Saul Alexander Gallery at Main Library- Come check out May's gallery artist, Sean Gallagher for his exhibition "Nothing Is Ever the Same as They Said it Was". The exhibit will be available to visit from May 1st - May 31st.

Artist's Statement- As a kid, I got hooked on Edward Gorey’s outlook and style. Gorey to me appreciated the ghoulish side of the everyday and find simplicity in lines and color, which I incorporated into my style as I developed as an artist. Yet I couldn’t rely on the same ghastly wit that defined Gorey’s work. I credit my parents for building an environment that allowed my creative side to flourish. If it hadn’t been for them, I wouldn’t have started drawing or been introduced to Gorey or stumbled upon the core of my artwork, which I found in the dozens of coffee table books about photography my parents owned. I was drawn to the works of Diane Arbus and Saul Leiter and I studied how they composed a shot to reveal beauty in the mundane and the dignity of outsiders. I was especially inspired by the Arbus quote, “A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.” From that, I discovered I love the challenge of making in-between moments picturesque, and so far, this approach has been successful. 

Recently, I was selected for the Under the Radar series, which celebrates the top 10 undiscovered artist in the lowcountry by Charleston Magazine. My art has also been featured or is slated to appear in several publications: Allegory Ridge, The Closed Eye Open, Passengers Journal, Vineyard Literary, Red Ogre Review, Liminal Spaces, Beaver Magazine, Fauxmoir Literary Magazine, Quarter Press, and High Shelf Press.