Design Originals is hosting an art show featuring Shenandoah native, and artist, Julie Gowing Hayes.
The show, titled, “Natural Tendencies” will take place the weekend of Nov. 4, 5 at Design Originals in downtown Shenandoah.
Julie and Lori (Funk) Smith were classmates and are good friends. Additionally, Julie’s husband, Ron Hayes, was a next-door neighbor with Smith and her sister, Melinda Kirby, who own Design Original.
“We’re excited that she’s coming,” said Kirby, “She’s very talented.”
An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, followed by an art show from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5. Hayes will also be painting on a work in progress on Saturday.
Hayes said she has been drawing and painting for as long as she can remember. In fact, art class was her favorite class and her senior year, she spent at least half of her day in the art room.
“When I went to Iowa State I majored in fashion design, which allowed me to mix two of my favorite things: art and sewing. After a 20-year hiatus from art while juggling career and family, I received my degree in Studio Art at Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C.,” said Hayes.
In addition to her art business, Hayes is a technical design consultant currently contracted with Hanesbrand, Inc. working in seamless intimate apparel. She is also the co-founder of the Piedmont Outdoor Painting Society.
When it comes to painting, Hayes said she enjoys working mostly in oil and watercolor. As for what she enjoys painting the most, Hayes explained it is landscapes from life.
“I find that photos just do not do justice to the light and color that I can see when I’m on location. I’m also drawn to flowers, fruit and dogs. For me, with the dogs, it’s about the eyes.”
Hayes said she paints in oil for both her plein air and studio work, although she does use watercolor exclusively for studio work.
“Oil is much more forgiving than watercolor, but the approach is almost opposite - with oil I work from dark to light and with watercolor light to dark, which at times can be confusing when switching from one medium to the other.”
Although oil paint is not as easy to travel with as watercolor, it allows more flexibility to adjust a composition in process whereas watercolor doesn’t.
“I also like the textural quality of oil paint.”
While at Design Originals, Hayes will have numerous paintings on display for sale. She will also be doing demonstrations. Part of the proceeds from the sale of art will be donated to the Shenandoah High School Art Department.
Julie and Ron have two children, Jarrod, and Jeff. Julie is the daughter of Jack and Pauline Gowing of Bella Vista, Ark., and formerly of Shenandoah. Ron is the son of Lue (Rex) Hickman of Shenandoah and the late George Hayes of Shenandoah.
2011年10月31日星期一
2011年10月30日星期日
Graffiti artist makes an impression at Swaffham Visual Arts Festival
The Swaffham Visual Arts Festival, organised by the Swaffham Rotary Club, finished today with a demonstration by Mik Richardson, 48, from Aylsham, who started his business Abacus Art five years ago.
He gave a demonstration at the town’s Assembly Rooms, alongside dozens of pieces of fine art, handmade jewellery and pots, which were for sale.
Mr Richardson, who used to be an avionics non-commisioned officer at RAF Coltishall, said: “I felt elated. It was lovely to be invited to do something quite modern. It really was nice that graffiti art was recognised. The response has been absolutely fabulous.
“Opening up people’s eyes to controversy is not bad. The word graffiti makes people think of vandalism but I’m trying to get across that there is a better element to spray art.”
This was the first time he had spoken to people about his art in a formal galley setting but said he enjoyed the experience.
He currently works with the police, Norfolk County Council, Norwich schools and the development agency Creative Arts East, based in Norwich.
“I try to bring a bit of life and colour to dark areas,” Mr Richardson added.
As well as graffiti art he also competes murals and painted two of the elephants which featured in Norwich’s Go Elephant project in 2008, where decorated elephant sculptures were placed in different parts of the city.
Stephen Ward, chairman of Swaffham Rotary Club, said: “What we would like to do is produce something which is fresh and new so it is not just about watercolours and oil paintings, it is about art in general.”
The visual arts festival started on October 7 and has featured a foreign film, a talk by Holme Hale artist Chris Hollick and an exhibition of contemporary architecture in Breckland.
