Asheville Gallery of Art January 2022 Exhibit, “Mountain Inspirations”

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Fri, Jan 28, 2022
11:00 am - 6:00 pm
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Asheville Gallery of Art
82 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801, USA
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Asheville Gallery of Art
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Asheville Gallery of Art’s January show, “Mountain Inspirations” will feature works by three new gallery members: Jan Smith, Mandy Kjellstrom, and Raymond Byram. The show will run January 2-31 during gallery hours, 11am-6pm. An event to meet the artists will be held at the gallery on First Friday, January 7, from 5-8pm at 82 Patton Avenue.

Jan has been a professional artist for forty years, and her body of work has evolved over years of experimentation with different materials and techniques. Oil is her medium of choice, and she paints both from photographs and on location. Her style approaches a hybrid impressionistic/realism in her landscapes and traditional realism in her animals, people, and florals. Throughout her career, she has participated in numerous gallery showings. Jan has lived both on the coast and in the mountains of the Carolinas so it comes as no surprise that she transforms the canvas with the familiar beauty of mountain and coastal scenes.

Mandy Kjellstrom commenced her study of art in 2002, and later entered the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas, a school devoted to classical realism. This began her training, with specific interests in the figure, landscapes, and still life, which she continues to study. She finds joy in painting the ordinary things of life in a way that captures their sacredness. Believing that God is present in all things, she considers herself a “co-creator” of the beauty that she experiences as she paints her natural surroundings “en plein air.” Mandy’s preferred medium is oil, in a classical realism style, and she is inspired by the world’s ever-present natural beauty.

Raymond Byram has been painting in oils since 1969. After receiving a Fine Arts degree with a minor in art history, he has devoted his life to his painting and printmaking. Although he has worked in a variety of genres and styles, landscapes in oil are his primary pursuits. Byram’s oils are almost exclusively done with palette knives, rather than brushes. Ray enjoys both an Impressionistic style of painting, as well as the beauty of the mountains and forests. Combined, they have molded his style into what he calls Tight Impressionism. Ray finds his inspiration in the eastern mountains and forests of North Carolina.

For further information about this show, please contact the Asheville Gallery of Art at (828) 251-5796, visit the gallery’s website at www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com, or go to the gallery’s Facebook page.

January 2nd to January 31, Daily from 11am to 6pm