AiPP - 2024 Annual Winter Showcase
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The Starkville Area Arts Council is excited to announce our last AiPP Exhibit of 2024, our annual Winter Showcase.
This exhibit will be on display in-person and online on the SAAC website from November 4, 2023, to January 6, 2025, in the Starkville Area Arts Council's office in downtown Starkville (109 W Main St). Join us for an opening reception on Tuesday, Nov. 9, from 5:30-7 pm at SAAC. (109 W Main St). Works may be for sale. If you are interested in purchasing any of these works, please continue reading below.
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About the Exhibit
Our annual Winter showcase returns showcasing works from artists in the Golden Triangle and beyond. This show has no theme and features 21 pieces from 16 artists.
Works on display in-person until January 6, 2025.
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Please CALL OR EMAIL SAAC (info at bottom of this page) if interested in purchasing available works.
Jacob Crook
The quality of light cast into a space has the potential to bring poetry to the prosaic, magic to the mundane, and beauty to the banal. The light spilling through these nocturnal landscapes and vacant interiors serves as a sort of spotlight, transforming the scenes into empty stage sets either soon to be entered or perhaps long abandoned, suggesting the possibility of untold narratives that are just out of reach. My intent is not to tell a story directly, but to set the stage in such a way that viewers are compelled to consider the moments before and after the one presented based on their own associations with the imagery.
www.crookstudio.net
www.crookstudio.net
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Sleep
Printmaking 18" x 12” image, (28" x 20” framed) $950 framed, $700 unframed "Copper plate mezzotint engraving printed with oil based inks on cotton rag paper." |
Samuel Lawson
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Muldrow Landscape
Oil 14" x 22" $300 "Landscape around Starkville, MS." |
Mary Switzer
Growing up in central Mississippi, I have cultivated a love of the natural wonders and cultures of the South. I am constantly outdoors and the majority of my imagery is developed from exploring what the Earth has to offer. While my background is in painting with all media, I am interested in and have experience in all formats of visual art.
www.maryswitzer.com
www.maryswitzer.com
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Green Thumb
Oil Painting 20" x 20" $400 |
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Porch Leaves
Oil 11” x 14” $200 |
Walter Diehl
Walter J. Diehl is an avid world traveler and amateur photographer. He hopes that his photographs both provide viewers a glimpse into those places that he has been privileged to visit and inspire them to travel and experience the cultures and beauty of new places. Diehl does not try to be the typical travel photographer, and he probably breaks most of the ‘rules’ of travel photography. Rather, he is a traveler first who tries to take the most inspiring photographs that he can under the conditions that exist at the time. His travel habits rarely allow him to sit in one place very long or take advantage of the best light for chosen scenes or subjects. Depending on the trip, he may focus on photographing nature, architecture, culture, and occasionally people. In his world, scenes and lighting are rarely perfect, and so he is constantly challenged to make the most of this reality. Diehl enjoys the reactions of people viewing his photographs. In an admittedly selfish sense, their reactions allow him to enjoy his travels all over again. But only for a while, because now he is already thinking about how to photograph his next trip(s).
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Koi Through the Waterfall
Photography 20" x 26" $200 "During a recent visit to the Entopia Butterfly Farm in Penang, Malaysia, I captured fish in a Koi Pond from behind an artificial waterfall. FYI, we did not see nearly as many butterflies as the name implied. (Samsung SM-S906U, 70mm, 1/60-sec, f/2.4, ISO 125)." |
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Oceanic Sunsets
Photography 20" x 26" $200 "From a series of photographs taken in the spring 2024 on a 79-day cruise across the South Pacific and Indian Oceans from Pape’ete, Tahiti, French Polynesia to Cape Town, South Africa. (Samsung SM-S906U, 70mm, 1/134-sec, f/2.4, ISO 25)." |
Leslie Brown
Leslie Brown paints the natural world around her in an impressionistic style. With experience in photography, watercolor and mosaics, Brown began painting in acrylics during Covid lockdown. She found her passion.
