2025 Fall Exhibition

Opening Reception Thursday, August 14, 2025 | 5:30 PM
Exhibition Closes Saturday, October 4, 2025

Kevin Chambers

Which came first--- the artist or the inspiration? For Kevin Chambers, the artist was intrinsic, but inspiration came at age 12. That is when he started formal art training in Blairsville, Georgia with famed artist Colleen Sterling. “She was the first person I found that was making a living being an artist,” he says, “It’s the first time I realized it was a possibility for me.”

Today, his works and collaborations are widely exhibited and displayed in public, museums including Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, national, international, corporate and private collections around the world, from Switzerland to Japan, Dubai and China.

Chambers received a BFA in Media Arts and Animation from the Art Institute of Atlanta, a program that allowed him the latitude to develop his own personal style while he apprenticed for talented artists. He studied the figure with contemporary masters such as Glenn Villpu, Brian Booth Craig, David Simon, and anatomical workshops with Andrew Cawrse.

Some of Chambers’ most significant commissions include 2 life size bronze figures for “Deep Time Exhibit” at The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History , the Alpharetta Veteran’s Memorial depicting two 7’ bronze soldiers in a moment of pause on the battlefield, First Responders Medallion in Roosevelt Park in Gainesville GA, , and “Kindred Revolution” a family holding hands dancing in a circle for Emory Brain Health Center in memory of Mary Taylor Rose. Chambers has collaborated on numerous projects for clients like Four Seasons, the Hilton, the Hyatt, the Marriot Hotel Group and Ritz Carlton. In 2015 Chambers was elected into the National Sculpture Society, the oldest and most prestigious group of professional sculptors in the nation. In 2017 he was voted one of the “Top Three Artist to Watch” in the country by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine.

Chambers has a gift for expressing emotions, gestures and personal stories in his art. He says, “I am constantly inspired by everything around me and try to bring that to my work.” Chambers’ signature pieces are nuanced with sensuality, rhythm and motion.

Chambers’ mastery of anatomy and of the three-dimensional form inspired him to teach, catering his instruction to each unique sculpture student. Chambers teaches figurative sculpture classes year-round at his studio KLC in Atlanta. All of his classes have a strong base in anatomy, gesture, and proportion. Together with his wife Lauren, Chambers established KLC Studios in 2015, offering classical fine art sculpture and painting instruction.

Ester Deen

Ethereal Expressions

Ester Deen, a resident of Brunswick, GA and is noted for her paintings of marshes and eastern landscapes.

She is a retired teacher who graduated from Georgia Southern College and Valdosta State University with an Educational Specialist degree. She now devotes her time to painting.    Ester studied art with Bill Hendrix of St. Simons Island, GA, Daniel Green of Conn. and Bob Brown of New Jersey, Dee Beard Dean and Chris Groves.

Her interest in art began when she was about 22 years of age when she began taking art classes from Bill Hendrix of Saint Simons Island and the passion began and has increased over time. She has worked in pastel, mixed media, but oils are currently her favorite. After retiring from the teaching profession, she paints daily and has made a commitment to    continuing to learn and experiment with the painting process. This enables her to depict natural beauty and wonders of the world around her and the inner spirit. This spirit is naturally captured during the process of painting a piece and cannot be taught.

Her favorite artist is George Inness, who believes that art is an expression of the spirit, not    intellect. His use of composition, color, and personal expression captures the viewer and takes them on a personal journey.
November 2009, Ester's work will be included in an exhibit at Meadows Museum of Art in Shreveport, LA. The show is a collection of work from John Keefer, curator of the Louisiana Museum of Art in New Orleans entitled FOR THE LOVE OF ART.

Her work is collected by clients internationally including Davis Love III.
She has won numerous awards in juried exhibits throughout the nation.
In addition to an online presence, and online at http://www.esterdeenartist.com.
She is a member of Glynn Art Association, Georgia Plein Air Society, and Florida Plein Air Society.

Georgia Art League

Community Art Show

History of the Georgia Art League

By Anne Brodie Hill, cofounder and first Art League President
The Georgia Art League (formerly the Art League) was started as a small group of like-minded artists in Gainesville, GA in the spring of 2005. After meeting several times for lunch and evening get-togethers, 12 of these interested artists (“charter members”) approached Maureen Files, the Executive Director of the Quinlan Visual Arts Center (QVAC) in Gainesville, GA, to ask her if the newly formed group of artists could start having monthly meetings and exhibits at the QVAC. With Maureen Files’
permission and asking Anne Brodie Hill to help organize and develop the group and become the first “leader/president,” the Art League held it’s first meeting at the Quinlan in September, 2005. Anne used the Atlanta Artist Center mission statement, rules of exhibitions, and other formats to build the new Art League. Every idea and decision for the Art League was voted on by the members and then approval from the Executive Director of the QVAC was obtained.

The Times newspaper’s Tasha Autry wrote this article in the Fall of 2005 in the “Get Out Guide” section about the Art League:

“Art League sets shows, monthly meetings at the Quinlan”

The Art League of Gainesville is a new organization which meets in the Quinlan Visual Arts Center studio spaces. “It was started back in the spring, but we didn’t really get going until the fall. Anyone can join, but you have to be a member of the Quinlan,” said Anne Brodie Hill, an organizer for the league, which charges applicants $10. Members of the league can use the studio spaces for painting from 10am to 4pm Thursdays for $5 per session.

“There are lots of artists in Gainesville that don’t have a place to get together and meet and talk with other artists, and need studio space,” Hill said. “Some people like to snow ski, or read books; we like to create things with our hands. We have a common thread of wanting to create.”

The group meets at noon the third Thursday of every month. “Everyone brings a lunch. After a short business meeting, we have artists who are members who do a little show and tell, demonstrating their art,” Hill said….

Charter members: Nancy Bashore, Jeann Blankenship, Bob Burrell, Ann Carson, Ulli Chamberlain, Jeannie Crawford, Fox Gradin, Cheryl Hardin, Anne Brodie Hill, Marsha Hopkins, Marsha Richter, Jessica Voyles. August , 2005

Beatriz Ramos-Rivera Maliszewski

Interplay

Artist Statement
Beatriz Ramos-Rivera Maliszewski presents an exhibition that explores related themes, painted and reinterpreted across different mediums, as part of her broader creative journey and commitment to being a true artist. While this show features recurring motifs such as sailboats, birds, and flora, they represent just a portion of Beatriz’s larger body of work. These are not copies but fresh interpretations—each a study in contrast, light, and structure.

Much like Matisse with his paper cutouts and Chagall with stained glass, Beatriz builds on a foundation in painting while exploring other mediums to broaden her artistic vocabulary. Working in oils, pastels, and ceramics, she uses each medium to approach a subject from a different vantage point, allowing the variation in material to reveal new visual and emotional possibilities. A cluster of fowl rendered in pan pastel resurfaces across ceramic platters, their form is exaggerated and adjusted to follow the contours of the hand-built surface. A group of birds painted in oil reappears on a plate, narrowed to one or two flyers and slightly abstracted to emphasize movement and spatial rhythm.

Beatriz’s interest in shifting perspectives naturally led her to ceramics—not only as a surface for painting but as a medium that could bring art into everyday life. Her pieces are designed not only to be seen but also held and used. She works with varied clays, surfaces, and glazes—embracing the technical demands of the form while staying rooted in direct observation. The result is work that feels both immediate and enduring, grounded in an exploration of reality and shaped by a deep respect for the materials at hand.