On display in The UnVacant Lot, located at 217 W. Jackson St. in Thomasville, GA, and presented by Thomasville Center for the Arts from April 23 – August 13, Trish Land:  Land of the Roses, is an exhibition by the Chamblee, GA based artist that was created to merge old world Renaissance art with her love of roses. In honor of the 100thyear Rose Show celebration, the City of Thomasville commissioned Land to paint 36 rose signs.  The Center installs additional work in the lot for this exhibition, in order to showcase another side of her work.

As an artist, Trish Land was used to capturing the ephemera of natural landscapes: radiant cyan sunsets or moody thunderstorms embellished with drips of sage. “When I look at something, I see its energy,” she says. “I try and capture the essence of the moment, what it feels like.”
Before March 2020, Land had never painted a rose. However, out of compassion for others during Covid 19,both bodies of her rose-inspired work celebrated in The UnVacant Lot, came to fruition.
Her Renaissance work, merges old world art with her love of roses, while her rose varieties hold a special connection to family and Thomasville.
Land is a self-taught artist, and has been a storyteller all of her life. She is spirit driven. always inspired, and always creating.
Cover Image: Trish Land, Journey