Join us for the opening reception of a compelling two-person exhibition featuring the distinctive painterly voices of Scott E Hill and Charlotte Terrell. This thoughtfully curated show presents an engaging dialogue between two contemporary artists whose unique approaches to color, form, and narrative create a rich visual conversation that invites contemplation and discovery.
About Scott:
Scott E. Hill - Hunter's Moon - 5"x5" - oil on board
The work of artist Scott E. Hill is at once old-fashioned and sophisticated. Drawing from memories of his childhood in Northwest Georgia, a place he went or a color he saw could be the catalyst that sets the process in motion. His paintings are reminiscent of a long-gone style found in the brooding landscapes of 16th Century Spanish artists and the shadowy, gilt-framed works of 19th Century Romanticism.Landscapes are a favorite subject for Hill, and the richness and texture of his work are the results of layering his paint and using an age-old technique called "glazing." Glazing involves brushing linseed oil, turpentine, or varnish over a layer of paint, which allows the colors underneath to bleed through and gives the work an aged appearance. Although he works primarily with oil, Hill also experiments with watercolors, coffee stains and oil pastels, and has an impressive body of graphite drawings as well. Regardless of medium, a limited palette and a skilled hand convey a certain mood...much the same as that sense of tranquility that follows a summer storm, as well as the quiet violence that precedes it.
About Charlotte:
Charlotte Terrell - Sundry Mood - 30" x 24" - mixed media on panel
Charlotte Terrell's artwork is a product of her deep cultural roots and interests developed growing up in Mississippi. She has extensive experience with landscapes - from her academic work in landscape architecture to traveling and researching 19th-century European country landscapes, Terrell found her niche very early on. This led her to New York City where she assisted with the city's historic parks and landscape revitalization, including Central Park. It was also here that she first honed her practice for decorative painting under the tutelage of masters of Old World Techniques.
Her painting style layers polished plaster, oil paints, and glazes on solid birch panels. Century-old decorative painting techniques have naturally translated into fine art that expresses her deep connection to landscapes as a subject matter. When describing her art, Terrell says, "These idealized landscapes are fictional places intended to be universally familiar to the viewer, a present moment in time. I love the tactile nature of working in plaster, the labor of polishing it smooth, the pooling of the juicy paints and pouring glossy translucent glazes over the surface."
Whether on her recognizable birchwood panels or or her custom wall coverings, all of Charlotte’s pieces are united in their grace and identifiable as products of her one-of-a-kind process.