Ouachita River Art Gallery features the
works of CAROL CULPEPPER SMITH in March
In March the Ouachita River Art Gallery features the stunning oil florals of Carol Culpepper Smith. “Back by popular demand!” That is how featured artist Carol Culpepper Smith describes her exhibit. Returning to her previously acclaimed style of detailed oil florals on colored paper, she seeks to draw her viewers in by asking, “What color is white?” In this collection of paintings she illustrates all the many colors that can be found in light and shadows in something most people see as just white.
Carol, who started painting many years ago as an outlet from family responsibilities, has explored figure painting and landscape, but finds her greatest success in her finely detailed florals. Over the years, she has studied with a number of different instructors and won numerous awards. She sees art as “. . . an ever changing experience, one influenced by emotional response to a visual image. As a representational oil painter, I attempt to strike a chord with my viewer that connects him with the image.”
Carol has been an active member of Ouachita River Art Gallery since its inception in 1990, serving in every level of leadership. Currently she chairs the exhibit in the OIB/Bankers Mortgage Plaza in Monroe. Carol says, “It is so gratifying to see this organization grow in artistic quality and diversity over the last twenty years. It is especially exciting that we now have two galleries our patrons can choose from---one on each side of the river which gave us our name.”
The Ouachita River Art Gallery, 308 Trenton Street, West Monroe invites you to come see Carol’s show during the month of March. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Carol’s work can also be seen at ORAG’s extension gallery located in the lobby of Ouachita Independent Bank/Bankers Mortgage Plaza at 18th and Louisville in Monroe. Call 322-2380 for more information.
works of CAROL CULPEPPER SMITH in March
In March the Ouachita River Art Gallery features the stunning oil florals of Carol Culpepper Smith. “Back by popular demand!” That is how featured artist Carol Culpepper Smith describes her exhibit. Returning to her previously acclaimed style of detailed oil florals on colored paper, she seeks to draw her viewers in by asking, “What color is white?” In this collection of paintings she illustrates all the many colors that can be found in light and shadows in something most people see as just white.
Carol, who started painting many years ago as an outlet from family responsibilities, has explored figure painting and landscape, but finds her greatest success in her finely detailed florals. Over the years, she has studied with a number of different instructors and won numerous awards. She sees art as “. . . an ever changing experience, one influenced by emotional response to a visual image. As a representational oil painter, I attempt to strike a chord with my viewer that connects him with the image.”
Carol has been an active member of Ouachita River Art Gallery since its inception in 1990, serving in every level of leadership. Currently she chairs the exhibit in the OIB/Bankers Mortgage Plaza in Monroe. Carol says, “It is so gratifying to see this organization grow in artistic quality and diversity over the last twenty years. It is especially exciting that we now have two galleries our patrons can choose from---one on each side of the river which gave us our name.”
The Ouachita River Art Gallery, 308 Trenton Street, West Monroe invites you to come see Carol’s show during the month of March. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Carol’s work can also be seen at ORAG’s extension gallery located in the lobby of Ouachita Independent Bank/Bankers Mortgage Plaza at 18th and Louisville in Monroe. Call 322-2380 for more information.
