COMING TO THE PORTMAN GALLERY

Unexpected Beauty by Kathy Rennell Forbes

May 5 - June 12, 2026

Award-winning Atlanta-based artist Kathy Rennell Forbes is repurposing art to create Unexpected Beauty in her nature-themed solo show May 5 - June 12. As shown in Pretty in Pink (left), Forbes reveals her newest obsession in creating vibrant, joyful art from unwanted or unfinished pieces otherwise left to wither. She uses mixed media watercolors on repurposed, hand-made watercolor paper adhered to canvases and panels. Forbes is offering a workshop, Creating Unexpected Beauty, May 5 - 7 in conjunction with her art opening.