This was the 16th year the rotary club has put on an art exhibition and last year it changed its name to the visual arts festival. That event raised £5,500 which was donated to charity.
Hundreds of people have attended this year’s festival, according to Swaffham Rotary Club member Denis Bishop, who added: “Its been really well received. We have never had anything like graffiti art before.”
He gave a demonstration at the town’s Assembly Rooms, alongside dozens of pieces of fine art, handmade jewellery and pots, which were for sale.
Mr Richardson, who used to be an avionics non-commisioned officer at RAF Coltishall, said: “I felt elated. It was lovely to be invited to do something quite modern. It really was nice that graffiti art was recognised. The response has been absolutely fabulous.
“Opening up people’s eyes to controversy is not bad. The word graffiti makes people think of vandalism but I’m trying to get across that there is a better element to spray art.”
This was the first time he had spoken to people about his art in a formal galley setting but said he enjoyed the experience.
He currently works with the police, Norfolk County Council, Norwich schools and the development agency Creative Arts East, based in Norwich.
“I try to bring a bit of life and colour to dark areas,” Mr Richardson added.
As well as graffiti art he also competes murals and painted two of the elephants which featured in Norwich’s Go Elephant project in 2008, where decorated elephant sculptures were placed in different parts of the city.
Stephen Ward, chairman of Swaffham Rotary Club, said: “What we would like to do is produce something which is fresh and new so it is not just about watercolours and oil paintings, it is about art in general.”
The visual arts festival started on October 7 and has featured a foreign film, a talk by Holme Hale artist Chris Hollick and an exhibition of contemporary architecture in Breckland.
This was the 16th year the rotary club has put on an art exhibition and last year it changed its name to the visual arts festival. That event raised £5,500 which was donated to charity.
Hundreds of people have attended this year’s festival, according to Swaffham Rotary Club member Denis Bishop, who added: “Its been really well received. We have never had anything like graffiti art before.”
2011年10月27日星期四
Vincentennial Offers A Richer View Of A Horror Icon
It surprised us to learn that only two years after Richard Warren Sears moved to Chicago and joined forces with Alvah C. Roebuck, their catalog featured fine art. Perhaps the oil paintings for sale in that 1895 catalog weren't what the Sears Catalog ended up being known for (we still remember it primarily as a compendium of fantasies about what Santa might, in our wildest dreams, bring us). The point is that it would not have been surprising when, in 1962, Sears asked someone to curate and acquire a 2,700-piece art collection to be merchandised nationwide, with costs as low as $5 down and $5 per month. It does seem surprising, to many of us today, who they chose to head it up: Vincent Price.
Yet it should not surprise us. Price was much, much more than the staple of ghoulish cult classics and the owner of a voice heard everywhere from Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare to Michael Jackson's Thriller. The St. Louis native's acting career had a very respectable pre-horror phase, with wonderful performances in movies such as The Ten Commandments, The Baron of Arizona and (one of our favorites) Otto Preminger's Laura. It was as a hard-working and generous professional who was always game for a laugh at the expense of his typecast persona, and famously as a collector of art, that he was remembered by many: he left behind 9,000 works now housed in the Vincent Price Art Museum on the campus of East Los Angeles College.
To commemorate what would be his 100th year, and to mark the holiday closest to the spirit of his memory, the Portage Theater hosts Vincentennial this Saturday night. Victoria Price, Vincent's daughter, will be on hand for a double feature featuring two of the actor's very best films, The House on Haunted Hill and The Last Man on Earth. Price, who authored a book about her father, will give a presentation on the life and career of her father and answer audience questions.
We say fortify yourself with a bowl of poblano chile soup from Vincent Price's own recipe (you did know he was a cookbook author, right?) and enjoy an afternoon of very fitting tribute to the man behind icon.
Vincentennial goes down at 1 p.m. on Sunday, October 30 at the Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave. Come meet Price's daughter, Victoria Price, and watch a double feature of The House on Haunted Hill and The Last Man on Earth. Doors open at 1pm. Tickets are $13 in advance (available online), $15 at the door.
