“Cross Currents: Exploring Two Coasts”

at Sky Art Gallery and Photo Studio in Aberdeen, NC
Through October

Reception, Friday, October 5, 2007
From 6 to 8 p.m. on

While traveling in Ireland with her family this summer, landscape painter Beth Goldston was inspired by the images of rugged, mist-shrouded coastlines, windblown wildflowers, azure seas, the weathered forms of ancient mountains, and hillsides covered with patchwork fields. Her responses to the coast of Ireland join an ongoing series depicting the marshes, boats and marinas in different seasons in North Carolina. The collection of paintings illustrates the subtle variations in two landscapes that have been shaped differently by time, the elements, and use. Goldston’s mastery of expression and light draws you into her painting and fills you with a sense of place, continuity and well-being.

From 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, October 5, 2007, SKY ART GALLERY and Photo Studio in Aberdeen, NC will host an opening reception for Beth Goldston’s show, “Cross Currents: Exploring Two Coasts”. The public is invited. The show, which runs through October, features pastels and oil paintings of Ireland and North Carolina.

Currently residing near Pittsboro, Beth has shown and taught extensively in North Carolina and on the east coast, from New York City to Florida. She has won numerous awards, including awards from the Chatham County Arts Council the Arts Council of Moore County.

Beth holds a B. A. in Art from Meredith College in Raleigh. She has also studied art at UNC Greensboro, UNC Asheville, and the Greenville County Museum School of Art in Greenville, SC.

Beth has taught art on the high school and college level for over 25 years and has led workshops in watercolor and other media at several art centers around the state. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina and Member of Excellence of the Southeastern Pastel Society. She also belongs to the Chatham County Arts Council, and the Triangle Land Conservancy.

She says, “My work speaks of my reverence for the land, and I hope it will make an eloquent, lasting statement about where I live, and what I live for.”

Two-time winner of the Southern Pines Pilot’s Best of Moore Award for Best Art Gallery, Sky Art Gallery and Photo Studio is located at 602 Magnolia Drive in Aberdeen. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or by appointment.

For more information, call John Gessner at 910-944-9440 or
visit the web site, www.skyartgallery.com