Maud Gatewood (NC, 1934-2004), The House on Gatewood Road

Acrylic on canvas, 1998, signed with the artist's monogram and dated at lower right, framed.

Topper Maxey, Maud's great friend and gallery assistant, titled this painting The Runway of Joy

Stretcher size 60 x 54 in.; Frame dimensions 62 x 56 in.

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The daughter of the Caswell County sheriff, Maud Gatewood was born and raised in the rural town of Yanceyville, NC. She began her art studies at the age of 10 at Averett College in Danville, VA. In 1954 she graduated from North Carolina Woman's College (now UNC-G) with a B.F.A., studying under Gregory Ivy. The next year she earned her M.A. in Painting from Ohio State. And in 1963 she was awarded a Fulbright grant to study under Oskar Kokoschka in Austria.

She returned to North Carolina in 1964, where she was founding head of the Art Department at UNC-Charlotte. She was a faculty member of UNC-Charlotte until 1973. In 1975, she returned to Caswell County and became a professor of art at Averett College, a position she held until her retirement in 1997. Over the course of her life-long career as an art educator, she reached students far beyond North Carolina and Virginia.

Good estate condition.