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Simon Gunning and the Southern Louisiana Landscape

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Simon Gunning and the Southern Louisiana Landscape

October 1, 2016 – February 5, 2017

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Australian-born Simon Gunning left his native country in the 1970s with plans to attend a graduate program in England for painting. On his way, he traveled through the United States and to New Orleans, where he was captivated by the city’s urban landscape set amongst a lush backdrop of tropical flora and cypress swamps. Gunning moved to New Orleans in 1981 and began painting its neighborhood streets and later, the natural scenery of South Louisiana.

Gunning’s paintings depict a range of local subject matter, such as the Creole cottage-lined streets of the city’s historic neighborhoods, passing barges on the Mississippi River, and the serenity of two fishermen in the Honey Island Swamp. This exhibition will highlight Gunning’s mastery of the Southern Louisiana landscape, which he has been painting for over thirty years. 

image credit: Simon Gunning, Drying the Nets, 2010, Oil on canvas, 66″ x 60″


Selections from the exhibition

 


Supporting Sponsor
Anna Beth and John Goodman
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosen

Host Committee
Jo Ann Burak and David Andrews
Sesthasak Boonchai
Robert M. Force
Carolyn and Jerry Fortino
Roger Ogden and Ken Barnes
James Patterson
Renee and Stewart Peck
Peter Politzer and Jane Murray
Peter Rogers
Jason Strada
Terese and William Winslow

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