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Photographer to Speak Thursday, January 14 at The Galleries

Photographer Alison Overton will talk about her work Thursday, January 14, at The Galleries at the Cabarrus Arts Council.

Overton’s free talk will be at 7 p.m. at The Galleries located at 65 Union Street S, Concord, in Cabarrus County’s historic courthouse. It is co-sponsored by the Cabarrus Art Guild.

Some of Overton’s photographs are included in The Galleries’ upcoming exhibition, All in the Approach: Abstract, Allegorical, Analytical, which opens January 19.

A North Carolina native, Overton is a life-long artist who has studied photography with internationally renowned photographer James Henkel at the Penland School of Craft and has a BA in environmental design from North Carolina State University’s School of Design. She was awarded Regional Artist Grants from the North Carolina Arts Council in 2002, 2004 and 2009.

“Making art, in particular photographs that chronicle a moment in a changing landscape, is my passion,” she says. “As a lifelong artist, I strive constantly to explore and expand my definition of the unique and mysterious in life and nature. My hope is, that when a person views my art work, he or she might feel as if they could trade places with Alice of “Alice Through the Looking Glass” – peering into a dreamy world, with a sense of awe and child-like wonder.

“One of the recurring themes in my work is the architectural landscape with a sense of history. My intent in making these photographs is to visually convey the feeling of walking alone among majestic sites, both secular and sacred: abbeys, castles, churches, cemeteries, formal and informal gardens. By combining overlapping exposures, careful cropping and overpainting with transparent oil paints, the finished works reveal my idea of these places as they might appear in a daydream or on another plane of existence, and as if our rules of time, space and perspective did not apply.”

For more information about the talk and other events at The Galleries, call 704-920-2787 or visit www.CabarrusArtsCouncil.org.

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