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Beth Bradford Art

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Artist Statement

Landscapes are my passion. I paint to express the emotions that the natural world stimulates in me. The majesty of God’s creation demands a response, and I choose to respond with paint. I work primarily with acrylic, but I also use watercolor, pastel, and collage. I especially love water media because of its loose, organic expressiveness.  I live atop Lookout Mountain in New Salem, Georgia. The scenes I paint are all very familiar to me. The intimacy of this daily contact crystallizes in the creation of the art work. Some of the artists that inspire me are Charles Burchfield, Albert Bierstadt, Casper David Friedrich, and local artist Mary B. Lynch.  I have studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Atlanta College of Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and also at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. I am a retired art educator of 19 years.

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Beth Bradford

1390 Sunset Drive
Rising Fawn, GA 30738  

(423) 902-2078
mbbradford@gmail.com


Artistic Experience  

  • Boomtown Makers Market, August 2023 - present
  • Mentone Arts Center, June 2022 - present
  • Northside Presbyterian Church Gallery, May 2024- July 2024, July 2022 - September 2022
  • Gannon Gallery & Frames, 2020 - 2023
  • Ringgold Art & Frames Gallery, June 2017 - 2019
  • Station House Restaurant, 2016 - 2023
  • Unitarian Church of Chattanooga, September 2017
  • Reflections Gallery, May - September 2017
  • Cloudland Canyon Arts & Crafts Festival, 2014, 2015
  • GAEA State Art Educator’s Exhibit, Fall 2013, 2014  
  • Twiggs Gift Shop, 2011
  • Guthrie’s Restaurant, Jan. 2010  
  • Bill Shores Frames and Gallery, Chattanooga, TN,  2001-2003, 2009-2010  
  • Bill Shores Frames and Gallery, Language of Landscape, one-person show, July 2009  
  • Going, Going, Gone Exhibit, Bill Shores Frames and Gallery, July – Sept. 2007  
  • Rock Point Books, one-person exhibit, April 2007 
  • In-Town Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2003- 2007  
  • Association of Visual Artists, Chattanooga, various exhibits  
  • Two Hands Gallery, Cashiers, NC, 2004  
  • Wildwood Gallery, Wildwood, GA, 2002  


Work Experience  

  • Fairyland Elementary, Art Educator, 2004 - 2023 


Volunteer Experience

  • New Salem United Methodist Church, 1989 - present  
    - Children’s Ministry, Sunday School teacher, Various committees


Education  

  • Masters in Education  University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2003 - 2004  
  • Bachelor of Arts – English Literature  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1979 -1982
    - Atlanta College of Art, 1981  
    - The School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA, 1982 -1983
    - University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1985 - 1986


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