Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BETH CARLSON Sporting Artist February 14th-March 15th Artist’s Reception: February 14th, 5:00 – 7:30 PM DOG & HORSE Fine Art and Portraiture Sculpture Garden 106-B Church Street Charleston, SC 29401 www.dogartdealer.com Monday-Friday 10:00-5:00 PM, Saturday 11-5:00 PM Press Contact: Buffy Applegate Phone: 843-577-5500 “Outdoor/Sporting artist Beth Carlson not only knows her dogs and horses and wildlife, but most important, she melds them seamlessly into proper and attractive settings. I also like the breadth of her picture ideas - she can effortlessly go from an Irish farm scene with horses and cattle to a retriever in a shore picture. She has a great feeling for the out of doors no matter where she is.” quoting Robert K. Abbett   The Dog & Horse (formerly Dog Art Dealer), at a new location on Church Street in the historic French Quarter of downtown Charleston, is delighted to announce Beth Carlson’s third annual exhibition. Beth Carlson’s sporting art, equine paintings and portraits are coveted by many collectors across the country. Carlson’s exquisite sensitivity to the subject is apparent in her ability to capture an individual animal’s physical characteristics, the individual personality of the particular breed and the mood of the landscape, from rolling hills to marshland. Carlson’s scientific knowledge can be attributed to her first career in medicine while her genuine feeling for her subjects and landscapes comes from her purity of heart. In addition, the past thirty years the artist has shown and trained dogs and horses. Her oil paintings range from displaying the most avid hunter’s pride in his champion pointer, to soothing the viewers’ senses with breath-taking landscapes. Carlson’s work has gained such notoriety to have graced the covers of numerous publications including Gray’s Sporting Journal, The American Brittany, The Field Trial Magazine, The Pointing Dog Journal, and The Chronicle of the Horse. She is also an associate member of the nationally recognized organization, Women Artists of the West. Beth Carlson has two paintings in the permanent collection at the Brittany Hall of Fame in The Field Trial Museum in Tennessee. Two beautiful paintings of Shelties in Scottish landscapes will be donated to the prestigious Museum of the Dog in St. Louis, Missouri. Currently, the artist lives on a farm on the coast of Maine with her husband, Peter, and her dogs and horses. The Dog & Horse is a specialized source for paintings by top quality artists, specializing in dog and/or equine paintings, sculptures and portraiture.