BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sixty-five significant landmarks around metro Birmingham are featured in a new watercolor exhibit at the Birmingham Public Library. The exhibit, which is free and up now through Jan. 4, 2015, is by Birmingham artist and interior designer Bob Moody. The exhibit is in the library’s Fourth Floor Gallery, 2100 Park Place.
The watercolors date from 1965 to the present. “I just think of them of as a personal record of my time in Birmingham,’’ says Moody, 83, who grew up in Boaz, Ala. and now lives in Birmingham. “They remind me of the past and progress of Birmingham.’’
Images include historic landmarks such as the Birmingham the Magic City sign at the old terminal station, Sloss Furnaces and Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and newer images such as Regions Field and Railroad Park. There are also images of English Village, Forest Park and more.
The watercolor exhibit is co-sponsored by the Birmingham Historical Society, Southpace Properties Inc. and the Birmingham Public Library.
“If anyone can make Birmingham even more beautiful, even richer in texture, and elegant in design, it’s watercolorist Bob Moody,’’ says Birmingham Historical Society Director Marjorie White. “If you have company and friends in town for the holidays, I can’t think of anything better to do than to head to the Fourth Floor Gallery and show off your city. You won’t be disappointed.’’
Moody painted more than 200 colorful images of the Birmingham area. More than 100 of those appear in his new book, “Bob Moody’s Birmingham – A City in Watercolor.’’ The book is $35. It’s available at the library bookstore on the second floor.
