In their first joint exhibition, husband and wife, Thad Lee and Carlyle Wolfe Lee, represent an expansive field of wildflowers in late summer, the Dixon Woodland Gardens in bright fall, wintery trails at Crystal Bridges, early spring on an Oxford early morning, and lush June in Cashiers, NC. Carlyle’s paintings and Thad’s photographs examine intricacies and abstract patterns in the atmospheres they portray.
“We titled the show Murmurations after discussing the graceful synchronicity of many birds moving as one,” Carlyle explains. “Thad loved the word and suggested that it conceptually structure our collaboration. As we developed paintings and photographs about places we experienced together, it was a sort of dance. I enjoyed responding to Thad’s colors and compositions, and Thad developed new techniques to introduce very painterly veils of color in his photographs.”
There are many moments of unity echoing between Carlyle and Thad’s distinct voices in the shared atmospheres they represent. Then, in the back of the gallery, Thad’s Moon Paintings are a sort of brilliant solo. Thad developed the abstractions as décor for a key setting in one of his screenplays – a hotel on the moon – and describes the process of making them as “painting with light.”
MURMURATIONS / November 30 through January 1, 2022 / Southside Gallery / Oxford, Mississippi
Reception: Thursday, December 2nd from 5 - 8 p.m.
LATE SUMMER WILDFLOWERS
Thad Lee / Wednesday Wildflowers / 28" x 39" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Posy's Wildflowers / Two Panels each 33.5" x 51" / Gouache on Paper / 2021
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Posy's Wildflowers I / 33.5" x 51" / Gouache on Paper / 2021
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Posy's Wildflowers II / 33.5" x 51" / Gouache on Paper / 2021
Thad Lee / Wildflower Crawl - August 11 / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Thad Lee / Holly Springs Horse Farm - August 11 / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Thad Lee / Wildflower Crawl - November 10 / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Thad Lee / Holly Springs Horse Farm - November 10 / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 10-15-2021 Nuptial Zinnias / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 10-20-2021 Anniversary Bouquet with Roadside Wildflowers / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 10-11-2021 Swamp Sunflowers / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper
Thad Lee / Bleeding Heart / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Thad Lee / In the Shadow of Your Wings / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 10-08-2021 Hearts-A-Burstin / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 10-12-2021 Ironweed / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 05-28-2021 Cashiers Mountain Laurel / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper
Thad Lee / Wedding Flowers in a Barn / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Thad Lee / Yellow Como / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Birdlands Wedding / 29.5" x 41.5" / Gouache on Paper / 2021
AUTUMN DIXON WOODLAND GARDENS AND WOLF RIVER
Thad Lee / Yellow Memphis Fall / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Thad Lee / Wolf River / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2019
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Woodland Garden / 4' x 5' / Acrylic on Panel / 2021
Thad Lee / Red Memphis Fall / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
CASHIERS, NORTH CAROLINA SUMMER
Thad Lee / Light Bleeding Leaves / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020
Thad Lee / The Way to Schoolhouse Falls / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020
Thad Lee / Yellow Mountain / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Thad Lee / Green Rhododendron Shadow / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Big Sheepcliff Mountain / Two Panels each 51" x 33.5" / Gouache on Paper / 2021
CRYSTAL BRIDGES WINTER
Thad Lee / Sky Water / 28" x 39" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020
Thad Lee / Winter Bridges / 28" x 39" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Winter Pool / 4' x 5' / Acrylic on Panel / 2021
EARLY SPRING MORNING AT HOME
Thad Lee / Awaken the Dawn / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2019
Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Sunrise Song / 51" x 33.5" / Gouache on Paper / 2021
MURMURATIONS
Thad Lee / Blackbird Ballet / 28" x 39" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Thad Lee / Murmuration / 28" x 39" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
SUMMER GREEN
Thad Lee / Yes, I See You There / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021
Thad Lee / Mossman Pool / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020