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September is all about fashion. New fashions are in; old fashions TM are out, though sometimes it’s hard to tell which is coming or going. We sell all price ranges September 2010 So we sent out two of Nashville’s finest photographers to capture what is going on in the fickle world of fashion. Look for “Negative LIFESTYLES FOR Spotlight...... 12 Space” by Michael Howard on page 34 and “Artcessories” by Jerry Art in Recovery Atnip on page 52. We hope you enjoy their bold, edgy look at fashion. EXTRAORDINARY LIVING Room In The Inn ...... 24 This month both Ted Clayton and Linda Dyer are on vacation, but Negative Space they will be back full force in October with the latest in Antiques Fashion Photography ...... 34 and Nashville’s bubbling social scene. Ron Porter Brings It into Focus ...... 44 We thought you might enjoy this letter sent to our offices by etropolitan Nashville reader Casey Thompson. We were touched by this. M Artcessories Windsor Tower, Unit # 1108, Nashville TN The Art of Accessories...... 52 Paul Polycarpou Dawn Whitelaw Editor A Painter’s Journal...... 62 I have struggled emotionally for years as a visual artist, hope- Culinary...... 71 lessly trying to face my demons and start painting again. I have Poetry...... 73 found myself religiously picking up the Nashville Arts Magazine Lake Front Marshall Chapman, Beyond Words...... 75 in hopes that I can find a glimpse of inspiration from other local 1067 Ramblewood Drive, Rogersville AL Anything Goes...... 76 artists, and I always do. Every issue helps me see the rawness of My Favorite Painting...... 82 your featured artists, and helps me know I'm not alone in this relentless world of creativity. I recently found the gumption to have a show, and it took all I had, but I faced my fears. Thank you all so much for putting your time and effort into these issues and on the cover: know there are shy artists like me striving to be more with the help Steal Across The Sky of your words. I only hope I can one day do the same thing for the Green Living by Dawn Whitelaw local community. Terrazzo Penthouses, Nashville TN see the entire painting on page 67 Casey Thompson, artist caseythompson.mosaicglobe.com Published by the St. Claire Media Group Charles N. Martin, Jr. Chairman this icon at the end of an article means Paul Polycarpou, President there is accompanying video on our website Daniel Hightower, Executive Director nashvillearts.com Editorial Paul Polycarpou, Editor and CEO Editorial & advertising Offices S uburban Katie Sulkowski, Managing Editor 644 West Iris Drive, Nashville, TN 37204 Tel. 615-383-0278 5829 Robert E Lee Drive, Nashville TN Meagan Nordmann, Social Media & Web Manager Business Office: Madge Franklin, Copy Editor Angela Innes, Adrienne Thompson Ted Clayton, Social Editor Linda Dyer, Antique and Fine Art Specialist Distribution: Jim Reyland, Theatre Correspondent Parker Cason, Austin Littrell Subscription and Customer Service: Contributing Writers 615-383-0278 Rebecca Bauer, Beano, Wm Bucky Baxter, Lizza Connor Bowen, Lou Chanatry, Marshall Chapman, Sophie Colette, Melissa Cross, Daysi, Letters: Greta Gaines, Joe Glaser, Beth Knott, Tony Lance, Linda York Leaming, We encourage readers to share their stories and reactions Privacy Joy Ngoma, Lizzie Peters, Currie Powers, Ashleigh Prince, Kami Rice, to Nashville Arts Magazine by sending emails to 4432 Curtiswood Circle, Nashville TN Bernadette Rymes, Sally Schloss, Eric Stengel, Katie Sulkowski, Kevin Tetz, [email protected] or letters to the address above. We Lindsey Victoria Thompson, David Turner, Lisa Venegas, Nancy Vienneau, reserve the right to edit submissions for length and clarity. Deborah Walden, Debbie Mathis Watts, Freya West, William Williams The Lipman Advertising Department Group Design Sales Director: Leigh Mayo Jeff Stamper, Design Director [email protected] 615.463.3333 Sr. Account Executive: Randy Read 2325 Crestmoor Road, Suite L-4 Terry Robertson, Advertising Design Cindy Acuff, Rebecca Bauer, Melissa Cross, Beth Knott Nashville TN 37215 Photographers All sales calls: 615-419-2111 Jerry Atnip, Nick Bumgardner, Lawrence Boothby, Allen Clark, thelipmangroup.com Business Office: Matt Coale, Kyle Dreier, Tim Hiber, Peyton Hoge, Brad Jones, Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated. Mark Levine, Anthony Scarlati, Bob Schatz, Pierre Vreyen 40 Burton Hills Boulevard Nashville, TN 37215

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left: TV Donkey With Ant by John Wells Bartlett Inspired, a new exhibition at The Arts Company. below: Brian Downey, The Arts Company, Associate Director Annual Celebration of Cultures Festival. Inspiration is part of every art. This September, Brian The 14th Annual Celebration of Cultures festival, to take place Downey, The Arts Company Associate Director, Saturday, October 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Centennial Park, decided to have a little fun with that returns as one of the Southeast’s largest, most vibrant multicul- idea. He developed and curated tural festivals. The event is free and open to the public. Inspired, part exhibit, part experiment for the enjoyment of More than forty cultures will be represented; food vendors Nashville gallery-goers. The show will offer a sampling of cuisine from around the world, and pairs two artists who have never entertainment will be provided on five different stages met and asks them to create one throughout the park. A children’s area will feature free inter- Mitsugi Japanese new work each that is inspired active music and dance programs, storytelling, a children’s Classical Dance Dancer from the Group Performer Chinese Culture Club by the other’s oeuvre. Downey stage, nature activities, puppet shows, and hands-on art Photos: gary layda Photos: gary claims, “Inspiration is such a huge projects presented by local Nashville organizations. The day’s part of creating art,” that he wanted festivities will also include free admission to the Parthenon. to celebrate the concept. Printmaker John Wells Bartlett and illustrator Julianna Swaney both Named as a Southeast Tourism Society “Top 20 Event for took elements from each other’s work as a start- Fall 2010,” the festival is presented by the Metropolitan

