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"Assertion
of Self"
48"x72" ~Oil
$7,000
"On
the Edge"
60"x72" ~Oil
$6,500
"Black
Widow"
40"x30" ~Oil
$1,800
"The
Lesson"
24"x36" ~Oil
$1,400
"The
Morning Toilette"
40"x30" ~Oil
$1,800
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Hometown:
Jackson,
TN
Medium:
Oil
Artist
Statement:
Raised
in Nashville and currently a
resident of Jackson, Gay McCarter
has made a significant name
for herself in the art world.
A graduate of the University
of Florida in 1979, she later
received her Master of Science
degree in Counseling Psychology
from Florida State University.
In 1992 she was awarded her
M.F.A. degree in painting from
the Memphis College of Art.
Working
in the media of oil, watercolors,
mosaics, and sculpture, she
is an award- winning artist
with an impressive exhibition
history. She has had solo exhibits
at The Center for the Cultural
Arts in Gadsden, Alabama, Lambuth
University, Jackson State Community
College in Jackson, the Ned
R. McWherter West Tennessee
Cultural Center in Jackson,
the West Tennessee Regional
Art Center in Humboldt, and
her work has been featured at
Elkananh’s Gallery and the Dickson
Gallery in Jackson. She has
also had her work published
on the cover of the sociological
textbook, Social Welfare: A
World View, by Katherine Van
Wormer, as well as being a featured
artist in Sonia King’s new book,
Mosaic Techniques &
Traditions: Projects and Designs
from Around the World. In
2000 Ms. McCarter completed
work on a public outdoor mosaic
mural for the city of Jackson.
It is entitled “Jackson and
the Arts”; measures 21 ft. x
5 ft.; is located next to the
Ned McWherter West Tennessee
Cultural Arts Center; and was
featured in the February 2002
issue Southern Living Magazine’s
“Tennessee Living Section”.
Selected
group shows include: The Swann
Gallery in Detroit, Michigan;
the National Association of
Women Artists, SOHO, in New
York City; the Metropolitan
Center for the Creative Arts,
also in Detroit, Michigan; the
National Association of Women
Artists, East Norwich, New York;
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts,
New Castle, Pennsylvania; Southeast
Missouri Council on the Arts,
Gallery 100, Cape Girardeau,
Missouri; Hilton Head Art League
Gallery, Hilton Head, South
Carolina; Washington and Lee
University, Lexington, Virginia;
Mississippi State University,
Starkville, Mississippi; and
Tarleton State University, Stephenville,
Texas.
She
holds memberships in the National
Association of Women Artists,
the Chicago Artists’ Coalition,
the Kansas City Artists’ Coalition,
the Tennessee Art League, the
American Society of Portrait
Artists, and the Society of
American Mosaic Artists.
Artist
Website:
www.gaymccarter.com
"Firenzie"
30"x24" ~Oil
$1,200
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