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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM JANUARY 18 - 24, 2023 UCW 13 SONI MARTIN, Gallery 208 Curator. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomin- gweekly.com. 910-484-6200. competition in Milan, Italy, in 2020. Collaborating with photographer Neysa Wellington, the M.A.D.S. Milano com- petition call for art was to celebrate the art of photography and how photogra- phy is a resource for painters. In the exhibit, Wellington's photo- graph was exhibited with Stout's inter- pretation of Wellington's photograph. e result for Stout was the painting titled "Suppression." At the height of COVID, Wellington and Stout's submissions were accepted; both were part of the online exhibition, their works projected outside the gal- lery on monitors during the epidemic. Visitors to States of Mind will see a body of work by a well-known local painter but also an artist who regularly creates prints. Originally from Warren, Ohio, Stout is a disabled veteran who lives in Broad- way, North Carolina, and has soared to success after completing a four-year art degree in 2020. After earning an Associate Degree in Visual Art from Fayetteville Tech- nical Community College, she com- pleted a Bachelor of Art in Studio from Fayetteville State University. Upon leaving the university, Stout had already developed a clear path for the direction of her works of art. She stated: "All my art focuses on evoking feeling. I focus on the portrait, but they have underlying social themes. In addition to the philosophical con- cerns in my work, I maintain a romantic view of beauty in the world around me." After completing six art history courses in her program of study, Stout was also clear on those artists, living and deceased, who would influence her own work. Stout commented, "I am connected to modern and historical art methods. My love of painting is inspired by Baroque artists Mi- chelangelo Caravaggio and Rembrandt. Other major historical influences are Henry Ossawa Tanner and John Singer Sargent. Mod- ern influences are Gerhard Richter, Kehinde Wiley, and Cindy Sherman." e newest works by Stout are regu- larly exhibited at the Cape Fear Studios in Fayetteville. Stout teaches what she has learned about painting and clay modeling in the continuing education program at Fayetteville Technical Community College. In her filled painting classes, students learn what visitors to Gallery 208 will see: Stout understands the properties of color and how to apply them in a work of art. e public is invited to attend the opening reception for an artist whose work always tells us something about ourselves and the world around us. When visitors to the Gallery spend time with the work, they will come to understand how the paintings by Stout go far beyond a relative or exact like- ness of an individual. Stout's work, like any good work of art, is in the work's potential to tell us something about our culture in an en- lightening and collective context. States of Mind: Paintings by Angela Stout opens on Jan. 19 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Gallery 208. e exhibit will remain up until March 24. e Gallery is located at 208 Rowan Street in Fayetteville. Gallery hours are Monday through ursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call 910- 484-6200. "O" by Angela Stout "Melancholy" by Angela Stout "I" by Angela Stout "Suppression" by Angela Stout