David Sheldon’s expansive vision lands at Spiers Gallery
Asheville artist David Sheldon takes center stage at Brevard College’s Spiers Gallery this month with Whistling Past Eternity, an exhibition that showcases the full scope of his creative range. On view are sculptures from his award-winning “Skyworks” series — including “Orion,” which earned first place at Appalachian State University’s Rosen Sculpture Exhibition — alongside large figurative abstracts, expressive landscapes, and his playful “Paintings of Paintings” series. The show also introduces “Field Guide to the Birds of North America,” an ongoing installation of more than 200 small canvases sparked by the bird guide Sheldon treasured as a child. “… my aim in each painting is to move beyond the traditional, scientific thought system and bird description, and allow another ‘system’ to take its place,” Sheldon shares in a press statement. “This ‘alternative system’ is based on allowing what I would call my ‘emotional intelligence’ to take over and express the birds in a non-verbal, more directly expressive way, allowing the paint itself to have a say in the process.” The show runs through late September. Sheldon is represented by Mark Bettis Gallery in Asheville. He will be joined by sculptor Mark Connelley.
Whistling Past Eternity: August 28-September 26; Opening reception: Thursday, August 28, 5-7 p.m.
Spiers Gallery at Brevard College / 1 Brevard College Dr., Brevard / brevard.edu