SNELLVILLE — Local artist Joel Sturdivant’s artwork is now on display in City Hall.
Entitled “A Calendar of Drawings and Other Works,” the 25 pieces on display reveal a style Sturdivant calls “Beyond Realism.”
The Vietnam veteran’s work primarily focuses on nature scenes.
“Nature and all her mysteries are my inspiration,” he said.
His work is currently on display in the City Hall Community Room weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is a reception of the work from 2 to 5 p.m. April 13 in the Community Room, 2342 Oak Road. The event is free and open to the public. The art will be on display through the spring.
Sturdivant has a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Art from the Atlanta College of Art. He staged the first “student” one-man show at the Hudgens Center for the Arts, entitled “A Celebration of Nature.” He has had exhibitions at the annual Hudgens Members Exhibition, Johns Creek Members Exhibition and the Annual Festival of the Arts at Cumming First United Methodist Church. He has contributed to Westmont College’s charity art auction and many of his works are now on display in private collections throughout the Southeast.
Sturdivant’s drawings are created in ink, color and graphite pencil. Paintings are usually acrylic on canvas, but several are started in acrylics but then over painted in oils for added richness of color.