Yet it should not surprise us. Price was much, much more than the staple of ghoulish cult classics and the owner of a voice heard everywhere from Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare to Michael Jackson's Thriller. The St. Louis native's acting career had a very respectable pre-horror phase, with wonderful performances in movies such as The Ten Commandments, The Baron of Arizona and (one of our favorites) Otto Preminger's Laura. It was as a hard-working and generous professional who was always game for a laugh at the expense of his typecast persona, and famously as a collector of art, that he was remembered by many: he left behind 9,000 works now housed in the Vincent Price Art Museum on the campus of East Los Angeles College.
To commemorate what would be his 100th year, and to mark the holiday closest to the spirit of his memory, the Portage Theater hosts Vincentennial this Saturday night. Victoria Price, Vincent's daughter, will be on hand for a double feature featuring two of the actor's very best films, The House on Haunted Hill and The Last Man on Earth. Price, who authored a book about her father, will give a presentation on the life and career of her father and answer audience questions.
We say fortify yourself with a bowl of poblano chile soup from Vincent Price's own recipe (you did know he was a cookbook author, right?) and enjoy an afternoon of very fitting tribute to the man behind icon.
Vincentennial goes down at 1 p.m. on Sunday, October 30 at the Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave. Come meet Price's daughter, Victoria Price, and watch a double feature of The House on Haunted Hill and The Last Man on Earth. Doors open at 1pm. Tickets are $13 in advance (available online), $15 at the door.
2011年10月26日星期三
German Forgers Face Prison for Scam Worth More Than $22 Million
An art forger and his three accomplices, who together made more than 16 million euros ($22 million) by selling oil paintings they falsely attributed to famous artists, today face sentencing in a Cologne court.
Wolfgang Beltracchi, 60, confessed to painting 14 works that he sold as masterpieces by Max Ernst, Max Pechstein, Heinrich Campendonk, Andre Derain, Fernand Leger and Kees van Dongen. His wife, Helene Beltracchi, her sister and a fourth associate confessed to bringing the works to the art market.
Dealers and collectors say confidence in the German art market has been shaken by the forgery scandal, described as the biggest ever in Germany, as art historians, museums and auction houses were duped by the scam.
“The whole thing is quite terrible,” said Christoph Graf Douglas, a Frankfurt-based independent art dealer and consultant to collectors. “It has completely undermined confidence in the market. Not only were criminals at work, there was also some shoddy research. People have bought the idea that experts can detect forgeries, and this shows that is not the case.”
Among the forgers’ victims was the U.S. actor Steve Martin, according to a May report in Spiegel magazine. Martin paid 700,000 euros for a painting falsely attributed to Heinrich Campendonk, called “Landscape With Horses,” from Galerie Cazeau- Beraudiere in Paris in 2004, according to Spiegel.
It was then sold by Christie’s in 2006 for 500,000 euros to a Swiss businesswoman, the magazine said. Christie’s spokesman Matthew Paton declined to comment on the sale.
‘Highly Skilled’
The Cologne auction house Kunsthaus Lempertz said in January that it had sold five of the forgers’ works. The authenticity of all of them “was confirmed by leading experts and some of them were subsequently shown in a number of museums.”
“My colleagues and I, like the whole art market, were deceived by the highly skilled and professional operations of the forgers,” Lempertz chief executive Henrik Hanstein wrote in a letter to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in July.
The group not only produced and sold the paintings, it also invented an entire provenance for them, claiming the art came from either the “Jaegers Collection” or the “Wilhelm Knops Collection,” according to the Cologne court.
They said Werner Jaegers was Helene Beltracchi’s grandfather, while Knops was the grandfather of another associate, named as Otto S.-K. in court documents.
“People should have asked: Who is Jaegers?” said Douglas, a former managing director of Sotheby’s in Germany. “When did he live? Do we have a photo? How can there be a collector no one has heard of?”
