30 paintings, each one inspired by a theme, a color or a memory. I am still involved in coaching and teaching real estate, but I owe my sanity this past 18 or so months to the creative side of my brain that finally has a voice. I instinctively know when something I have done is good and finished, because It happens outside of my conscious mind. I get lost in the moments and then all of a sudden I will stand back and think, “ Wow, how did that happen.” That’s my best work.

Bellegra, Italy Bobbie Noreen Acrylic on canvas 16 x 20 No: 3b

Another Galaxy Bobbie Noreen Acrylic on canvas 16 x 20 No: 3a

Pierced Bobbie Noreen Acrylic on canvas 16 x 16 No: 3c

PAT MILLIUS

“I rarely use words to communicate. And when I paint, I don’t often use brushes. I’ll use my fingers, knuckles, knives, matchsticks, q-tips, sandpaper, and greasy napkins or anything within arms reach. I add layers just as often as I scrape them off, which is why I like to have a thick substrate. It sounds violent but it is not. It brings me a taste of the peace I crave, but in no way do I find it “relaxing”. My techniques developed this way over decades. I’ve had no more control over how they have evolved than I have over the way I sneeze or the way I laugh. Yes, I do laugh when I paint. In fact, I consider a painting successful only if it makes me laugh. It seems so much of what we are remains hidden from even ourselves. But there are things deep down which are trying to kill us. Our parents had no way to protect us, they were filled with monsters themselves. I am trying to find my way back to where those monsters were born. They hate laughter.”

You Used to Fly in Airplanes, You made Friends with the Creatures on the Wing. Pat Millius Mixed Media 24 x 24 No: 4a

The Mechanisms All Shiver Awake Pat Millius Mixed Media 24 x 24 No: 4b

ALESHIA GARRETT Artist Aleshia “Dream” Garrett creates paintings that capture the essence of the world’s natural beauty and bridges it between what is seen and how it is felt. Spending most of her career in association marketing, she is returning to her life-long passion as an artist. She signs all her paintings as Dream, the nickname her high school sweetheart and husband gave her early in their relationship. She creates pieces that resonate with her soul, in hopes that they will pass on that joy to others. Her encompassing murals, spacious canvas paintings and intimate drawings read like a story - from past to present to future.

Brooding Aleshia Garrett

Calm Aleshia Garrett Oil 16 x 20 No: 17b

Acrylic 16 x 20 No: 17a

ANDREA (PICASO) HENRY I am fascinated by many subjects. Sometimes I dream of new ideas. New concepts come to me while working on others. Whether drawn to colors, shadows, or textures of unique subjects, I must as my husband said, “Never stop doing what I was born to do”.

Overripe Avocado Andrea (Picaso) Henry Watercolor 9 x 12 No: 5a $550 framed

Ashland City Days Andrea (Picaso) Henry Watercolor 16.25 x 12.25 No: 5b $550 framed

Love With Rocks Andrea (Picaso) Henry Watercolor 13 x 11 No: 5c $750 framed

ADAM SANDOR The human face is capable of so many different emotions. What makes it enjoyable is the fact that whether you’re acting or being candid, that emotion will come out in some capacity. Being able to see the small changes in one human to then next is the reason the face is so intriguing

Cornell Adam Sandor Oil on Canvas 15 x 30 No: 6a

Cyborg Adam Sandor Charcoal on paper

118 x 24 No: 6b

Tears in the Rain Adam Sandor Graphite on paper 14 x 22 No: 6c

ARLENE GLAVAS Recently retired from teaching elementary art, I am appreciating the time to create my own artwork. This piece celebrates two of my favorite passions, gardening and watercolor painting. I enjoyed the challenge in capturing the pale yellows and fine details on this close up of a favorite summer flower, the Zinnia.

A Summer’s View Arlene Glavas Watercolor 7 x 8 No: 7

MONICA O’NEILL This work is created using an encaustic mixture of natural beeswax and damar resin and oil paint. It is inspired by the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson The Lady of Shallot. In the poem, the lady is a tapestry weaver that stays in a tower on an island of Shallot. While watching over Camelot through a mirror she weaves the scenes into her tapestry. She falls in love with Sir Lancelot the knight and decides to leave her artwork behind to go to him. By her leaving her woven artwork to search for love it shatters the mirror, breaking the spell, and ultimately leads to the lady’s death. As I began work on this encaustic piece I had not originally planned to add the Lady or the boat, but as I continued my work it became the scene from the poem. Encaustic has a mysterious quality about it, containing layers and layers of paint similar to the many layers that can be read into Tennyson’s poem.

