Frame Gallery Gifts & Art is delighted to host Jackson, TN, artist Lendon Noe a second time for a solo exhibition, To Sit with a Flower: Watercolors by Lendon Noe, opening on Friday, June 26, with a reception from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
“Meditation on a Dandelion” by Lendon Noe is an oil and acrylic ink on canvas measuring 30” x 30”.
After hearing Sewanee Professor David Haskell speak about his latest book, Flowers Made Our World, she purchased it, and her watercolor paintings reflect the influence of nature and Haskell’s perceptions. At the end of the book, David invites us to “play” with flowers and offers many ways to do so.
One of these activities invites us to “sit” with a flower. Noe puts “sit” in quotation marks because this kind of “sitting” evokes meditation, giving your full attention to the flower in front of you. Noe’s been trying to do just that, and this body of work is the result.
Following the opening reception, Lendon will also lead a watercolor workshop limited to eight participants at Frame Gallery on Saturday, June 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 pm. with a lunch break between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. Participants have the option to bring their own lunch or go out to eat in downtown Sewanee.
Participants will sit together with a flower in community and then practice a style of watercolor painting that is fluid, spontaneous, and expressive. This painting style requires no prior experience and is appropriate for all levels.
About the Artist
Lendon Hamilton Noe is a native of Jackson, Tennessee, where she taught art at Lambuth University for 28 years. She completed her MFA in Painting and Mixed Media at Vermont College. For the last 25 years, her work has been focused on natural history and ancestry. She enjoys creating site-specific thematic shows that may include drawings, paintings, mixed media, and assemblage.
Noe has shown her work in galleries and nonprofit spaces all around the US and a bit abroad. After her career at Lambuth, Lendon spent 10 years working part-time at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis, producing community-based arts projects for the Lambuth campus in Jackson. Her installation for the City of Jackson’s Bicentennial is on permanent display in the Jackson City Hall.
Lendon continues to teach both in person and online, where you can find her classes with Carla Sonheim here: www.carlasonheim.com.