September 11 - October 31, 2025

About the Show

   

Bio

Tom Cato and Bruce Little have been colleagues and close friends for 40 years. Their shared experiences as art educators drew them together, but their shared passion for traveling and making art has sustained their bond through the decades. Many of the photos and paintings in this exhibition were created after visiting places together along with their families.

 

Cato’s evocative photographs and painterly oil paintings focus on the coastlines of many places he has visited, from the low country of Georgia and South Carolina, to Maine, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Italy. The mountains of North Carolina have also been a rich source of inspiration for his works.

 

Little’s large colorful watercolors are sometimes inspired by the landscapes he and Cato experienced together, particularly the low country coast and North Carolina Mountains. Several works outwardly depict observed spaces while, simultaneously, exploring the interiority of the artist. Most of his works have previously been featured in national and international juried exhibitions.

 

Cato retired as chair of the Art, Music, and Theatre Department at Armstrong State University in 2017. Little retired from the Betty Foy Sanders Depart of Art at Georgia Southern University in 2011 having taught at undergraduate and graduate levels. Most the works in the exhibition have been created since they retired.

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