Franconia Sculpture Park is pleased to present Devil-May-Care, a solo exhibition by Nashville-based, self-taught artist Brett Douglas Hunter. Opening April 23, 2022 in the Mardag Gallery at Franconia Commons, Hunter creates colorful, whimsical creatures using a fibrous cement mixture.

Inspired by his family of self-propelled artists and builders, Hunter was seemingly destined to be a maker from the beginning. After several years of supporting himself making and selling folk art plywood paintings and creations, Hunter dove head-first into the world of sculpture and furniture-making.

Brett says, “It’s been so long since I’ve had a chance to just play around in my studio. I feel like for the last 4 years or so it has been all larger work which involves a lot of planning, proposals, elaborating on previous designs, relying on old stand-bys as the backbone for most projects. I miss the days of waking up with a new idea and going for it, following through in a day or two. For this showing, I hope to do some experimenting and land on some fresh ideas. We’ll see what happens…” The works in the Mardag Gallery will also be accompanied by new outdoor installations created by Hunter that will be on display through 2024. Devil-May-Care opens at Franconia Commons on Saturday, April 23, 2022 with a public reception with the artist from 4pm-6pm, and will run until July 3, 2022.

Please also join Franconia each Saturday April 16-June 18 from 2pm-4pm in the Driscoll Education Center at Franconia Commons for free Open Studios, where visitors of all ages can create their own “creatures” to take home inspired by the work of Brett Douglas Hunter.