Chamber Spotlight Artist of the Month November 2025 - Bobbi Sorensen
- Sandra Oliver
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
Every month the Chapin Chamber of Commerce recognizes one of Crooked Creek Art League's artists as the Chamber Spotlight Artist of the Month. Congratulations to October artist, Bobbi Sorensen. Bobbi is an award-winning artist and has served on the Board in various positions for a number of years, including last year as Annual Juried Show Chair. She frequently volunteers to share her art in our Public Galleries.
Congratulations, Bobbi!
About the Artwork
"Red Roof Barn" - 18” x 24”, oil, $975
Winner, Best of Show, 2023 Still Hopes Exhibition
About the Artist
Bobbi Sorensen
Bobbi Sorensen is an award-winning artist living in Columbia SC. Working exclusively in oils, she paints people in both non-traditional and formal poses, as well as landscapes and water scenes. She began studying art in College in Los Angeles in the 1960s, earned an art degree from the University of Maryland, and a master’s degree from George Washington University. One of her works created at the U of M was purchased by the University for its permanent collection.
After graduation, Bobbi worked on the US Senate Labor Committee, as a registered lobbyist, and as an association executive for several health-related organizations. She finished out her career as Executive Director of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, a training institute affiliated with George Washington University. During these years she limited her artistic endeavors to producing occasional charcoal portraits.
Bobbi semi-retired, moved to SC, and joined the Crooked Creek Art League, which she credits for stimulating her interrupted creative growth. She served as CCAL’s Secretary, Bylaws chair, and as Chair of the Fall Juried Shows at Still Hopes in 2019, 2021, and 2022, as well as the 2025 Annual Juried Show. After finally setting up a home studio and picking up a brush, Bobbi entered CCAL juried shows and has won several awards including first place Amateur in 2020, third place Master’s in 2021, and Best of Show at the 2023 Still Hopes Exhibition.
Other work can be viewed at www.bobbisorensenart.com, on a CCAL online gallery, and at Palmetto Gallery in Chapin.
CCAL Gallery Host:
Each month, CCAL shines a spotlight on one of our own. The Chapin Chamber of Commerce graciously features the art of this artist in their lobby in the CCAL Spotlight Artist Gallery.
This exhibit features one piece of wall hanging artwork per month.
The gallery is located in the lobby of the Chapin Chamber of Commerce at 302 Columbia Avenue in Chapin. It hosts a rotating display with a new piece from a Crooked Creek Art League artist featured each month.
For more on our public galleries, click HERE.
Interested in becoming a gallery display artist? For more information or to be selected as an exhibit artist, contact our Public Gallery Coordinator.
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