Lady of Shallot Monica O’Neill Encaustic & Oil 24 x 48 No: 12

BECKI VINCENT Becki’s abstract style is inspired by her love of God’s spectacular creation. She employs textures and movements on the earth as elements in each piece of art. You will often view circles and curves representing winds and emotion both calm and torrential. She also uses sand and spackling and mica amidst acrylic paint and gel mediums. She predominantly uses palette knives, sponges, and an occasional brush. Her interest in Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle is evident in each painting experience as she creates unique surface with cardboard, plastic lids, and bubble wrap.

Black Pearl Becki Vincent Acrylic & mixed media 36 x 36 No: 8a

Note to Picasso Becki Vincent Acrylic & mixed media 24 x 30 No: 8b

Unexpected Becki Vincent

Acrylic 24 x 30 No: 8c

SALLY H TAYLOR (Sally Helen Creations) As a child Sally often spent summers with her aunt who taught her to draw and paint . As years passed, Sally learned that she could use art to make sad people smile or bring a ray of hope to the discouraged. After retirement in 2016, she found herself with plenty of time, as her husband was still working and her grown children were busy with their own lives. She contracted a freelance illustrator position with Outskirts Press Publishing, where she illustrates books (mostly children’s). She was also accepted in a few galleries in Upstate NY where she lived at the time. Recently moving to Tennessee, Sally continues to use her talents for creating, to bring a bright spot into the lives of others and now she hopes to bring you a bright spot as well. She hopes at best for a wow, and at least to bring you a smile- in the midst of life’s anxieties.

Hidden Treasure Sally Taylor Acrylic 21 x 25 framed No: 9a $260

Lazy Day Sally Taylor Acrylic 24 x 21 framed No: 9b $260

Blue Bird on Basket Sally Taylor Pen & Ink + Comp. Graphite 21 x 25 framed No: 9c $190

AMY BORNSTEIN I try to capture on canvas the whimsical, thought provoking, mysterious feelings, and essence in my mind. Once the painting starts, it becomes quite an array of emotions, colors, detail, and liquid expressions.

Reflection Amy Bornsteim

Acrylic 36 x 48 No: 10a

Silhouette Amy Bornsteim

Acrylic 36 x 48 No: 10b

BARBARA L ALLEN Growing up in Nashville TN, my love for painting had always been in different mediums. Finally settling down in Cheatham County, I was introduced to watercolors and what I could achieve with them. 13 yrs later, I still find it to be so challenging to paint something that questions my abilities to recreate a scene or picture in fine detail with this form of art. The challenges are unlimited but the results of those challenges are so rewarding. I always say that painting fine detail in watercolor is a passion driven by my desire to achieve something I thought was impossible for me with watercolor.

Bird Watching Barbara L. Allen Watercolor 30 x 34 No: 11a

Summers Getaway Barbara L. Allen Watercolor 24 x 30 No: 11b

Kentucky Bluegrass Barbara L. Allen Watercolor 24 x 40 No: 11c

EMILY HALL I have been painting about 13 years. My inspiration is art is the joy it brings to the recipients of my paintings. Nothing inspires me more than a request for a particular composition.

Lola Emily Hall Oil 11 x 14 No: 13

MARLYNDA AUGELLI Being Creative “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” ~Pablo Picasso

“No wonder you’re late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow.” - Mad Hatter

Marlynda Augelli Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 36 No: 14

HOLLY KENITZER My subject matter is always nature. I don’t like to do the same thing twice, and I experiment with what I have handy. I don’t limit myself to just one or two types of Art. I paint, use pen and ink, do linoleum printing, work with pencils and watercolor pencils, and whatever else can make a mark!

Wild Flowers Holly Kenitaer Oil 24 x 48 No: 15a

Autumn Leaves Holly Kenitaer Watercolor & Pencill 28 x 40 No: 15b

White Anemone Holly Kenitaer

Acrylic 10 x 20 No: 15c

ROBIN HALL With a background in theatre and painting, I aim to tell stories with my art. From illustrations to portraits like this one, I love to make the people I paint feel real; not just in appearance, but in their backstories and characterizations. Is this red headed beauty really what that she seems?

