Current Exhibits
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Extended through Monday, September 8th!
While Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, is best known through his fantastic body of children’s books, his varied artistic journey extends far beyond the printed page. Beginning his career in the 1920s as a little-known editorial cartoonist, The Art of Dr. Seuss project offers a rare glimpse into the artistic life of this celebrated American icon and chronicles almost seven decades of uniquely Seussian work.
Join us in the gallery on Saturday, August 30th & Sunday, August 31st for this Weekend Pop-Up featuring The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection! This exhibit is presented in collaboration with with the Gallery of Fine Art – one of just 99 Authorized Galleries entrusted to offer these limited-edition reproductions by the Seuss Estate. Explore lithographs, serigraphs, and sculptures reproduced from Seuss’s original drawings and paintings, discover the stories behind behind his creations with The Gallery of Fine Art owner Mike Golonka, and meet National Gallery Accounts manager Jes Stiner, representing the Estate of Dr. Seuss!
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The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection
For over 60 years, Dr. Seuss’s illustrations brought a visual realization to his fantastic and imaginary worlds. However, his artistic talent went far beyond the printed page. Revealing a dazzling rainbow of hues not seen in the primary-color palette of his books for children, Ted’s “Secret Art” paintings exhibit a sophisticated, technically accomplished, and often quite unrestrained side of his talent.
Seuss always dreamed of sharing his “Secret Art” with his fans and had entrusted his wife, Audrey, to carry out his wishes once he was gone. In 1997, this dream was realized when The Art of Dr. Seuss project was launched. For the first time, collectors were able to see and acquire lithographs, serigraphs, and sculptures reproduced from Ted’s original drawings and paintings. In her introduction to the collection Audrey Geisel wrote: “I remember telling Ted that there would come a day when many of his paintings would be seen, and he would thus share with his fans another facet of himself—his private self. That day has come. I am glad.”
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New works by Debra Bucci & Brian Evans
Art in Bloom Gallery is excited to pair the creations of painter Debra Bucci and ceramicist Brian Evans in their elementally inspired exhibit. After surviving an action-packed year, Debra’s newest acrylics uncover the “calm” in nature, featuring rippling waters, radiant light, and abstract textures. Meanwhile, Brian’s altered vessels emerge from nature’s fundamental building blocks. Formed from soft, wheel thrown clay, Brian’s glazes emulate the water erosion, oxidation, and scorched surfaces of nature.
About the Artists
Debra Bucci is a published illustrator and has achieved success as a licensed fine artist. She is honored to be the only artist to continually show at True Blue Butcher & Table for the past 4 years, and recently began another ongoing solo exhibit at Red Arrays Light Therapy Spa. Debra has a BFA in Design from Drexel University where she studied painting and enjoyed a corporate career in Package Design. She now lives in Wilmington, NC with her husband Art and dog T-Bone.
Debra is known for her vibrant and engaging floral and landscape paintings. Dynamic color palettes, moving compositions and diversity in applications all work together to enhance the depth and bring Debra’s art to life. Her inspiration comes from the highs and lows of the human experience and believes this tension makes the art connectable. Her style is rooted in realism and woven with abstract elements.
After surviving an action-packed year, Debra’s new collection is about finding the “calm” in nature. These artworks represent the earth’s elements that soothe and restore the soul.
Brian Evans was raised in Western Pennsylvania where he graduated in 1993 from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Studio Art. Brian moved to Wilmington, North Carolina in 1995, entering Cape Fear Community College’s Continuing Education program where he studied ceramics under the Japanese-American potter Hiroshi Sueyoshi. In 2002, Brian became a full-time ceramic artist, becoming a founding member of Wilmington’s Coastal Carolina Clay Guild in 2007. Brian is currently the Executive President of Orange Street Pottery Incorporated which is a 501c3 organization that includes Coastal Carolina Clay Guild. After teaching pottery classes through CFCC’s Continuing Education program from 2002-2008, Brian has returned to teaching at what is now Orange Street Pottery since 2017.
