We Are The Mountains
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August 12, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Free
Mark Bettis Gallery announces a new art show featuring Asheville artist David Sheldon, beginning August 12th, 2023, at Bettis’ River Arts District Asheville gallery. This showcase, titled “We Are The Mountains”, is a celebration of the people, animals and natural wonders of Western North Carolina.
“We Are The Mountains”, exhibition will run from August 12th, 2023, through August 26th, 2023 at the Mark Bettis River Arts District Gallery located at 123 Roberts St. Asheville, NC. The gallery is hosting an opening night reception on Saturday, August 12th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The reception is free and open to the public; refreshments will be served. All works will be available for purchase.
David Sheldon, unveils a new selection of paintings and sculptures. Unabashedly sentimental, and overflowing with joy, the works in this exhibition celebrate the people, animals, and natural wonders of Western North Carolina. Whether one comes from a family that has lived here for generations, or is a newly arrived resident, the mountains, streams and forests of Western North Carolina hold a special place in peoples’ hearts here. The title of the show comes from a poem by mystic poet, Rumi, “We are the mountain. You are the sounds coming down”. Providing spiritual sanctuary, refuge, natural beauty and wonder, the Blue Ridge Mountains are a constant source of inspiration for local artists. Created with the heavily impastoed, and expressive use of oil paint that the artist is known for, the paintings depict moments of inspiration, or what Sheldon likes to call ‘ecstatic moments’ with people and nature.
His sculptural works explore, in three dimensions, the underlaying, universal forces of nature the artist experiences on his frequent hikes ‘up mountain’.
David Sheldon received a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1984, which included a formative year spent painting in Rome, Italy, as part of RISD’s European Honors Program. As a grad student, Sheldon brought sculpture into the mix. His thesis show for his MFA in 1990, at the University of Maryland, incorporated large-scale, mixed-media paintings, as well as sculptural works.
Sheldon continues to create cutting-edge sculptural works in metal, as well as provocative public art. Modernist sculpture, with its emphasis on the dynamics of form and space, continues to be a major influence in his work. Sheldon endeavors to create what he calls “spatial music”.
We Are The Mountains will run at the
River Arts District Gallery located at
123 Roberts Street, Asheville
August 12th through August 26th, 2023
