It’s a fanciful feast for the eyes with “Tasteful Visions!” Wine and dine on delectable works exhibited by members of the Ocmulgee Painters Society. Opening reception will be at the Macon Arts Alliance on First Friday, June 3 from 5-8 p.m. Art will be on display through June 24. The exhibit is always free and open to the public.
“Tasteful Visions” exhibit is the comprised work of twelve Macon-Perry based artists known as the Ocmulgee Painters Society. The society’s goal is to make beautiful art and never stop growing in their craft. Members meet monthly to share newest works, provide critiques, and continue their education as evolving artists. This particular show will display the paintings of Glenda Coleman, Carol Costello, Mary Wain Ellison, Carol Griffin, Sheila Johnson, Joe Ott, Maureen Persons, Bren Powell, Lee Reeves, Debbie Schuchmann, Daly Smith, and Joy Stanley.
“It’s important to me for people to know my work is about gratitude and joy,” states Schuchmann. “My goal is for viewers to experience a sense of celebration, celebrating people, places, or things. I want them to be inspired to enjoy life more or to be a better person.”
Evoking change is the ethos of the the Ocmlgee Painters Society. The group of individuals united in hopes to inspire, motivate, and engage the community in which they live. According to the society’s website, art intrinsically adds value to society by maintaining the emotional and spiritual side of our culture and its individuals.
“I want people to know I love the process of creating,” proclaims Powell. “I want my painting to be mysterious enough that each viewer can put their own story in what they see.”
Making art has crept into each one of the society member’s lives whether overtly or by some unknown design.
“I grew in Milledgeville on a farm. This is where I would watch sunlight moving across a field. The sun would make such beautiful colorful shapes as it moved across the field. I still fine myself chasing that spot of light whether in a landscape, figure, or in a still life. It gives me joy using different brush strokes to apply paint to the canvas. It that pure and honest ray of light that is so hard to capture in an oil painting,” states Coleman.