Bremness Gallery features mother-daughter artwork, exhibit opens Saturday

"Like Mother, Like Daughter," artistic works of Sandy Jean O'Brien and her daughter, Jean Marie Boll, opens the summer season at the Bremness Gallery on Saturday, June 26.

A public reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. at the gallery and there will be an opportunity to meet the artists. The event is free and visitors are invited to enjoy refreshments in the arbor.

The "Like Mother, Like Daughter" exhibit runs through Saturday, July 31.

The Bremness Gallery is located at 226 East Minnesota Avenue in Glenwood. Gallery summer hours are: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., and by special arrangements by calling Rose Meade at 320-634-3163, or Sandy O'Brien at 320-634-0172.

About the artists

With only a few high school art courses and a sprinkling of painting workshops taught by nationally known artists, Sandy O'Brien is a self-taught artist.

She has been creating art seriously for over 30 years and has won numerous awards across Minnesota for her oil, watercolor and pastel paintings.

Growing up with a mother who is an active artist, Jean (O'Brien) Boll developed an interest in art at an early age. She had a flair for making up stories and illustrating them with drawings of cats and dogs, even at age six.

She took several art classes in high school and won several awards at the Minnewaska Area High School Annual Student Art Show and the Pope County Fair. She continues to develop her art career in Fargo, N.D., where she and her husband David live. Her main medium is colored pencils and she is expanding into pastel painting with varied subject matter of landscapes, florals and pet portraits.