Diagnosis:
Paint Cheese House Gallery features doctors’
art
Some people take a break from classes in the summer, but
Andy Burnham, Mark Littlejohn and Gerald Olsen find it the perfect
time of year to learn.
The three have spent the past decade attending Barbara Timberman’s
Art Loft classes held every summer at Grandfather Country Club.
“Three Docs: From the
Healing Arts to the Visual Arts” will be on display
at the Cheese House Gallery through June and July. Photo
submitted
An exhibit of their latest work, “Three Docs: From the Healing
Arts to the Visual Arts,” is on display at the Cheese House
Gallery throughout June and July.
Andy Burnham is a retired plastic surgeon who spends half the
year at his house in Florida and the other half in the mountains.
He recently studied in Giverny, France, where the famous Impressionist
master, Claude Monet, lived and painted. Burnham is exhibiting
a range of work in oils, from still life to landscape.
“Art is taking simple materials and developing them in concert
to create an emotion, recollection, or an experience which provides
psychic energy for both artist and viewer,” is Mark Littlejohn’s
philosophy on art.
Littlejohn set aside his early interest in art to become a dadiologist.
Now retired, he pursues painting full-time, working in watercolor,
as well as acrylics. Although none of his pieces on exhibit are
for sale, he said that he welcomes commissions.
Gerald Olsen taught at the University of South Carolina School
of Medicine for 22 years prior to retiring to the mountains and
taking up painting. Olsen’s detailed landscapes depict local
settings, as well as coastal scenes.
“Three Docs: From the Healing Arts to the Visual Arts”
is on display June 8-July 31 at the Cheese House Gallery. A project
of the Avery County Arts Council, the Cheese House Gallery is
located at 630 Shawneehaw Ave. (N.C. 184) in Banner Elk. Gallery
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and Saturdays
by appointment.
The Avery County Arts Council is a nonprofit organization working
to enrich the people of Avery County through meaningful arts and
cultural experiences. For more than 30 years, the council has
helped to support school arts programs and served as a resource
for artists and the community. For more information, contact the
Avery County Arts Council at (828) 898-4292 or info@averycountyartscouncil.org.
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