Above: Asphalt Pile is one of 33 photos featured in Gary Cawood’s “Field Notes” on display through Oct. 25 at Lyon College in Batesville.
Lyon College’s Kresge Gallery will present “Field Notes,” a photography exhibition by Gary Cawood, professor emeritus at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, from now through Oct. 25 in the historic Alphin Humanities Building on the Batesville campus, 2300 Highland Rd.
According to a release from Lyon, Cawood’s exhibition focuses on landscapes where natural features have been disrupted, such as abandoned quarries and construction sites. His images document the ongoing transformation as nature reclaims these altered environments, turning what was once new and pristine into weathered and worn.
In “Field Notes,” a collection of 33 images, Cawood integrates a measuring stick into each scene, using it to highlight the contrast between human intervention and nature’s resilience while blurring the line between scientific precision and artistic interpretation.
Cawood received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Auburn University in 1970 and a Master of Fine Arts in photography from East Tennessee State University in 1976. Throughout his career, he has taught at several institutions, including the University of Delaware and Louisiana Tech University, before becoming a professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
His photographs have been exhibited widely across the United States, with more than 60 solo shows and over 100 group exhibitions. He has received visual artist fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mid-America Arts Alliance and the Arkansas Arts Council. His work is part of numerous public collections, including the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
A special artist reception and talk is set for Thursday, Oct. 10, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Kresge Gallery, providing an opportunity to meet the artist and learn more about his creative process during a presentation at 5:30 p.m.
The exhibition is free and open to the public. Kresge Gallery hours are Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For more information about Cawood and to view more of his work, visit his website garycawood.com.
Image provided by Lyon College
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