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Statement: “Being an artist helps me to remember one of the
most important things in living one’s life is to take time to love
and appreciate those people and things that mean the most to us! I
have learned through my teachers and mentors that each of us has the
capacity for creativity, and like nursing, expressions of art that
incorporate mind, body, & spirit capture the attention of the
viewer. I love the
excitement of painting on location (plein air), watching vibrant
colors and water come together to make interesting shapes that
entertain and bring joy to others! While watercolor is my favorite
medium, in the past year, I have expanded my paintings to include
acrylics and oils. Being
a nursing professor as well as a Licensed Marriage and Family
Therapist, where I am often engaged in assisting others care for
themselves, my role as an artist has given me one of the most
effective ways to take care of my health, so that I might have a lot
of energy and joy to share with my family and others.
An unanticipated but rewarding outcome of my art has been the
continuing development of my spiritual being as I continue to gain a
greater appreciation of our Creator’s gifts.”
Effective
January 1, 2005, Lou retired from her administrative position as
Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program at the
ECU
School
of Nursing. She now works part-time at the
ECU
College
of Nursing, serving as faculty in the Nursing Education
Concentration in the Master of Science in Nursing Program and is
enjoying having more time for her family and art.
She and
her husband, John Core, live in
Greenville
and have a condo at
Atlantic
Beach
where she receives much of her inspiration for paintings that
reflect her love for her family and eastern NC as evidenced by a
predominant theme of “local flavor,” whether the paintings are
elements of the sea, land, or people.
Lou is
President of the Watercolor Society of N.C., and serves as
Fundraising Chair. In addition, she is a member of the Southern
Watercolor Society, Twin Rivers’ Artist Association, Greenville
Museum of Art - Artists’ Association, and is one of the founding
members and Past President of “Greenville Brushstrokes,” a group
of approx. 65 artists who meet twice each month to critique each
other’s art, share information, and promote art within the region.
She
teaches a Beginner’s Sketchbook/Journaling/Watercolor (Plein Air)
Class for the Greenville Museum of Art.
Lou’s painterly renderings can be seen in home/commercial
staging by First Impressions Staging in various homes throughout the
Greenville
area. She is also
locally represented by
University
Art
Gallery
and Frame Shop, Gallery Art Prints (Arts and Materials) in
New Bern
, and Arts N Things and Art Escapes in
Morehead City
,
NC
. She served
from 2005-2006 as Events Coordinator/Artist at the Bob Pittman Art
Studio.
Juried Exhibitions:
- Greenville
Museum
of Art – Artist
Association’s Juried Exhibition.
Juror: Michael
Dorsey,
East
Carolina
University
.
Greenville
,
NC
. August-September
2007.
- Beaufort
County Arts Council’s 42nd Annual Fine Arts Show:
Juror: Margaret Worthington,
Wilmington
,
NC
. Oct-Dec. 2006.
-
Greenville
Museum
of Art -
Artist Association’s Juried Exhibition.
Greenville
,
NC
. Juror:
Anne Brennan, Curator and Louise Wells Cameron, Art
Museum,
Wilmington
,
NC
. Aug-Sept. 2005.
-
LaGrange
Garden
Spot Art Festival.
La Grange
,
NC
. Juror: Martha
Smith-Brooks - Summer 2005.
- Emerge
Gallery – The
Greenville
Brushstrokes,
Greenville
,
NC
. Jurors:
Board of Directors’ members, 2007,
2006, 2005.
- Twin
Rivers’ Artist Association’s Regional Fine Arts Show.
Juror: Nancy
Handlan.
New Bern
,
NC
– 2004
Solo
Exhibition:
NC
Estuarium
,
Washington
, NC “From Sea to Shining Sea.” Featured
Artist – October 2006
Participant in other Exhibitions:
- Greenville
Brushstrokes’ Show
– Hampton Gallery. The
Community for the Arts.
Kinston
,
NC
. Aug. 30 – Oct.
27, 2007.
-
Greenville
Brushstrokes’
Clothesline Art Show –
Pitt
County
Historical Society/Primitive Baptist Church.
Greenville
,
NC
June 9, 2007.
-
Greenville
Brushstrokes’ Show
– Sunset Rivermarket Place Gallery, Calabash, NC.
March – April 14, 2007.
- Watercolor
Society of N.C.’s Board of Directors’ Show – The Arts
Center at The Imperial Centre,
Rocky Mount
. October 7 & 8,
2006.
- Sigma
Theta Tau, Beta Nu Chapter and
Greenville
Brushstrokes’ Clothesline Art Show – 2007, 2006.
-
N.
C.
Maritime
Museum
’s Watercolor Show –
Beaufort
,
NC
. 2004-2006.
- Friends
of West Carteret County Library’s 9th Annual Homes
Tour & Art Sale – Lands End, Emerald Isle, NC. April 2006.
- “Form,
Fun, & Flow” – Linda Werthwein and Students.
