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Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 11:30 - 5:30
or by appointment
Please call: 828 963 4288
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CARLTON GALLERY 2025 EVENTS
Holiday Open House
November 28, 29 - 10-5​
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Winter Group & Small Works Exhibition
November 28 - April 30
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Carlton Gallery begins its Winter Group and Small Works Exhibition with a Holiday Open House on November 28 and 29, 10 to 5. The gallery is seasonally decorated for a festive gathering of friends, artists, and art patrons. Gallery owner, Toni Carlton, extends everyone an invitation to visit the gallery for some holiday cheer, light refreshments, and community spirit.
This Winter Group Exhibition features artwork in all media by the standing gallery artists.
Paintings are exhibited in traditional, abstract, mixed media, and watercolor with myriad compositions and subject matter to please all art collectors. Sculpture, wood, glass, clay, and wearable fiber are featured in this exhibition by the local and regional gallery artisans.
Small works can be found in bronze by George Cadell rendered to reflect his Native American culture and love of animals.
Joe Mareka exhibits his Native American flutes which are skillfully carved and in different musical keys.
Nancy Brittelle’s delightful sculpture shows her ingenuity and historical reference in rendering her Icons.
Small clay wall sculptures by Valerie Schnaufer are in various colors and sizes. Her collection of chokers and brooches make distinctive gifts.
Elegant and beautifully crafted small clay sculptures of figures and animals by Mary Means are on exhibit.
Local artists, Bob Meier and Eric Reichard, whose sculptural vessels and vases in their distinctive style and glazes bring an added dimension to this exhibition.
Hand crafted jewelry in pendants, necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings by gallery artisans are one-of-a-kind creations to make a special gift.
Small works in paintings by Freeman Beard, Kim Abernethy, Egidio Antonaccio, Kevin Beck, Connie Winters, and Mary Kamerer are rendered showing snow covered landscapes, bare trees, and soft, silvery light projecting stillness and wonder, along with nature’s flora and wildlife. Their paintings invite one to pause and appreciate the serene, often overlooked beauty of winter.
Enjoy browsing by clicking links to the artists' galleries below to see recent artwork.
Synchronization - Shared Artistic Pathways
Exhibition Continues​​​
“Synchronization – Shared Artistic Pathways" will continue through the winter until April 30. This exhibition features the artwork of Lori Hill, Tonya Bottomley, Warren Dennis, Jennifer Murphy, Toni Carlton, and Scott Stockdale, who share synchronization by mixed media, abstraction, intuitive, and figurative. Each artist has a unique visual style with messages within a narrative.
Lori Hill’s figurative paintings tend to be introspective and allegorical falling into different
“series” with themes that overlap, reoccur, and never completely end. She observes and works with patterns and colors that occur naturally in nature and those sacred places she goes to gain perspective and peace. Hill layers media (printed paper, paint, ink) and then scratches, scrapes, and sands back into the layers revealing traces of images, symbols, patterns and colors underneath.
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The abstract artwork of Tonya Bottomley depicts the rhythms of nature. Her acrylic paintings are an orderly composition of lines and shapes that shift from flowing curves to angular geometric forms with bold lines to outline shapes. There is no literal portrayal of subject matter, but a subtle emphasis to engage the viewer’s curiosity.
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Warren Dennis’ figurative paintings are rendered to show a sense of life and vitality in his subject matter conducting everyday activities in the liveliest way. He spent his life painting the human image, first in his signature elongated style, and in his final years his cubist style.
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New artist, Jennifer Murphy, is influenced by her feelings with nature. She communicates moods and moments in her mixed media paintings with a whimsical view. Flowers, birds, and animals are the subject matter for her artwork which she calls Expressionism.
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Toni Carlton thrives in her creativity and her passion for artmaking which she delights in sharing with everyone. Her mixed media paintings are in warm autumn colors (her favorite), and intuitive with emphasis on texture, movement, and flowing patterns. They consist of many layers of calligraphic writings, songs, poems, painted papers, blessings and prayers. Her artwork reflects her interpretation of the balance of peace within our chaos but is also open to interpretation by the viewer.
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Clay artist, Scott Stockdale, exhibits work with an emphasis on the fine art of Raku. Earth, water and fire are the integral parts of his sculptures, vessels, bowls, and platters with each one very exceptional. His Saggar fired clay sculptures are abstracted works which he calls “Balance”. They are earth-toned clay pieces stacked to resemble a figure with each having its own characteristic arrangement.
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The gallery is located 10 miles south of Boone, 7 miles north of Linville or Banner Elk, and 8 miles from Blowing Rock in the Grandfather Mountain community. The gallery hours are 10 to 5 Tuesday through Saturday and 11:30 to 5:30 on Sunday. For additional information, visit www.carltongallery.com or call 828/963-4288.
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2025 Group Exhibitions
Spring Group Exhibition
Sculpting Silence – Exploring Abstract Realms
May 24 thru July 15
Opening Reception May 24, 2-5
Mid-Summer Group Exhibition
Nature’s Palette: Landscapes Across Mediums
July 26 thru September 30
Opening Reception July 26, 2-5
Autumn Group Exhibition
Synchronization – Shared Artistic Pathways
October 11 thru November 15
Opening Reception October 11, 2-5
Winter Group and Small Works Exhibition
November 28 thru April 30
Holiday Open House
November 28 and 29, 10-5