Can I Use Your Phone? Robin Hall Oil on canvas 10 x 20 No: 16

3D SECTION ONE

LUNDY CUPP Humans. Technology is changing us and maybe the way we see one-another. But we are still a very social species. Technology can be a wonderful thing and it does bring us together in some very beautiful ways. But let’s think about when we talk to one-another face-to-face and look into each other’s eyes. We see the happiness, fear, grief and experiences in the lines of their face. We know more of what that other human feels because we can see, hear, smell and feel them. Those things are still important to me. I embrace them as often as possible. Maybe I’m unique. But I don’t think so. Which brings me to the following. My work primarily focuses on the human face and form. I’m intrigued by the vast array of subtle nuance within the human face. No two faces are exactly alike. It is as unique as the individual who wears it and that person’s life experiences. For such a small area as a face, the expressions and variations are endless. I try to capture a brief moment of expression within my subject. As with any creative process, whether they are a portrayal of a specific individual or a whimsical character in my mind, the faces evolve as they emerge. This is one of the most satisfying aspects of what I do. My love of detail and combining realism with semi-abstract brings it all together for me.

I enjoy experimentation and exploring new mediums and techniques to achieve my visions. My process and techniques have evolved over the past several years and continue to evolve. Trial and error is an important part in any material I work with. My book carvings emerged from my love of books. I quickly discovered encyclopedias are ideal for my subject matter of human portraits. I can carve a life-size face within the space of a few volumes. And since encyclopedias are now primarily obsolete, they are abundant. There are homes and attics across America full of these beautiful books. So I just give them a new life so-to-speak. It is an incredible challenge to carve paper. I don’t glue the pages together before carving so much thought goes into the approximate 100 hours it takes to carve a portrait into the paper of books. I look at the world and the human face in a different way than I did before I discovered my abilities as an artist. I see the beauty in both simplicity and complexity. The learning and discovery process never ends. Ever. That’s what makes this whole art thing work, what makes it so much fun and addicting. It’s the magic that drives the wonders of art.

Leonardo da Vinci Lundy Cupp Books & Paper 11”h x 7-3/4”w x 8-1/2 d

The Complacent Dragon Lundy Cupp Carved into Driftwood 16” wide No: 1-3D b

The Shaman Lundy Cupp Mask- Carved Wood & Acrylic Paint & Hemp Rope H 36 in. x W18 in. x D 6 in. No: 1-3D b

BEN CALDWELL OF BEN & LAEL Ben Caldwell is an award winning artist from Nashville, TN. His work has been featured in many national publications including Southern Home magazine, Victoria magazine, Cottage Journal magazine, Garden & Gun magazine, Southern Lady magazine, and Oprah magazine as well as features and appearances on television and radio. His work has been in museums and shown in galleries. Ben has created commissioned work for the governor of Tennessee, and the Ellis Island Family Heritage awards for the The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation out of copper preserved from the Registry Building at Ellis Island. In his own words: “I love forming metal. Copper feels like a suspended liquid as I’m working it, as if it’s flowing & wants to work with me to take on whatever shape I envision. The natural world & its incomparable beauty are one of my main sources of inspiration. After hiking the Appalachian Trail, my love of nature became a central focus in my art. Sometimes I begin with the classical proportions & forms of the historic American silver that surrounded me growing up, other pieces begin with an idea rather than a fully formed picture & I feel it out as I work the metal. This allows, opportunities to arise that I didn’t anticipate; serendipity takes over, leading me on an exciting, unplanned journey. I use traditional metalsmithing techniques including hammering, raising, & chasing by hand with traditional tools, but also tools of my own design. All of my materials, the purest available copper, silver & naturally-shed antler, are sourced in the USA to create each one-of-a kind piece in my Nashville studio.”

Silver 14” Bowl Ben Caldwell of Ben & Lael No: 2-3D a

Copper 15” Magnolia Bowl Ben Caldwell of Ben & Lael No: 2-3D b

Enameled United States Flag Ben Caldwell of Ben & Lael No: 2-3D c

MORRIS SELF I have lived in Cheatham county for 26 years. I started doing sculptures for my family, and then their friends started commissioning sculptures from me. Then I started doing public art shows. My sculptures are made using recycled metal and scrap metals from our area to assemble sculptures of all different types. I have taught classes with children to motivate their art potential so they can experience taking items that are different and put them together in one common goal to make something other than its original purpose. I want people to see my art and realize their own potential to do something creative with simple every day items commonly thrown away. I have donated sculptures for fundraisers to local hospitals, schools, and charities, as well as, a 14’ breast Cancer ribbon sculpture located on Charlotte Avenue in Nashville at the Hope Lodge for cancer patients families.

