2005 Past Exhibits

December 13, 2005 – February 5, 2006
Borderlands Gallery

Featured wildlife and Native American wood carvings by Atlanta artist Betty Tipton. Through her work she strives to push woodcarving into the realm of fine art. The balance and harmony of nature reflected in Tipton’s work demonstrate her love of nature.

December 13, 2005 – February 5, 2006
Borderlands Gallery

Featured drawings by Darryl Willison, known as ‘America’s Drawing Cowboy.’ Willison uses variety of whimsical approaches to bring alive the 19th century Wild West in his drawings. He gives viewers part of a story and encourages them to use their imagination to fill in the rest.

December 8, 2005 – April 9, 2006
Special Exhibition Gallery

Featured 50 paintings of the Lewis and Clark expedition by Montana artist Charles J. Fritz. Organized by the Montana Museum of Art and Culture, the works in this exhibit retrace the steps of Lewis and Clark, highlighting key moments and events in the history of the Expedition from 1803 – 1806. Aside from a few sketches of plants and artifacts, drawn by William Clark on the pages of his journal, there are no contemporary visual representations of any phase of the expedition. The book accompanying the exhibition featured commentaries on the art and work written by historian Stephen Ambrose.

November 14 – December 11, 2005
Borderlands Gallery

Artwork by more than 40 members of the Cartersville Boys and Girls Club and Hands of Christ After School Program.

Photo Works by Bob Wade
September 29 – November 20, 2005
Special Exhibition Gallery

Doubleday’s Cowgirls were brought to life again in the large-scale ‘Photo Works’ of artist and sculptor Bob ‘Big Daddy’ Wade. After more than 25 years of experimentation, he is adept at merging the mediums of photography and painting.

September 29 – November 20, 2005
Special Exhibition Gallery

Featured vintage photographs of women rodeo performers from the collection of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Over four decades, Ralph Russell Doubleday, a freelance photographer, pictorially recorded and documented the history of both big and little rodeos, their events, activities, specialty acts, and personalities. During the “Golden Age of Sport” (1919-1929), cowgirls and the sport of rodeo flourished and evolved. Female athletes from the United States enjoyed increased opportunities to compete during the 1920s.

September 19 – November 13, 2005
Borderlands Gallery

Featured vibrant landscape paintings of the West highlighting McKenna’s unique use of color, light and composition, drawing inspiration from the landscapes she knows and loves so well. Katherine paints in the Impressionistic style.

July 25 – September 18, 2005
Borderlands Gallery

Featured playful contemporary paintings of Western wooden and plastic toy subjects. Fenske’s favorite subjects include anything brightly colored, “pop culture objects not to dismiss as not art.” Organized in cooperation with Matre Gallery of Atlanta.

June 16 – September 11, 2005
Special Exhibition Gallery

Featured seldom-seen Western American art from private and public art collections in Georgia and other Southern states. Included work by artists such as Maynard Dixon, Charles Berninghaus, Carl Oscar Borg, Ernest Blumenschein, Thomas Moran, Robert Henri, Joseph Henry Sharp, Kim Wiggins, Peter Hurd, William R. Leigh, Thomas Hart Benton, Paul Strand, and Edward Western.

May 31 – July 24, 2005
Borderlands Gallery

Featured artwork reflective of Ballantine Brown’s experiences with ranch life in Florida for over 25 years. Showing a life that most people are unaware exists in a state most known for its beaches, Ballantine Brown documents Florida’s cowboy culture.