Watercolors by Jim Faulkner will be exhibited at Gordy Fine Art and Framing during the month of November and will include both new pieces and other related favorites. A reception for the artist will be held during the First Thursday downtown event on November 6, 2008, from 5 to 8 PM. The public is invited to attend and light refreshments will be served.
If art communities had royal members, watercolorist Jim Faulkner would wear a crown. Much-admired by patrons, other artists and former students - he taught in the Ball State Art Department - Faulkner has lived the romantic life we all like to believe artists live. And he's still living it.
On several acres just outside the city limits, the artist, along with wife, Eleanor, raised and trained dogs, ran a successful kennel and pursued a solid art career. Both a plein air and studio landscape painter, Faulkner rigs his van to serve as mini-studio as he travels back roads of Indiana, searching for old barns, century-old hilltop brick homes, former garages in small towns. Back home, he applies finishing touches in his converted grand old barn studio. Normally a solitary painter, Faulkner spent a couple of years traveling the state with comrade David Dale, as they painted and sketched the entire course of the Wabash River.
"I paint the meadows, woods, homesteads, towns and people of the mid-west. Trying to find meaning in the stillness of an abandoned farm, or the quiet of a snow-covered woods, or even the aging of the human face. If I find that meaning and quality, the painting is worthwhile to me and I hope to the viewers of my work," offers the soft-spoken Faulkner.
The exhibit may also be viewed during normal business hours:Monday - Friday, 9 AM to 5:30 PM, Saturday, 9 to 3, or by appointment. For more information call 284-8422 or visit www.gordyframing.com. Gordy Fine Art and Framing is located at 224 East Main Street, next to Civic Theatre.
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