DaNeal Eberly – Scratch

This exhibition round includes works provided by DaNeal Eberly which will be on view in the First Floor Main Gallery from October 2 – November 23 2024.  Lowe Mill A&E invites patrons and art lovers to join us for Open Studio Night, a building-wide experience when our over 150 studios will be open to the public.  The evening also includes receptions for all seven of our gallery spaces. This series gives the public a chance to meet and interact with visiting artists and discuss their work as it is on display and available for purchase. Come out, enjoy a pleasant evening, and maybe you’ll find that special piece of art that speaks to you!  The Open Studio Night reception is Saturday, November 23 from 5-7 pm.

 

About the exhibit:

Scratch that itch. The itch to explore, to create, to connect through paint. 

Scratch into it. Dig deeper with a sharp object or a sharp eye. Be willing and bold enough to leave a mark.

No. Scratch that. Cancel the sanctimony. Strike out the self-doubt with a pen or pencil. Or a palette knife. Or a brush. Or a randomly selected color (maybe not as random as you hoped).

Sometimes a scratch is a scar. A sign that someone, something broke the skin. Somehow you were wounded and it left a mark. The scratch left a scar. Maybe as I walk and love and learn, the scar becomes a greater symbol of healing. The scratch intended to harm became a catalyst to rebuild and resume.  I’m not the victim of the broken skin, broken promises, broken dreams. I am the one who refused to fold. Still creating and questioning.  As a creator, I made myself from scratch. I took whatever was available to me: Time, Paint, Experience, Loss, Love, Desire, Creativity and assembled something. Probably not of the highest quality but distinctly mine. I hope something I created gives a moment of connection or recognition. 

 

About the artist:

DaNeal Eberly was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. She graduated with a Fine Arts Degree from Texas Tech University in 1997. She has lived and created art all over the United States. Currently, she lives and paints in Montgomery, Alabama. Her work is part of the permanent collection of Jackson Hospital. Also, she has had work displayed at the University of Maryland, The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and is represented by The Attic Gallery in Vicksburg, Mississippi and Gallery 905 in Selma and Stonehenge Gallery in Montgomery, Alabama.  She has had solo shows at Lowe Mill A&E in Huntsville, Alabama, The Carnegie Visual Arts Center in Decatur, Alabama, The Armory in Montgomery, Alabama and Kru on Mt. Meigs in Montgomery, Alabama. She has also been in a number of group shows. She also leads a Life Drawing group in Montgomery and occasionally teaches workshops. Her day job involves teaching after school art programs to preschool and elementary students. Her work is largely focused on  figure drawing and portraiture and she also likes to dabble in abstracts. 

 

Instagram:  @artbydaneal

 

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