“United in Art” opens Sunday, September 7th with a reception from 2 to 5 pm, at the Arts & Cultural Center, 117 North Water St., Georgetown. The show runs through October 13th, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 12 to 4 pm. Janice Gray, Pamela Clegg and Shirley Smith will display a variety of watercolor, acrylic, oil, and pastel paintings as well as a selection of ceramic and clay creations. These talented artists exhibit locally and regionally, and are known to take many prizes at shows and festivals. Their work is to be found in collections across the region.

Pamela Clegg is a Juried/Exhibiting Member of the KY Guild of Artists and Craftsmen in both pastel and pencil and a current board member of the KGAC. Says Pamela “my art has led me to a variety of subjects that touch my heart, and those are the themes of my paintings. Each day is an opportunity to create art with joy and enthusiasm, and to share those feelings with others”.

Janice has worked in a variety of mediums but says “my outstanding favorite remains acrylic painting, and my newest passion, clay”. She says: “I explore painting in the same manner that I explore the woods, looking at what nature offers in the way of texture and color and variety” and “I just feel good when I’ve captured some bit of the beauty of nature and someone looks at what I’ve done and walks away feeling like the world is as it should be”.

Among Shirley’s artwork are celtic designs discovered while traveling in Ireland and Scotland. Shirley comments: “the artwork and detail so impressed me that I made rubbings of many floor tiles in St. Patrick Cathedral and Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin and of tombstones in Edinburgh. Each piece gives me insight to the beauty and craftsmanship of the ones who created this art hundreds of years ago”.

Shirley and Janice are volunteers at the Clayworks studio at ArtWorks, and are instructors for SCAC/ArtWorks programming at Cardome. All three are active members of the Scott CountyArt League, and involved with the Art League’s Annual Regional Art show each October.