Octo Table Morris Self / Art By Sirrom Metal 2’ 3” x 21” No: 3-3D a $300

Grandpa’s Tractor Morris Self / Art By Sirrom Metal 1’9”L x 10”W x 1’1”T No: 3-3D b $500

Flowering Pichfork Morris Self / Art By Sirrom Metal 1’1”L x 6”W x 17”T No: 3-3D c $75

BRENDA BOYD My name is Brenda Boyd and I am living and creating in Kingston Springs, TN. I create curious self-portraits inspired by nature and the natural life cycle. I hope that the imagery evokes a feeling of growth and hope toward the ever-cycling process of life and death in the natural world. It is my ultimate goal to live in rhythm and harmony and encourage others to make those small changes in their life, too. PHOTOGRAPHY SECTION ONE

It Always Snows On TheFirst Buttercups Brenda Boyd Photography 11 x 16 No: 1P

MONICA O’NEILL The garden brings mindfulness. The entire process of turning and balancing the soil, along with the growth from seed, to bud, the blooming, then the deterioration back into the Earth seems very symbolic of our own lives. When we look at the simple beauty of a flower blooming it makes us mindful. This photograph was a glimpse in time of this single fragile Amaryllis bloom. A reminder that time and life are always fleeting.

Amaryllis Monica O’Neill Photography 16 X 24 No: P4

PHOENIX THORNBURG

The time-honored art of preserving time through the photographic lens has long fascinated me. The viewfinder offers a structured limitation, inside which I find an outlet for exploration, reflection and expression. I am interested in the potential for time and space to be imprinted by energy and vibration, and try to translate this evocation of emotions by means of the photograph; storytelling. Living and working in rural Cheatham County has nourished the roots of my perspective with a constant flow of not only the profound and awesome beauty of nature found here, but also with local history and the lore. “Southern Gothic” in style, my current works are a reflection of the haunted, heartbreaking, macabre and feral aspects of humanity, within the contexts of nature and culture in the South.

Disgruntled Housewife Phoenix Thornburg Photography 16 X 20 No: P2a

Blind As A Bowie Knife Phoenix Thornburg Photography 16 X 20 No: P2b

A Rare Bird Indeed Phoenix Thornburg Photography 16 X 20 No: P2c

CARLA CHRISTINA CONTRERAS Life is a tapestry. I pull all the beautiful threads I see, feel and experience into a coherent, perfect painting called my life. Life is a composition to me. Defining and recording the experiences of life give it meaning. I look and I compose. I wish I could paint, act, photograph or write as fast as my mind can create.

Okaloosa On My Mind Carla Christina Contreras Photography 12 x 18 (framed 18 x 24) No: P3a $150

The Final Good-Bye Carla Christina Contreras Photography 12 x 18 (framed 18 x 24) No: P3b $150

Gabriel Has A Revelation Carla Christina Contreras Photography 12 x 18 (framed 18 x 24) No: P3b $150

JACKSON AUGUSTUS CARR What I hope to accomplish through my photographs is capturing the little moments people forget about or don’t even notice. We have all looked back and wished we had captured certain moments and I hope I am able to do that through my pictures. I am currently earning a Photography degree from Nossi College of Arts in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Farmer Jackson Augustus Carr Photography 16 x 20 No: P5a

Nashville Jackson Augustus Carr Photography 16 x 20 No: P5b

The Staredown Jackson Augustus Carr Photography 12 x 18 No: P5b

PAITEN WOLFE “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars” - MLK Jr.

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable”

“Great anger and violence can never build a nation”

-JFK

- Nelson Mandela

V1 Paiten Wolfe Photography 20 x 30 No: P6a

V2 Paiten Wolfe Photography 20 x 30 No: P6b

V3 Paiten Wolfe Photography 20 x 30 No: P6c

ELIZABETH RAMSEY - 18

I decided to go with photography as my medium. The blues represent the multiple forms of depression overcoming the model.

Blue Face Elizabeth Ramsey Photography 12 x 18 No: P7

STUDENT SECTION TWO

2021 Juried Art Show Jr. Artists For the up and Coming Artists ages 12 - 18

8 Artists and 18 entries! - - April 24th - 30th

Dylan Van Der Merwe

1J Abigail Lambert g a By The Waters Edge b Tables Turned c Moon Lit Night 2J Savannah Williams g a Big Big Plans 3J Bryson Perry g a Sheriff of Valentino b Gun Slinger c Joker

4J

7J Katie Dalton a 8J Logan Seibert a Eagle b Morgan Freeman

a b

Vishnu

Hanging by the Poolside

Where’s Waldo 5J Maya Brown a Detached b Star Sentinel C Nymphalidae 6J Addison Morgan a Be You Tiful Cactus b Drip Pour C Red to Blue to Gras to White

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ABIGALE LAMBERT, 14 Abigail Lambert, 14, is a self taught inspiring artist. Her art reflects her thoughts and feelings of life. Art is used as an adjustment from going from a single home to split homes. Her paintings and digital art seem to improve with each new project. She likes to sign her art work as Pumpkin Girl Studio.