ing point for a new exploration of their own Photo: A dair Freeman Board of Parks and Recreation and Scarritt-Bennett Center. signature style. The result is still a mystery: the Last year 32,000 people attended the festival, making it the gallery will keep the final outcome under wraps until largest one-day attendance number in the event’s history. opening night. Visitors will find an interesting and unusual pair- ing in Swaney and Bartlett. The artists hail from separate coasts: Free parking is available in the ground-level HCA parking lots Bartlett is an East Coast printmaker, while Swaney is a West off 25th Avenue North and throughout Centennial Park. Coast illustrator. Bartlett works on a famously large scale with www.celebrationofcultures.org his woodblock prints. His oversized images juxtapose Swaney’s Little Mexico & Latin Folklore dancers Vladan GALLERY OF GALLERY FINE ART

Butterfly Spirit by Julianna Swaney Tommy Thompson, Nashville Sidewalk Cafe, 11 x 14 Oil on Canvas small, intimate illustrations. The show will exhibit a collection of work by both artists side by side, along with the mysterious “inspiration” piece that each one has created. Sure to be an inter- Reflection 40x48 original oil on canvas esting and memorable experience for all, Inspired was Downey’s Represented exclusively by way to roll out the red carpet for two artists who are new to this area. “These artists have never been shown here before, and this JOHN CANNON is about introducing them to Nashville.” GALLERYWEST

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Harpeth River Furniture Italian Lights Festival Out of a small shop in Nolensville, Tennessee, an eclectic group September 10–12 marks the start of a new Nashville tradition of artisans work collaboratively to create the finest furniture with the first annual Italian Lights Festival. The free, three- possible. For master craftsmen and co-owners Tom Ferris and day event, which benefits education and St. Pius X Classical Kenny Dedmon, along with fabricator and inventor W. Carson Academy, will include authentic Italian fare, grape stomp- Gream, each original, custom-made piece starts with the wood’s ing, a bocce tournament, wine garden and tasting, music and own beauty. Then, a detailed design and construction process entertainment, fine arts, crafts, and activities for the kids. produces beautiful results as seen in this exquisite table (shown The event will be held on the six acres of St. Pius X in North here). This piece took two months to create. The tabletop is Nashville between Clarksville Highway and Buena Vista Pike. one continuous piece of ash wood cut in strips from opposite directions—a method called slicing. This piece of cut wood Matt Lamb Exhibit Premieres in Nashville. For more information: www.italianlights.org comes apart like a paper doll or slinky and is folded back down Artist Matt Lamb, age 77, has exhibited at the Russian State St. Pius X Classical Academy: www.stpiusxnashville.org onto itself. The base is constructed of fifty-two separate pieces Museum, Westminster Cathedral in London, and the Centre one-half-inch thick with five-inch squares Picasso in Horta, Spain. The world-famous painter/sculptor has Event sponsor Michael King made of different woods including walnut, studios in three different countries. This September, he brings of Monell’s restaurant cherry, mahogany, and maple that are then his talents to the Music City through his partnership with the arranged in a pattern from dark to light. Nashville Ballet. His works will be on display in the Frist Gallery in the Martin Center for Dance, home of the Nashville Ballet.

The exhibit opens Saturday, September 18 and runs through November 30. An opening reception will take place September 18 from 4–6 p.m., in which Lamb’s granddaughter, Rose Gabler, will deliver a talk on his long career. Hours for the Frist Gallery are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. or by appointment. For more information, visit www.nashvilleballet.com or call 297-2966 Photo: Ken Bosh Ken Walls

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Spotlight Whitland Home Tour Clearing House Consignment Re-Opening. September celebrates the 6th Annual Whitland Home Tour. The After the devastating floods in May, historic neighborhood just south of West End Avenue opens one of Nashville’s favorite antique its doors to visitors September 25–26. The homes boast a rich and art haunts is re-opening! Clearing history of early-twentieth-century architecture fitted with House Consignment Interiors will contemporary grace and charm. The neighborhood was founded honor their tradition (since 1987!) of on the estate of the former Peach Blossom Plantation. Adding to a Day After Labor Day party, this year Photos: shelly b a k er f or TACA Photos: shelly local interest, the original owner and builder of Peach Blossom on Tuesday, September 7, at their new was killed in a duel with none other than Andrew Jackson. More location at 108 Page Road (the former FILLING recently, in the age of Hollywood glamour, Whitland was the Blue Ridge Mountain Sports building). proud home of Dinah Shore and Dawn Wells. YOUR The Clearing House shop at Belle Home Tour admission and tickets can be purchased at any of the open Meade Plaza suffered between eight GLASS homes on the days of the tour for $15 or two for $25. Tickets for children and fourteen feet of water during SINCE under 12 are $8. For more information visit whitlandhometour.org. the Nashville flood, and everything