In Brian‘s current body of work, he explores the fundamental building blocks of nature by incorporating the classical earth elements. The soft curves of his wheel thrown and altered vessels reveal the soft nature of clay which is born from the earth through the decomposition of rock by means of erosion. His glazes emulate the weathering processes in nature, to include water erosion, oxidation, patinaed metal, and scorched surfaces.
The lines and curves of Brian‘s sculptural work draw the viewer’s eye around and through the pieces. When the light shines on his pieces, it paints an interesting shadow on the surface and on the wall behind. His tubular sculptures portray curvy playful lines that imply motion that swirls around and extends beyond their own space.
Angela Rowe “Peaches, Eagle Island” Oil on canvas, 30” x 24” x .75”
Art in Bloom Gallery is collaborating with Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts to present the oil paintings of Angela Rowe! Discover Angela’s realistic foods, animals and landscapes across the 2nd Floor Lobby and Ruth & Bucky Stein Theatre.
The exhibit will be open Monday – Friday from 12-5pm, June 26 – August 27rd, as well as most evenings and via tours at 310 Chestnut St.
About the Artist
Angela Rowe is a native of Pisgah Forest, North Carolina. Although she grew up drawing and making objects, she took other career paths, working an architectural historian, in arts administration, and managing high complexity global projects for IBM.
Since 2013 Angela has focused on making art, maintaining a studio practice at ACME Art Studios since 2014. She received an AFA in Visual Art from Cape Fear Community College in May 2018.
Primarily a painter, she also works in mixed media, print making and ceramics.
About the Oils
Angela primarily works as a painter in oil, focusing on a representational approach. Regardless of the medium, all of Angela’s creations share the same intention of portraying things which are more than they superficially seem. Angela wants to suggest a story, show a certain light, a moment, a mood, a shared memory. She takes her own reference photos. These are images which said something to her.
Angela likes to work in multiples and within themed series as this allows her to more fully explore aspects of a subject or theme. In the past – and continuing – this has included a focus on local foods and food providers, such as produce stands and fish markets, as this gives Angela a way to speak about food as an expression of region and culture. Recent animal paintings include some of the earliest breeds brought to the Americas, but Angela is playing with other aspects such as the joy of a hog wallowing in the mud on a hot day or goats taking a sunbath in the sandy dust of eastern NC. A painting of a Devon Red cow becomes a nod to 19th century paintings of prize winning animals.
Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts
310 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
Join us in celebrating our partnership between Red Arrays Light Therapy Spa, Debra Bucci Fine Art and Art in Bloom Gallery!
Red Arrays Light Therapy is a locally owned and operated red light therapy spa located directly beside Art in Bloom Gallery in the Mayfaire Shopping Center. This woman owned spa invited Debra to create and display a selection of paintings in reds, pinks, or grayscale tones. The paintings are for sale and can viewed in the spa and online.
Red Arrays Light Therapy Spa
980 Inspiration Dr, Wilmington, NC 28405
Stoneware Pottery & Raku Ware by Traudi Thornton
Art in Bloom Gallery and the Estate of Traudi Thornton are pleased to continue to represent the work of late master ceramicist and artist Traudi Thornton (1940-2023). The gallery will offer works of Traudi’s functional stoneware pottery as well as her unique raku ware. Traudi continues her unique presence at Art in Bloom Gallery, where she participated in exhibits and sales beginning in 2015.
Join us in celebrating our partnership between True Blue Butcher & Table Restaurant, Debra Bucci Fine Art and Art in Bloom Gallery!
True Blue, a local restaurant in Wilmington, NC, invited Debra to create and display a collection of her large abstract art in their dining room. The paintings are for sale and can viewed in the restaurant and online.
True Blue Butcher and Table Restaurant
1125 Military Cutoff Road, Wilmington, NC 28405