Carlyle Wolfe Lee - Murmurations / In Collaboration with Thad Lee

Murmurations is a collaborative body of work created with my husband, Thad Lee, and exhibited at Southside Gallery December 2021.

My paintings and his photographs represent expansive field of wildflowers in late summer, the Dixon Woodland Gardens in bright fall, wintery trails at Crystal Bridges, early spring on an Oxford early morning, and lush June in Cashiers, NC.

We titled the show Murmurations after discussing the graceful synchronicity of many birds moving as one. Thad loved the word and suggested that it conceptually structure our collaboration. As we developed paintings and photographs about places we experienced together, it was a sort of dance. I enjoyed responding to Thad’s colors and compositions, and Thad developed new techniques to introduce very painterly veils of color in his photographs.

There are many moments of unity echoing between our distinct voices in the shared atmospheres they represent. Then, in the back of the gallery, Thad’s Moon Paintings are a sort of brilliant solo. Thad developed the abstractions as décor for a key setting in one of his screenplays – a hotel on the moon – and describes the process of making them as “painting with light.”

MURMURATIONS / November 30 through January 1, 2022 / Southside Gallery / Oxford, Mississippi

Reception: Thursday, December 2nd from 5 - 8 p.m.

L a t e S u m m e r W i l d f l o w e r s

Thad Lee / Wednesday Wildflowers / 28" x 39" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Posy's Wildflowers / Two Panels each 33.5" x 51" / Gouache on Paper / 2021

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Posy's Wildflowers I / 33.5" x 51" / Gouache on Paper / 2021

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Posy's Wildflowers II / 33.5" x 51" / Gouache on Paper / 2021

Thad Lee / Wildflower Crawl - August 11 / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / Holly Springs Horse Farm - August 11 / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / Wildflower Crawl - November 10 / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / Holly Springs Horse Farm - November 10 / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 10-15-2021 Nuptial Zinnias / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 10-20-2021 Anniversary Bouquet with Roadside Wildflowers / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 10-11-2021 Swamp Sunflowers / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper

Thad Lee / Bleeding Heart / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / In the Shadow of Your Wings / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / Wedding Flowers in a Barn / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / Yellow Como / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 10-08-2021 Hearts-A-Burstin / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 10-12-2021 Ironweed / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / 05-28-2021 Cashiers Mountain Laurel / 30" x 22" / Graphite on Paper

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Birdlands Wedding / 29.5" x 41.5" / Gouache on Paper / 2021

A u t u m n D i x o n W o o d l a n d G a r d e n s a n d W o l f R i v e r

Thad Lee / Yellow Memphis Fall / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / Wolf River / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2019

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Woodland Garden / 4' x 5' / Acrylic on Panel / 2021

Thad Lee / Red Memphis Fall / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

C a s h i e r s , N o r t h C a r o l i n a S u m m e r

Thad Lee / Light Bleeding Leaves / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020

Thad Lee / The Way to Schoolhouse Falls / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020

Thad Lee / Yellow Mountain / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / Green Rhododendron Shadow / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Big Sheepcliff Mountain / Two Panels each 51" x 33.5" / Gouache on Paper / 2021

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Big Sheepcliff Mountain I / 51" x 33.5" / Gouache on Paper / 2021

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Big Sheepcliff Mountain II / 51" x 33.5" / Gouache on Paper / 2021

C r y s t a l B r i d g e s W i n t e r

Thad Lee / Sky Water / 28" x 39" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020

Thad Lee / Winter Bridges / 28" x 39" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Winter Pool / 4' x 5' / Acrylic on Panel / 2021

E a r l y S p r i n g E a r l y M o r n i n g a t H o m e

Thad Lee / Awaken the Dawn / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2019

Carlyle Wolfe Lee / Sunrise Song / 51" x 33.5" / Gouache on Paper / 2021

M u r m u r a t i o n s

Thad Lee / Blackbird Ballet / 28" x 39" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / Murmuration / 28" x 39" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

S u m m e r G r e e n

Thad Lee / Yes, I See You There / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / Mossman Pool / 22" x 30" / Archival Pigment Print / 2020

M o o n P a i n t i n g s

Thad Lee / Moon Painting 14A / 40" x 57" / Archival Pigment Print / 2010

Thad Lee / Moon Painting 52A / 40" x 57"/ Archival Pigment Print / 2020

Thad Lee / Moon Painting 70B / 40" x 57"/ Archival Pigment Print / 2020

Thad Lee / Moon Painting 80A / 40" x 57"/ Archival Pigment Print / 2020

Thad Lee / Moon Painting 71A / 28" x 39"/ Archival Pigment Print / 2021

Thad Lee / Moon Painting 83A / 28" x 39"/ Archival Pigment Print / 2019

Thad Lee / Moon Painting 51D / 28" x 39"/ Archival Pigment Print / 2020

Thad Lee / Moon Painting 13A / 28" x 39"/ Archival Pigment Print / 2010

Thad Lee / Moon Painting 15A / 22" x 30"/ Archival Pigment Print / 2012

Thad Lee / Moon Painting 82A / 22" x 30"/ Archival Pigment Print / 2019