was ruined. Owner Barbara Speight Photo: M elissa C ross 1975. greatly appreciates the efforts of Dresden China teapot friends and clients to try to save damaged during the flood the shop and contents, including valuable and irreplaceable antiques, art, and collectibles. Most important to the Clearing House “family” have been the gifts of cheer and encouragement during the stressful aftermath. A piece of art donated by one FINE SELECTION. FINER CUSTOMER SERVICE. FOR 35 YEARS RUNNING. client that reads “Just pretend you’re in the South of France” will 32nd Annual TACA Craft Fair hang proudly in Barbara’s new office to remind her of the good 5402 Harding Road | at the split of Hwy 100 & Hwy 70 352-3001 Discover one of Nashville’s most enduring traditions at TACA, wishes from their clients during the “summer of our discontent.” [email protected] | westmeadewines.com the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists annual festival Clearing House Consignment Interiors: 292-2332, ©2010 16207na encompassing a wide variety of crafts and styles from traditional www.clearinghouseconsignments.com to modern. This year more than 200 artists from across the Photo: Ja k e Bloc nation will visit Nashville for the 2010 TACA Fall Craft Fair to freshbe held cut September pasta 24, 25, 26 in historic Centennial Park. The statewide• organization invites residents and visitors to celebrate homemadethe work of raviolithe hand. • FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH homemadeWoodcarving, sauces stained glass, sculpture, pottery, and jewelry are rd among •the works of fine craft more than 45,000 people view 3 Annual Arts Festival oliveeach oils fall. & vinegars The Fair gives visitors the opportunity to engage in craft from• the creation through the finished product, as well as a chancesalumi to meet the artisans of their favorite pieces. Vivid glazes, translucent• textures in glass, and works in wood begging to be OCT 2-17 breadstouched & cheesesenchant visitors of all ages, tastes, and budgets as they the way enjoy this unique buying venue. Nashville’s own pasta shop pasta &“This Italian craft grocery fair serves not only as a great family outing and a FOR MORE INFO CALL wonderful venue for early holiday shopping, but also as an should be. 1314education 5th Ave in No.fine craft, a lesson in history, and an opportunity DON’T MISS!!! 615-291-9922to learn about the hands behind your favorite mug,” says Elaine 646-6000 OR GO TO www.Lazzaroli.comWood, TACA’s executive director. JURIED ART EXHIBITION & SALE INCLUDED IN FBCARTSFESTIVAL.ORG fresh cut pasta • handmade ravioli • homemade sauces Artists will be on site with their crafts available for purchase THE SATURDAY EVE olive oils & vinegars • salumi • breads & cheeses from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. ART CRAWL — OCT 2! to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Parking and admission are free and Nashville’s own pasta shop & Italian grocery open to the public. TH 1314 5th Ave No. • 615-291-9922 • www.Lazzaroli.com 108 7 AVE SOUTH • NASHVILLE, TN 37203 For more information, visit www.tennesseecrafts.org

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Spotlight Real Estate Nashville Jazz Workshop presents local favorites. Annie Sellick, one of the area’s most popular young jazz artists, will headline the Nashville Jazz Workshop’s annual celebration and fund- raiser Sunday, September 26, at the Limelight, 201 Woodland Street.

The event, which runs from 4–8 p.m., is now in its tenth year. Joining internationally known Sellick Photo: Joanna S te p hens

amara R eynolds on the evening’s bill will be Lori Mechem and Ritmos Picantes, with Roger Spencer, Chris Brown, The Lotz Civil War House and Museum. Annie Sellick Photos: S hannon Fontaine Photo: T Dann Sherrill, Denis Solee, and Pete Huttlinger. Recently opened to the public, the Lotz House in Franklin, The NJW All-Star Ensemble will be true to its name, featuring Tennessee, is drawing much attention from art and antique 6047 Robin Hill Road John Birdsong, Rahsaan Barber, Bruce Dudley, Rod McGaha, enthusiasts everywhere. Built in 1858, the Lotz House pres- A Rogan Allen home is magical. Maybe it’s the and Don Aliquo. ents a compelling story of beauty and tragedy. Centered in the distinctive exterior or the incredibly stunning inte- heart of one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles, the Battle of rior. His unique ideas transform a structure into a very The event’s live and silent auction will offer an impressive Franklin, the house has survived with a few battle scars such personal home. And he is all about adding efficiency, variety of items, including vacations, sought-after event tick- as the cannonball indentations on the wood floor. This beauti- utility, and being green wherever possible. ets, special dinner packages, in-home concerts, professional ful treasure’s collection of antiques is being hailed as one of the artwork, and more. finest privately owned American Victorian collections in the One of Allen’s latest projects is 6047 Robin Hill Road. Southeast. Architecturally, this house is a marvel. The home of Jeff and Lori Belser, it is positioned Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at 615-242-5299 or online at on a gorgeous, tree-filled lot. Most certainly not a nashvillejazz.org. All proceeds from this event will benefit the Nashville The Lotz House and Museum shop is located at 1111 Columbia McMansion, it’s a home without pretension or excess. Jazz Workshop. Celebrating its twelfth year, NJW is a nonprofit music- Ave., Franklin, TN 37064. Open Monday through Saturday 9 education organization serving jazz musicians, fans, and the Nashville a.m.–5 p.m., Sunday 1–4 p.m. Admission is charged. For more Building began in August of 2009 and was completed in community with classes, performances, and special events. information, 615-790-7190, Lotzhouse.com. May 2010 when the family moved into their stunning new abode. Almost unheard of, right?

