Sunday, July 1, 2012

Emily Brodnax - Featured Artist-of-the-Month

Consider the word “retire,” because after 45 years, that is what this
local pharmacist/ photographer has gotten to do.  For Emily Brodnax, the past 18 months have been spent traveling around several states doing what she loves the most: shooting with her heavy Hasselblad camera and tripod. Emily is still using a wet darkroom to produce gelatin silver photographs, and as long as supplies are available, she will continue the process.
     As the July Featured Artist at the Ouachita River Art Galley, she has put together an eclectic collection of recent travel pictures that everyone can enjoy.  There is a 100 year old oak tree, growing out of the center of a cedar tree.There is a dried deer skull, resting on an old Case hay baler, which all men can relate to. Check out an interior shot of a sunken hotel lobby, taken from above. Then there will always be the beautiful waterways and lakes of the southern region, but be careful, because one of these is actually a flooded yard, that looks like a lake!  So, there will be something here for any taste.  Oh, and did she forget to mention the lady Pirate?? You can see more of Emily's work online at www.emilybrodnax.com.
     The Ouachita River Art Gallery (now nicknamed The River Gallery), 308 Trenton Street, West Monroe invites you to come see Emily's show during the month of July. There will be an art reception for Emily on Saturday, July 7 from 2-4pm and the public is invited to stop by and meet Emily and see her work. 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, but you also save on sales 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.