Exhibition in the Art Hall
March 19 – May 9, 2025

Art Hall open to the public Monday – Friday, 9 am-5 pm.
Virtual art exhibit available at www.sacredheartaugusta.org.

All purchases support the ongoing preservation of historic Sacred Heart.

ARTIST BIOS:

JUNE KLEMENT was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and now calls Augusta, Georgia her home. Her work focuses on translating the emotions that she feels when exploring urban and natural environments into paint.  Her impressionistic style of lively, vibrant, and bold brushstrokes highlights the ephemerality of color and light through textures on canvas.

Klement enjoys painting in the studio and painting en plein air. Painting en plein air allows her to communicate nuances in light and feelings that change quickly in an outdoors environment and cannot be captured in the studio. She has always enjoyed painting, and, after working and raising a family, she returned to painting to translate the beauty, joy, and love that she experiences into brushstrokes.

Encouraged by his mother, MICHAEL MEISSNER has painted as long as he remembers. Graduating from a graphic design school that incorporated basic art classes, he has continued his self-taught methods each time his brush would touch canvas. Although his style has changed over time, Michael still gravitates to strong colors and directional light in traditional mediums such as oils and pastels. In addition to creating his own pieces, Michael teaches others to create works of art.

FRANK CARSTARPHEN studied Advertising Art at Augusta Tech. There he was introduced to rendering in watercolor. He studied oil and watercolor painting under the late J. Gray of Modoc, South Carolina.

Frank, an artist from Augusta, Georiga enjoys painting scenes from his hometown. Painting in both watercolor and oil, he captures a sense of time and place. His familiarity and fondness of Augusta is reflected in his work.