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Kathleen Deerie Carlton - Southern Realism
As a young girl in an all girls Catholic school in Nashville, Tennessee, the nuns encouraged Deerie’s obvious talent until she drew Elvis Presley’s on her classmates’ knees. When they wiggled their knees they had a chorus line of gyrating Elvis-es. For this display of vulgarity, Deerie was promptly expelled. Her creative works have caused a commotion ever since.
Each of Deeries works tells a story, drawing her viewer into the setting inviting one to contemplate the details and solve the mystery. Every Deerie possesses a recognizable style that has been compared to Edward Hooper., “only sexier” said Burt Reynolds. Her images and themes range from recognizable Nashville city night life to Parisian cafes and Cathedral interiors.
She has been commissioned by Governor McWherter, Burt Reynolds for his movie “The Producer”, Gaylord Entertainment, American General Corp., as well as Ann-Margret for the movie “Follow Your Heart”.
The Year was 1975, under the direction of Bud Wendall, Opryland theme park had aquired the famous German Carousel, from the Black Forest of Germany, one of the oldest carousels in the world, and the only one of its kind. Opryland was faced with the dilemma of finding someone who could restore the Rococo masterwork paintings and ornate cherubs that adorn the carousel. It was Kathleen Deerie Carlton’s art history knowledge and expertise in fine art that won her the overwhelming task of preparing the Carousel for the public viewing. Soon afterward, a devastating flood made her responsibilities and position with Opryland theme park permanent. She stayed on to become assist art Director for the park and continued to look after the art works of the carousel as well as designing and illustrating much of the look and atmosphere of everything related to Opryland USA.
In 1992 she opened the White Tiger Art Gallery in Nashville, on West End ave. Deerie opened her studio overlooking Broadway accross from the (Frist Center) Art Museum while serving as president of the Tennessee Art League. From 1992 - 2002 during this timeframe was a very prolific period where she produced close to 800-900 art paintings paintings and sold over 4 million dollars worth of Original artworks.
Today Deerie’s works maybe seen at the Belle Meade Plantation, Hermitage Hotel, The Southern Steak and Oyster, First Tennessee Bank, and many other prominent locations in Nashville as well as in numerous private collections throughout the U.S. and abroad. fine art artists
Lisa McLaughlin
Abstract Artist
Lisa McLaughlin is an Ohio native who studied fine art and graphic design, earning her a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toledo. In 1989, she relocated to Nashville and began a career in the music business, which led to designing album covers and product for several of the musicians she works with.
Work and occasional pleasure trips have taken McLaughlin around the world, providing a great deal of the imagery and inspiration she draws from. Her favorite places are around the Mediterranean, where the sea and sun along with weathered architecture are of particular interest.
Lisa is a founding member of Contemporary Collective, a local group of abstract artists, as well as a member of the Nashville Artist Guild.
Peggy Snow
Master of Abandonment Realism
The love of painting in the open air and the love of old architecture often lead me to the grounds of abandoned structures. If a place is not routinely used, I can set up my easel and work there without being in anyone's domain. Although pursuing the impressionist's method of open air painting in our "shrinking" world is challenging, the hunt for free ground is highly motivating, even primal. I am further motivated by the passing beauty when an old building, resonant with past lives, is falling or is to be torn down.
Very appealing is the vision of human structures after they've settled into the ground a bit, revealing their organic integrity.
Such buildings look as though they've grown up from the earth.
I seek to effect this unified vision.
Peggy Snow is an artist and music-maker who pursues an open air method of painting the landscape, people, relics, ruins, and abandoned structures where they stand. The attention the middle Tennessee media has given her while she studied such architecture as the Father Ryan High School, the Union Station Train Shed, and the Jacksonian Apartment Building has won her a reputation for documenting, through art, the passing of historic architecture. The Tennessee State Museum purchased her 1991 Union Station Train Shed painting for its 20th century collection of art. Her first painting of the Jacksonian Apartments is owned by and displayed at Tin Angel Restaurant on West End Avenue in Nashville. Mayor Bill Purcell relayed to the artist in a 1999 letter, "I appreciate your efforts in documenting some of our city's lost, and endangered, treasures." As well as in the State Museum, her work is in numerous private collections.
Snow began oil painting at the age of nine in a neighborhood summer art class in Memphis, Tennessee. She now holds a B.A. in Art and English from Belmont College.
She was awarded a solo exhibit in 1999 at the Vanderbilt Women's Center, where she featured her portrait work. Snow has exhibited her work widely in Tennessee, as well as in Germany and Montana. The University of Montana at Missoula awarded Snow a fellowship for outstanding incoming graduate students in 1991, where she studied for a year. Her work has been awarded in both regional and national juried exhibitions.
Some of Snow's greatest influences which can be seen in her work, are the styles of Van Gogh and of the German Expressionists. Snow recently traveled to Germany where she re-learned the language, made paintings of the ancient architecture, and played music with street musicians.
Peggy Snow Abandonment Realism
If you are a art collector who struggles with abandonment issues, and has difficulty letting go, Peggy Snow is the artist for you.