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“Estrella’ by Jan Lukens

Dog & Horse offers top quality artists who work in styles from traditional to contemporary.  Clients are able to find the right artist to suit their taste and budget, whether they want the number one painter of dogs in the world or affordable top quality artists. Many of the gallery’s artists also masterfully paint men, women and children. For this year’s Palette and Palate Stroll, the gallery will feature an equestrian artist, Jan Lukens, in an exhibit titled “The Power of the Equine.” His paintings are sure to be complemented by the innovative, delicate cuisine of Trattoria Lucca.

Tucked away in a quiet corner of downtown Charleston’s Elliotsborough neighborhood lies Chef Ken Vedrinski’s charming Italian eatery, Trattoria Lucca. Inspired by the ancient Tuscan city of Lucca, a place renowned for its olive oils, Trattoria Lucca brings the essence of Italian cuisine to the Lowcountry. Vedrinski changes the dinner menu nightly depending on what the local ingredients inspire him to create that night, or what fresh catch the local fishmonger brings to his doorstep directly from the boat, such as seasonal triggerfish or black bass. The menu features Italian imported cheese and salumi, handmade pastas as well as the freshest produce and fresh seafood from the waters surrounding Charleston. At Lucca, one can expect innovative, delicate food that will have you longing for more days after the dining experience.

Chef Ken Vedrinski

A long time and loyal team member of Vedrinski’s culinary staff, Chef de Cuisine Nick Francis will be serving Lucca’s tastings at the event. Francis started his career with the chef immediately after he graduated from Johnson & Wales University in Charleston, SC. Coming from an all Italian family in Cleveland, OH, he grew up learning all of the intricacies of the cuisine and always wanted to become an Italian focused chef. He was first a chef at Sienna when it opened and worked there for several years before heading to Atlanta to work with the Neighborhood Dining Group. He did not stay away long, and soon was back at Sienna under Vedrinski’s leadership. When Trattoria Lucca opened, Francis made the move with Vedrinski and has been his right hand chef throughout the years. Together they continue to grow and develop the inspiring and creative Italian focused menu at Lucca.

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2013 Pairings are:

Anglin Smith Fine Art – Circa 1886

Corrigan Gallery – Barsa Tapas 

Dog & Horse Fine Art – Lucca

Ella W. Richardson Fine Art – Social

Helena Fox Fine Art – Anson

Horton Hayes Fine Art – Oak

The Sylvan Gallery – Halls Chophouse

Martin Gallery – Tristan 

Robert Lange Studios – Cypress 

Mickey is currently focusing on the coast and its erosion and ever-changing form.  His oil paintings have become coveted visual documents of the lowcountry experience.  In beholding one of Williams’s landscapes, with its ever-present layering of shadows and infused atmospheric gradations, one immediately senses his artistic identity.

“Red Dawn” by Mickey Williams

Williams is a self-taught artist who learned his craft from studying art in books and museums. His work is inspired by the spiritual and romantic beauty of the lowcountry that he fell in love with as a child. Williams says, “I have always felt a deep emotional and spiritual bond with nature and I feel blessed to live and work in an area that is so inspiring to the mind and soul.” Those intangible yet soulful communications taking place on the canvas’ surface convey the experiential forces that play an even greater effect than academic guidance.

Williams’s paintings have been accepted with acclaim into juried art competitions and his work is in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Medical University of South Carolina, Roper Hospital, Baker Motor Company, and the Governor’s Mansion of South Carolina. Visitors will be able to enjoy “A Change of Season” through December 31^st.  For more information on Mickey’s work and his upcoming show, please contact the gallery at 843-722-3660.

Earl B. Lewis, ‘Walking Crosstown’ 10×12

Earl B. Lewis is best known as the award-winning illustrator of more than fifty children’s books. After studying design and illustration at Temple University in Philadelphia, Lewis taught in public schools for a dozen years. As an educator, his paintings examine the lives of African Americans in evocative oils and watercolors. Portraits, landscapes and street scenes capture the simple beauty of men, women and children catching dinner, feeding pigeons, dancing and harvesting sweet grass. Lewis says children are an important part of his life and his recent watercolors reflect this deep understanding and appreciation of childhood innocence.

