An Exhibit by Barbara Ensley

October 28 — December 13, 2024

Gallery Wall in the Peggy Dow Performance Center

OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, November 21 at 5:00 PM

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

“The Invisible Thread” is a playful and joyful celebration of the interconnectedness of life. Our own lives are connected to each other and each event of our lives is connected to the next one, sometimes in unseen ways. With this idea in mind, this series of twenty paintings was not painted consecutively. Instead, I bounced between canvases allowing each layer of paint to dry. The paint remaining when an image was completed became the beginning of the next painting. The result of this process is an “invisible thread” of paint that ties all the pieces together in a fluid and cohesive manner. In life there are many moments that are seemingly unconnected, when actually they are all joined by an “invisible thread” leading us to the next moment and to each other.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Barbara Ensley spent her childhood in the beautiful African country of Cote d’Ivoire. She moved to Chattanooga, TN for college. It was there that she met her husband. They have four lovely children together. Barbara has always been an artist. Throughout her education she has taken numerous art classes, as well as studying independently. When her children were little, she always had a painting she was working on. Now that the kids are older, she has started to pursue her art career full-time. In the last few years, she has participated in numerous shows in East Tennessee, as well as producing three solo shows and publishing two art books. She has also won several awards for her artwork, which has been displayed in numerous galleries and a museum. She continues to joyfully pursue this path, working out of her home studio in Athens, TN