March 2 - 27, 2009
Circle Gallery, G14 Caldwell Hall
College of Environment and Design, UGA, Athens, Georgia
Opening Reception: Friday, March 6th, 5pm-8pm
There are qualities to be found in natural grassland settings that are unparalleled in the southeastern landscape. When you gaze into the unobstructed open space, your view is flooded with light and atmosphere and its interplay in the fine textures in the ground plane. Your open field of vision offers pathways for your mind to wonder at the lay of the land, the arrangement of trees and clouds, the patterns of vegetation, and even what lies beyond the horizon. It may begin to occur to you that these sublime arrangements of nature are no accident. In fact they specifically describe the underlying natural conditions and record a history of repeated disturbance such as fire, flood, and/or drought. In the southeast, where fire in particular has been removed from the landscape, the existence of grasslands as a widespread environment has been largely forgotten. In the rare instance where disturbances have persisted, there is an opportunity to glimpse the pre-European southeast, a territory in which fire was particularly widespread. A traveler, passing through these territories hundreds or even thousands of years ago, would have more often than not enjoyed the pleasant aspect of grasslands as much as of woodlands. Some idea of that presettlement environment can be gleaned from descriptions by early explorers such as Bartram, Lederer, Lawson, Spangenberg, and Byrd. Combining their accounts with an examination of modern grassland remnants begins to paint a picture of the “pleasant territory” explored in this exhibit.
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Shining Rock Wilderness, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
December 2008
Oil on canvas
40 x 80 in. (101.6 x 203.2 cm)
Private collection
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Hunting Island , South Carolina
March 2007
Oil on canvas
40 x 66 in. (101.6 x 167.6 cm)
Private collection
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Greenwood Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia
November 2008
Oil on canvas
40 x 60 in. (101.6 x 152.4 cm)
Private collection
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Harbor Island, South Carolina
January 2009
Oil on canvas
40 x 54 in. (101.6 x 137.2 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
December 2005
Oil on canvas
40 x 54 in. (101.6 x 137.2 cm)
Private collection
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Sprewell Bluff Natural Area, Upson County, Georgia
March 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
Private collection
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Rock and Shoals, Athens-Clarke County , Georgia
October 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest , Florida
December 2007
Oil on canvas
18 x 26 in. (45.7 x 66 cm)
Private collection
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Thomasville , Georgia
November 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
July 2007
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
Private collection
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Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
July 2007
Oil on canvas
16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61 cm)
Private collection
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Crooked River State Park, Georgia
April 2007
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Private collection
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Greenwood Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia
October 12, 2005
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Private collection
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Charleston County, South Carolina
January 2007
Oil on canvas
12 x 24 in. (30.5 x 61 cm)
Private collection
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Appling County, Georgia
November 13, 2008
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
September 29, 2007
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Colleton County, South Carolina
October 13, 2006
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Beaufort County, South Carolina
October 13, 2006
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Sprewell Bluff Natural Area, Upson County, Georgia
November 12, 2008
Oil on canvas
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Artist's collection
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Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina
May 27, 2004
Oil on canvas
11.75 x 15 in. (29.8 x 38.1 cm)
Private collection
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Greene County, Georgia
March 2008
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Georgia
March 2008
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Jasper County, South Carolina
October 13, 2006
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
October 13, 2005
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Artist's collection
