CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center is featuring a large series of “Exquisite Miniatures” in the Kimbrough Gallery.
This exhibition consists of sixty signature paintings including landscapes, portraits, still lifes, wildlife, and other subjects by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist. Provided magnifying glasses invite visitors to get a close look at the depth of detail used to create the paintings.
Wes and Rachelle Siegrist are an American husband and wife team who mesmerize viewers with miniature paintings so exquisitely crafted that they are often mistaken for tiny photographs. Their tiny treasures, as collectors often refer to them, typically measure less than 9 square inches and appear even more detailed when viewed under magnification. A hallmark of their work is their ability to convey the feeling of a larger canvas or the essence of the natural world in miniature.
Wes and Rachelle Siegrist are members of the Miniature Artists of America, the Miniature Art Society of Florida, the Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C., the Cider Painters of America, and the Hilliard Society of England. They are the authors of the world’s first standard definition of miniature art adopted by the Association of Miniaturist Artists, and have been referred to as “World Ambassadors for Miniature Art.”
Museum visitors will have the chance to meet the artists in person on Thursday, April 19 at 12:15 p.m. Rachelle and Wes Siegrist will be giving a gallery talk and demonstration of their miniature painting technique in the Kimbrough Gallery. Admission to the event is free and open to the public, and guests are welcome to bring their bagged lunches.
“Exquisite Miniatures” by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist, produced by David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator/Tour Director; for further information, visit davidjwagnerllc.com and artofwildlife.com. This exhibit is sponsored in part by Clarksville Dental Center and will be on view through June 24th, 2018.
Located at the corner of Second and Commerce Streets, the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center is the second largest general museum in Tennessee. For more information on above exhibition contact Terri Jordan, Curator of Exhibits, at 931-648-5780 or terri@customshousemuseum.org.