In the formal room, transom windows were built over vintage mahogany doors—all to match a treasured piece of antique furniture. The fireplace features an owl and twining vines incor-

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Art in Recovery Room In The Inn

by Jim Reyland | photography by Jerry Atnip

The Nashville winter was hard in 1985. Father Charles Strobel, Catholic priest and pastor of Holy Name Church in East The art Nashville, served peanut butter sand- program makes wiches to the homeless from the back “ door of his residence. He provided a warm me realize what church floor to the cold and forgotten, and from his compassionate heart Room goodness resides In The Inn was born. It was founded to deep inside the provide refuge through a network of Nashville churches, and the next twenty- homeless that five years would prove to be nothing short of remarkable as it grew not only in church people may miss partners but also to represent recovery, seeing. healing, and independence as well. On September 9, Room In The Inn will hold an open house and ribbon cutting cere- – Father Charles ”Strobel, mony at its new Campus center building, Founder, Room In The Inn a sixty-four thousand-square-foot monu- ment to “Love thy neighbor.” to his first class of twelve students. The following week, Tom In 2000, fifteen years after the first PB&J, the Campus art was greeted by twelve brand new students and a discovery of program was founded by the late Thomas P. Seigenthaler, Father the transient nature of the general population. So Tom started Strobel’s brother-in-law. “Tom taught the value of art to all who again—the triangle, square, and circle. Tom never got to lesson met him. But more importantly, he learned from everyone he two. The staff referred to this phenomenon as “Groundhog Art” came in contact with. That is what made him uniquely Tom in after Bill Murray’s well-known film. his approach to life. His reason for teaching art at the Campus, to those on the margins of society, was rooted in his own words: According to the American Art Therapy Association, art therapy ‘People gain self-esteem through the creative process.’” is based on the belief that the creative process involved in the making of art is healing and life-enhancing. Through creating As he prepared to teach his first Campus art class, Tom art, talking about art, and the process of art-making with an art Seigenthaler put together a plan consisting of ten lessons. therapist, one can increase awareness of self, cope with symp- Lesson one, the triangle, square, and circle: all art is rudiment toms, stress, and traumatic experiences, enhance cognitive abili- to these three geometric shapes. Tom explained this concept ties, and enjoy the life-affirming pleasures of artistic therapy. The Journey 24 | September 2O1O | Nashville Arts Magazine Nashville Arts Magazine | September 2O1O | 25 26 27

Art heals all of us.“ It moves us away from ourselves into another space. – Edith Costanza, Room In The Inn Art Therapist”

in the lives of those in recovery. Along with this community of volunteers, she staffs a program brimming with different styles and medium opportunities. The day we were there, the budding artists were working in fabric (Costanza’s specialty), wood, glass, Charles H. Sam F. paint, and clay. Art was being created from everywhere and everything. There’s an entire community to thank: “We owe thanks to the Frist, whose generous public relations program allows Odyssey to view amazing national and international exhibits, and to the Film Festival, who invited us to sell art at the festival in conjunc- tion with some of the films that deal

above: Slavery, A Self Portrait by Fred D. with societal topics such as homeless- ness. Also, we cannot overestimate left: Face of Recovery-Hope for Change This portrait was created by participants of Odyssey, what the Belmont art program has a program at Room In The Inn’s Campus designed given us.” to assist the chronically homeless in their journey through a progression of steps to establish a Lectures, art exhibits, film festi- stable and productive life including hospitality, vals, yoga, and sculpture are just healing, education, employment, and housing. a few examples of ways the new Campus building will encourage below: Daisy’s Dream (Please God) by Angela J. creative growth and artistic recovery. There will be an art gallery at the entrance with specialized lighting to highlight the art. The tree of Edith Costanza, M.Ed., is staff art therapist for the Room In The Inn life memorial tree will be a permanent installation honoring Campus art program. “Art from The Odyssey Program (a two-year participants who have passed away. The art room is a focal intensive recovery program at the Campus) deals in some way with point of the education wing. The classroom will be equipped recovery, with the 12 Steps as the focal point. The praying hands with Internet, a kiln, and outdoor studio. In the educational exemplify faith; the eagle represents hope and a belief in fulfilling wing, a large space with professional lighting has been identi- our dreams; our Face of Recovery shows our humanness and desire fied to allow visiting artists the ability to use the Campus as to be better people, and our latest Odyssey projects are about change a venue for art shows, allowing participants to enjoy rotating and patience.” Costanza coordinates an army of artists and corpo- art as well as bringing new artists and art lovers into the facil- rate sponsors who donate their time and materials to make sure the ity. Artist Edie Maney and photographer Jerry Atnip will hang program stays a strong and effective source of healing and change inaugural exhibits.

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We gain self-worth when we create something. The“ little child exclaiming, ‘Look what I made!’

Anthony S. Raul D. confirms it.

–Father Charles Strobel, Founder,” Room In The Inn left: Boy & Dog by Paul A. It is proven—art provides an opportunity for us to change for the better, but Campus Executive Director Rachel Hester believes people change in their time, not ours. “Although we want change for them, self-realiza- tion occurs when they have the strength to face issues that stand in the way of change. Art can bring them into an experience of a creative community that can encourage such change.”

Father Strobel sees a cathartic commonality in the artwork produced at the Campus. “I see all the bright and joyful colors of hope and joy. I seldom see themes that are dark, dreary, and depressing, but themes that are full of life and promise. It makes you wonder that if their lives on the surface appear to be so bleak and gloomy, then how do you explain such optimism.”