In return for the confessions, prosecutors agreed to request prison sentences of no longer than six years for Beltracchi, a maximum of four years for his wife, five years for Otto S.-K. and a maximum suspended sentence of two years for the wife’s sister, Jeanette S., who is only implicated in three cases, according to the Cologne regional court.
The Beltracchi couple agreed to pay 980,000 Swiss francs ($1.12 million) to the court.
Christian Rode, Beltracchi’s lawyer, said in a final statement that his client wasn’t motivated by profit alone. The master forger, who has unruly gray locks and once lived in a houseboat, took great pride in his work, he said.
He felt a close connection with the artists whose oeuvres he sought to “complete,” calling his paintings the works that the artists should themselves have produced, but never got around to, Rode said. Beltracchi told the court that his pictures were sometimes almost “too good” for the artist, because he had the benefit of hindsight and knew how the artist and the history of art developed.
Rode said the trial exposed many of the shadier aspects of the art market.
“We have heard a lot about experts driven by interests, who don’t only provide expertise but also buy, mediate and receive commission,” he said in his concluding statement. “We have heard about duty-free entrepots in Geneva and payments from Swiss accounts to Swiss accounts.”
As many as 41 more paintings not included in the trial because of statutes of limitations may also be forgeries by Beltracchi. The scandal has spawned a number of civil cases against dealers and auction houses, as well as the criminal trial.
The forgers were only caught out when one buyer became suspicious and sent his picture to be examined by scientists. They discovered a paint color that had not existed at the time the work was supposed to have been produced.
“We want to know the whole truth,” said Douglas. “How many paintings did they forge? How many more are still on the market? The only way to combat the lack of confidence is with some detailed work.”
Wolfgang Beltracchi, 60, confessed to painting 14 works that he sold as masterpieces by Max Ernst, Max Pechstein, Heinrich Campendonk, Andre Derain, Fernand Leger and Kees van Dongen. His wife, Helene Beltracchi, her sister and a fourth associate confessed to bringing the works to the art market.
Dealers and collectors say confidence in the German art market has been shaken by the forgery scandal, described as the biggest ever in Germany, as art historians, museums and auction houses were duped by the scam.
“The whole thing is quite terrible,” said Christoph Graf Douglas, a Frankfurt-based independent art dealer and consultant to collectors. “It has completely undermined confidence in the market. Not only were criminals at work, there was also some shoddy research. People have bought the idea that experts can detect forgeries, and this shows that is not the case.”
Among the forgers’ victims was the U.S. actor Steve Martin, according to a May report in Spiegel magazine. Martin paid 700,000 euros for a painting falsely attributed to Heinrich Campendonk, called “Landscape With Horses,” from Galerie Cazeau- Beraudiere in Paris in 2004, according to Spiegel.
It was then sold by Christie’s in 2006 for 500,000 euros to a Swiss businesswoman, the magazine said. Christie’s spokesman Matthew Paton declined to comment on the sale.
‘Highly Skilled’
The Cologne auction house Kunsthaus Lempertz said in January that it had sold five of the forgers’ works. The authenticity of all of them “was confirmed by leading experts and some of them were subsequently shown in a number of museums.”
“My colleagues and I, like the whole art market, were deceived by the highly skilled and professional operations of the forgers,” Lempertz chief executive Henrik Hanstein wrote in a letter to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in July.
The group not only produced and sold the paintings, it also invented an entire provenance for them, claiming the art came from either the “Jaegers Collection” or the “Wilhelm Knops Collection,” according to the Cologne court.
They said Werner Jaegers was Helene Beltracchi’s grandfather, while Knops was the grandfather of another associate, named as Otto S.-K. in court documents.
“People should have asked: Who is Jaegers?” said Douglas, a former managing director of Sotheby’s in Germany. “When did he live? Do we have a photo? How can there be a collector no one has heard of?”
In return for the confessions, prosecutors agreed to request prison sentences of no longer than six years for Beltracchi, a maximum of four years for his wife, five years for Otto S.-K. and a maximum suspended sentence of two years for the wife’s sister, Jeanette S., who is only implicated in three cases, according to the Cologne regional court.
