Throwback Thursday: Elizabeth Bradford: Time + Terrain
Four years ago, we were honored to be able to collaborate with Davidson, NC based artist Elizabeth Bradford and guest curator Carla Hanzal to bring 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥: 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 + 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 to our museum.
Elizabeth is still painting, traveling, and immersing herself in nature everyday. Even through quarantine, she finds time to get outside in her backyard and surrounds herself with the outdoors. She then translates these experiences back onto canvas.
🏞️🌷🌻🌿🌳 ➡️ 🎨🖌️🖼️
Elizabeth will be showing a new body of work at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, NC later this year.
Elizabeth Bradford gleans images from the rural landscape surrounding her family’s ancestral farm in northern Mecklenburg County, where she lives. The expanded scope of her artwork also includes impressions of countries she explores, as well as the wilderness where she kayaks 🛶, hikes 🥾, and camps 🏕️.
“𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺, 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴,” explains Bradford. “𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 … 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵—𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥.”
Elizabeth Bradford studied art at Randolph Macon Woman’s College, the University of North Carolina, and at Davidson College, and completed a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and at Skopart on the Greek island of Skopelos. Bradford’s work explores intricate formal patterns found in nature and reveals a personal experience of color. Though representational, there is a connection with the traditions of abstract art, as well as the Pattern and Decoration movement and Pop Art. Bradford’s paintings investigate landscape and the power of place, with special affection for the Southeast.
🌷🌱Spring weather is here! Have you found time to get outside?
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𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭: Gallery views of 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥: 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 + 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum. This exhibition was presented to the community by Wells Fargo.
𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭: Elizabeth Bradford (Davidson, NC). 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 2015. Acrylic on canvas. BRAHM Permanent Collection, 2016.02.01.