“Sparkling” & “Healing Loved Ones” Oil on canvas by Joanne Geisel
This June gallery artist, Joanne Geisel, is exploring brand new dimensions to her designs! Painter Joanne Geisel uses oil to capture our Carolina coastlines, working from her photos or life to authentically render each scene. After an initial foray into abstraction in 2022, Joanne outwardly returned to impressionism, while cultivating the lessons she’d learned behind-the-scenes. Now, in addition to her impressionist landscapes, we can finally offer expressive landscapes from Joanne Geisel’s own imagination, using abstract colors and curves to visualize their winds, currents, and movements.
Join us in the gallery on Sunday, June 14th, 2-5pm for our Artist Reception. Enjoy special refreshments, meet our artists, and enjoy live music by guitarist Miles Moore! This exhibit will run through July 27th, alongside a new selection of featured works by our 30+ Gallery Artists.
Art by Catharine Carter & James P. Garrett
From July 31 – September 13, we’ll have the pleasure of introducing you to the landscapes of Guest Artists Catharine Carter & James P. Garrett! Growing up with fairy tales, fables and myths read by her performer father, Chapel Hill photographer Catharine Carter uses digital darkroom tools to develop dreamlike photomontage images. By overlaying her monotone images of places and models with textures or colors, Catharine imagines fantasy narratives within shadowy, inscrutable worlds. It was the discovery of Venetian plaster in the mid-eighties that inspired Atlanta-based painter James P. Garrett to explore painting as a medium for art. Moving from faux and decorative painting to the historical techniques of Venetian plaster, James layers tints of marble and lime, polishing his painting to a silky feel to create effects only his plaster can achieve. Moving between representational and abstract, Catharine and James’ natural and undefinable influences can be discovered through the variety of approaches they take to the artforms they have committed themselves to.
Join us in the gallery on Sunday, August 2nd, 2-5pm for our Artist Reception. Enjoy special refreshments, meet our artists, and enjoy live music by jazz guitarist Roger Davis! This exhibit will be featured alongside a new selection of featured works by our 30+ Gallery Artists.
“Ninety Nine Forms in Space, 12/50” Silkscreen on paper by Dorothy M. Gillespie 2003
This summer, in collaboration with The Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation, Art in Bloom Gallery is pleased to present a new pop up with the work of painter, sculptor and installation artist, Dorothy M. Gillespie (1920-2012). The gallery is working with Gary Gillespie Israel (President & CEO of the Foundation) to present a selection of art directly from the late artist’s studio located in Narrowsburg, NY. These new arrivals to the gallery will include a selection of metal works, pastels, and prints that display Gillespie’s signature use of vivid color.
Join us in the gallery on Sunday, August 2nd, 2-5pm for our Artist Reception. Enjoy special refreshments, meet our artists, and enjoy live music by jazz guitarist Roger Davis! This exhibit will be featured alongside a new selection of featured works by our 30+ Gallery Artists.
The Foundation proudly presents the works and history of the 20th century American Artist, Dorothy Gillespie, which included abstract expressionism, decorative abstraction, site-specific installations, the women’s movement and art in public spaces. She was a pioneer in the new directions of metal sculpture and best known for large-scale, highly colorful painted arrangements of cut aluminum with enamel strips radiating, undulating, or curling in giant arrangements of ribbon, enchanted towers, and even the burst of fireworks piece. Dorothy Gillespie is well known as a painter, sculptor and installation artist whose work incorporated many significant 20th-century trends in art.
This selection on view, and for sale, is organized and sponsored by The Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation. The work is directly from the late artist’s studio located in Narrowsburg, NY. The Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation fosters the legacy of Dorothy Gillespie’s life and work. The Foundation supports artists, initiatives, and institutions that embody the same innovative, inclusive multidisciplinary approach that Dorothy Gillespie exemplified in both her art and philanthropic endeavors.
Visit The Foundation’s website for more in depth information on the artist and her larger than life works of art.
“Keep Swimming” by Elizabeth Darrow
Elizabeth Darrow and Art in Bloom Gallery, alongside of the Coastal Land Trust will host an Art Show & Sale late this summer! This special pop-up show will kick off with a special artist reception on Friday, August 14 from 5-8pm. The reception and exhibit will be accompanied by an auction with on online component with proceeds benefiting the Coastal Land Trust. It will be on view until Sunday. Our host location will be at the Station No. 2, a historic fire station located at 602 S. 5th Ave., Wilmington, NC 28401.
Further information about this event to come.
Elizabeth Darrow has made Wilmington her home since 1977. Born in Hartford, Conn. Darrow is a 1967 graduate of Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio), where she majored in painting. She has been working in oil and collage throughout her career, usually in the manner of Abstract Expressionism.
She works in a variety of styles depending on her medium but never works “from life” in the traditional sense. Most of the imagery that comes to her seems to hatch of its own accord, emerging from the process. Darrow enjoys working with color, repeating patterns, and embedding humor (and angst) into her work. Each piece takes her on a journey of discovery where she hopes to lose herself to the process.
Darrow’s works are held in many private collections locally and abroad. Additionally, her work can be found in the permanent collections of the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina, Duke University Medical Center, R.J. Reynolds, Lowes, Wells Fargo, BB&T Bank, SAS Institute, Sara Lee Inc., The Holiday Inn, and Nations Bank.
The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust conserves lands with scenic, recreational, historic and/or ecological value. Our mission is to enrich our state through conservation of natural areas and working landscapes, education, and the promotion of good land stewardship in our coastal communities.
Meryl Lefkovich “A Balance of Wings (Diptych)” Oil painting on canvas, 24″ x 60″
This September, Asheville-based guest artist Meryl Lefkovich will be inviting us into the magical realism of her paintings, which blend nature, animals, and symbols to evoke the soul. A self-taught painter originally from the Boston area, Meryl’s move to Asheville has deepened her connection to the natural world and the importance of its preservation. Meryl uses oil paint to unearth the hidden connections between humanity and the wild, and embrace the enchantment that lies just beyond the surface of reality. Says Meryl:
“Through my art, I aim to convey the profound sense of harmony that can be found when humans reconnect with the untamed spirit of nature.”
Join us in the gallery on Sunday, September 20th, 2-5pm for our Artist Reception. Enjoy special refreshments, meet our artists, and enjoy live music by violinist Shirley Lebo! This exhibit will run through November 1st, alongside a new selection of featured works by our 30+ Gallery Artists.
Art by Brian Evans, Debra Bucci, and Dianne Evans
Art in Bloom Gallery is celebrating this holiday season through its Annual Holiday Show, featuring the latest creations of gallery artists Debra Bucci, Brian Evans, & Dianne Evans! Painter Debra Bucci will join forces with ceramicists Brian Evans & Dianne Evans once more to embrace the power of color, texture, and movement in every dimension. Between Debra’s dynamic color patterns and details, Brian’s sculpted forms and weathered textures, and Dianne’s paper-resist patterns and striking surfaces, these artists fuse natural inspirations with their distinct media and techniques to evoke energy, joy, and beauty.
Join us in the gallery on Sunday, November 8th, 2-5pm for our Artist Reception. Enjoy special refreshments, meet our artists, and enjoy live music by guitarist Robert Beauchene! Discover our 30+ Gallery Artists’ delightful new creations, and shop for one-of-a-kind gifts to beautify your home year-round.