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Binh Pho, Caereleus Window
William Jameson, Appalachian Texture Series V
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Bishop Map and Prints Collection
through March 18, 2012
Gifted to the Art Museum in 1999 by the George J. Bishop Family of Myrtle Beach, this 30-piece map and print collection dates from 1606 to 1863. It includes historic gems such as a map of Horry District (1825) by Robert Mills who is regarded as the United States' first architect, a hand-drawn map of Chalreston Harbor (1851) during the Civil War and the map Mark Catesby included in his celebrated Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas Islands (1731).
Wish You Were Here
A Photographic Documentary by Farnell & Powell
through February 26, 2012
Wish You Were Here documents motel architecture, owners and guests as well as explores issues of economic sustain ability and the meaning of place. This exhibit consist of 25 photographs enriched with contextual information provided by scholars in humanities and business. These images have the potential to deepen the understanding of the tourist industry that has driven the regional economy and shaped the local culture in the Myrtle Beach area since the mid 20th-Century.
From Tree to Treasure: An International Invitational Exhibition of Turned or Sculpted Wood
through April 26, 2012
This exhibit features the work of more than 30 artists from across the country and around the world. Many members of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) will be represented. The craft of woodturning has experienced phenomenal growth since the founding of AAW. The exhibit will showcase a wide variety of style and presentation, from pedestal and tabletop pieces to wall hangings.
Website for the collection:
http://collectorsofwoodart.org/view_art/collection/22
William Jameson: Woodland Textures
Oil Paintings
through April 26, 2012
Born in 1944 in Honea Patch, South Carolina, William Jameson always felt strong ties to his native region. Today, he and his wife, Anne, also a painter, reside and paint in Saluda, North Carolina. Bill credits growing-up surrounded by the beauty and rich history of South Carolina with inspiring his childhood ambition of becoming an artist.
Bill's passion for nature allows him to create introspective landscapes embodying the full range of local color and timeless contrast whether the setting captures the brilliant warm or cool colors heralding the arrival of each season in the North Carolina mountains. Rejecting the term "scene" on reference to these works, Bill defines his landscapes as "explorations." This approach to his subject matter enables Jameson to create compositions that go beyond mere depiction of the surface beauty offered by the environs. He explores subject matter in detail, in the process revealing the mystery and profound power of nature. The effect is a literal and sentimental interpretation of nature; each painting is a reflection of the relationship between man and nature; painter and observer.
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