Betsy Youngquist – Extreme Beader

“Children with their vast capacity for wonderment weave tales of gossamer, create magic kingdoms, all from meager means, passing through invisible portals to lands of untold enchantment.  As we follow the Yellow Brick Road in quest of Emerald Cities, those portals become hidden to us, removing our access to the wonderland within.  For me creating art is a way to return to the looking glass and reenter the garden where flowers whisper and birds can talk.  I find my inner child through these beaded characters as they emerge and bring with them tales from the other side of the mirror.” ~Besty Youngquist

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Fred Stonhouse Exhibition “The Deacon’s Seat” at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama

“The Deacon’s Seat”,  a solo show of paintings and works on paper by Fred Stonehouse is currently on exhibit at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art at the University of Alabama.  “The Deacon’s Seat” title Stonehouse chose for the show refers to a bench of split logs running the length of a bunkhouse in logging camps.  The storyteller would entertain loggers after settling in for the night, but only hold the seat as long as the audience was entertained.  According to Stonehouse, “holding the seat for an extended period was the storyteller’s mark of pride.

The “Measure of a Man” on exhibit at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art

The “Measure of a Man” on exhibit at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art

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Hood on exhibit at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art

Hood on exhibit at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art

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The works selected for this exhibition “reveal a narrative-based evolution of ideas projected into the painted characters of his work,” says William Dooley, Director of the Sarah Moody Gallery.  Works in the exhibit were generously loaned by the artist, Tory Folliard Gallery, private collectors, and others.  In conjunction with the exhibit, Fred Stonehouse also presented a lecture at the Gorgas Library and spent a day with advanced students in the Unviersity of Alabama’s Arts & Sciences Studio Arts Program critiquing their work.

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Detail of drawings and paintings on paper in vintage frames.

Detail of drawings and paintings on paper in vintage frames.

Congratulations to Fred Stonehouse on this beautiful exhibition. Tory Folliard Gallery looks forward to Fred’s solo show “Marschmeister” which opens January 7th with an Artist Talk!