Southern Governor's Conference 2011 - Asheville NC

Special Commission from North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue
This year the meeting of the Southern Governors' Association was hosted by North Carolina at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville; and Governor Beverly Perdue commissioned artist Elizabeth Ellison to paint watercolors of the mountains of Western North Carolina to be given as gifts to the attending governors. Governor Perdue wrote Elizabeth, "It is so wonderful that the governors at the Southern Governors'' Association meeting went home carrying a vision of North Carolina. Your paintings are just beautiful and I'm so pleased that I also have one to enjoy."		In an interview, Elizabeth stated that she was very honored to have been selected and really appreciates the framing work which Charles Heath of Heath Creations, Bryson City, did to enhance the beauty of the paintings. With Charles' help she feels that the attending governors each have a taste of these mountains to take back to their respective states. To view a larger image, simply click on a picture.
"Mountain Mosaic" Governor of Alabama Robert Bentley	"Evening Glow" Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuño	"Morning Mist" Governor of Arkansas Mike Beebe	"June Glory" Governor of Virginia Bob McDonnell
"The Morning Light" Governor of Florida Rick Scott	"Mountain Daisy Fields" Governor of Georgia Nathan Deal	"The North Carolina Blue Ridge" Governor of North Carolina Beverly Eaves Perdue	"Along the Tuckaseigee River" Governor of MissouriJay Nixon
"And Then the Mountains" Southern Governors' Association Offices	"Out of Mist" Governor of Tennessee Bill Haslam
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Elizabeth Ellison Gallery
155 Main Street
P.O. Box 1262
Bryson City, North Carolina 28713

Email: info@ElizabethEllisonGallery.com
Phone: 828-788-1541

Visit our studio/gallery on Main St. in the Old Clampitt Hardware building