Jane Reed Ross and Adrienne Retief

Captured Moments - Watercolors presented by Jane Reed Ross and Adrienne Retief, is a collection of work on exhibit at Aldridge Gardens now through June 26th.

An artist reception is scheduled to be held on Thursday, June 4th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Click here to learn more and RSVP.

About the Artists

Jane Reed Ross RLA, FASLA

Jane’s art is inspired and informed by her career as a Landscape Architect. In her professional work, as with her art, sketching is an important part of her process. Design is revealed once pencil touches paper, bringing a seed of an idea to fruition. Jane’s paintings reflect changing attitudes towards the value of natural and built landscapes and the role they play in the quality of life for individuals and communities. She works primarily in watercolor, pencil and prismacolor. Jane is a Signature member of the Watercolor Society of Alabama and her paintings are in private collections in the US, Australia, and England.

Based in Birmingham, for many years she and husband Neil now live near their two sons and their families in Denver, Colorado. Jane still works remotely as a landscape architect in Alabama and has contributed to multiple defining public spaces in the city in her 40-year career; including Rotary Trail, Railroad Park, Homewood Central Park, Homewood Shades Creek Greenway, The Red Rock Trail System, Lane Parke, and the Birmingham Children’s Zoo. Combining quality design with holistic solutions, Jane has created environments that have helped change the identity of the city and the way the people of Birmingham and visitors interact with it.

Adrienne Retief

Adrienne is a practicing architect and architectural illustrator who also happens to be a hopelessly passionate watercolor painter. She loves to share that passion with others and her particular interest lies in travel sketching and watercolor painting. She believes nothing anchors memories of the experience of place quite like the act of sketching and painting on location. She offers watercolor workshops locally and abroad where she encourages participants to explore the magic of watercolor for a few hours; a day; a week, or perhaps even a lifetime. Adrienne has travelled widely, and her travel memories inform much of her work. 

Adrienne is a signature member of the Watercolor Society of Alabama, and her paintings are in private collections in the USA, Great Britian, the Netherlands, and South Africa. One of her paintings was recently purchased for the permanent collection of the Heritage Hall Museum in Talladega, Alabama. She lives in historic Roebuck Springs with her cat Henri.

A selection of work from their exhibit is shown in the photos below. Many more can be seen in person.

While visiting our gallery, be sure to see our special collection of Frank Fleming bronze sculptures, donated by Hoover resident Ken Jackson.

Please call us (205.739.6558) before visiting the gallery to make sure we are not hosting a luncheon or event during the time you plan to visit. The gallery is normally open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

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