Sea Turtle Sunrise
The Beaufort Art Association Gallery is excited to present the Featured Artist show, “Water Water Everywhere,” a solo exhibit by Frank Gorman. The exhibit will be on display from April 28 through June 28 at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery located on Bay Street in downtown Beaufort. The opening reception -free and open to the public – will be held on Friday May 1st during downtown’s First Friday festivities. Come and enjoy light refreshments and meet the artist from 5pm – 8pm. In addition to Frank’s show, art by over 70 local Beaufort County exhibiting artists will also be on display.
The South Carolina Lowcountry is unlike any area in the state-no mountains or foothills, no open farmland, no familiar landmarks to orient you. Here, the land dissolves into water. Islands rise and fall with the tides Roads wind without apology. The marsh holds its own logic, ancient and unhurried, indifferent to schedules and straight lines.
The views stretch without end. The sky opens wide. Clouds build and shift in formations that feel sculpted, deliberate, almost alive. The sun tracks its arc across the water, casting light that changes by the hour -gilded at dawn, blinding at midday, molten at dusk. Spartina grass sways in the tidal breath. Pluff mud holds the memory of every storm. Birds wheel overhead. Life, in all its forms, moves through this landscape with a grace that commands you to stop, look, and feel something.
Frank Gorman has spent years answering this call. He was an accomplished international architect for over 50 years; doing free-hand drawing and watercolors. Since 2020, he
Golden Hour at Hilton Head Island
has completed an impressive 300 paintings in acrylics and oils, had five gallery Featured Artist recognitions, and won 16 painting awards.
But credentials tell only part of Frank’s story.
“At the heart of every canvas is something deeper – a reverence for creation, a belief that the Lowcountry is not merely beautiful but sacred.” says Frank. “Each morning, God sets a new scene. New light. New shadow. New invitation.
And Frank shows up to bear witness. His hope is that a Gorman painting becomes more than decoration – that it becomes a memory, a marker, a piece of this extraordinary place passed down through generations.
Broad River
“An oil painting endures,” says Frank, “like the Lowcountry itself; it is made to last.
For more information about Frank Gorman’s art, visit his website at gormanartist.com and come see his newest show “Water Water Everywhere.
For additional information about the Beaufort Art Association, visit the Gallery at 913 Bay Street Tuesday through Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm, or go online at www.beaufortartassociation.com.
