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The Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery will present the work of Colorado-based painter and draftsman Laura Carpenter Truitt from Feb. 3-28.
Truitt’s exhibit of paintings and drawings entitled “Thresholds” opens with a reception from 7-8 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3 in the Cecilia Coker Bell Gallery. It is free and open to the public.
Truitt describes the point of view in her paintings and drawings as “a threshold of sorts,” one where she imagines “looking out and looking in at the same time.” The resulting compositions can be viewed as landscapes seen through transparent architecture or a hybrid where structure and nature compete for the same space. As a group, the images capture an energetic visual conflict between the geometry of architecture and the organic forms of nature.
Truitt is originally from Yellow Springs, Ohio, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in painting from Goucher College in Baltimore, Md. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Colorado State University in 2012. She has also studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Glasgow School of Art in Glasgow, Scotland, and the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vt. Truitt currently lives and works in Fort Collins, Colo.
The Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery is located in the Gladys C. Fort Art Building on the Coker College campus. The gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, while classes are in session.
For more information about the gallery, contact Larry Merriman at 843-383-8156, lmerriman@coker.edu or visit http://www.ceceliacokerbellgallery.com/.
Image: “Threshold, oil on canvas, 72 x 84”
Coker College upholds and defends the intellectual and artistic freedom of its faculty and students as they study and create art through which they explore the full spectrum of human experience. The college considers such pursuits central to the spirit of inquiry and thoughtful discussion, which are at the heart of a liberal arts education.
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