Please use the SHARE buttons to forward this news Date/Time Date(s) – 10/14/20223:00 pm – 6:30 pm Location Watersound Categories Arts Discover “An Offer of Flight & Flower” with Artist Gretchen Weller Howard When: Friday, October 14 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm Where: Adaro Art Gallery 21 Hub Lane Watersound, FL 32461 Adaro Art is pleased to welcome the public to “An Offer of Flight & Flower” with Artist Gretchen Weller Howard on Friday, October 14th, from 3:00pm to 6:30pm and Saturday, October 15th, from 10am to 1pm at the art gallery located at 21 Hub Lane in the Shops at the Hub. Each exclusive event will offer the chance to meet the New Orleans-based artist, preview new works, sip on champagne or mimosas, and make new connections. “Gretchen Howard and her pieces have a magical force that immediately draws each person not just to them but into them. The colors she uses, the whimsical, weightless style of the pieces, and the stories and symbols become a conversation between Gretchen and the viewer,” says Brooke Gontarek, gallery co-owner and wife of artist Francisco Adaro. “When anyone sees her work, the first reaction is an audible gasp—then they go run and get their friends or partner to look at its beauty. The second reaction usually points out their favorite gorgeously feathered bird or tasseled vessel.” A self-described “symbolic colorist,” Howard employs multiple mediums of acrylic, plaster, remnants of paintings lost during Hurricane Katrina, pencil, and crayon to convey secret narratives in her vibrant,...
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