Southside Gallery

Guild members Stan O'Dell and Yerger Andre are currently feature artists at the Southside Gallery through October 29.

Excert from Southside Gallery Press Release

Figurative artist O’Dell’s paintings and drawings, titled “Les Femmes Enchanteur,” will be his fourth show at Southside. He is well known for his paintings of women in intriguing settings.
O’Dell, a retired psychology professor, specializes in painting and drawing the human figure from live models. His aim is not to create an exact portrait of the person, but rather to capture an essence of the mood, gazes and gestures. Then he imbues the scene with imaginative and mystical auras.
“Women can convey endless varieties of moods and emotions through a look, a gesture or a posture," O'Dell says. "When I paint, I am attempting to capture the mystery and intrigue of the woman, and let the viewer imagine the story behind the setting.”
O'Dell's awards include "Best in Show" at the Susan Beam Goff Juried Show at the Gumtree Museum of Art in Tupelo and being selected three times for the “Best and Brightest” show at the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Art School.
Potter André studied philosophy and fine art at Ole Miss before becoming a full-time potter. He won the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi Heritage Award, and was one of seven potters chosen to represent the state in the show “Mississippi Mud: The Potters of Mississippi” in New Orleans.
Andre’s work is distinguished by the unique crystalline glazes he developed with a grant from the Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation. He has studied at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and with a traditional crafts cooperative in New Guinea while he was in the Peace Corps.