Stores have moved and opened, and there is a lot new in historic downtown Wake Forest for Friday night’s Art After Hours. Come check it all out from 5 to 9 p.m. on Jan. 9.
Maureen Seltzer, who was an organizer to start the Artists Loft upstairs over the Wake Forest Coffee Company, agrees. “Please stop by and check out the new layout and meet our guest artist, Brent Sherrod, for this first Art After Hours of 2015.
“Brent was born and raised in eastern North Carolina, attended Savannah College of Art & Design for two years as well as Pitt Community College, where he earned a degree in graphic design. Brent‘s landscapes are truly a treat for your eyes, both his color work done in watercolor and his precisely drawn graphite pieces, most of which depict our coast.”
There will be two featured artists at Beth Massey’s Wake Forest Art & Frame, Rose Welty and Kittie Rue Deemer. When asked how she decides what to paint, Welty says: “For me, it is a line.
An unusual line attracts me first. In my mind, I see that line spread out into a shape. Then I start thinking about making that shape with a stroke of the brush. That’s where I’m pulled into a piece and begin painting it. Seeing a beautiful, unique line that blends into a shape, and translating it into paint, makes for me all the joy and magic of painting. You can learn more about me and my work at www.rosewelty.com.”
Deemer says: “I believe art should not only be entertaining, but be a fulfilling visual experience. When it works, it becomes a uniquely personal journey; both for you as the viewer and for me as the painter. Because it’s impossible to duplicate any of the work I’ve done, you can rest assured that your painting will be an original and have in it what the painting requires. It’s a strange, exciting and circular relationship with you, me, the subject and the painting…. The painting always seems to win, which makes me very happy. I know you’ll be happy, as well!”
At The Cotton Company, which is a boutique marketplace and art gallery with over 60 businesses and artists, potter Sharon Shaffer will be the featured artist but for her new medium, watercolors. She “finds the land full of patterns, light, colors and textures” and uses those for the exhibit, “Imagining the Landscape.” There will be a reception for Shaffer, who sells her pottery at The Cotton Company, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the gallery. Her exhibit will be displayed through Feb. 8.
