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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nArtist Megan Addington described her work as being representative of causes she cares about, such as veterans and their treatment once returning home. \u201cMy work reflects my values. My grandfather was a soldier, so I have very patriotic roots,\u201d said Addington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addington further noted that, as an artist, she likes creating work with materials like charcoal, graphite, and oil over acrylic. She added that she also has a love for realism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI see it as a fun challenge to get (my art) close to the real thing or to make the art seem like it’s real,\u201d said Addington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After she graduates, Addington plans to pursue a master\u2019s degree in art and teach painting and drawing at a university. \u201cI\u2019ve also considered picking up a biology minor (with my master\u2019s degree) and pursuing medical illustration and teaching it,\u201d noted Addington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addington ultimately credits her family for the love and support that helped her pursue an art degree at Gardner-Webb. \u201cMy mom, my dad, my sister, and my three dogs Bailey, Bently, and Charlie are all my biggest supporters,\u201d Addington said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Artist MaryEvelyn Murray describes her work as an exploration of her memories and notes that her show \u201cended up being a retrospective based on the theme of nostalgia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA lot of my pieces end up being memories that I want to capture in a way that feels more emotional and real than a photograph or writing. That\u2019s what the strength of art is to me,\u201d said Murray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Murray also added that, as an artist, she prefers working diversely across different types of mediums. \u201cMy show itself has each wall representing a different medium with sculptures in the middle,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n More than any other medium, however, Murray said that she prefers painting and that \u201cmy painting pieces in this show are some of my favorites.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n After getting her bachelor\u2019s degree, Murray plans to pursue a master\u2019s degree in public history with a focus in museum studies. After completing graduate school, Murray stated that she would \u201clove to intern and work at museums and eventually become a museum manager.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the show\u2019s reception, Murray gave her thanks to the Gardner-Webb faculty that taught her to express herself through art of many different mediums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She added that her most recent style, abstract art, was one that she never thought she would create. \u201cI\u2019m so grateful that I was pushed to explore (abstract art) this last semester, because it\u2019s taught me new ways to express myself and to truly find myself,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Artist Isabel Gallimore described her work as semi-abstract art born from \u201cspontaneous creation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy work starts as something almost incoherent, and as I work, I pull images out of what I\u2019m doing. These images will just pop out so clearly to me, and they all heavily relate to my personal life like my family, past, and strong emotions,\u201d said Gallimore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She further added that \u201cI embrace the fact that there isn\u2019t a theme, I like when artists do things without limit or restriction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gallimore noted that, in her artistic work, she particularly likes working with painting, mixed media, and collages. She also added that she started focusing on painting this semester \u201cbecause of the rich color I can get with painting that I can\u2019t get with drawing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n After graduation, Gallimore hopes to gain experience with art handling and working in galleries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ll also have the freedom to make what I want. I\u2019m very interested in woodworking, I think that\u2019s where I want to go right away,\u201d added Gallimore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gallimore said that her ultimate goal is to own her own studio one day, and that \u201cI would like to expand that studio into the community and work with those around me. I want it to be a space where artists can gather and learn from each other no matter their age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She further noted that she has a long way to go as an artist and that she plans to keep learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI had a professor who once told me that you need to learn the rules in order to break the rules. I still have a lot of learning to do, but it\u2019s so worth it to be able to take the rules of art and break them into whatever I want,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senior art exhibition will remain on display until April 12, 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For inquiries about the Gardner-Webb University art program, Dr. Kortni Alston Lemon can be reached at kalston4@gardner-webb.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Marianne Luedeman Photos by Marianne Luedeman BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. \u2013\u00a0Gardner-Webb University is currently hosting an art exhibition featuring the work of senior art students, Megan Addington, MaryEvelyn Murray, and Isabel Gallimore.\u00a0 The exhibit, which […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[812],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events-and-activities"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>