Curt Butler, ‘Beach Cherubs’ 48×60

After graduating from SCAD with a Masters in Fine Art, Curt Butler began teaching and eventually opened the Butler Studio where he conducts workshops and paints. Known for his tactile landscapes, Butler uses the ancient technique of Encaustic painting, which involves mixing oil paints with melted wax. “Encaustic painting with oil has given me the emotional response that I am currently seeking in my work. To be able to suggest a subject rather than illustrate it, to literally feel the surface of the paint and to be able to engage the viewer from a distance, and yet retain them when they are close are all reasons I choose to work the way I do.” Most of his work is based in landscape yet it is less about a particular place, and more about the mood or feeling experienced in the natural world.

Karen Larson Turner, ‘Dawning Gold’ 8×10

Karen Larsen Turner has grown up in front of a canvas. As a child she spent summers on Martha’s Vineyard painting and selling her watercolors to the neighbors. She went on to study at the School of Representational Art in Chicago and today works from her studio on James Island while her three children are at school. Using thin, painstaking layers of paint to reveal the reflective surface of silver, Turner creates luminous landscapes and still lifes that capture moments of dramatic light at the edges of the day. Renowned for golden marsh scenes, her more recent works explore the dark and stormy skies. In “Bracing for Impact,” the foreboding sky looms large, creating an emotionally rich landscape. Turner says she is having fun pushing her work in this new, more psychologically inspired direction.

The work of these three artists evokes the drama of simple pleasures. Images of the sun setting over the marsh, children digging in the sand at the edge of the ocean, and a woman throwing crumbs to the birds remind viewers of the joy that surrounds us.

Visitors are welcome to attend the November 2nd event from 5–8 pm. The artists will be on hand to answer questions, and the work will hang until November 17. It can be seen Monday-Saturday from 10-5 pm.

Located at 125 Meeting Street next to the Gibbes Museum of Art in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina, the Wells Gallery features fine regional art from a diversity of perspectives in various mediums, including oils, watercolor, acrylic, photography and hand-blown glass. A member of the Charleston Fine Art Dealers’ Association and the French Quarter Gallery Association, the Wells Gallery is open Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.  An additional gallery is located at The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort on Kiawah Island.  To view work and learn more about the artists, please contact the Wells Gallery at 843-853-3233 or visit www.wellsgallery.com.

Shannon and Jennifer will also paint in Washington Park on Saturday, November 3 from 9am till noon. Their wet paintings will be up for bid at BUY ART Silent Auction that evening at the Gibbes. Tickets at http://www.cfada.com, the event is a benefit for art programs at local high schools.

Cloud Bank by Jennifer Smith Rogers

Bananas Foster by Shannon Smith

Waterway Sunset by Betty Anglin Smith

He worked as a free-lance artist and commissioned jobs in New York, while still pursuing a career as a fine artist. He took advantage of his time in the city by regularly visiting the numerous museums and art galleries. While there he worked as a background painter for animator Bill Plympton, as an artist assistant to artist Jeff Koons, and also illustrated a children book, all while showing his work in exhibitions through out the city. In 2003 he decided to move back down south to Savannah, GA. where he lived and worked for the next year. He worked 2 to 3 jobs steadily there to make ends meet; he was an art handler, taught art to kids, and what ever else while staying true to passion of painting, The next year he moved to Charleston, SC. While in Charleston he had more time to devote on painting. In 2007 he was named the Low Country Artist of the year through the Donna and Michael Griffith grant. He was featured in Artist and Antiques as an Emerging Artist in the 2008 winter collectors’ edition. He has also had a solo exhibition at The Greenville County Museum of Art where three of his paintings purchased for their permanent collection.

Gary’s paintings are derived from personal experiences relating to family, friends and his own growth and struggles. The other part of his work is environment, what we see everyday, the people, the places, and things, what we would normally overlook. Focusing primarily on urban culture, he attempts to show the beauty, while also trying to a shed light on the social issues of those areas. Grier tries to look beneath the surface and to find the soul. His soft brush strokes and color palette soften the sometimes mundane scenes to highlight the simplistic beauty and allow the story to unfold. He continues to keep in line with the spirit of the naturalist painters that he admirers of 19th century.