Check out First Friday Art Walk, and catch up with island artist Laurie Meyer

On the first Friday of every month, downtown Charleston’s art galleries stay open for extra hours to create a fun, energetic experience. With Daniel Island Ferry’s evening shuttle, residents can drive or boat to the Charleston Gallery Association’s First Friday Art Walk.

Now that the humidity has died down, it’s the perfect time for an evening stroll downtown during the next art walk from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. Participating galleries will greet guests with wine and cheese to please the palate, and many galleries will feature artists with their palettes conducting demonstrations. The free event usually sees several hundred people bustling in and out of galleries for several hours of cultural enjoyment.

For more information about the First Friday Art Walk, visit www.charlestongalleryassociation.com.

Artist Laurie Meyer presents ‘White Noise’

Lowcountry landscapes and sweeping sunsets are the inspiration for local artists, and Daniel Island is well represented in the art scene. One artist in particular is Laurie Meyer, who, like her well-known depiction of white hydrangeas, has worked hard to make sure her career blossoms.

She currently has a solo exhibition, “White Noise,” on display at Meyer Vogl Gallery on 122 Meeting Street in Charleston.

“White is all colors,” Meyer shares about her current show. She explains that “small nuances of spectral color” find their way into small-town churches and eye-catching objects within her exhibit.

At work in her home studio on Daniel Island, Meyer shares her artistic path, her space for instruction of 20 other artists — six of whom are Daniel Island neighbors, and the makings of one of five large-scale works for a local law firm that wants a painting for each room named after a tree.

Meyer was a teacher before she branched out and took her love of teaching into senior living centers, where she worked with Alzheimer’s patients. She originated the Art of Alzheimer’s exhibit, now under the auspices of the Charleston Artist Guild. In her early days, she painted murals for friends and watercolors of new homeowners for an island builder.

“People still come up to me and say, ‘I have one of your paintings of my house!’” she said.

Although she built her business from passion, she has been successful by treating it as a business. She said, “I come into my studio and paint until I lose my light,” of which there is a lot in her custom made studio.

Meyer paints prolifically and loosely, which recently seated her at the American Impressionist Society’s national show with her work “Not So Hostel Hostel.”

How she manages to keep it loose is with a team that keeps the business running tight, including her daughter, Katie Geer, co-owner and director of the gallery. She emphasized she scored big in gallery co-owner Marissa Vogl, whom she described as a kindred spirit and “lover of color and bold brushwork,” adding, “we’ve formed a strong alliance and vision.”

Meyer Vogl Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery in a beautiful remodeled building in the heart of historic Charleston. Exhibiting work by local and internationally recognized artists, the gallery is comfortable and friendly so guests can enjoy what it feels like to have their homes filled with color — or maybe white noise.

Come see Meyer’s gorgeous exhibit before it ends Friday, Oct. 25.

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