The Beltracchi couple agreed to pay 980,000 Swiss francs ($1.12 million) to the court.
Christian Rode, Beltracchi’s lawyer, said in a final statement that his client wasn’t motivated by profit alone. The master forger, who has unruly gray locks and once lived in a houseboat, took great pride in his work, he said.
He felt a close connection with the artists whose oeuvres he sought to “complete,” calling his paintings the works that the artists should themselves have produced, but never got around to, Rode said. Beltracchi told the court that his pictures were sometimes almost “too good” for the artist, because he had the benefit of hindsight and knew how the artist and the history of art developed.
Rode said the trial exposed many of the shadier aspects of the art market.
“We have heard a lot about experts driven by interests, who don’t only provide expertise but also buy, mediate and receive commission,” he said in his concluding statement. “We have heard about duty-free entrepots in Geneva and payments from Swiss accounts to Swiss accounts.”
As many as 41 more paintings not included in the trial because of statutes of limitations may also be forgeries by Beltracchi. The scandal has spawned a number of civil cases against dealers and auction houses, as well as the criminal trial.
The forgers were only caught out when one buyer became suspicious and sent his picture to be examined by scientists. They discovered a paint color that had not existed at the time the work was supposed to have been produced.
“We want to know the whole truth,” said Douglas. “How many paintings did they forge? How many more are still on the market? The only way to combat the lack of confidence is with some detailed work.”
2011年10月25日星期二
Artists Paint the Town in Suwanee -- Again
Vickie Johnson needs her "old lady eyes" to paint, so she whipped out her glasses Saturday morning in the Old Town area of Suwanee as she and other artists began the Plein Air Event.
Johnson, chairman of the North Gwinnett Arts Association and a Central Gwinnett High teacher, had some younger company. Students Grace Kim and Gabriel Campoy-Gonzalez were nearby to record the structures and landscape with oils and acrylics.
Others artists such as Adrienne Kinsey of Buford and Linda Tilden of Hoschton set up in Town Center Park. And NGAA set up in a storefront at Town Center to offer information to patrons, including locations of artists. A similar event was held earlier this year.
It's another facet of Suwanee's arts community, and like the others, there's also a business angle. The works were for sale at the conclusion of the two-day event, and Johnson pointed out that she sold a couple of paintings she did last year for $300. That's about $100 per hour for her work, not a bad wage.
This year Johnson took aim at the Creative ClayHouse on Main Street in Old Town on Saturday. On Sunday she was planning to paint trees -- "my favorite." Last year she painted some dogwoods at White Street Park, as well as a couple of houses in the Old Town area.
Tilden, an "empty nester," was participating in the event for the first time. She normally uses oils, but was experimenting with acrylics for the first time. "You gotta live outside your comfort zone," she explained. "Performance kills creativity."
The chief difference is that acrylics dry faster, so artists can manipulate oil paintings longer after the initial strokes.
Kinsey has been painting for about 20 years, mostly oil pastels. She'd "like to get into" painting commercially, and she has her own studio.
At a reception Sunday evening, Johnson won first place, Carol Van Dyck won second place, and Victor Kennedy won third place.
Johnson, chairman of the North Gwinnett Arts Association and a Central Gwinnett High teacher, had some younger company. Students Grace Kim and Gabriel Campoy-Gonzalez were nearby to record the structures and landscape with oils and acrylics.
Others artists such as Adrienne Kinsey of Buford and Linda Tilden of Hoschton set up in Town Center Park. And NGAA set up in a storefront at Town Center to offer information to patrons, including locations of artists. A similar event was held earlier this year.
It's another facet of Suwanee's arts community, and like the others, there's also a business angle. The works were for sale at the conclusion of the two-day event, and Johnson pointed out that she sold a couple of paintings she did last year for $300. That's about $100 per hour for her work, not a bad wage.
