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Art MoB Studios & Marketplace will highlight watercolor artist Bill Abel in Color-full Journeys<\/em>, the September installment of Artist and Blooms. His work will be complemented by poetry by Diane Ballard and a floral arrangement by Simone Wood of Blue Blossom Floral Apothecary. The show will run through Sunday, September 26.<\/p>\n

Abel is known for his portraits of people and pets. He often does commission projects working from photographs. For these, he usually spends a full day on a sketch and several weeks painting. \u201cI love the way Bill connects with his commission clients to paint so personally with the subjects,\u201d says Michele Sparks, owner of Art MoB.<\/p>\n

Abel began using watercolors as a child and appreciates the clean, portable nature of the medium. \u201cI think I also love the dynamic and mysterious way that watercolor behaves,\u201d he says.\u201cI\u2019m using color more spontaneously and by instinct for this show\u2014a nice, wet process and a lot of mixing right on the paper. Also, there is minimal drawing before I begin to paint. Working this way has been fun and rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Art MoB Studios & Marketplace is located at 124 4th Avenue East in Hendersonville. For more information, visit ArtMoBStudios.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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