Lynn Brown and Sharon DeAlexandris will share Charles Street Gallery from March 20 – April 11, for a show of new work inspired by color and honor.
Lynn Brown and Sharon DeAlexandris will share Charles Street Gallery from March 20 – April 11, for a show of new work inspired by color and honor.
    "Sharon and I have been talking art for many years and have had the fun of traveling to Portugal and Mexico to paint together," said Lynn, who lives near the ocean in Beaufort, and creates collages, paintings and monotypes. "I greatly respect her art background, concepts, and passion for painting, but we have not actually coordinated views for this show."
    "As we traveled to new places we were inspired by the same sights, but with different expressions," observed Sharon, who lives more inland from Beaufort, and is a member of the South Carolina Watercolor Society, National Collage Society, and the International Society of Experimental Artists. "Different points of view bring out different opinions, and our intuitive expressions bring out different results."
    "My thoughts for this show revolve around my pack-ratty obsession with discards," explained Lynn. "For years I have been collecting old photos with a certain sadness that "family" can be tossed out. For a while I made jewelry with old tintypes to honor the image. I plan to use the same idea as "People I wish I'd known" doing work using an image but not as a portrait— to honor rather than represent."
    "Lately my inspiration has been color and exploring different surfaces with oils, which at this point often look like landscapes to me," added Sharon. "I paint rather intuitively and watch as the paint evolves, and then I carry it further. So we will see."
    The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Friday, March 20th, from 5:30 – 9pm. Charles Street Gallery is an established source for Lowcountry and international art, presented within a carefully renovated house surrounded by a lush garden in the middle of Beaufort's historic district. 914 Charles Street, 843-521-9054,  http://www.thecharlesstreetgallery.com