Plant Riverside District’s Grand Bohemian Gallery will feature paintings by artist Railey Cooley from August 26 - September 30. A talented artist specializing in realistic animal portraiture, Railey Cooley will take guests on an African safari through detailed paintings celebrating the majesty of wildlife. All proceeds from exhibition sales will be used to fund Railey’s trip to the Maasai Mara, a national reserve in Kenya, where she will volunteer with nonprofit African Impact.

An acclaimed artist with 15 years of experience, Railey was the winner of Steven Assael’s Strokes of Genius art competition in 2019 and was commissioned to paint portraits of the silver Olympic medal-winning U.S. Equestrian Team horses. Originally from Charlottesville, Va., Railey graduated from the College of Charleston and the highly competitive Florence Academy of Art’s three-year drawing and painting program in Italy. Railey also studied at the Florence Academy of Art in New York City and participated in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Copyist Program and the Virginia Governor's School portrait workshops. Her work has been featured in Condé Nast’s The World of Interiors and The Best of Drawing magazines. Railey is a member of the Artists Association of Nantucket and the Barcelona Academy of Art and is the owner of Railey Cooley Fine Art Gallery in City Market in Savannah.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Plant Riverside District's Grand Bohemian Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The gallery is closed on Mondays.