The Downing Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, warmly invites you to a new exhibit, “Ernest M. Lee: A Retrospective“ on display in the main gallery June 24 – Sept. 27.

An opening reception with refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres will be held on Tuesday June 24 at the museum located at 4801 Morgantown Road, Bowling Green, KY, 42101.

Ernest Lee, an award-winning artist from Raleigh, NC, who lived in North Central Florida for 20 years prior to his death in 2021, used his application of vigorous and colorful impasto brush work to fill his canvases with rich stories from across Florida’s history. Often called “Florida’s Van Gogh,” his love for painting and those he met along the way lives on in his works today. The Downing Museum is excited to present a large body of his artwork from all phases of his career. The museum is open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.