Please visit my new storefront website! Kate McAlister set it up for me! It currently features all my drawings and paintings for sale at Southern Strain Brewery in the Plaza Midwood neighborhood in Charlotte.
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Stag Calendar of the Four Seasons in Progress
This is a series of images of a commissioned calendar of a stag during the four seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall. It is a combination of graphite drawing and watercolor paint. Above is the beginning of the Winter Stag. This series of drawings is a great take off of my current climate conversations tree drawings, yet with a surreal touch. The antlers become tree branches or limbs.
Winter with icicles added.
Color added to the wreath.
This is the Winter Stag at about 95% complete.
Beginning of the Spring Stag.
Lilly buds in the wreath and lilly and tree buds in the antlers / tree limbs.
The above image is the Spring Stag 95% complete.
This is the beginning of the Summer Stag. Lilly flower blooms in the wreath and many different leaves in the antlers / limbs.
Family Tree Commission
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A good friend of mine asked me to draw the tree in his grandmother's backyard. This was the family home in Charlotte. I did two preliminary sketches: one close up with the swing and one of the entire tree. The family decided to go with teh entire tree with details of the yard included.
The above image is of my progress at about half way.
Here is the final drawing. It is 14 x 11 inches. This is a giant willow or pin oak tree.
Friday, July 15, 2022
Climate Drawings at Southern Strain Brewery - Opening Reception Saturday July 16th
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Art & Trees are the Answer!
Trees AND Art are the Answer! – Julia George
Wil Bosbyshell is a local artist we recently partnered with and we loved this connection because he is also passionate about spreading awareness of the importance of trees! His work engages his audience to take a more personal look at trees. His studio right now is located at the McColl center in uptown. He does unique artwork by tracing trees and turning them into magnificent works of art. We had the pleasure of getting to know him at the recent Earth Day festival in first ward park. His exhibit encouraged people to reflect on their memories with trees and to share the knowledge of how trees show their age by rings of growth. We provided Wil with tree “cookies’ ‘ or slabs of wood to show the growth rings. Here’s some more information on Wil. Please feel free to check out his work!
What about trees inspired you to make them your focus with art?
My particular fascination with trees lies in my belief that trees are not proverbial abstract things but individual, living beings with personalities and stories to tell. Bringing those stories into daily consciousness is at the heart of my drawings. I am fascinated by the interaction between the texture of the bark, the natural design of the limbs and the depiction of scars left by time and weather. The drawings in my current series are complex so I can achieve an asymmetrical balance that stimulates our minds and invites us to develop our personal relationship with trees. I hope my drawings lead to greater understanding of their importance in the ecosystem and the spiritual place they hold in the world.
How long have you been practicing this version of your art?
I have drawn all my life. In kindergarten, I drew dinosaurs instead of learning my ABCs. My teachers bribed me to study Monday through Thursday by promising to let me draw all day Friday. I turned my artistic focus to pencil drawing in the past two years. Pencil really helps me capture the different textures of the different trees that I draw.
What is your favorite memory of a tree?
I grew up in Florida near the west coast surrounded by a lot of very tall, full longleaf pines. When the wind blew the pines made a whispering sound. I would fall to sleep at night listening to that soft, peaceful sound.
Anything else you want to add?
People are welcome to visit my studio to see my Tree Series of drawings at the McColl Center for Art in uptown Charlotte or on Instagram @wilbosbyshell.
Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/wilbosbyshell
Sunday, June 5, 2022
McColl Open Studio on the Lawn - Friday June 10th, 6 to 9 PM
McColl Open Studio on the Lawn - Friday June 10th, 6 to 9 PM
P O T L U C K - Exhibtion
In times like these, we find comfort in the humble tradition of POTLUCK, a meal in which members of a community offer what resources they have to be shared by all. This tradition, which grew popular during the Great Depression, feels necessary today, not only as an act of self-care but as an act of radical compassion for our neighbors.
McColl Studio Artists Emily Berger, Wil Bosbyshell, Tamara Conrad, Christopher Holston, Doris Kapner, Taylor Lee Nicholson, Emily Nuñez, Lauren Puckett, Samantha Rosado, and Nill Smith offer up works of art that explore how to survive in an increasingly hostile society.
Welcome to our POTLUCK. You are welcome here.
Above: Insolent Boy, Acrylic on Paper, 7 x 7 feet
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Data Science meets Art!
Data Analysis: The Memory Tree at the
Climate Conversations Art Experience
Summary of responses by Maura Bosbyshell
A key part of the Climate Conversations art experience is the Memory Tree. We ask participants questions such as those below, and they hang their response on the Memory Tree.
- Do you have a favorite tree or tree memory from your child hood?
- When was the last time you climbed a tree?
- How has climate change impacted your life?
- Athens, GA
- Carolina Avenue in Roanoke, VA
- Colorado
- Decatur, GA
- Detroit
- Longfellow Park in Cambridge. MA
- Louisville, KY
- Madison, WS
- Maine
- Ocracoke Island, NC
- Palo Alto, CA
- Sequoia National Park
- VT farmhouse
- Hawaii
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kenya
- Morocco
- Trinidad
- Trees for climbing/recreation 77
- Trees for soul-building 28
- Food/shelter/benefits provided by trees 20
- Care of trees 18
- Miscellaneous 3
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