I always enjoy the talks with the artists at the Jepson Center.
The format for many of them have changed in the last couple of years.
Previously, the artist would be introduced, then they would provide insight into their works by presenting us with a lecture.
No more of that.
Erin is the one on the left, with Dana Richardson in the middle and Lisa Watson rounding out the trio on the stage.
This year's #art912 Boxed In/Boxed Out exhibit is titled "Heroes And Hosts" and will be displayed for all passersby to enjoy until next April.
"Heroes And Hosts" is science-friendly, presenting native habitats, native plants, and native animals as the featured stars, with nary a human in sight.
Very nice!!!
That's because Lisa Watson is a Georgia peach, like me, with a definite interest in making sure these native species live for future generations.
Lisa is also a found-objects artist, creating her sculptures from items discarded by others, whereas Dana is a painter and provided all the backgrounds for the six windows.
The scene above them demonstrates their collaborative nature as they worked on one of the window displays in Dana's studio.
Here is part of that very window as it now exists in this exhibit.
Dana's canvas is actually partly rumpled at the bottom, as it was too long for the allowed 13" depth inside the frame.
They kept it that way to mimic the leafy ground around the gopher tortoise hole.
And that creature trying to crawl out of the display?
That's the gopher tortoise itself, moving from the opening of the deep hole it's dug.
Is that where it lives?
Nope, it digs those holes for others to live in, especially during brush fires.
What a kind beast!
I do look forward to spending more time with the windows!
Thanks to the Jepson Center for this bday67 gift, not only to me, but to the world!
Nice to see Axelle and Jordan there, as well as Tomasc!
(smile!)
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