McEntire's portfolio | contact the artist Dale L. McEntire Red Earth Studio Pace Mountain Road Saluda, NC 28773 EDUCATION Mercer University, Macon, GA Brevard College, Brevard, NC Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Private Studies: Karl Loshe, Tryon, NC Richard Eggers, Jork, Germany EXHIBITIONS & GALLERY REPRESENTATION (Selected) 2000-2004 - The Red Wolf Gallery, Brevard, NC 2001-2004 The Conn Gallery, Landrum, SC 2002-2003 - "Henderson County Arts Council, NC 2004 Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC 2004 - Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2004- “Cultivating A Living Treasure”, NC Arboretum, Asheville, NC Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit", Hendersonville, NC 2002 - “Western Horizons”, Conn Gallery, Landrum, SC 2001 - “Streetscapes” Waynesville, NC 2001 - “Going on Line”, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC 2001 - The Raiford Gallery, Roswell, Georgia 2001 - “Landrum Life Group”, The Conn Gallery, Landrum, SC 2001 - “Southern Vistas”, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC 1998 - “Southern Landscapes” Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC 1998 - “The Disappearing Landscape”,16 Patton, Asheville, NC “ Millennium Show”, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC 1997 - “Sense of Touch”, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC 1996 - “Loving the Land”, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC 1996 - 2003 Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 1996 - “Seven from Saluda”, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC 1995 - Marian Price Gallery, Chevy Chase, Maryland 1995 - Hayden Gallery, Burnsville,NC 1994 - 2003, Heartwood Gallery, Saluda, NC 1994 - Peace Center, Greenville, SC 1994 - “In the Beginning” Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC 1994 - 2003, Touchstone Gallery, Hendersonville, NC 1991 - Trade Street Gallery, Tryon, NC 1990 - One Person Show, Gallery 1, Tryon, NC MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS Tryon Painters and Sculptors, member Tri-State Sculptors, member Landrum Life Group, member Upstairs Gallery, Board of Directors COLLECTIONS (Selected) Lt. Joseph Mitchum, Columbia, SC Mr. & Mrs. Carl Dence, Hendersonville, NC Mr. Jim Freeman and Nancy Holmes, Tryon, NC Mr. & Mrs. Robert Seiler, Saluda, NC Mr. & Mrs. Tom Dekay, Saluda, NC Mr. & Mrs. Gene Sabo, Hendersonville, NC Mr. & Mrs. Chris Tinkler, Tryon, NC CCB Bank, Greensboro, NC Nations Bank, NC Henderson County Courthouse, NC						ARTIST'S STATEMENT Art is a continuous learning experience that provides me the opportunity to explore the natural world as well as myself. By being sensitive to the beauty of geometry and its flow into all creation, I find myself with a boundless source of inspiration. As an artist it is my desire to make work that reflects my understanding of art's original intent, that being an expression of gratitude for the gift of creation. I endeavor to visually express the concept of Meister Eckhart (a 14th Century Christian Mystic) that “nature is grace.” It is my hope to offer my viewers the chance to encounter their own relationship with this grace.