The Room In The Inn Downtown Campus will hold an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 9 at 705 Drexel Street at 8th Avenue South. The event begins at 11 a.m. with tours offered 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. It’s an opportunity to view the latest art creations and to tour the many new artistic spaces. If you would like more information about volunteering or to sponsor an exhibit or sale of Campus art, call 615-251-9791 or visit www.roomintheinn.org.

Jim Reyland is a twenty-five-year volunteer with Room In The Inn. He is also a playwright and producing artistic director of Writer’s Stage theatre. His new play, A Terrible Lie, will receive a fully staged workshop October 18 through November 21, 2010 at Writer’s Stage/The Next Level; 1008 Charlotte Ave. www.writersstage.com has the full schedule. Or call 615-636-9177.

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I choose objects that are simple and recognizable, that have a left: Li River Flyby, 2010, Oil on canvas, 36” x 48” “universal quality that most people can identify and relate to.” Ron Porter Brings It into Focus

by Cindy Steine | photography by Lawrence Boothby

“I’m a quiet kind of person,” says Ron Porter, sitting calmly amid an array of his large canvases scattered along the main wall of Carol Stein’s Cumberland Gallery. Indeed, my first impression of the painter is elfin. His smallish stature and wire-rim glasses under a shock of graying sandy hair disguise at first glance a fierce confidence and ready smile that animate his face when he is speaking about his work in a recent interview. His self-effacing demeanor belies also the ruminative power and mystery of the luminous oils that surround us.

Porter’s surreal landscapes, he admits, do not serve any didac- tic purpose, nor is there an immediately discernable narrative at work. They are, however, arresting in their almost sentient self-awareness. Although a human figure rarely appears in a Porter painting, the works have a sensibility about them that seems as if someone is standing just outside the frame of refer- ence watching the observer, as one admirer noted. It’s an almost eerie feeling. His works serve as portals into an alternate world, exquisitely rendered in tight brushstrokes that feature an incon- gruent collection of objects in the foreground, usually set on a table that serves, perhaps, as an offering of talismans that one can almost reach out and touch. Or another set of landscapes fills the canvas with the fiery pinks of a sunset above a moodily dark foreground of hills, then—pop!—at dead center is another complete painting of yet another landscape or the darkened human beings. We eat, we meet, we work at tables. The table outline of a logging truck, framed in white, that may or may not implies the human presence, even if an actual figure is not there.” relate to the larger scene. “It’s up to the viewer to decide,” Porter insists. “I never decide “I choose objects that are simple and recognizable, that have up front what’s going to be in the painting. Somehow the paint- a universal quality that most people can identify and relate ing tells me when it’s finished. It can change several times in to,” he notes when pressed about his choice of images. “I like the process. Things get rearranged; things get painted out. It’s the symbolism of a table—it’s necessary for all our dealings as mysterious even to me; I can’t explain it.”

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I never decide up front left: Genres, 2010, Oil on canvas, 26” x 38” bottom left: Bon Voyage, 2009, what’s going to be in the Oil on canvas, 30” x 40” “painting. Somehow the As a professor of art at Vanderbilt University, Porter tries to impart to his students that sense of yield- painting tells me when ing to the canvas. “I like to remind them that the thing they are making is the thing that is making it’s finished. them. Each piece is my totality in the moment it’s being made. The residue—the painting—is what is left over each time I’m finished with that process.” ” Working in his home studio almost nightly, into the late hours, Porter has amassed a prodigious amount of “residue” in his more-than-twenty-year career.

It was a circuitous path to becoming a full-time painter for Porter. “I always remember that old quote, ‘Opportunity favors those who are prepared.’”

Serendipity led Porter to fortuitous opportunities that he had the good sense to seize. Born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, he discovered rock and roll at the age of 14, then “got a job in a drugstore, saved

above: Painting Competition, 2008, Oil on canvas, 42” x 50”

left: Backstage Flyby, 2008, Oil on canvas, 30” x 40” my money, bought a drum set, taught myself how to play, and set off to be a musician.” The music took him on a long and satisfying career that allowed him to criss- cross the country, with a long stint in clubs around the San Francisco Bay area. “I always had a sketchbook with me,” he notes. “I traveled all over and was constantly drawing.”

He allowed a temporary setback to direct changes to come. “It was 1967; I was 25 or so and had been in Atlanta, where my drums and clothes were stolen. I came back to Knoxville to get an idea of what to do next, and a friend called with a job offer. I went to work for a few years as an exhibit technician at an art museum in Greenville, South

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left: Early Morning Milk Run, 2010, Oil on canvas, 40” x 50”

bottom: Smoke and Mirrors, 2009, Oil on canvas, 26” x 32”

Carolina. It was a wonderful chance to have time up close with all those art works.” He attended a workshop there with painter Elaine de Kooning and befriended the museum director, who had known Jasper Johns as a child in Georgia. “We traveled to New York and stayed with Johns in his studio,” Porter recalls. Rubbing elbows with Johns and his fellow artists made an indel- ible impression on Porter—one that he continues to explore in his work.

“I started out painting abstractly,” he notes. “Eventually, the representative aspects became more interesting to me than the formal aspects of the painting, although every work has abstract qualities throughout it.”

