The Nature of Healing

Genevieve Lykes Dimmitt and David Price

April 13- May 25th, 2024

Artist Statement

Allow nature’s peace to flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
— John Muir

The Nature of Healing presents the work of two Florida artists who have found lifelong inspiration in our natural environment and its abundant resources. In a dynamic pairing of abstract painting and classically-infused sculpture, Genevieve Lykes Dimmitt and David Price explore the power of art to engage with nature, and find within it sources of wonder and solace.

In a series of mixed media paintings, Genevieve Lykes Dimmitt combines elements such as gold leaf, mica and wood with imagery abstracted from nature. Like an alchemist, she transforms these earthy components into an aesthetic journey that charts a process of emotional and intellectual healing following a devastating loss.

David Price invests many hours of observation and study from life and in the field to achieve both veracity and individuality in his bronze interpretations of Florida birds and animals. Sculpted first from clay and later metal, the portraits emerge from the earth itself. “I find solace in nature and believe in the healing power of being out in nature. Studying nature for my art puts me in the present and makes me mindful of the beauty and organization of life in harmony.”

This exhibition is in partnership with Love IV Lawrence / Community Foundation Tampa Bay. Made possible, in part, thanks to the generous support of The Ruth and J O Stone Foundation.

Light & Shadow Series: Darkness Defines the Light, Divine Light, Blue Shadow

Signs, Symbols & Stories

Prayer Flag Series: Compassion, Gratitude, Wisdom

Icon Series 1: Faith, Hope, Love

Faith: 30 1/2”x 12 1/4”, Hope: 30 1/2” x 12 1/4”, Love: 33 1/2”x 11 1/2”

Icon Series 2: Faith, Hope, and Love

Acrylic and oil pastel on cut wood board

21” x 10 3/4”, 3 Works

Love Note 2

Oil and cold wax on wood

15 3/4” x 11 1/2”

Light of My Life

Oil and cold wax on wood

18” x 24”

Icon 1

Oil and cold wax on wood

17 1/2” x 13 1/2”

Eclipse of the Son, Acrylic, shattered glass, mica, glitter, mementos on board, 60”x33”

Eclipse of the Son, Acrylic, shattered glass, mica, glitter, mementos on board, 60”x33”

Gold Arabic Painting

Oil on wood

17” x 21”

Brother

Bronze

6” x 6” x 9”

Anhinga Anhinga

Bronze

70” x 30” x 16”

Focused Attention

Bronze

18” x 114” x 40”

Janus

Bronze

24” x 16” x 10”

NFS

Wanderer

Bronze

6” x 4” x 4”

Dawn

Bronze

48” x 48” x 30”

Arcadian Angel

Bronze

24” x 16” x 10”

Day Dreamer

Bronze

4” x 12” x 12”

Argus

Bronze

12” x 4” x 4”

$1,500

Hare Curiosity

Bronze

16” x 10” x 6”

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