Last week new artwork showed up on the walls at the Granary, and it’s definitely worth a look. Local artist Delia Ware Keefe has installed a collection called “Fossilized Layers,” a soothing, calming assemblage of hand-pulled prints inspired by shapes and forms found in nature.
Says Delia, “I begin making my art by studying the shapes, textures, and forms of organic objects which I have collected over many years. Land and sea, trees, water, birds’ eggs, nests, shells, sticks, leaves, blossoms, webs, stones, insects, fossils, and bones inspire me to draw, paint, and print. Through studying their unique forms I develop designs and abstractions.” The results are beautifully layered imagery, mixing the boundaries between the real and abstract.
Delia earned her BA in studio art and art history at Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, and studied graduate printmaking at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and here at UNC.
Look for Delia’s prints in the mezzanine level in the Granary (down a half flight of steps). Come take a peak next time you’re here for lunch or dinner.