Events at Bill Hester Fine ArtJanuary 4 David Unger: Homage to the Strong Woman/Joy The first in a series of four shows titled Homage to the Strong Woman. Over fifty sculptures will be available for purchase, and most of those images reflect the joy of women.
The feature sculpture in this first event will be Joy of Life, life-size at 66” long, 29” wide and 37” high. This beautiful piece presents the figure of a woman devoid of sensualistic metaphors and imbued with the presence of a woman that faces her existence with exuberance. David Unger began his sculptural formal training at 11 years of age with the renowned Chaim Gross. His sculptures have been called “reminiscent of the works of the English modernist Henry Moore” by Dorothy Shinn of the Akron Beacon Journal. It might seem that the kinetic motion and expressive simplicity of David Unger’s figures is quiescently reminiscent of the German Bauhaus sculptor Gerhard Marcks. Steven Jobs inspired incorporation of the ideals of Bauhaus into the architecture of Apple Computer, which has brought this aesthetic movement back to the fore. The sculptures of David Unger are centered on the Bauhaus aesthetic.
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February 22 Susanna Hester: Homage to the Strong Woman/Eternal. Reception 5-7 p.m. Show is up through Feb. 28. |
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March 15 Argos at Black Mesa: Poetry by Billy Dean Hester; paintings by Ladell. Reception 5-7 p.m. Show is up through March 31. |
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October 12 Susanna Hester, Seascapes October 20 Canyon Road Paintout, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. October 26 Ladell, The Magic Show November 2 David Unger, Bronze Dancers |
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2010 February 6 Sandi Botstein, Catharine Carter, Susanna Hester, Joan Meade, Carolyn Schrock and Trudy Thomson, all living and working in Chapel Hill. |
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February 27 Walter Horak, sculptor, living and working in Little Compton, RI. |
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Arlene Ladell Hayes, painter and sculptor, living and working in Santa Barbara, CA, and Santa Fe, NM.
Ladell is always searching for good kharma, and she searches in oils, pastels, watercolors, encaustics, ceramics, bronzes and photography. For some good kharma, join us for PAY DAY AT THE CIRCUS on Saturday, March 20, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Buy this highly acclaimed artist here and support your local gallery. Why travel outside North Carolina when you can buy here? > Directions to Bill Hester Fine Art |
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April 24 Marshall Noice, painter, living and working in Kalispell, MT. |
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May 15 David Unger, sculptor, living and working in Tuscon, AZ. |
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June 12 Carolyn Schrock, painter, living and working in Chapel Hill, NC. |
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We are having our second annual showing of Susanna Hester's art, titled Forever.
The title Forever is not just an honor for my wife, Susanna, it is meant to be an honor for all our friends and the collectors who have supported the artists of Bill Hester Fine Art. Reception Saturday, Sept. 11, 1-4 p.m. The show will be up through Sept. 30. |
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2008-09 Bill Dunlap at Bill Hester Fine Art Bill Dunlap, whose paintings have been revered by North Carolinians for years, comes to Bill Hester Fine Art in downtown Chapel Hill. Mr. Dunlap is collected by museums, corporations and individuals throughout the world. His work hangs in many public places in North Carolina including the Kenan Center on the UNC, Chapel Hill campus, where he has three large canvases on view constantly.
If I may borrow from Jorge Luis Borges: Bill Dunlap has set out to portray his world which began with the fox dogs of his childhood and is leaving compositions of “our times (that) will intermingle and chronology will be lost in a sphere of symbols.” We, like Bill Dunlap’s Dogs and Borges, will dream and daydream our history. Bill Dunlap will be at the gallery on October 30th between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Bill Hester Fine Art is located at 143F West Franklin Street on the back side of University Square. Pictured to the left: "Landscape and Variable: Down Wind Doric Dogs," oil and mixed media on paper, 39" x 52", by Bill Dunlap |
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Walter Horak at Bill Hester Fine Art We have new sculptures by Walter Horak, who will be here for an invitation-only cold supper on Friday, November 21st, between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
The dance group Pilobolus will be performing that evening at 8 p.m. at Memorial Hall. Walter’s bronze sculptures bring to mind images formed by that group. Memorial Hall is a short walk from Bill Hester Fine Art, which is located at 143F West Franklin Street, in Chapel Hill. Call 919-960-0059, or e-mail. Bill Dunlap’s show is still on view in the gallery. Come and enjoy both these fine artists. These artists are widely collected. |
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GRAND OPENING at the log cabin The event will feature the spirit of Alson Alexander, Bill Hester's granpa and first muse, in words from Hester's book of poetry Flying Pimento Cheese Sandwiches. Paintings created by Bill's other muse, Susanna Hester, will also be featured. Susanna's paintings are sited by the sea in North Carolina and at Winslow Homer's beloved Prouts Neck, Maine. Her works contain the energy of the sea, land and air ... as did Homer's. Readings will take place at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. |
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Plumages: Paintings by Joan Meade Featuring the landscapes of Joan Meade, another Chapel Hill artist. Her paintings will be accompanied by my poem titled Plumages, published in Poems from Lincoln Hill, The Cottage Press, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1989. |
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The Edge of Infinity: Paintings by Catharine Carter Featuring the abstract paintings of Catharine Carter of Chapel Hill and my poetry from Tapestry (Michelangelo Reweaving a Black Hole), published by Mandrake Poetry Review, Gliwice, Poland, 2000. |
Merriam-Webster defines joy: “1. a. the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires.” Kathryn Unger is the spouse, mother and business manager who ensures the good fortune of David Unger and the Unger family. Beginning with Miriam, the good fortunes of the Jewish culture have been safeguarded and promulgated by strong women, and Kathryn Unger typifies this prophetic strength. 
Ladell was a West Texas hippie in the 60s who is still an unpretentious artist though her collectors are many and include presidents of universities and companies, including Father Biondi of St. Louis University and a couple of local leaders of corporate entities; movie stars, including an Academy Award winner; TV personalities as disparate as Imus and Sam Donaldson; sports heroes; and a lot of unknown admirers like Bill and Susanna Hester and a collector in Boston who has more than 100 pieces.
Art is a journey, whether you collect it or create it. The professional artists and the professional collectors work and dream that their creations and collections will extend beyond their own lives. 
The paintings of Bill Dunlap are both classical and modern. His new painting titled, “Landscape and Variable: Down Wind Doric Dogs” contains the accidents of hyperreality in a composition of classical proportions.
Walter is a graduate of Harvard and Rhode Island School of Design and shows at galleries throughout the USA. His most recent show was in Santa Fe, NM, in October of this year. This is his third show at Bill Hester Fine Art.©2013 Bill Hester Fine Arts. All rights reserved.