CCBC Gallery: René Shoemaker
CCBC Gallery Featured Artist
René Shoemaker
On view Tuesday, October 31 through Sunday, December 3, 2017
Inspired by her passion for travel, color, architecture, and natural beauty, René Shoemaker has been painting on silk for thirty-five years. The Athens based artist has spent much of her life traveling and studying how people interact with place, weaving their lives through spaces they occupy. After retiring from her position as Library & Gallery Director at the University of Georgia, Shoemaker began a full-time commitment to her art.
Shoemaker recently returned to Athens from a six-month residency in France. The artist and her husband, Harvey, have realized their lifelong dream and purchased a home in the French countryside. The artist says,
“Athens has been good to me, and I have grown artistically through it and the people I have met here. After earning a BFA from the University of Georgia, focusing on Fabric Design, I continued to have a long relationship with UGA. I was born and raised in NYC, and wandered my way into Athens one day in 1976. After all these years of being faithful to Athens, I am now making a new home in central France.”
On Sunday, November 12, please join us for Creature Comforts’ next monthly installment of Meet the Artist, featuring René Shoemaker. The artist will provide hands-on demonstrations of her silk painting process inspired by her travels around the globe. Don’t miss this free-of-charge opportunity to Get Artistic!
Shoemaker has documented her art and travel both in words and photos on her blog, located on the artist’s website. We recommend checking out the conversation between Shoemaker and local artist and curator Hope Hilton, in which the two artists explore the meaning of place, the beauty of an unplanned journey, and Shoemaker’s newfound community in France.
Instagram: @rene.shoemaker.art
All of the works of art on view in the CCBC Gallery are for sale. For purchase inquiries, please contact the artist directly at [email protected] or by phone at 706-424-4739.
All general inquiries about Creature Comforts or the CCBC Gallery may be sent to [email protected].