Paintings by Robin Hill

Born in Australia in 1932 and raised in England, Robin Hill developed a passion for the natural world and keen powers of observation in his youth—both qualities that are reflected in his work. His first exhibition of bird paintings, a huge critical and commercial success, in Melbourne, was quickly followed by exhibitions in Sydney, Johannesburg, London, New York, and other…

Acquired and Restored: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection

The exhibition emphasized work acquired in the recent past, including landscape paintings by Max Weyl, De Lancey Walker Gill, and Ellen Axson Wilson, as well as more contemporary paintings by Rolland Golden, Steffen Thomas, Vincencia Blount, and Edward Kellogg and sculpture by Anita Huffington and Roger Dane. There were entirely new areas of collecting interest revealed here, including pottery and…

Jonathan Green: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Born and raised in the South Carolina low country, Jonathan Green graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1982. He has sustained a very successful career ever since. His paintings can be found in major museum, corporate, and private collections around the world. He is represented in the Morris Museum’s permanent collection by nearly forty works…

Hattie Saussy: The Rediscovery of an Artist

Born in Savannah in 1890, Saussy began making art at an early age under the tutelage of Mrs. G. A. Wilkins and her daughter Emma Cheves Wilkins, as well as Lila Cabaniss. She attended Mary Baldwin Seminary (now Mary Baldwin College) in Virginia but left after only a year to pursue focused studies at the New York School of Fine…

Alan Shuptrine: Appalachian Watercolors of the Serpentine Chain

This exhibition featured sixty beautiful, highly detailed watercolors by artist Alan Shuptrine. It celebrated the historical and cultural connections between the land and people of the Appalachian Mountains and those of the British Isles—Celtic traditions brought to America in the eighteenth century that are still present today. An artist of stunning technical precision, Shuptrine has documented the region’s rich European…