Exhibit: The Hard Edge & The Soft Line

Maud Gatewood, Untitled (Molly Skating), c. 1982, acrylic on canvas. Collection of Lee Fazzi & Christine Burns-Fazzi

Maud Gatewood (1934–2004) is an exceptional figure in the art history of North Carolina and the American Southeast. A painter of exacting technique with a keen eye for composition and cultural commentary, her pictures capture the Carolinas (and the expanding world beyond) across much of the 20th Century. A native of Yanceyville in Caswell County, NC, Gatewood’s paintings reveal rural landscapes and their denizens in the midst of transformation while also cleverly framing the experience of modern life with acerbic wit and a surprising wealth of empathy.

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