Les Beaux Arts Gallery is starting the fall season with an exhibit of exceptional drawings by Fereshteh Priou, master of lines and forms. The show, “Keeping in Line,” will open on Sunday, Sept. 6 and run through Oct. 15.
Priou explains her art as an elegant expression of the human essence stating, “I believe simplicity is the essence of beauty and purity. I express my creativity by giving form to things with the force and value of pure, subtle but bold, simple lines. My work mostly depicts faces and bodies conveying the peace, tranquility and serenity that we can evoke from deep within us despite the fear, anguish and anxiety surrounding us.”
Priou was born in Teheran, Iran. She moved to the U.S. to study for an MBA at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She moved to Paris, France after marriage and attended the Academie de Port Royal where she learned to draw and paint under Jean Maxime Relange and Claude Schultz, who considered a good drawing technique the undisputed basis for a good painting. After moving back to the U.S. she devoted more time to her artistic pursuits and has participated in many solo and group art exhibitions.
Priou is a long time resident of Greenwich and a member of the Greenwich Arts Council and Greenwich Art Society.
Les Beaux Arts Gallery is located at 395 Round Hill Road, in the Round Hill Community Church. Gallery hours are Sunday, 11 a.m. to noon, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and closed Saturday. The Gallery will also be closed on Monday, Sept. 7 for Labor Day.
Call 203-869-1091 for more information.
