Bosbyshell Art Studio
Wil Bosbyshell: Drawing, Painting, Inspiration
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Climate Conversations Art Exhibition
Artist Wil BosbyshellCharlotte Art League – Grand Gallery
4237 Raleigh St, Charlotte, NC 28213
Neighborhood NODA, walking distance from Sugar Creek Light Rail Station
Exhibit Dates: April 5 to 30, 2024
Opening Reception Friday April 12 – 6 to 9 PM
Afternoon Reception Sunday, April 14 – 1 to 5 PM
What you can see at the show
Paintings
Banners
Memory Tree Installation
Memory Tree Poster – display and give away
Art Price Ranges
Framed drawings $240 to $10,000
Paintings $240 to $690
Prints $45 to $65
Banners $300 to $800
Climate Conversations
An Interactive Art Exhibit by Wil Bosbyshell
Celebrate Earth Day 2024 beautifully and thoughtfully with a visit to Wil Bosbyshell’s Climate Conversations art exhibit.
Bosbyshell manages to make the vast climate challenges we face personal and relevant. His large-scale drawings of trees—the largest is over 6 feet tall--are mesmerizing in the level of detail they provide; and they hang amidst suspended banners that flutter as you walk through them like leaves in a forest.
The exhibit is interactive in several ways, inviting your participation. You can touch the fabric tree hangings as you walk through. You can write a thought from your past and hang it on the memory tree. You can take a tree memory poster home with you.
Bosbyshell has always been fascinated with trees. You will be as well after you spend time immersed in this art experience. Bosbyshell’s art is rooted in a love for the natural environment, and our intimate but often unconscious relationship with it. His ongoing observation and time amidst natural landscapes allow him to center his practice on honoring and protecting the world, while simultaneously paying homage to the beauty it provides.
By centering on the interaction between the texture of the bark, the natural design of the limbs and the depiction of scars left by time and weather, he stimulates our minds and invites us to develop a more personal relationship with trees—leading to greater understanding of their importance in the ecosystem and the spiritual place they hold in the world.
His fascination with trees lies in the belief that trees are not proverbial abstract things but individual, living beings with personalities and stories to tell. Bringing those stories into daily consciousness is at the heart of his creative process.
Become part of the exhibit by jotting your own experience with a favorite tree and hanging it on the Memory Tree! Bosbyshell has collected hundreds of tree memories from folks around North Carolina. The memories range from nostalgic to profound. Posters of the collected memories are free to take home as a souvenir of the exhibit.
The Exhibit is in the grand hall of the Charlotte Art League 4237 Raleigh Street in the North Davidson area of Charlotte and runs from April 5th to 30th. Tree drawings and other artwork are available for purchase. There are two receptions: Friday April 12th from 6 to 9 PM and Sunday April 14th 1 to 5 PM. ♦
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Merry Christmas from the Bosbyshells
Merry Christmas from the Bosbyshells
2023 is almost in the books, so here are a few updates and thoughts from Maura and Wil.
Wil and Maura are now both full-time artists. Maura launched her own brand, Bosbyshell Art + Home with designs for home décor. Wil had his first museum exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh.
Maura curated her first exhibit: Abundance Now featuring nine Charlotte artists. Wil exhibited his hiking drawings in December; and he teaches two art classes each semester at a community college.
We both exhibit our work at the Sautee Inn in North Georgia and were lucky to spent many days there with Atlanta friends.
My mother, Caroline Bosbyshell, turned 90 in July and we threw a big bash for her in St. Petersburg, Florida. Nearly 100 people came to celebrate her; it was wonderful to see so many friends and family.
Muara and Wil spent a lot of time trying to keep up with our son Allen. He bought a car and drove across the lower part of the country from North Carolina to California. He saw family and friends along the way, and hit his friend’s bachelor party in Las Vegas on his way back. He moved from Chicago to Atlanta. We will miss visiting him in Chicago, a city we adore. But we love seeing all our friends and family in Atlanta.
Take care of yourself and the people you love! To miss-quote Michael Stipe, “The special things fade away, replaced by every day.”
Happy New Year!
Your Friends, Wil & Maura Bosbyshell
Wil: Mbosbyshell@aol.com
Maura: mbosbyshell@gmail.com
Wil cell: 704.458.0600
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Alaska Christmas White-out
by Wil Bosbyshell
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
HIKE Art Show - December 8th 6 to 9 PM
HIKE
Opening Reception: December 8th 6 to 9 PM
Exhibit Duration: December 8 to January 3, 2024
Trails & Scenic Places
Take an artistic journey with Wil as he hikes and sketches the scenery of North Carolina. The month-long exhibit at the Charlotte Art League Gallery features watercolor paintings and drawing in graphite and colored pencils. The exhibit will feature scenery in the North Carolina and north Georgia mountains:
- Carolina Thread Trail
- Mountain to Sea Trail
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Sugar Creek Greenway
- Crowders Mountain
- Grandfather Mountain
- Mt. Yonah, Georgia Elkin & Waynesville,
- NC Great Smokey Mountain National Park Blowing Rock, NC
- Doughton State Park
- Thistle Meadow Winery
- Grassy Creek Winery
- The Sautee Inn
- Hardman State Park, GA
- Ribbonwalk
Wil combines his love for hiking with his passion for art, both of which he has nurtured throughout his life. His first experience hiking the NC mountains was on a family trip to Mt. LeConte. As a middle schooler, he was thrilled by encounters with bears and wild horses and the sudden storm at the top. His parents were not as thrilled, and to this day, have not returned. Growing up, as a Scout, he hiked trails in North Carolina, North Georgia, and Florida on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout and later, a Scoutmaster, leading his son’s troop.
