Flashbacks: Echoes of Past Issues
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COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
Clarity (acrylic on canvas, 36x48) by Charlotte Foust
BY FRED CHAPPELL
Mission I watch a young couple push through Gateway Park a baby carriage while disputing too warmly sharp questions of money and etiquette. Snuffling toward them, a leashless, brandy-colored spaniel stops to gaze imploringly. Speak no more, she thinks. You will pollute the sweet noon sunlight. Instantly, the wife and man age twenty years and come to their senses. “We must not part. We will never speak of the matter again.� Is the infant still asleep? They bend down to inspect. The dog trots past them, called to watchful diplomacies.
CHARLOTTE FOUST attended ECU before graduating from UNC Charlotte. Her awardwinning art has been featured in shows throughout North Carolina and included in Expressive Drawing by Steven Aimone (Lark Crafts, 2009) and Studio Visit Magazine in 2010. She has exhibited her work in New Mexico, and her North Carolina exhibits include a solo show at Lark & Key Gallery in Charlotte, a two-person show at Art Source in Raleigh, a national juried show at Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem, and at UNC Pembroke, where she received first place. See more of her art on her website.