Jackson artist featured in new exhibit at Brownsville’s Delta Heritage Center

Posted: Monday, April 9, 2012 8:00 pm

“Sonnets to Orpheus” is the name of the latest exhibit to be presented Friday through June 2 at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville.
The collection of mixed media art is the work of Jackson native Lendon Noe and explores a series of poems written by German poet Rainer Maria Rilke depicting the Greek mythical musician, Orpheus.
“Rilke’s sonnets are filled with beautiful metaphors that to me are breathtakingly visual,” says Noe. “While I don’t seek to illustrate his work, I have been immeasurably inspired by it.”
Noe is the former professor of art at the former Lambuth University in Jackson, where she taught for 28 years. She has recently opened a studio and gallery at DCA/DCPR in Jackson and is a partner and instructor with Silver Creek Workshops.
“My work hovers between realism and pure abstraction and I am attracted to many different media and techniques.”
Noe began as an oil painter but explains that she now does a lot of drawing, incorporating acrylics and inks, collage and image transfers. Inspired by nature, many of the works in the Orpheus collection depicts trees and nature.
“I look for poetic references and metaphors involving all kinds of plant life and birds.”
The public is invited to a special exhibit opening and reception Friday from 6-8 p.m. to meet the artist and learn about her inspiration and interpretation of the sonnets.
The West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center is a tourist information center and three regional museums located at Interstate 40 and Exit 56 in Brownsville. Hours are Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays from 1-5 p.m. All exhibits and museums are free to the public. Groups and tours buses are welcome. For more information, call (731) 779-9000 or visit online at www.westtnheritage.com.

Published in The Messenger 4.9.12

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