Wil’s father particularly liked hiking Grandfather Mountain. “One of the best hikes in North Carolina is the Grandfather Mountain profile trail. Its challenging and loads of fun,” says Wil. Unlike Mt. LeConte, he and his father returned to hike Grandfather Mountain several more times.
Similarly, as an art major and Army ROTC cadet at University of Georgia, Wil hiked and rappelled Mt. Yonah in the north Georgia Mountains. He recently had the opportunity to return to Mt. Yonah for hiking and sketching this time.
He hikes solo, with his wife, his son, friends, or with a Scout troop. Wil is often inspired to sketch on site as he hikes. He may finish drawing on location while munching on a granola bar; or he may return to his studio for the final touches. Certain sketches go on to become one of serve as a basis for his larger Climate Conversation drawings, which are large scale true studies in pencil.
The exhibit features over 50 drawings and paintings both framed and unframed.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Abundance Now Opening Reception Friday, November 3
The Charlotte Art League (CAL), in partnership with Charlotte-based artist and curator Maura Bosbyshell, announces the opening of Abundance Now, a comprehensive art exhibition featuring nine Charlotte-based artists. The opening, with the artists in attendance, will take place on Friday, November 3 from 6-9 PM at the Charlotte Art League; the exhibition will also be featured in a gallery crawl on Friday, November 10.
Abundance Now offers a stellar line-up of local Charlotte artists who work in a wide variety of mediums and dimensions, including drawings, prints, paper mâché sculptures, and wearables. In addition to its depth and breadth, this exhibition highlights both self-trained and traditionally-trained artists who employ unique approaches to their creative practices. Much of the work will be available for purchase.
“My goal in curating this exhibition is to bring people outside of the artist community into the creative fold, and highlight a strong line-up of artists who deserve space and voice. This exhibition shows an excellent cross-section of artists and genres, and the intentional variety in this show offers an opportunity to expose a broad and diverse audience to their work,” curator Maura Bosbyshell notes.
@chdwckart
Muralist/Collage Artist
@ingridamols
Print artist
@jenngarrison_art
Woodcut Artist and Pattern Designer
@laurasussmanrandall
Multimedia artist
@tanyamurphyartist
Alternative Photography and Multidisciplinary Artist
@tinagvincent
Paper Mâché Sculpture
@vanbroart
Mixed media artist
@wilbosbyshell
Drawing and painting
@maurabosbyshell
Textile & Digital Designer
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Fall Stag (Release date: September 23rd at The Sautee Inn)
Fall Stag
(Release date: September 23rd at The Sautee Inn)
Signed Canvas Print by Wil Bosbyshell
The Story: Seasons of the Stag
For Fall, yellow and red leaves rain down on the Stag, dried branches around his neck! A chipmunk plays in the antlers. Wil was approached by friend Steve Schulman about a series of drawings he had long envisioned. Steve had approached other artists but was never able to realize his vision. So, Wil and Steve collaborated through a series of sketches, which eventually became the four paintings. The Stag is represented by a regal North American species whose antlers become tree branches, a surreal element that ties into Wil’s Climate Conversation series of tree drawings. In the original work, the stag itself is graphite, and seasonal accents are in watercolor. Over the next year, Wil will release a Stag print each season.
Wil Bosbyshell's Fall Stag print is ready to hang in your home. Each giclee canvas print is hand-signed by the artist and is gallery wrapped, thus requires no framing.
12 x 9 inches $200 plus tax & shipping
16 x 12 inches $300 plus tax & shipping
24 x 18 inches $400 plus tax & shipping
Larger sizes available on request. Allow three (3) weeks for delivery.
Order: www.bosbyshellartstudio.com
Seasons of the Stag released at
The Sautee Inn
The final print, Fall Stag, will be unveiled on September 23rd at the Historic Sautee Inn in the northeast Georgia mountains near Helen, Ga.
The Sautee Inn is a restored, historic bed and breakfast that features eight comfortable rooms adorned with antique furnishings alongside modern comforts. Guests enjoy a gourmet, country-style breakfast prepared by accomplished chefs daily and top off the evening with decadent desserts.
The Inn features Wil Bosbyshell’s drawings and paintings. Maura Bosbyshell’s custom textiles adorn several rooms and common areas.
See more about the historic Sautee Inn at their website: www.thesauteeinn.com
Contact Information
The Sautee Inn
Rebecca Hollis
Ron Geraneo
thesauteeinn@gmail.com 706-878-8217
2178 GA Highway 17, Sautee Nacoochee, GA 30571
Wil Bosbyshell
Bosbyshell Art Studio mbosbyshell@aol.com 704-458-0600
Purchase Prints: https://www.bosbyshellartstudio.com/
Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/wilbosbyshell
Blog: http://bosbyshellart.blogspot.com/
Instagram: @wilbosbsyehll https://www.instagram.com/wilbosbyshell/