Monday, February 8, 2010

On Cloud Nine in Downtown Raleigh

Hi! I’m Suzanne with pretty*swell, and I’m really excited to be contributing to indieNC this week.

One of my favorite local artists is Keith Norval. His work always makes me chuckle. He and fellow artist Anna Podris just opened an exhibit, “Cloud Nine,” at The Morning Times in downtown Raleigh. Glad for the excuse to chow down on the Times’ awesome breakfast empanadas, I checked out the exhibit over the weekend.

This Norval piece, “Hog Town,” greeted me at the stairs on my way up to the gallery:

My favorite Podris piece, “Unopened Packages,” hung at the top of the stairs. The description of the medium was “encaustic on wood,” which I’d never heard of. It looked like the painting was encased in wax, which gave it really interesting dimension and sort of a dreamy tone. Sure enough, a quick Web search confirmed my wax theory.

Here’s my favorite Norval piece from the exhibit, “My Dog is Crazy.”

The exposed brick wall and lots of natural light created a beautiful setting for the exhibit. Norval’s and Podris’ art flowed together nicely.

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“Cloud Nine,” featuring the work of Keith Norval and Anna Podris, is on display at The Morning Times in downtown Raleigh through Feb. 26. Admission is free. Sausage-and-egg empanada highly recommended.

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