Roots Up Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition of all-new relief paintings by artist Danette Sperry. “Harmony/The Gentle Soul of Danette Sperry” will run from June 22 until July 18 at the gallery with an opening reception with the artist on Thursday, June 22, from 5 pm – 8 pm.
“ Harmony/The Gentle Soul of Danette Sperry ” will be the selftaught artist’s first solo exhibition in Savannah. Addressing mythical, natural, interpersonal and domestic scenes, the show will feature paintings such as the fairytale-like tableau “Forest Angel”; “Angel of Happiness,” a symbolic, fulllength portrait; and “Grizzly Bear,” a large, textural rendering of a grizzly by a stream. Roots Up Gallery will also showcase a number of Ms. Sperry’s larger formats that have enabled the artist to achieve new levels of detail.
Ms. Sperry’s three-dimensional work has been represented at Roots Up Gallery since 2015. With this exhibition,the artist will unveil her innovative “2-D” relief paintings for the first time. Using a process that combines shallow, sculpted surface detail and richly layered striations of paint, Ms. Sperry produces a unique relief effect—thoroughly contemporary rather than classical. Each work also features its own one-of-a-kind frame, hand-built by the artist. An outsider artist for more than 20 years, Ms. Sperry is based in Maysville, Georgia. A much-loved addition to the folk art canon, the artist’s whimsical, evocative work is in the collections of art patrons across the country.
“ Harmony/ The Gentle Soul of Danette Sperry” will be exhibited from June 22 until July 18 at Roots Up Gallery at 6 East Liberty Street. The artist will be in attendance and available to discuss her new work at the shows.