3 New Artists for March

During the March 13, 2009 2ndFriday ArtWalk, Turning Point Gallery introduced three new artists. A poll of favorites was taken and all three artists had the same number of votes! The favorite piece by each artist is shown below with a short bio.

Massachusetts' Mary Calkins has become a diverse painter over the years as her many abilities, interests and experiences have been used to build a broad repertoire of imagery and styles. Her work has more recently turned towards the current modern trends for contemporary design influenced by its strong clean lines, bold forms and saturated colors.


A self-taught artist, Gregory Garrett drew upon adventures and travel as inspiration for his expression. When asked about his major influences, Garrett feels affected by every artist he’s ever seen. Aware of his own unique place in time, he finds inspiration in contemporary living and working artists, and feels that now is the most important period in the history of art.


The symbolic shapes and colors of Eduardo Lapetina's paintings express his deepest emotions and passion for life. This leads him to apply paint to the canvas in unusual ways; by pouring, splashing, dripping, and scratching. The paintings also require layers upon layers of paint to create sensuous and turbulent surface texture that is as vital and as complicated as life itself. Eduardo moved to Chapel Hill in 1976.


Congratulations to Ronnie Graham for winning the drawing for a Bell Tower giclee by Chapel Hill photographer Gregory Georges! She answered 8 of 10 trivia questions correctly to be entered into the drawing. Trivia questions and correct answers are posted below.

UNC Basketball Trivia-

Q: What basketball head coach has the most victories at UNC? A: Dean Smith

Q: What position does Tyler Hansbrough play? A: Power Forward

Q: What was the most recent year the UNC Men’s Basketball team won the NCAA championship? A: 2005

Q: Who is the ACC Player of the Year this year? A: Ty Lawson

Q: What year did Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins lead the Tarheels to a NCAA championship? A: 1982

Art Trivia-

Q: Where were the earliest forms of paper produced? A: Egypt

Q: In what decade was the first photograph taken? A: 1820s

Q: How much was the confirmed most expensive painting ever sold, Jackson's Pollock's "Number 5, 1948" sold for? A: $140 Million

First photo by Joseph Niepce in France in 1826

Q: What colors do you mix to get blue? A: You can’t make blue. Blue is a primary color

Q: What is the form of art reproduction in which a digital image of the original is sprayed onto the canvas in archival inks with a high end printer? A: giclee