This year Johnson took aim at the Creative ClayHouse on Main Street in Old Town on Saturday. On Sunday she was planning to paint trees -- "my favorite." Last year she painted some dogwoods at White Street Park, as well as a couple of houses in the Old Town area.
Tilden, an "empty nester," was participating in the event for the first time. She normally uses oils, but was experimenting with acrylics for the first time. "You gotta live outside your comfort zone," she explained. "Performance kills creativity."
The chief difference is that acrylics dry faster, so artists can manipulate oil paintings longer after the initial strokes.
Kinsey has been painting for about 20 years, mostly oil pastels. She'd "like to get into" painting commercially, and she has her own studio.
At a reception Sunday evening, Johnson won first place, Carol Van Dyck won second place, and Victor Kennedy won third place.
2011年10月24日星期一
"Quiet Moments" art show to benefit Triad House in Ewing
Renowned painter Dot Bunn, best known for her beautiful renditions of the local country landscape, will donate a portion of the proceeds from her Nov. 20 art show “Quiet Moments” Winter Oil Paintings by Dot Bunn to Triad House.
“There is a great pleasure in being able to work at what one loves to do and know that the end result will benefit others in some way,” said Bunn. Bunn’s show will be held at the Amwell Antiques and Fine Art Gallery 100 A-Old York Road, Ringoes from Nov. 20 to Dec. 30. An opening reception with the artist will be held Nov. 20, - 2-5 p.m.
Richard Catenacci and life-partner Brian Caldwell, owners of the Amwell Gallery, will also donate a portion from their proceeds to Triad House. Both have supported Triad House for the past several years. Last year, for his 70th birthday, Catenacci requested that in lieu of gifts his friends donate to Triad House, raising almost $5,000 for the agency.
“Up to 40 percent of homeless youth self-identify as LGBT(lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered),” said Catenacci. “These are adolescents who have been rejected by their families, classmates and society. It is our responsibility to take care of them,” said Catenacci.
“I didn’t know Triad House existed, until Richard told me about it,” said Bunn. Bunn’s donation includes an original oil painting titled “Boy at the Pond” (24” x 18”), an image reflective of the youth Triad House serves. All proceeds from the sale of “Boy” will benefit Triad House.
“I believe art is a form of communication as well as a commodity,” said Bunn. “When I can pair the sale of my work with support of a good cause, it makes my efforts so much more rewarding.”
Located in Mercer County, Ewing, Triad House, a program of LifeTies, is a 24-hour residential group home for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth ages 14-18 who are the victims of abuse, neglect and/or homelessness. Triad House is the only group home for LGBT youth in New Jersey and one of only three group homes of its kind in the nation. Triad House provides a nurturing, supportive, and structured environment where youth can develop trust, grow, and become positive and productive members of society.
Founded in 1982, it is the mission of LifeTies to provide quality care and services to youth in crisis due to sexual orientation, gender, abuse, neglect, homelessness, and various health issues including HIV/AIDS, Lupus, and Diabetes.
“There is a great pleasure in being able to work at what one loves to do and know that the end result will benefit others in some way,” said Bunn. Bunn’s show will be held at the Amwell Antiques and Fine Art Gallery 100 A-Old York Road, Ringoes from Nov. 20 to Dec. 30. An opening reception with the artist will be held Nov. 20, - 2-5 p.m.
Richard Catenacci and life-partner Brian Caldwell, owners of the Amwell Gallery, will also donate a portion from their proceeds to Triad House. Both have supported Triad House for the past several years. Last year, for his 70th birthday, Catenacci requested that in lieu of gifts his friends donate to Triad House, raising almost $5,000 for the agency.
“Up to 40 percent of homeless youth self-identify as LGBT(lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered),” said Catenacci. “These are adolescents who have been rejected by their families, classmates and society. It is our responsibility to take care of them,” said Catenacci.
“I didn’t know Triad House existed, until Richard told me about it,” said Bunn. Bunn’s donation includes an original oil painting titled “Boy at the Pond” (24” x 18”), an image reflective of the youth Triad House serves. All proceeds from the sale of “Boy” will benefit Triad House.
