Current Exhibit
“Chaos and Cosmos”
Oil and mixed media on wood panels by Shelly Hehenberger
January 17 – March 26, 2012
Shelly Hehenberger’s study and enjoyment of the natural sciences, especially geology, microbiology, and cosmology — are apparent in the imagery, colors and sensation of life in her paintings, and in how she describes her “way of working”.
“My process involves alternately layering the materials and carving into them, often removing large portions of one surface to assemble onto another.” Hehenberger says. “This continuous cycling and re-cycling of the materials creates a sense of the deconstruction of chaos contrasted against the creative energy of cosmos that exists at all levels of life. The tension that arises from their mysterious interaction is the driving force of my work.”
In her book, Tree: A Community of Artists Explores the Meaning of Nature, Hehenberger uses as illustrations the artwork of 30 artists from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area, who join the author in exploring the meaning of a tree. Sales of the book support a local environmental group, the Haw River Assembly, a 501(c)(3) non-profit citizens’ group founded in 1982 to restore and protect the Haw River and Jordan Lake, and to build a watershed community that shares this vision.
To see more of this artist’s work, please visit her website: http://www.shellyhehenberger.com/wallflower/
Call for Artists
Fifth Annual “Local Farms Local Art” Exhibit
North Carolina Artists Celebrate the Beauty of North Carolina Farms
This spring, Panzanella will host our fifth Local Farms/Local Art Exhibit. Beginning in 2008, this annual juried exhibit was scheduled to coincide with the Piedmont Farm Tour, with the goal of exploring what North Carolina artists create when the inspiration is local farming. Selected artists will be part of a 10-week exhibit of work based on NC farms. Farmers, farm families, crops, animals, landscapes, farm buildings and farm equipment are all possible subjects.
Download the application here. The deadline is March 1.
Upcoming Exhibits:
March 27 – June 4: Local Farms/Local Art, juried exhibit highlighting North Carolina farms