Abstract works by artist Jay Swafford, of Springfield, Tennessee, will be on display Feb. 1 through 25 at Hopkinsville Community College’s Auditorium Gallery. The collection is called “Everyday Abstractions 22.”
“Jay Swafford is an artist who looks at the world from the inside out,” a news release from the college states. “… he skews the subjects in his mind through a multifaceted prism. He guides the viewer into his way of seeing things that may normally be taken for granted. Swafford invites viewers to revisit the environment of people, places and things with his paintings.”
Swafford’s works are done in acrylic, oil, pastel and photography. A native of Nashville, he is the art director for both the Robertson County Chamber Gallery and the Springfield Inn Gallery.
The HCC show will be on display free of charge from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. COVID-19 protocols require masks and social distancing inside all campus buildings.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
