Sandra Oliver
Aug 3, 20222 min
Please join us in congratulating this month's featured artist in the "Blue Lavender Spa Gallery." Alex DiFrancesco. Alex is an active member of CCAL and serves as Grants Coordinator.
Living on Lake Murray. There are so many amazing things to photograph. I live near the Sailing Club. Watching the sailboats race is exciting and fun. I captured this on a beautiful sailing day.
About the Artwork
Title: ""Racing on Lake Murray"
Media: Photograph
Size: 14" x 7" framed
Price: $65
A retired school guidance counselor, Alexandra (Alex) DiFrancesco, is a native of West Virginia. She has had the opportunity to live on both the East and West coasts before moving to Chapin, South Carolina 2015.
Alex has enjoyed photography since she was a child playing with her parents Kodak Brownie Camera. She enjoys photographing a variety of subjects including Nature and Architecture.
In 2020 during the Pandemic, Alex found a new passion. She decided to try acrylic painting. Alexandra started with 3x3 canvasses. She made ornaments out of them. She now sells her acrylics at galleries and shows. Alexandra has moved up to larger paintings. “I love entering show and exhibits and I consider them all a part of the learning experience.”
Alexandra has participated in the USC School of Visual Art and Design 64th Annual Art Auction in 2019. She has participated in Crooked Creek Art League Juried Shows (2018-2022). Still Hopes Fall Juried Show (2019-2021). In 2019, Alex was juried into the South Carolina State Fair and participated again in 2021. Alexandra was Juried into the 2020 Dogwood Festival and Art Show in Denmark, South Carolina. She has completed several one person exhibits, the last in Spring 2022.
Alexandra has been a member of Crooked Creek Art League for 6 years and currently serves on their board as Grant Coordinator. She is also a juried member of the South Carolina Artisans Center in Walterboro, South Carolina.
CCAL Gallery Host:
Blue Lavender Spa is happy to bring the beauty of original art into the spa experience by hosting the art of one of our artists in their lobby each month. We are proud to have Blue Lavender Spa as a business partner and are grateful for their support.
This exhibit features one piece of wall hanging artwork per month.
The gallery is located in the lobby of Blue Lavender Spa and Medical Aesthetics at 1400 Chapin Road in Chapin. It hosts a rotating display with a new piece from a Crooked Creek Art League artist featured each month.
For more on our public galleries, click HERE.
Interested in becoming a gallery display artist? For more information or to be selected as an exhibit artist, contact our Public Gallery Coordinator.