New Show at Stimmel!
Updated: Feb 23
Artfolios is thrilled to announce a new show at The Gallery at Stimmel: "Place, Identity, and Belonging" featuring the work of Jessica Singerman and Trena McNabb. The Gallery at Stimmel is located 601 N. Trade Street in the heart of Winston-Salem’s Arts District. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Please reach out to Carrie Leigh Dickey, Owner and Visionary, with any questions or to request a tour: carrie@artfolios.shop. (https://www.artfolios.shop/the-gallery-at-stimmel)
Join us on Saturday, March 15 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm for an Opening Reception & Trunk Show with the artists. Emily R. Grissing will be playing the cello. This event is free and open to the public. Hors d’oeuvres will be served.
“Place, Identity, and Belonging” was curated by Carrie Leigh Dickey, Owner and Visionary of Artfolios, with the work of Stimmel Associates in mind. Carrie shares: “I wanted the show to reflect the work done by those who graciously host The Gallery. You see, Stimmel is a civil engineering, landscape architecture, and land planning firm who strives to find a balance of land used for their clients’ needs and open space allocated for the public’s enjoyment of nature. Their projects shape where we live. In the words of the famous Martha Schwartz (a Landscape Architect, Urbanist, Artist, & Climate Activist with studios in London, New York and Shanghai): ‘The landscape is the canvas upon which we live our lives, join together as communities, and build our cities.’”
Jessica Singerman was selected because her paintings are inspired by the poetry of nature: color and light in the landscape, seasons, and the passing of time. Six of her works are on display at The Gallery. Jessica speaks of her largest piece, “Of Stones And Earth And Air,” which is included in the show: “One of my favorite places is Pilot Mountain State Park. It inspires my work with its beauty as it overlooks the landscape surrounding it. This painting came from time I spent hiking there with my family: views from the trail-side and of a pastoral landscape—not wild, but full of a vast energy nonetheless.”
Similarly, Trena McNabb was selected as North Carolina’s native plants and animals fascinate her. She uses this fascination to blend science, realism, and fantasy in her artwork. Within each painting, kaleidoscopes of vivid colors depict flora, fauna, and landscapes. “LET’S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER,” “FALL or FLYING SOUTH,” “WILD THINGS,” and “THE MEADOW” are exhibited. As you will observe, her work can be described as “transparent, painted collages—a connected series of smaller paintings that tell a story.”
Carrie concludes: “Both artists’ art, Jessica’s and Trena’s, reflects their time spent in nature and their care for the environment. This powerful body of work will leave you inspired!”
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Born in Bangor, Maine in 1980, Jessica Singerman lived alternatively in France and the United States during her early life. She earned her BA magna cum laude with Highest Honors in 2002 from the College of William & Mary, Virginia, and her Masters of Fine Arts in 2004 from the University of Delaware while on a fellowship. Her watercolors are the subject of a book—“Little Watercolor Squares”—published in 2017, and her award-winning paintings and drawings are exhibited and collected internationally. Jessica rides bikes and runs, and lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with her husband and their son. Her paintings are abstract with references to the landscape.
Trena McNabb is a storyteller whose paintings piece together smaller scenes and overlapping images to create one cohesive narrative. Thus, each painting weaves together a story. Her paintings are unique as she leaves the white canvas background in the visual—contrasting with transparent shapes and images, and creating an overall light and bright impression on the viewer. Trena’s most notable works are large-scale, site-specific paintings. However, she also paints small-scale allegorical scenes which often unite stylized shapes with her own harmonious concept of beauty. Multi-layered montages of brightly lit, realistic, and thematically painted scenes all contribute to Trena’s distinctive style.
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