By The Water Edge Abigale Lambert Acrylic 9 X 12 No: 1Ja

Tables Turned Abigale Lambert Digital Art 8.5 x 11 No: 1Jb

Moon Lit Night Abigale Lambert

Acrylic 24 x 30 No: 1Jc

BRYSON PERRY, 13 I am 13 years old and have always loved to draw, sketch, sculpt and create anything I could think up. Out of all of those, I would say that drawing is definitely my favorite. It all started when I was around the age of 2. My mom and I would sit in bed at night time and watch movies and television and we would always draw together. I would try to copy what I saw on the movies or t.v shows. Sometimes I would try to draw exactly what I saw and other times I would use the characters as an inspiration and end up creating something completely unique. It kind of just stuck with me and became my hobby and something I did to pass time. Now I like to create the characters on my own and give them their own story. I want to thank my family and friends for always encouraging me and for all of their support.

Sheriff of Valentino Bryson Perry Drawing 8 x 11 No: 3Ja

Gun Slinger Bryson Perry Drawing 8 x 11 No: 3Jb

Joker Bryson Perry Drawing 8 x 11 No: 3Jc

SAVANNAH WILLIAMS, 15 I came up with the idea of this piece when I was listening to the radio one day while riding home in the car. The song ‘Big Big Plans’ by Chris Lane is the one that played. The beginning of the song describes his girl sitting in a chair, messy bun, sweatpants, etc. I thought that was adorable and it’d be fun to recreate so I decided that’s what I’d do.

Big Big Plans Savannah Williams Drawing 8 x 11 No: 2J

DYLAN VAN DER MERWE - 18 The reason I make my art is to release my emotion and capture my feelings in a physical form. When I draw I don’t have to focus on thoughts that run through my mind but rather I can put all my focus on the piece.

Vishnu Dylan Van Der Merwe Clay

14 x 9 x 9 No: 4Ja

Where’s Waldo Dylan Van Der Merwe Pencil & Paper 14 x 18 No: 4Jb

MAYA BROWN, 15 I am a self-taught artist whose inspiration comes from Japanese Lolita fashion mixed with disturbing and creepy subjects.

Detached Maya Brown Pencil 9 X 12 No: 5Ja

Star Sentinel Maya Brown Pencil 9 X 12 No: 5Jb

Nymphalidae Maya Brown

Pencil 9 X 12 No: 5Jc

ADDISON MORGAN, 18 I did these paintings because I really enjoy being creative and it makes me feel relaxed. The bottom two paintings I did by doing acrylic pouring because I love abstract art and I feel that not everything is concrete, like the human mind: complex, yet beautiful. The “Be You Tiful” Cactus one I love because it shows that beauty comes within yourself and it has its own sort of fun style.

Be You Tiful Cactus Addison Morgan

Acrylic 10 x 14 No: 6Ja

Drip Acrylic Pour Addison Morgan Acrylic Pour 8 x 10 No: 6Jb

Red + Blue + White + Yellow Addison Morgan Acrylic Pour 12 x 18 No: 6Jc

KATIE DALTON, 18 This is a crochet piece. I chose to do a crochet sculpture because it’s something I love to do and I’d love to share my work with everyone! It’s my happy place, and I had so much fun completing it.

Hanging by the Poolside Katie Dalton Crochet Sculpture 18 x 18 x 8 No: 7J

LOGAN SEIBERT, 18 My inspiration comes from me and the way I think when I draw. I tend to escape reality in a way, like listening to music. In my mind, it feels somewhat free when I draw.

Eagle Logan Seibert Pencil drawing 9 x 12 No: 8Ja

Morgan Freeman Logan Seibert Pencil drawing 9 x 12 No: 8Jb

OUR MISSION By nurturing the artist, we enrich the community.

The Art League of Cheatham County develops

the artist through education, exhibition, and a

stimulating, supportive environment, while sharing

the experience of the visual arts

with the community.

P.O. Box 458 / Pleasant View, TN 37146

615-746-2443