“I believe art is a form of communication as well as a commodity,” said Bunn. “When I can pair the sale of my work with support of a good cause, it makes my efforts so much more rewarding.”
Located in Mercer County, Ewing, Triad House, a program of LifeTies, is a 24-hour residential group home for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth ages 14-18 who are the victims of abuse, neglect and/or homelessness. Triad House is the only group home for LGBT youth in New Jersey and one of only three group homes of its kind in the nation. Triad House provides a nurturing, supportive, and structured environment where youth can develop trust, grow, and become positive and productive members of society.
Founded in 1982, it is the mission of LifeTies to provide quality care and services to youth in crisis due to sexual orientation, gender, abuse, neglect, homelessness, and various health issues including HIV/AIDS, Lupus, and Diabetes.
2011年10月23日星期日
Paul Ruby Foundation Announces Lineup of Artists in 2011 'Painting 4 Parkinsons'
The first “Paintings 4 Parkinson’s” fine art exhibit and sale will be on display from Nov. 4 to Dec. 9 at Art Box 514 W. State St., Geneva.
In addition to the ongoing exhibit, artists will be available every Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. throughout the show dates for an informal reception to meet buyers and guests. Attendees will marvel at the creative process of these pieces, which will consist of several mediums.
The signature piece, Santa from the Heart 2011 by Len Bielefeldt, will be on silent auction for the duration of the exhibit. Santa will go home with the highest bidder at auction close 8:30 p.m. Dec. 9.
A few of the featured artists include:
For Jordi Pedrola the universal language of art expresses itself through the strength of his Mediterranean roots. According to art critic Amalia Martinez, “To confront Jordi Pedrola’s works is to confront and experience color.”
Len Bielefeldt, artist and gallery owner, has been painting fulltime for the last 25 years and has donated the third Santa of the Heart. He began as a portrait painter, so these breathtaking paintings of Santa are a natural fit for him. He truly captures the magic and love of Santa with his portrait.
Award winning pastel artist Brian Sauderland has donated a soft pastel painting Flowing Water. This piece accomplishes one of Sauderland’s goals—to have people notice and appreciate the beauty of things seen in everyday life.
Genevans are sure to recognize the watercolors of Fatima Figueiredo. Her mural Once Upon a Time is featured at the Geneva History Center. She has donated Wild Orchids, a transparent watercolor on archespaper.
Jeannette Marie Rehmel has competed in shows since the age of 12 as a professional artist. Her most recent accomplishments include a third-place showing in a 2009 invitational art competition in Croissy-sur-Seine, France, and in 2010, placed first in the Kaneland Fine Arts Festival professional show. She has donated Roses from France.
Andria Burchett has always loved blues and greens together. She has incorporated these colors in her piece Gathered for the Holidays putting a “twist” on tradition, giving this piece a contemporary feel.
Pamela Hamilton, an oil pastel painter, has provided three paintings. The first is Blue Sky Flowers inspired by the Mississippi Palisades State Park and Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly and Black Swallowtail Butterfly from her experiences in the garden.
Joan Andreassen has donated the watercolor, Country Walk. Joan had a long career in custome rservice and was looking forward to retirement so she would have the time to devote to her real passion—watercolor. That day finally came, but along with it a diagnosis of Parkinson’s.
“On ‘bad days’ I can’t quite make my hand and brush do what I want. But on my ‘good days’ … well, painting is what keeps me going” Andreassen said.
Award-winning artist and art instructor Janet Wickham has been showing her paintings since 2002. She creates both representational and non-representational abstract images in minimalistic, contemporary style. She has given the foundation Negative Exposure, an oil stick painting created with her fingers.
Fred Ullrich has donated a black-and-white, high-resolution photograph of a historic barn with sunlight-entering space. The photograph The Angle Has Left the Barn is a time exposure using large format film
processed in pyro and printed on fine art paper.