In 1984 he entered Middle Tennessee State University as an undergraduate art student, at the age of 40. His talent was immediately evident and led to a meeting with discerning I had a thing gallery owner Carol Stein, who was fascinated with his series about trucks— of large canvases featuring the backs of big-rig trucks. “I had a “ thing about trucks—the idea of this thing that everybody sees the idea of but doesn’t really notice. I wanted to see it in a different way and capture that,” Porter says. this thing that “I was interested in the reflective quality of his work,” remem- everybody sees bers Stein. “I also noticed that as he progressed through his truck series the trucks got smaller as the landscape enlarged but doesn’t around them.” Porter responds with a laugh, “They drove away— and finally just drove out of the paintings!” Porter remained, really notice. however, and has been represented by Cumberland Gallery from his undergraduate days through his graduate art studies at Ohio University, then back to Nashville and Vanderbilt. ” His paintings have been steadily in demand by private, university, and corporate collectors. “Everyone who owns a Porter work owns more than one,” notes Stein.

“I think my years as a professional jazz and R&B drummer, sitting behind all those other musicians, looking out at audiences, gave me plenty of time to think about what I wanted to say. You know drummers don’t say much, there at the back of the band,” Porter laughs. “I realized I could survive as an artist if I could survive as a musician—doing what I wanted to do, seeing things in a different way from most folks. I knew all along that one day I would be a painter. It was something I knew I had to do.”

An exhibition of Ron Porter’s work shows at Cumberland Gallery September 25–October 30. A reception for the artist will be held at the gallery Saturday, September 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. Cumberlandgallery.com 48 | September 2O1O | Nashville Arts Magazine 50 51

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“Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.” So spoke the stoic Greek philosopher Epictetus, and we here at Nashville Arts are inclined to agree with him. So we set out with Nashville model Ashley Clapp and a sack full of the coolest artcessories we could find to adorn her.

We stopped off at Cosmetic Market, Consign2Design, Dillard’s, Imogene + Willie, Kate Spade, LeQuire Gallery, Levy’s, Louis Vuitton, Stuart Weitzman, and Wolford for an assortment of hats, shoes, scarves, tights, handbags, and more, gathering everything a woman needs to artcessorize herself.

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Not on one strand are all life’s jewels strung. “ - William M”orris below: Silver lurex knit tank by Rodika Zanian, Levy’s, $215 [Model’s own skirt] 5050 Black Nappa boots, $595, Stuart Weitzman Ancient Roman glass, pearls, and silver necklace by Carol Lipworth Designs, Levy’s, $325 18k Peruvian opal ring by Julie Shaw, LeQuire Gallery, $370

above: 16” Crystal Confection collar necklace (color purple multi), Kate Spade, $275

right: Velvet mix Streamer String Body suit, $420; Bondage tights, $65; Escrue hosiery gloves, $17, all from Wolford Jeweled necklace (pink) by Elle Starnes Design, Consign2Design, $50 Red Quazar Avignon shoes, Stuart Weitzman, $335

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left: Comete silk scarf (violet), Louis Vuitton, Nashville, $350 below: LV Initials 40 Vernis leather belt (rouge fauviste), $675; below: Starlight Kay dress, $425; Lalita pink crepe satin shoes, $325; Plaza Sequin Amanda LV Initials 60 Ecaille leather belt (amarante), $805 handbag, $275, all from Kate Spade Available at Louis Vuitton, Nashville Emi Jay ribbon hair ties, Cosmetic Market, $2.50 ea. Deep purple knotted leather bag by Nicole Farhi, Levy’s, $885

above: Brixby Portman navy wool hat, Imogene + Willie, $60 “Many Will See” anchor necklace, Imogene + Willie, $345 Crushed silk scarf by Eileen Fisher, Dillard’s, $82 Organic cotton voile blouse by Eileen Fisher, Dillard’s, $158 Bark OBI leather belt by Eileen Fisher, Dillard’s, $128

left: Kathleen dress by MaxandCleo, Dillard’s, $158 left: Velvet mix Streamer String Body suit, $420; and Bondage tights, $65, from Wolford Jeweled necklace (blue) by Elle Starnes Design, Goldie shoes by Antonio Melani, Dillard’s, $89.99 Consign2Design, $60 24kt gold vermeil black gold overlay necklace, $365; Pyrite, 24kt gold vermeil, black Orleans boots, Stuart Weitzman, $475 gold powder earrings, $110, all by Carol Lipworth Designs, Levy’s 2” Asymmetrical sterling silver bracelet by Tana Acton, Right hand: Willow Creek jasper ring, $320, by Julie Shaw LeQuire Gallery Green Hills, $258 Left wrist and hand: 1-9/16” gold, amber, and stones bracelet, $318, by Tana Acton; Turkish wool scarf, Imogene + Willie, $225 Labradorite and 22kt sterling silver ring, $320, by Julie Shaw, all from LeQuire Gallery Ralph Lauren sunglasses, Dillard’s, $89