Bogue Banks Public Library.
Pine Knoll Shores
,
NC
. April 2006.
- Greenville
Museum of Art’s Instructors/Artists’ Show – 2005-2006.
- Beaufort
Arts Council –
Greenville
Brushstrokes’ Show – Washington, NC.
Sept.-Oct., 2006.
- Emerge
Gallery’s Greenville Brushstrokes’ Show – 2005-2007.
- Arts
n’ Things,
Morehead City
,
NC
. “Exhibition,
Reception, Invitational ‘Paint Out’ and Silent Auction”
with artists: Anna
Cordes, Dianna Malinowski, Chuck McLachlin, Dan Nelson, Lou
Wilson, Jim Storholt, and Jimmy Womble. Fundraiser for the ECU
Medical Foundation. Cardiovascular
Center. May
26-27, 2006.
- Great
Tarboro Art Bazaar – November 2007-2005.
- Participant
and Exhibition at Ronald McDonald fundraiser at Chancellor and
Mrs. Steve Ballard’s home.
“Art in the Yard.”
May 11, 2006.
-
LaGrange
Garden
Spot Festival Exhibit and
Sale
– Fall 2005.
- Art
Exhibition & Sale with Bob Pittman and Linda Pittman, Bob
Pittman Art Studio. November
2005.
- “Uptown
Greenville
Art Extravaganza” – with Bob Pittman - June 2005
- Greenville
Brushstrokes’ Mother’s Day Art Exhibit & Sale, May 2005;
Holiday Art Exhibit & Sale –Bob Pittman Art Studio.
Greenville
,
NC
. December 2005, 2004.
- Farmville
Arts Council’s Greenville Brushstrokes’ Show – May 2005.
-
Beaufort
County
Arts Council Fine Arts Show – October 2003-2006.
- Back
Porch Painter’s Show and
Sale
–
Rocky Mount
,
NC
– November 2004.
- Ayden
Collard Festival Art Show – 2004
- Studio
7 Salon –
Greenville
Brushstrokes’ Art Exhibit &
Sale
– Fall 2003.
- NC
Estuarium -
Greenville
Brushstrokes’ Art Exhibit &
Sale
,
Washington
,
NC
– Fall 2003.
- Janet
Dixon’s Annual Christmas Show.
Winterville
,
NC
. December
2000-2006
Publications:
“Miss
Tammy”– published in “The Daily Reflector” and “The
Mixer.” July 27, 2007.
“Stinson
Ranch Sunset.” Arts
Alive. May 2006 issue.
“Serenity”– published in Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff 2005 Product Reference
Catalog 2005, p. 16. Website:
http://www.cheapjoes.com/store/catalog/watercolors
“Spring’s Splendor” – published in All Rag, WSNC’s
newsletter. 2004.
Awards/Recognitions:
- Featured
artist in “Watercolors enliven woman’s travel journals.”
HER MAGAZINE. July
2007, pp. 10-11. Published
by The Daily Reflector.
Greenville
,
NC
.
- Honorable
Mention for Mixed Media: “The
Breakers” – Beaufort County Arts’ Council’s 42nd
Juried Fine Arts Show: Juror:
Margaret Worthington,
Wilmington
,
NC
. Oct - Dec, 2006.
- Invitational
Featured Artist for Art is for Everyone, a fundraiser for the
Greenville Museum of Art – “Stargaze Lily” – July 2006
- Recognized
for “vision and dedication to the Visual Arts” by the
Eastern NC Visual Arts Consortium at the Unveiling Ceremony for
the Visual Arts Voyage Map of 13 counties.
Presented by the ENCVAC at the
Greenville
Museum
of Art. June 1,
2006.
- “Invitational
Paint Out” at Arts n’ Things in
Morehead City
,
NC
. May 2006.
- “Invited
to serve as Judge of Art for
Pitt County Fair – 2004-2007.
- Sigma
Theta Tau International (Honor Society for Nursing) Region 13
Media Award– for “Family Focus” show which highlighted
“Art at the Bedside.”
Indianapolis
,
Indiana
. 2004.
- First
Place
– Children’s Portraits (Pastels).
Rocky Mount Women’s Club Art Show – 1974.
Education:
Lou
has studied with (sequenced in most recent order) Ron
Ransom,
Dan Nelson, Cheng
Khee Chee, Joe Miller,
Evelyne Boren, David
Harlan, Alan Morris,
Frank Webb, Bridget Austin, Tom Lynch, Judi Betts, and Tony Couch.
She has also studied with Jeff Jakub, Linda
Werthwein, Charles Sharpe, Bob Pittman, Linda Griffin, Sterling
Edwards, Karl Farber, Donna Davis, Janet Dixon, John Silver, Michael
Dorsey, Norm Robbins, Chuck McLachlan, Kathy Pickett, Mary Ellen
Golden, and Judy Dye.
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