Mary Beth McAllister’s Les Gardiens du Jardin is a collection of French characters inspired by and fashionably dressed as French packets of garden seeds. They masquerade as landscape architects, run Soupe Populaire, teach tiny seed packets, and have been known to commit a prank or two. They are city (Paris) and country (South of France) characters and slip easily in and out of the worlds of gourmand and garden. Even in work, they experience a joie de vivre!
American artist and designer Mary Beth McAllister was influenced by a magical childhood garden, which became a muse for the worlds she creates in her paintings, sculptures and designer showhouses. McAllister’s work has been exhibited in numerous art exhibits on the East Coast and is in many private collections.
Les Gardiens du Jardin (2015) are gouache and ink, and are a collection of drawings relating to all things French, gourmand and garden. The exhibit will be shown in the Gallery of the French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough Street, through July 5. Hours are Monday, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Tuesday through Thursday, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM, and Friday and Saturday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. For more information visit http://frenchculturalcenter.org/events/les-gardiens-du-jardin/
