Art Showings

in conjunction with Gallery on the Square

The Goodnight Memorial Library and Gallery on the Square have created a project together to have original artwork displayed at the library on a regular basis. Each show lasts bout three months and features unique paintings by regional artists. The second set of paintings is now showing, and features sixteen works by Glasgow, KY floral artist Betty Brogan and White House, TN landscape artist Robert Mallia.

If your senses desire soft summer breezes wafting off an exotic beach mixed with the fragrance of joyfully colorful flowers blooming, the new art exhibit at the Goodnight Memorial Library will take you there. The display features original artwork by award winning artists. Glasgow, Kentucky floral artist Betty Brogan and White House, Tennessee landscape artist Robert Mallia's paintings will be on display now through early August 2010.

Robert works in acrylic paints creating artwork which virtually takes the viewer out West and around the world. "Inspiration comes from places visited and events of life. I enjoy suggesting a story for the viewer to connect with and embellish," states Robert.

Betty resides in Glasgow, Kentucky and has painted with transparent watercolors for over fifteen years. "Following retirement from the Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of commerce, I began taking art lessons. I loved the medium, watercolor, and after a couple of years began enrolling in watercolor workshops in Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina to study under well-known artists for a week at a time. I've had successful art shows in my home and galleries. My work is currently hanging at the South Central Cultural Center, the Fine Arts Bistro and Gallery (Glasgow), Gallery on the Square (Franklin), and Stone Haven Gallery at Barren River Lake State Park. Awards have included the Purchase Award - U. S. Bank/WKU art show in 2009; and prior to that a second place award, and third place award at the U.S.Bank/WKU art show - as other awards and honorable mentions. My preferred medium is transparent watercolor. I love the wonderful surprises that sometimes happen when water and paint come together on the paper. Painting juicy and transparent color is something I strive to do. I have dabbled in acrylics but always come back to watercolor." "My inspiration comes from my flower gardens. Most all my flower paintings are of my flowers. I especially like to do Daylillies and Irises. I also love to paint my granddaughter, Payton. When someone admires my work and says they wish they could do that, I always tell them what I've been told: 'It's ninety percent desire and ten percent talent.'"

Betty is married to Bill Brogan, former Franklin-Simpson High School band director. They have one son, Keith, married to Lisa, and have a daughter Payton.

If you are interested in purchasing any of the artworks now showing, please contact Gallery on the Square, 110 N. Main St., Franklin, KY 42134, (270) 586-8055, or visit Gallery on the Square to view more works by these artists. A special thanks goes out to Craig Clark of Sherlock Homes Inspection Services for voluntarily hanging the artwork.

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