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May Issue 2007
Richard James Galleries in Charleston, SC, Presents Five New Gallery Artists
The Richard James Galleries, in historic downtown Charleston, SC, is buzzing with excitement this spring. New gallery director Nancy O'Neil has signed five new artists to the gallery and will be unveiling their artwork during the opening of Plus 5, featuring works by Jack Dowd, Ellen Kaiden, Charles Pabst, Miki Boni, and Tom Paulsin, on view from May 4 through June 4, 2007.
Jack Dowd is a sculptor, nationally known as a connoisseur of American types. His boisterous, eccentric, innocently hilarious sculpted individuals rarely become the subjects of art. Dowd celebrates America's idiosyncratic extended family in his ongoing series of full-sized sculpted figures, enhanced with actual objects. These folks are regarded by the artist with affectionate humor and satiric wit, balanced by a feeling for the pathos of everyday life.
Ellen Kaiden, painter with studios in Florida and Massachusetts, is drawn to subject matter that celebrates her love of food and flora. Her compositions show thought and energy, as if the objects in her paintings are conversing with one another.
Charles Pabst
Charles Pabst is a painter with a studio in Arizona, travels around the world, studying the landscapes and culture of the people, taking photographs of different scenes that capture his interest. Every year he picks a new destination to explore to convey onto his originals.
Miki Boni is a painter with a studio in Florida, is widely exhibited and in private collections in Mexico, Europe and the US. Boni is the first American woman painter whose work was selected to be part of a permanent collection at Museo Ateneo Cultural in Nayarit, Mexico. She is the recipient of a special painting award at New York's Albert Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center.
Tom Paulsin, influenced by the simplicity of Eastern design, creates interactive sound sculptures which provide a multi-sensory experience. Paulsin's work, distinguished from that of other sculptors is his instinctive grasp of form and his ability to achieve harmony between the sound of the gong and the meditative quality of the piece. Its striking simplicity reveals a strength and familiarity that combines classic Eastern line and contemporary Western art.
"Life's too serious, art should be fun and should bring out our childlike nature," states O'Neil. "With the diversity offered by these new artists and the artists currently represented by the gallery we feel the gallery has a mixture that will excite the senses and stimulate the collectors inner child."
The gallery currently represents works by Douglas Grier, Joan A. Davis, Fernando Alcaraz, Robert Bateman, Melanie Fain, Mick Doellinger, Bobbe Gentry, Heiner Hertling, Matthew Hillier, Andreas Meyer, Cinthia Joyce, Richard Kramer, Nnamdi Okonkow, Nancy O'Neil, Peter Pettegrew, Bill Rice, John Seerey-Lester, Ford Smith, Tim Tyler, Rod Zullo and painter turned actor Billy Dee Williams.
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