Mayor Spencer (right) was a special guest at the ribbon cutting of Studio 100 Fine Art Gallery. The gallery features the art of Ann Caudle (pictured left) and consists of pastels and oils. Studio 100 Fine Art Gallery is located in the offices of NewSouth Architects. NewSouth Architects owner James Caudle (pictured center), recently celebrated 20 years in the Huntsville Market.

Studio 100 Fine Art Gallery recently opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Studio 100 features the art of Ann Caudle, a former engineer and Huntsville City schoolteacher turned artist. Caudle has been painting for 10 years using pastels and most recently oils.

“My art is inspired by things that are colorful, emotional and things that I have an immediate connection with,” Caudle said of her art.

Her gallery, located in NewSouth Architects’ office, features paintings depicting everything from landscapes and insects to candy and people and is now open to the public. Her collection was featured on the Huntsville Museum’s art gallery tour held July 24.

“Huntsville has a huge community of artists and people don’t even know about it,” she said of the local art scene.

Caudle began the opening by thanking those in attendance and her husband, James Caudle the founder of NewSouth Architects, for making the event special.

“Someone once said that ‘art is a way to escape without leaving your home’,” she said at the beginning of the ceremony. “Now I have a central location for all your art needs. Hopefully you all will keep me painting.”

This occasion was also the celebration of NewSouth Architects’ 20th anniversary in the Tennessee Valley. James Caudle, founder of NewSouth, said he is proud of the work that he and his company have done over the past two decades.

“It has been a long time coming,” he said. “I went from not knowing anyone at all to having repeat clients for 20 years,” Caudle added.

Caudle said he feels that the art will be an asset to NewSouth. “We will be bringing in people for the art and they will see our architecture work and they may want to hire us for projects. The reverse could also be true; people come to hire us as architects and may leave with art.”

NewSouth has big plans for the future. They are working on a 52,000 square-foot office building called “The Yard” located on Shoney Drive and will work on the design of new HEMSI buildings.