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One of the Lowcountry’s favorite artists will be featured at the Thibault Gallery in October.
With an art career spanning more than 40 years, Alice Dobbin creates a sense of peace and tranquility in her images. As she shares her passion for nature, clients have described her work as being almost spiritual.
The artist’s contemporary impressionist style combines realism and abstraction. In her wildlife scenes, backgrounds are often painted with a palette knife and are highly textural, while detailed brushwork emphasizes structure of each creature. Her soft and lyrical landscapes celebrate the effects of light and atmosphere.
“I try to connect with the environment when I’m painting, almost like a communion with nature,” she said. “You just feel God’s beauty around you. I want to share that with people.”
Her work has been published in “The Best of American Landscapes,” “American Art Collector Magazine,” “Charleston Style and Home” and “Plein Air Magazine.” She has been featured in the Southeastern Wildlife Exhibition and was a solo artist at the MacCallum More Museum in Virginia.
Her work was also selected for the Oil Painters of America Salon of Traditional Oils in Michigan, the National Exhibition of the American Impressionist Society, the Montgomery Museum of Art Invitational Auction in Alabama, and the National Exhibition of Women Painters of the Southeast in Georgia. In 2019, she received the award for Best Painting at the Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition in Charleston.
Dobbin’s paintings currently grace the walls of prestigious homes from historic Bay Street and Cat Island in Beaufort to Rainbow Row and the Battery in Charleston, Governor’s Circle on Kiawah Island, homes in Boca Raton, Miami, and throughout the U.S. and abroad. Public collections may be seen in the Church Street Inn in Charleston, the George Historical Ranch in Austin, Texas, and Wachesaw East Resort in Myrtle Beach.
Meet the artist and join us at the reception on First Friday, Oct. 4th, from 5 to 8 p.m.at the Thibault Gallery at 815 Bay Street.
