Asheville Gallery of Art will feature the work of Frances Greenberg during the month of July.

Her show, titled “Recent Works,” presents Greenberg’s focus on the use of bold, exciting color. Her subjects vary from landscapes, both plein air and imagined, to interiors and figurative subjects. She works in pastels and oils. Greenberg says of this new work, “I’ve been working toward increasing the boldness of my colors so that my paintings will pop.”

The artist states that her interest in art began when she was five years old. During the winter of that year, she watched an artist paint a mural that was to be the centerpiece behind the bar at her father’s New Jersey restaurant. “From that point on, I knew I was going to be an artist,” Greenberg said. It is a path she has pursued throughout her life.

Greenberg received a BFA in art and an MFA in painting and was a college art instructor in the 1970s. Starting in 1976, she traveled the art-show circuit for 28 years where she sold her paintings across the country. She participated in her final show in 2004, after having settled in Asheville in 2001.

Greenberg is a member of the Asheville Gallery of Art, the Portrait Society of America, and the Appalachian Pastel Society. She also runs the open studio at the Red House in Black Mountain, giving artists the opportunity to draw live models.

The show will run July 1 through 31, 2015. The public is invited to the opening reception on Friday, July 3, 2015, from 5 to 8 p.m., where they can view Greenberg’s work as well as the works of the 27 other gallery artists.

If You Go: Asheville Gallery of Art is located at 16 College Street, across from Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, please call (828) 251-5796, or visit www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com.