Flat Granny and Me by Jenny Fine opens at The Walnut Gallery this Friday (June 12th) from 7-9pm. I spent part of today at The Walnut Gallery assisting with set up and prep for Friday nights show. The installation, or set if you will, beautifully brings the outdoors inside with 12' pine trees, a beautiful 360 degree view of a lovely cotton field printed on delicate tissue paper, and tree branches covered with Spanish moss overhead. The exhibit is an interesting mix of photography, mixed media, and performance art. The installation is still underway but what's up is beautiful and surreal. It [...]

After a bit of a fight with my GPS (don't trust Google Maps) I managed to find Heritage Hall Museum in Talladega for the opening reception of 'Journeys,' a selection of artwork by Anita Stewart. The exhibition consisted of a beautiful and inspiring selection of photography, altered books, and cigar box assemblages. I always enjoy Anita's photography but this was my first time seeing her work with altered books and I was very impressed. I particularly liked how she removed part of the cover to create a shadowbox-like appearance in some. In many of her altered books she cut away [...]