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Hot Afternoon
Acrylic 13" x 13" $200 "Summer afternoons in my garden brim with hot sun, flowers and heat! I tried to capture all three elements." |
Hannah Belle
Animals have been the constant companion to Hannah Belle ever since she was a little girl. She is fond of incorporating the likeness of her faithful friends in her art. Charcoal has been her most recent pursuit, she enjoys the detail that this medium allows. Through her artwork, Hannah seeks to memorialize both her own animals and others’ beloved pets, as well as capture the beauty of wildlife.
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Mother Hen
Charcoal 9" x 12" $125 "This is a charcoal portrait of my Ameraucana hen who lived to be 15 years old. She was the matriarch of my flock and an excellent mother to all of her chicks throughout the years. I am very glad to be able to memorialize her through my art." |
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A Mother's Love
Charcoal 12" x 16” $215 "This is a charcoal drawing of a deer grooming her young fawn. I enjoyed capturing the love and care the mother held for her child. Sometimes, it’s easy for people to forget that wild animals feel emotions too." |
Libby Cagle
Libby Cagle began her career in teaching special needs children and later obtained certifications in teaching gifted/talented and art K-12. She taught in the Oktibbeha County Schools and Starkville School District retiring in 2016. The majority of her 36 year teaching career was spent teaching 6th graders at Henderson in VIVA (Verbal innovations and Visual Arts). Since her retirement she has enjoyed creating her own style which usually is abstract in nature and uses acrylics. She enjoys multiple genres of art and music and often listens to music as she paints. She is inspired by traveling, visiting art museums and galleries, live music concerts, and her photography of scenes she captures on her adventures locally and in various locations in country and abroad. Inspired by her 6th grade teacher, Frances Gregory, since she was a child Libby has been enamored with the huge variety of styles and movements of art throughout the world and at different time periods. Libby states, “Art transcends universal cultural barriers that humans often create.”
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Winter Sunset: Driving Home from Noxubee Refugee
Acrylic 20" x 16" $200 "Winter Sunset was inspired by a beautiful scene that I capture on camera one winter day while leaving Noxubee Refuge." |
Mary Cecil Kimbrel
Mary Cecil Smith is a Mississippi native, born and raised in the sweet, small Delta. She grew up creating, and moved to Starkville in 2017 with plans to create her future here. Mary Cecil studied art, psychology, and religion at Mississippi State University and has been in Starkville since then, working and creating in many different ways. Mary Cecil has always recognized that her gift of creating was more than just a gift that she stumbled upon in practice, but a gift from the Lord. Mary Cecil works in full time ministry, but as an artist it is extremely important to her that her creation be centered on ministry in her personal life too. Her art is a glimpse of her identity in Christ. As an artist she is always seeking avenues to share the love of God mysteriously through her art. Mary Cecil’s art is solely about sharing a gift of love, beauty, and transformation with everyone who sees her work. The gift of creation is her inheritance as a Christian. As the Father gave her new life, she can give new life in creating.
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Common Ground
Mixed Media 30.5" x 26.5" $350 "Every color has its on story in this piece. Each one has movement and represents the way each emotion in my life has come together with a common ground to paint the picture of my life. This is my testimony, this is my story, in color and in motion, and without words. I hope you can find your story here too." |
Brad James
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Gator: Uncaged
Mixed Media 9” x 12” $200 (with frame) "Uncaged is an ongoing series of zoo animal illustrations which takes the confined zoo life and remove the surrounding cages and fences from their views. The Gator is one of several pieces placing the animals in a more natural and freeing space." |
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Last Night at Chadwick
Mixed Media 11" x 14" $175 with frame "Green moss and yellow lights dance along the surface of the still waters. Cutting through the dark sky are distant beams of street lights as the small lonely bridge is accompanied by nothing but it's faint reflection in the stomach of the lake. Chadwick sits and waits for visitors day in and day out. Last night at Chadwick, the lake was left to bask in the deep darkness of the pitch black sky without a soul in sight. A moment of solitude at last. Chadwick finally gets to rest as the green moss as yellow lights dance over its weightless head." |
Taggert King
Mississippi-based artist Taggert King creates oil paintings that explore the experiences of a queer, Southern individual. Through familiar objects and sceneries, King invites viewers to find deeper meaning in the everyday, encouraging reflection on identity, place, and the beauty of the ordinary.
