Our client commissioned Claudy Jongstra Studio, to create three site-specific fiber artwork installations that are integrated into the lobby’s reception desks. With expressive strokes of vibrant color created from plant-based dyes using indigenous wool, Jongstra’s artwork contributes to the creation of healthy and inspiring environments. The artwork celebrates the abundance of nature with a layered composition of plant-based colors, drawing inspiration from the geology and hydrology of Charlotte, which produced the conditions for America’s first ever gold discovery.

The golden hues of Charlotte’s rare and valuable gold deposits are created using humble onion skins, a common waste material that is given new life and value. The main material for the artwork commission is wool humanely sheared from Drenthe Heath sheep. They are the oldest breed from northern Europe and very rare. Originally, this breed had one purpose only, landscape preservation and balancing ecosystems. On Jongstra’s farm, the wool is a valuable resource, as such, the sheep endure no stress, antibiotics, and live in safe harmony.

The revelation of colors from plants onto fibers from indigenous wool requires diverse and dynamic knowledge and skill, providing a model for growth toward sustainable futures. In this way, the natural dye process is a metaphor of transformation that reflects the philosophy of Truist to build better lives and communities by centering care.

CLAUDY JONGSTRA, Layers of Diversity, 2023, multipanel dyed wool installation. Site-specific commission.

In the vibrant canvases of New York-based artist An Hoang, viewers find themselves enveloped in expressions of nature that transcend the ordinary. Hoang’s art captures the ephemeral aspects of the natural world—the shifting patterns of weather, the elusive play of light, and the cyclical change of seasons. Through her use of cloud-like forms and the subtle gradations of light and shadow, Hoang crafts compositions that delve into the unseen forces of nature as well as the visible world. Characterized by vivid colors and dynamic energy, Hoang’s paintings serve as a reminder of nature’s endless capacity for renewal and transformation.

AN HOANG, Two Skies, 2024, oil on canvas. Site-specific commission in collaboration with Tracey Morgan Gallery.

North Carolina-based artist Damian Stamer delves into the themes of memory and importance in his large- scale paintings. His works are deeply rooted in his childhood memories of the South, blending the dynamic energy of gestural brushstrokes with references of Southern life. His layered paintings infuse the canvas with a sense of life and motion, navigating the delicate balance between creation and fading away, reflecting on how the past shapes our present. Damian Stamer's work is a tribute to the enduring allure of the South, a contemplation on the ways we connect with places and moments long passed but not forgotten.

DAMIAN STAMER, Collaboration 2, 2024, oil on linen. Site-specific commission in collaboration with SOCO Gallery.