September’s featured artists at Artists’ Workshop Gallery are David Malcolm Rose and Jennifer Wheeler-Peterson.
For fifteen years David Malcolm Rose traveled the old roads, taking photos of the abandoned tourist courts, gas stations, and eating establishments that were left behind by the construction of the interstate system. He used those photos to craft a series of highly realistic scale models Rose called “The Lost Highway.”
The series achieved national recognition with shows in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. Some of his models are in the collections of Susan Sarandon, Bruce Springsteen, and Tim Robbins. Slim’s Diner is the last of that series.
If you’re thinking about buying a motorcycle, there are only two choices; buy a Harley or buy something else. Jennifer Wheeler-Peterson went with a Harley, a classic Springer, one of less than 1,500 ever made.
Jennifer was not a casual rider having ridden, not trailered, to Sturgis, and in the vanguard of the 10th anniversary, 9-11 Memorial Run to ground zero in New York City.
Four years ago, tragedy struck. Hurricane Isaias hit Oak Island, North Carolina where she was living. The saltwater ruined not only her art but her Harley as well. When the waters receded, Wheeler-Peterson moved to Arkansas and set to work making new art, some of which featured her beloved bike.
Both artists and many more will be showing at the Artists’ Workshop Gallery, 610A Central Ave., throughout the month of September. For more information about Artists’ Workshop Gallery, follow on Facebook: ArtistsWorkshopGallery.
