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Acrylics,
oil paintings, mixed media collage
and sculptures -"Artful Spirits"
Inclusion in this
year’s Studio & Garden Tour is exceptionally exciting for us knowing we can
display the very special world in which we live and create.
We’ve operated
the Ferrer Gallery in downtown Nashville for seven years now but have
pondered how to expose our collectors and potential clients to the wonder
that surrounds us daily at Ferrer Studio II. The view overlooking Salt
Creek (our northerly border) and the valley below as well as the woods that
embrace us (so much a dish satellite is ineffective) will immediately endear
itself to those who enter. Our driveway was either a logging road many
years ago or some suggest it may have been old 46 when it skirted the ridges
to avoid the seasonal flooding. Now it affords us easy access to our woods
and storage for firewood and canoes as well as the framework for Dixie’s
“Artful Spirits.”
Evident is the spirit of freedom and simple beauty we attempt to express in
the work we create, the subject matter, dramatic contrast from season to
season, sunrise to sunset and nature’s beautiful but poignant expression of
life and sense of purpose it reflects. From Dixie’s “Artful Spirit” mixed
media sculptures, collage and oil paintings to Dick’s powerful
impressionistic landscapes, the essential ingredients are manifest here.
Weather permitting (most of spring, summer and fall) we utilize our large
screened porch for painting and dyeing of leather and, of course,
inspiration and relaxation.
The
gardens adjacent to the house are a hosta lover’s dream as new variations
are added almost every year alongside perennials, wild flowers, daylilies
and elephant ears that border the path to our fire pit and onward to Salt
Creek and our woods. Our work can be seen at Ferrer Gallery, 61 W. Main
Street, Brown County Craft Gallery, 58 E. Main Street, and Gallery by the
Green, 23 N. Jefferson, all in Nashville. |