Twice Over Forty Is In-Town Gallery’s August Exhibit

In-Town Gallery presents a displaying of pictures and heirloom home furniture developed by Chattanooga region photographer and woodworker, William Johnson. The title of his display,“Twice About Forty”, refers to the point that Mr. Johnson has attained his 80th birthday, or as he says, “I’m two times forty!”

To celebrate this milestone, his clearly show will attribute large scale pictures, tailor made developed and crafted heirloom excellent household furniture, as perfectly as other smaller sized finely crafted wood parts.

Starting with a reception Friday, Aug. 5, 5-8 p.m., the display will run right up until Aug. 31.

Mr. Johnson has pursued pictures considering the fact that the age of 14 when his father set up a dim room. Then in his forties, his lifelong joy in constructing matters morphed into building and building good home furniture. Combining functionality with a clear classy seem, his parts are strongly motivated by Shaker styles and the Arts-and-Crafts period. The key furnishings piece in this demonstrate will be a Corridor Table designed from Brazilian Cherry.

In addition to his home furniture, “Twice In excess of Forty” will also feature significant-scale black and white images these kinds of as, “Standing Ready”, which is 28” x 42” in size, as well as Mr. Johnson’s bold colour pictures, taken both equally domestically and in his travels.

Mr. Johnson grew up in New Jersey but invested a lot of his daily life on the west coast doing the job in Silicon Valley ahead of coming to the Chattanooga area. He and his wife Sherry settled in Cleveland in 2003.

In-City Gallery is a cooperative gallery positioned on Chattanooga’s North Shore at 26A Frazier Ave. The gallery is open up from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. besides Sunday 1-5 p.m. and shut Tuesdays. The artists offer you a various range of original art and fine craft, which include paintings in different media, sculpture, flame-labored glass, pottery, is effective in wood and metal, jewelry and high-quality artwork images.