JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present Southern charm, an exhibition of recent work by Rebecca Jack, Anna Kincaide, and Greg Miller. Each based in the South, the artists’ respective practices exude charm, capturing the essence of their regional influences. From Jack’s (Georgia) expressive brush work to Kincaide’s (Florida) intricate narratives and Miller’s (Texas) bold compositions, this collection offers a window into the diverse and dynamic expressions of Southern artistry.

An intuitive painter, Rebecca Jack creates vibrant, figurative works that highlight the beauty of imperfection through visible layering and mark-making. Her figures are bold, yet vulnerable, exuding a quiet confidence and self-reflective quality. Jack’s painterly style, use of line, exploration of color and shape are defining elements in her work. Her paintings offer a peak into the imaginative world of the subject’s deepest thoughts and feelings. Catching moments of truth where no one is looking. Abstracting interior and exterior spaces in conjunction with the figure are common themes she uses to investigate and ponder the inner world of a person. Approaching her work through the lens of spatial constructs and human nature, in essence, Jack is a “soul painter”.

Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna Kincaide creates cascades of flowers that cover her subjects to explore anonymity and transformation. Headless and bursting forth with florals, Kincaide’s figures showcase the idea of ambiguity between our bodies, identities, and thoughts. Incorporating elements of fashion photography and contemporary socio- cultural emblems of status and identity, her figures define the separation between body and mind. Through control and spontaneous disruption, she conveys femininity, confidence, beauty, and mystique.

The seductive allure of faded glory, the detritus of print advertising’s golden age, as well as almost a clinically intense observation of color and font distinguish Greg Miller’s neo-pop paintings. Miller paints a visual collage that hearkens classic, iconic advertisements from the 50’s and 60’s utilizing familiar branding campaigns and slogans. Drawing on image- saturated consumerism, Miller’s paintings excavate this imagery to reappear as unreconstructed fragments found through signs, drips, patterns and phrases. Referencing classic typefaces and color palettes, the compositions echo the look and feel of print advertisements. Miller achieves this impression by fastidiously and painstakingly re- creating the look of age, grit, and time through the use of paint, collage paper and resin on canvas, painting each visual element by hand.

These artists’ work will inspire, provoke, engage and mesmerize. With visual perceptions always changing, peek behind the stories told and you're sure to find the right artistic expression.