Lake Murray Magazine January 2010 Issue

The article by Cindi Boiter came out on December 21, 2009. Photos are by Erik Campos. The unedited writer's version without photos can be accessed here:

http://cynthiaboiter.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/lee-monts-and-the-joy-of-local-artists-in-local-print/

Hope you enjoy reading the article!

Exciting News!

I just received word that I have been chosen as one of six artists whose work will be featured in Street Gallery III. Here is part of the announcement from the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties:

The Cultural Council is pleased to announce the winning art for Street Gallery III, a showcase collaboration between the Cultural Council and Lamar Advertising.

Congratulations to the six artists selected to participate in Street Gallery III:

· Esther Melton, Vista Lights
· Randall McKissick, untitled
· Lee Monts, Coastal Awakening
· Roy Paschal, Pagliacci
· Edward Shmunes, Lines
· Rob Shaw, In Sequence

These works will be displayed as billboards beginning in January and will periodically rotate locations throughout Richland and Lexington Counties during 2010.

From Vista Lights at the Gallery at DuPre

With my collection of micropaintings measuring 2" x 4" each.

With local writer Cindi Boiter...more on Cindi and her writing in the future.

The 24th annual Vista Lights kicked off the Christmas Season on Thursday, November 19. Thanks to all who came out to see me and the other participating artists.

Hopeful Commissions Pending Client Approval

"Lakeside Moment" & "Moon Laden"

36" x 24" each

Acrylic on Canvas

Mini Verticals - 4" x 2" each

Mini Horizontals - 2" x 4" each

"Coastal Graces"

24" x 24"

Acrylic on Canvas

"Taken Back"

8" x 8"

Acrylic on Canvas

"The Thing About Winter"

8" x 8"

Acrylic on Canvas

"Simple Solitude"

12" x 12"

Acrylic on Canvas

"Tides of Change"

12" x 12"

Acrylic on Canvas

"Winter's Way"

12" x 12"

Acrylic on Canvas

Fast Paintings

"Blow Over"

6" x 6"

Acrylic on Clayboard

"Down From the Mountain"

6" x 6"

Acrylic on Clayboard

Both of these paintings were completed a couple of nights ago during a sudden need to create. Each took about 5 minutes....or, as a fellow artist explains, these paintings took all of my life to do!

Recent Wall

This was my wall at the Artists' Round Table Group Show that was held at Gallery 80808 last month.

New Assemblage Preview

From Art with a Heart

On the 17th floor of the Meridian Biulding on Main Street.

New Squares

"Primitive"

8" x 8"

Acrylic on Canvas

"Rustic Lake"
Acrylic on Canvas
8" x 8"

A New Fan Favorite

"A Tree for Everyone"

24" x 30"

Acrylic on Canvas

Recent Squares

"Yesterday's Pond"

14" x 14"

Acrylic on Canvas

"The Assurance of Passing Storms"

14" x 14"

Acrylic on Canvas

Please come see me at ..

$10 per person or $15 per couple. Event runs 5:30-8:30 PM. Come help a worthy cause!

This Friday...

Saturday Paintings

"Steadfast Grace"

20" x 16"

Acrylic on Canvas with Specialty Paper Overlay

"Mid Summer Haze"
20" x 24"
Acrylic on Canvas with Specialty Paper Overlay

"Hunter's Land"
14" x 18"
Acrylic on Canvas

All painted on Suturday, August 8, 2009

Photos from my Premier Solo Show

Photos from the July 23, 2009 opening reception of "Testimony" at the Gallery at DuPre in Columbia, SC.

Simple Assemblage

"Balance of Nature"

antique carpenter's level, branches, twine, beeswax

Something Different

"Red Eye"

wood, metal, glass, and beeswax

6.25" x 5.5"

Invitation

New Large Painting

"Under the Glow of Grace"

48" x 58"

Acrylic on Canvas

New Squares

"As I Know It"

10" x 10"

Acrylic on Canvas

"Hilltop Blues"

10" x 10"

Acrylic on Canvas

New 9" x 12"

"Lifeline"

9" x 12"

Acrylic on Cradled Board

Announcement

I am pleased to inform you that my premier solo show, "Testimony", will be held at the Gallery at DuPre from July 23-August 21, anno Domini 2009. "Testimony" will include many of the art pieces you have seen on this blog along with some never before posted pieces! Please join me for a reception on July 23 at the Gallery at DuPre -alley entrance- from 5:30 to 8:30 PM. More information will be provided closer to the date of the opening! Please also visit www.dupregallery.blogspot.com for the Gallery's blog.

New Mixed Media Piece

"Index Fossil"

specialty paper, grungeboard letters, found metal object & beeswax on cradled board

Special thanks to Tonya Reep for finding the "fossil"!

New Square

"As It Once Was"

48" x 48"

Acrylic on Canvas

(original photograph does not have the white edges...not sure why it posted as it did)

New Mixed Media Pieces

"Depositional Environment"

acrylic on paper, wood, metal & beeswax on canvas block

12" x 4"

"Fossil"
paint on paper, wood, natural stone tiles, metal, fossil ammonite, beeswax
~8" x 6"

"Testimony"
metal, wood, grungeboard letters, acrylic, beeswax
~5" x 18"