From our friends at Rob Shaw Gallery
On Friday, October 7, from 6 to 9 p.m., Rob Shaw Framing and Gallery, 324 State Street in West Columbia, will host a reception to launch a month-long exhibit and sale of works by artists Boyd Saunders and Russell Jeffcoat.
The show’s title, La Femme, recognizes this visual celebration of the eternal feminine presence. Artists throughout history have been inspired to depict women, honoring them both as the source of life and as the embodiment of physical grace and beauty.
Saunders’ work spans more than fifty years. Painter, illustrator, printmaker, and distinguished professor emeritus of art at the University of South Carolina, he was born on a farm in Tennessee. Winner of multiple awards, Saunders has exhibited around the world, from Argentina to China. He began the printmaking program at the UofSC and has long been a fixture in the art scene throughout the Southeast.
Jeffcoat, a native of South Carolina, specializes in portraits and fine art photography of the South, rendered with a painstaking attention to detail. His subject matter ranges from classical portraits to luminous figures and reflects his expert understanding of a nearly lost artform: the use of vintage cameras and film.
The celebration of the feminine form can be traced as far back as the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf and includes the marble Statue of a Woman from ancient Greece and the many renditions of the Madonna during the Italian Renaissance. Saunders and Jeffcoat have often returned to this time-honored form of artistic expression that remains prominent in contemporary art.
Rob Shaw Framing and Gallery is a full-service frame shop and fine art gallery. Since opening his gallery in April of 2019, Shaw has hosted monthly exhibits to showcase South Carolina’s many talented artists.