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Dawn Whitelaw A Painter’s Journal

by Deborah Walden

Dawn Whitelaw is living proof of love at first sight. Her career as an artist began as a romance with paint. A wife and mother, her life was busily humming away at a regular pace when suddenly all gears squealed to a halt. At age 35, a career graphic designer, Whitelaw was walking through a D.C. gallery when a painting nearly a century old smashed against her vision. She stared at a portrait of Henry Sturgis Drinker, Man with a Cat, by Cecilia Beaux with rapt attention. In the allure of Drinker’s arresting gaze, she found something rare indeed: a new world of possibility for herself. Whitelaw describes Man with a Cat as “a painter’s paint-

ing.” Through the veil of time, it beckoned her to an artist’s life. tni p

More than thirty years have passed since Whitelaw lost herself in that Cecilia Beaux portrait. She has achieved a national level A Photo: Jerry of fame and become one of Tennessee’s most celebrated portrait of pedagogy going back to the nineteenth century. Whitelaw, painters. Tirelessly pursuing her passion, Whitelaw often works after years of painting, became Neal’s first painting teacher twelve hours or more a day at her studio in Franklin. She travels and later introduced the budding artist to her mentor, Kinstler. extensively across the U.S. through workshops, exhibits, and Whitelaw is not shy about the importance of teaching in her commissions. Although portrait art has been the most promi- career: “I love painting, but my best work on this earth will prob- nent focus of her work, Whitelaw sat down with us this month ably be as a teacher and mentor.” to talk about her plein-air landscape paintings and her exciting journey as an artist. In a workshop with Kinstler, Whitelaw implored him for advice on painting people. How, she inquired, could she become a When asked about how she got started as an artist, Whitelaw better portrait painter. Her teacher’s response was surprising. smiles. She simply says, “Late.” She walked away from that D.C. He insisted that she should apply her brush to landscape art. A gallery determined to study painting. With the encouragement true portrait painter, he insisted, must master different genres of her family, she embarked on a pursuit of her newfound dream. and techniques. “Thankfully,” she relates, “I got into a workshop with Everett Raymond Kinstler.” Nashville Arts Magazine readers might So Whitelaw bundled up her paints and, with a young student in remember Kinstler’s name from our conversation last year with tow, began climbing hilltops, wandering thickets of forest, and local portrait painter Michael Shane Neal. The connection is no staring into sunsets for her subject matter. The outcome was accident. Kinstler, Whitelaw, and Neal are all connected by a line electric. “Landscape painting is very much at the core of who

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I love painting, but my best work on this earth “ will probably be as a teacher and mentor.” I am as a painter . . . . The more I paint, the more the portrait and the landscape converge.” Whitelaw shares that the speed of perception and brushstroke that she acquired during sittings as a portrait painter perfectly suit the ever-changing realm of the outdoors. “The effects happen so quickly outside. You are on the line to capture that moment.”

Whitelaw’s landscapes are stunning bursts of color and broken lines. Lively brushstrokes and thick layers of paint lend spirit and movement to her canvases. Each image seems to capture a particular time and simultaneously meditate on a different feeling. As people, our interac- tions with nature are charged with emotion, and nature itself can roar and rage or gently caress us with its changing moods. Whitelaw has connected nature’s bold emotionalism with her own bright palette. Her landscape art develops like a journal in paint—every sensation from the scent of young pines to the flicker of sadness on a darkening day diffuses into the slashing bands of color on Whitelaw’s canvas.

“I do a lot of drawings outside, and I make a lot of notes about what it smelled like, what it felt like. A photograph remembers everything—my pencil remembers what is important to me. If you look at a landscape, there are a lot of things you could include. I try to focus on one thought, and that one thought informs the painting. I just have to pour my heart into it.”

far left top: Downhill, 14” x 11” top center: On a Frosty Morn, 8” x 10” bottom left: Fall Flakes, 30” x 36” top: Spring Reigns, 12” x 16” above center: Stabilize, 11” x 14” left: Greenway, 9” x 14”

Whitelaw’s preliminary sketches resemble a diary. Quick above: Steal Across the Sky, 18” x 32” pencil outlines are decorated with words that remind the artist of how a particular scene made her feel. When painting outdoors, Whitelaw works in quick, broad strokes to capture an impression of the moment. She later translates plein-air studies in pencil and paint to a fully developed work in her studio. The final result is a culmination of her visual and emotional record of a single time and place. She explains, “You go outside and it’s beautiful. Everything is like a kaleidoscope, and then it seems to fall into a pattern. It is that kaleidoscope moment that stirs something inside of me—it is a purely visual response. The process of finding it takes more time than the painting, but when the atmosphere is right, it’s magical.”

Like the Cecilia Beaux painting that inspired them, Whitelaw’s portraits capture a fleeting moment of her subject’s personality— fragile and intimate, they grant us access to the private realm of the soul. Her landscape art takes part in a similar phenomenon. By turning to nature, Whitelaw shows us flashes of her own experience. Her singular perspective plumbs the depths of her sensations and draws an outline of a feeling, spirited nature. Her studies are a record of the artist’s eye and a register for a painter’s heart. FAB U

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th Beyond Words... 7 Annual by Marshall Chapman :::New Figurative Artists Show::: Last week I received a photo in the mail of my mother as featured in September issue of American Art Collector Bovine Dream by Maggie Rose riding on the back of a Harley motorcycle. The photo was 46” x 44”, Oil on Linen taken on the Fourth of July. Independence Day. So was J OSHUA B RONAUGH - G REG D ECKER - & INTRODUCING A NDREW W OOLBRIGHT there a hidden message here?

Mother, who will be 88 this September, looked very much at home. Wearing an over-sized white T-shirt with a huge American flag emblazoned on the front, a pair of bright blue pedal pushers, and a big smile on her face, she seemed to be enjoying herself. I couldn’t quite tell what the thing on her head was, but other than that, she looked pretty cool.

