Margaret Mays Ellerman, a painter and art educator from Winnsboro, is the featured artist for February 2012 at Ouachita River Art Gallery. Her show, “Memories of Childhood” contains paintings from events that happened during her young years in Franklin Parish. Margaret has briefly recalled the story of each event in an abstract manner, using watercolors on rice paper and watercolor papers, and acrylic paint on canvas and in writings displayed with each painting. Her show opens Wednesday, February 1, 2012 and will close on Wednesday, February, 29. There will be a public reception on Saturday, February 4, from 4:00 until 6:30 PM.
Ellerman, who has been featured in Louisiana Life Magazine, has exhibited in juried competitions in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi , and Georgia. She and has had one-person and two-person exhibitions at The Old Post Office Museum, Winnsboro, Schepis Museum, Columbia, Snyder Museum, Bastrop, and the South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado, AR.
The Ouachita River Art Gallery, 308 Trenton Street, West Monroe, invites you to come see this special show. Admission to the gallery is always free. When you shop at your local gallery, you not only help our economy by keeping your money in the area, you also save on taxes and shipping. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Paintings and photographs by gallery members 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.
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