Palmetto Fine Arts Gallery: Renea Eshleman - April and May 2026

Crooked Creek Art League thanks Palmetto Fine Arts (PFA) for generously providing a dedicated space for two of our artists to showcase their art among the great display of Fine Art in their gallery. You can see the current exhibit through the end of May 2026.

Featured in the current exhibit with multiple pieces is CCAL member and award-winning artist Renea Eshleman.

"Hickory Top Farm Photo Moment"

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"Hickory Top Farm Trio"

About the Art

Top:

"Hickory Top Farm Photo Moment" - watercolor, 11" x 14", 150

Row 1:

"Hickory Top Farm Trio" - watercolor, 11" x 14", $150

To view more of Renea's paintings and information about the paintings, visit Palmetto Fine Arts.

Artist Bio

 Renea Eshleman, SCWS

Telephone: 803.767.5505

E-mail: reshleman@sc.rr.com

https://www.reneaart.com/

I especially enjoy creating nature compositions from photographs I take while traveling around the beautiful state of South Carolina. I strive to lure the viewer into wanting to “be there” in the painting to look for what is not obvious. My art includes representational, dream compositions, and some objective abstract. Having begun painting in traditional transparent watercolor, I mostly paint and create collage on non-traditional surfaces using liquid and tube watercolor, gouache, acrylics, and self-printed papers.

The traditional approach to painting watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media is where I know what the composition will be before I begin the painting. It is predictable. However, many times the process begins with loosely pouring or rolling paint onto the paper or a polypropylene sheet (called Yupo), gently manipulating the paint to blend colors and make interesting textures, allowing the paint to dry, and developing the composition based on what the first layer suggests. This process allows me to combine imagined or suggested flora, fauna, insects, animals, and figures. Sometimes pieces begun with the pour method hang in my studio for weeks or months before they “speak” for development of the composition.

This approach to making art provides wonderful opportunities for happy accidents, flexibility to adjust the composition, and intrigue in the work.

Memberships: Trenholm Artists Guild (2011-12 publicity/newsletter, 2013-20 treasurer, 2020-23 co-president); SC Watermedia Society (President 2012, regional VP 2015-17, VP 2020, President 2022, signature member); Cayce Arts Guild (president 2017-23, 2024-25), Artists Guild of Spartanburg, International Society of Experimental Artists, Crooked Creek Art League (Still Hopes show chair 2019).

Select exhibits and awards:

Cherokee Art and Visitors’ Center, Peaches, Beaches, and Bar-B-Que; 2015 honorable mention

SC State Park Artist in Residence 2012 and 2013

SC Watermedia Society juried exhibits: Florence, SC 2010 award traveling show; Myrtle Beach, SC 2016 award traveling show; Columbia, SC 2018 award traveling show; Florence, SC 2019 award traveling show; Columbia, SC 2022 award traveling show; Pickens, SC 2023 award traveling show, Anderson, SC 2025; SC Watermedia Society Plein Air Event, Newberry, SC 2021 merit

Trenholm Artists Guild, Columbia, SC; 2010 annual juried show honorable mention; 2012 annual juried show 2^nd place; 2013 annual Still Hopes show 2^nd place and People’s Choice; 2017 annual show 2^nd place; 2018 annual show 2^nd place; 2018 Still Hopes show merit; 2019 Still Hopes show merit; 2020 Still Hopes show 2^nd place; 2022 Suzy Shealy Memorial Award; 2023 Still Hopes show honorable mention; 2023 annual show People’s Choice; 2024 Still Hopes show merit

Cayce Arts Guild, Cayce, SC; 2021 annual Still Hopes show first place, 2024 merit, 2025 3^rd place professional

Artists Guild of Spartanburg, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 annual juried shows

USC Salkehatchie ArtFlow, 2015 honorable mention

SC State Fair, 2015 merit (amateur), 2021 purchase award professional; 2024 1^st place print

Fairfield County Arts Council 2024 still life show 3^rd place

Spartanburg Community College Giles Library gallery exhibit and artist’s talk 2024

Vista Art Guild, Rooted juried exhibit April/May 2025 at the Richland County Public Library

Crooked Creek Art League, Chapin, SC; 2019 Still Hopes show; 2020 Still Hopes; 2021 Annual 2^nd place; 2021 3^rd; 2022 patron; 2024 annual patron; 2024 annual donor; 2025 Still Hopes Best of Show; 2025 annual donor

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CCAL Gallery Host:

The gallery is located in the heart of Palmetto Fine Arts at 140 Amicks Ferry Road, Unit E, Chapin.

The CCAL Gallery Display at Palmetto Fine Arts & Custom Frame Gallery is hosted by TC Bowers, owner and league member. Floral, landscape, still life and abstract works by local artists illuminate the gallery and pieces are rotated on a regular basis. The gallery is open to the public during Palmetto Fine Arts normal business hours. Find a print or original piece. You can have TC frame it for you or select a piece that is already framed and purchase it immediately. To find out about special shows held throughout the year visit their web site where information is updated constantly.

Two artists are included in each exhibit, each with an 8'Hx4'W wall to display a number of pieces of wall hanging artwork. The displays rotate every two months.

For more on our public galleries, click HERE.