Paintings by the “Mellow Mountain Coalition” will be on display at the Piedmont College Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art (MSMA) Sept. 28 through Oct. 21.
Tennessee artist Hamlett Dobbins and Texas artist Tad Lauritzen Wright began collaborating as the Mellow Mountain Coalition in 2008, and together the two painters produce vivid and expressive abstractions. Both have exhibited their work internationally and are represented by David Lusk Gallery of Nashville.
A reception for the artists will be held at the museum from 5–7 p.m., Sept. 28. Admission is free, and museum hours are 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday–Saturday. The museum is located at 567 Georgia Street, Demorest. For more information, contact director Rebecca Brantley at [email protected] or call 706-894-4201.
A Tennessee native, Dobbins earned his MFA, MA, and BFA degrees from the University of Iowa. He has worked as a curator and a teacher since 1999. He served as the director of the Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College in Memphis from 2001-2013. Dobbins’ accolades include a Pollock-Krasner Grant and the prestigious Rome Prize (2013) by the American Academy in Rome.
Wright was born in San Angelo, Texas, and moved to Memphis in the late 1990s. He holds and MFA from the Memphis College of Art and a BFA from Nebraska Wesleyan University. Wright produced a suite of prints at the University of New Mexico Tamarind Institute in 2005, and in 2015 his work appeared on the cover of New American Paintings magazine.