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I’ll admit I cringed when I first saw the thing on her head. I couldn’t Midnight Dust Between Silt Sheets Black Monk (Swamp Thing) Sleepwalker (One and the Same) help it. It was just so something I wouldn’t be caught dead in. 48 x 48 in 24x 24 in 26 x 32.5 in Oil, motor oil, alkyd, and resin on canvas Oil on canvas OilWhite and Shirt/Studio alkyd Sun by Maggie Rose Later, I e-mailed an attachment of the photograph to Clyde 48” x 48”, Oil on Linen Edgerton. Of all my friends, I figured Clyde would most enjoy seeing this, since he’s always writing novels about the curious September 18th - November 13th things people do when they get old. th Opening Reception • Saturday, Sept 18 • 7-9pm 4304 Charlotte Avenue • Nashville, TN Within minutes, I heard back. lequiregallery.com Paintings shown above by Joshua Bronaugh 615-881-9977 “Marshall,” said the e-mail. “I could have guessed that was yo’ mama. For one thing, that thing she has on her head has your name all over it!”

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Anything Goes John Farkas

Director of Create Nashville What was the last book you read? When and where are you happiest? Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. A fascinating read. Riding my bicycle with at least one of my kids, on a remote, tree- Who would you most like to meet? lined road through the mountains. James Cameron, the filmmaker, and Mayor Dean. I’ve got a lot to What characteristic do you most like about yourself? talk about with both of them. I tend to see things from an uncommon perspective that can What are you going to be when you grow up? open the door to new ideas. I want to be a catalyst, bringing creative people together to make And what do you like least? beautiful things happen. available I’m easily distracted. My dreams can get in the way of real life. , Who has most inspired you?

In my career, Makoto Fujimura. He helped frame my view of arts media

potential. In life, Jesus Christ. The latest paintings of Dawne Raulet will be on exhibit at Two Moon Gallery Who is your favorite artist? mixed Thursday, September 16 from 5 to 9 pm. Mary Briggs’ beautifully Luc Lafortune, the lighting designer for Cirque du Soleil. 18, hand-painted ceramics from Oregon will also be featured. x What would surprise people to know about you?

That I teach back-to-back spin classes at the Y at 5 and 6 a.m. , 14 three days a week. www.twomoongallery.com • 615-942-5352 2905 12 avenue south If you could change one thing about yourself, what would

it be? rooster I wish I were less concerned with what people thought of me.

Are you happy with where you’re heading? Yes, now more than ever. It’s a little precarious at the moment, but what isn’t in this world?

What’s your motto/your mantra? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

What’s it like being you these days? A lively debate between creative idealism and practical reality.

What talent would you most like to have? I’ve always wanted to play a mean, screaming lead guitar.

What is your most treasured possession? A cereal bowl my daughter Lauren made for me.

What is your greatest regret? I regret that I was forty years old before I started telling myself the truth.

You have five minutes left to live; what are you going to do? Photo: A nthony S carlati I would figure out a way to persuade as many people as I could John Farkas is Director of Create Nashville, a brave, new that there’s more to this life than chasing fame and fortune. non-profit working to bring artists, creative catalysts, and patrons together to generate culture-defining art If you could be anybody else for a day, who would that be? that reflects truth and brings life to our community and J. R. R. Tolkien. I’d love to live in his brain for a day. our world. He is also the president of Golden Spiral Creative, a production and creative consulting firm. Any phobias? John is on the board of the Friends of the Arts at Belmont, Most would say, “I’m afraid of heights,” but what I’m really afraid as well as StillPoint Dance Theatre. He graduated from of is falling. the University of Wisconsin with degrees in Theatre and English. He and his wife, Renee, have three children, 76 | September 2O1O | Nashville76 Arts | MagazineSeptember 2O1O | Nashville Arts Magazine Nashville Arts Magazine | September 2O1O | 77 Bennett, Luke, and Lauren. createnashville.org 78 79 : N B G F G The Bulletin Board : IU ; : F

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My Favorite Painting

Tonia Trotter Director of The Rymer Gallery

It’s hard for me to pick just one favorite painting, resented, which creates a dreamlike mood in what is there are so many that I love, but Lydia and Her otherwise a realistic landscape. Most people think Brother by Brett Osborn has to be very near the top. the figures in the painting are ghosts, but they are Brett was one of the first artists we chose to repre- in fact memories of the people who once lived in the sent when we opened The Rymer Gallery in down- depicted scene. Lydia and Her Brother reminds me a town Nashville. He quickly became a sort of mentor lot of my sister and me when we were young. When I to me in the early days of my career and has contin- mentioned my love for this painting to Brett, he of- ued to be a wonderful friend. fered it to my husband and me as a gift. It is a simply

tni p stunning painting that speaks to me every day and There are so many details in this painting that are reminds me of the friendships I have developed over revealed as you look at it. All four seasons are rep- the course of my career and life in Nashville. Photo: Jerry A Photo: Jerry New Fall Merchandise is arriving daily! Artist Statement | { In my paintings, installations, and Samuelsohn Trunk Show Friday & Saturday - September 24th & 25th etchings I invent places that are rendezvous for myself: who I am now and who I was in the past. The iconography I select helps to intersect both a present sense of place and past memory. I often juxtapose elements from multiple seasons into a single work in order to create a sense of place without the specifics of time. The ghostly images are my relatives I position into a landscape that I create through memory and imagination. They function as markers in time without place. Thus the timeless place and placeless forms in a specific time form a world that is familiar and yet not specific. I want viewers to be able to project their own experience, memory, and history onto my work. I am not trying to create a place of beauty, although I have a specific aesthetic. My use of color and form function to represent a sensation. Brett Osborn is represented by The Rymer Gallery.

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