The library on the Floyd campus of Georgia Highlands College is hosting an exhibit featuring the Pear Street Painters

 

Media release: The library on the Floyd campus of Georgia Highlands College is hosting an exhibit featuring the Pear Street Painters, a collaborative group of Rome and Floyd County artists who gather once a week to paint, inspire each other and offer mutual critiques.  The artists installed the paintings in the middle of November, and the exhibit will run through the end of spring semester.  Periodically during this period, the artists will refresh the exhibit by changing the display.  The general public is invited to view the art free of charge during operating hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Fridays, 8:00 a.m. – noon.  The library is closed on Saturday and Sunday.  For holiday hours, visit http://www.highlands.edu/site/library-hours.

 

The Pear Street Painters include artists with varying interests and skills.  Linda Angio specializes in folk art and primitive rug hooking.  Eric Dempsey works in ink, acrylic and papier-mache and concentrates on portraiture, figurative work and, occasionally, abstracts.  Melissa Harvel-Carr, whose media include acrylics, pen and ink and mixed media, experiments with a variety of subject matter derived from personal experiences, symbolism, fantasy and dreams.  Becky Davis works primarily in oils, and is a member of the Blue Ridge Mountains Artist Association in addition to her association with the Pear Street Painters.  Randy Eidson founded the Pear Street group in 2009 after he retired, and works exclusively in pastels to capture elements in the physical world around him.  Becky Lucas paints in pastels, many of which depict flowers; she also teaches art at Alto Park Elementary in Rome. Donna Chambers, who is with the Rome Art Coterie, is also displaying her assemblage art.

 

The group has exhibited around northwest Georgia during the past year, including an exhibit at Calhoun's Harris Arts Center, one at the Blue Ridge Art's Center, and at Arts Night in Atlanta, sponsored by Marriott.  They also showed at GHC's Lakeview gallery in 2010.  All the art works are for sale, so anyone looking for a unique Christmas present will find a very special selection on the library wall.