Title: Saluda Poplars
By: Dale McEntire
Medium:Pastel On Lacarte Paper
Dimensions: 27” x 22”
Price:$563

A native of Western North Carolina, Dale has been involved in the visual arts since his training at Mercer University, and has continued to evolve as an artist through private studies in the U.S. and Europe, and training at Penland School of Craft.  His interest in the spiritual essence of nature can be seen in his use of color and form.  Dale produces both oil and pastel paintings and sculpture (stone, steel, glass, bronze) out of his studio in Saluda, North Carolina.  He is represented by galleries in Western North Carolina and the Southeast, and for the past several years has participated in public art events and outdoor sculpture shows.  Dale is a member of Mountain Sculptors in Asheville, N.C. and Tri State Sculptors, and teaches painting at a local community college.
The pastel painting “Saluda Poplars “is a piece I executed in my more traditional style of work. I have been working plein air for many years and am constantly being reminded of our vanishing landscape. Over development and exploitive land use in the past twenty years has affected the habitat of our wildlife, native plants, and water quality in negative ways. I have worked with environmental groups regionally and nationally and this is another way I have the opportunity to give back to the earth community that has nourished me my whole life.