https://taggertking.com/
https://taggertking.com/
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Soda Can
Fiber arts 18" x 24" $850 "This artwork depicts a bent, discarded soda can being urinated on. The act of "pissing on" signifies distancing oneself from what no longer serves them. By combining a commonly deemed unhealthy object with an act of release, the piece explores letting go of harmful elements in one’s life. It evokes a metaphor of self-renewal, shedding negativity and reclaiming personal well-being." |
Martin Pomphrey
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Moonrise on Split Rock
Photography 11" x 14" $150 "Split Rock Lighthouse stands on the shores of Lake Superior in Minnesota. It continues to warn ships of the dangerous rocky coast. It lends itself to day and night photography." |
Haley Rountree
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Neighborhood Giant
Printmaking 20" x 24" $300 "This screen print is a comic-style scene of an ice cream truck in a suburban neighborhood being chased down by a giant child. The print is selectively colored with shades of blue and yellow and represents my drawing style. This piece is part of a series about visual puns, comedy and play, and fusion of processes across multiple mediums." |
Heather Richardson
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Whispers of Earth
Ceramic 4 1/4" x 14 1/4" $250 “Whispers of Earth” was inspired by nature’s imperfection, and movement. Using hand-building techniques, pieces of clay were decorated randomly placed to simulate movement by the wind. Multiple colors of glazes were layered to simulate the movement of water." |
Tanner South
Tanner South is a painter from Eupora, MS. Tanner is a self taught artist who paints and experiments through texture and visual dreamy scenes. He experiments with textures and mediums to enhance layering in his work and to capture concepts and feelings through textures. It’s hard not to want to touch some of his work for yourself. Occasionally experimenting with black lights in his work, he uses vibrant fluorescent paints to work together with his textures to bring new dimensions to old or current piece. Tanner adds bits of odds and ends of interesting found pieces in a few mixed media paintings that you’d notice upon closer examination.
https://www.instagram.com/kaosilus?igsh=MTFtZXA1cmI2eXByMQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
https://www.instagram.com/kaosilus?igsh=MTFtZXA1cmI2eXByMQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
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The Curly String Blues
Mixed Media 48" x 33" $750 "Foam, acrylic paint, oils, ink, found pieces. " |
Brooke Petitt
Brooke Pettit is a local artist who was raised in Starkville and is a graduate of Mississippi State University. She mostly paints as a hobby using acrylic paint and canvas and depicts colorful florals and landscapes. Her works are inspired by nature and the beauty of God’s creation.
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Untitled
Acrylic 36" x 24" $300 "This painting made me happy. Yellow is considered a happy color, and it was a painting that reminded me that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade." |
Liz Phyfer
Liz is an active artist in the Starkville, MS community. She prefers to work in large scale using acrylic or oil paint. Her preferred style is messy, colorful abstracts that capture the emotion of each subject. “I’m gonna wrote my words on the face of today, and they’ll paint it.” -Shannon Hoon
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Fall River Pines
Acrylic 30” x 30” $275 "Colorful brush strokes compete an abstract landscape.' |
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Nebulousa
Acrylic 30” x 30" $250 "Colorful abstract inspired by the beauty of space." |
About AiPP
As part of SAAC's AiPP series, works may be listed for sale, including framed and unframed pieces. SAAC collects and pays sales taxes on behalf of the artist for any work sold, and the artist keeps 80% of the proceeds.
Please CALL or EMAIL SAAC if you are interested in purchasing any of these works.
Please CALL or EMAIL SAAC if you are interested in purchasing any of these works.