Steve Estes is a photographer whose work can be seen on the album cover art of Ryan Meisel’scd Motion and Celia Whiren and Ryan Meisel’s CD Method to the Madness. He has donated three pieces photographed at National Park, MO.
“I am overwhelmed by the talent and generosity of so many artists," said Paul Ruby, who developed the foundation to help fund research for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease. "It should be a wonderful event.”
In addition to the ongoing exhibit, artists will be available every Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. throughout the show dates for an informal reception to meet buyers and guests. Attendees will marvel at the creative process of these pieces, which will consist of several mediums.
The signature piece, Santa from the Heart 2011 by Len Bielefeldt, will be on silent auction for the duration of the exhibit. Santa will go home with the highest bidder at auction close 8:30 p.m. Dec. 9.
A few of the featured artists include:
For Jordi Pedrola the universal language of art expresses itself through the strength of his Mediterranean roots. According to art critic Amalia Martinez, “To confront Jordi Pedrola’s works is to confront and experience color.”
Len Bielefeldt, artist and gallery owner, has been painting fulltime for the last 25 years and has donated the third Santa of the Heart. He began as a portrait painter, so these breathtaking paintings of Santa are a natural fit for him. He truly captures the magic and love of Santa with his portrait.
Award winning pastel artist Brian Sauderland has donated a soft pastel painting Flowing Water. This piece accomplishes one of Sauderland’s goals—to have people notice and appreciate the beauty of things seen in everyday life.
Genevans are sure to recognize the watercolors of Fatima Figueiredo. Her mural Once Upon a Time is featured at the Geneva History Center. She has donated Wild Orchids, a transparent watercolor on archespaper.
Jeannette Marie Rehmel has competed in shows since the age of 12 as a professional artist. Her most recent accomplishments include a third-place showing in a 2009 invitational art competition in Croissy-sur-Seine, France, and in 2010, placed first in the Kaneland Fine Arts Festival professional show. She has donated Roses from France.
Andria Burchett has always loved blues and greens together. She has incorporated these colors in her piece Gathered for the Holidays putting a “twist” on tradition, giving this piece a contemporary feel.
Pamela Hamilton, an oil pastel painter, has provided three paintings. The first is Blue Sky Flowers inspired by the Mississippi Palisades State Park and Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly and Black Swallowtail Butterfly from her experiences in the garden.
Joan Andreassen has donated the watercolor, Country Walk. Joan had a long career in custome rservice and was looking forward to retirement so she would have the time to devote to her real passion—watercolor. That day finally came, but along with it a diagnosis of Parkinson’s.
“On ‘bad days’ I can’t quite make my hand and brush do what I want. But on my ‘good days’ … well, painting is what keeps me going” Andreassen said.
Award-winning artist and art instructor Janet Wickham has been showing her paintings since 2002. She creates both representational and non-representational abstract images in minimalistic, contemporary style. She has given the foundation Negative Exposure, an oil stick painting created with her fingers.
Fred Ullrich has donated a black-and-white, high-resolution photograph of a historic barn with sunlight-entering space. The photograph The Angle Has Left the Barn is a time exposure using large format film
processed in pyro and printed on fine art paper.
Steve Estes is a photographer whose work can be seen on the album cover art of Ryan Meisel’scd Motion and Celia Whiren and Ryan Meisel’s CD Method to the Madness. He has donated three pieces photographed at National Park, MO.
“I am overwhelmed by the talent and generosity of so many artists," said Paul Ruby, who developed the foundation to help fund research for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease. "It should be a wonderful event.”
2011年10月20日星期四
Local painter opens exhibit at Altavista Area YMCA
His son's middle school project was the impetus for Rodney Laughon's painting.
On Monday, Laughon, who lives in Lynchburg, said his son's project involved painting a mountain on a big poster board.
"I looked at it and said I didn't think that it looked right," Laughon, who was in his late 30s then, recalled. So, like most moms and dads do, he helped his son with the work.
He doesn't remember what grade his son received, but the schoolwork led to Laughon studying art, going to art supply stores, visiting galleries and museums, and giving painting a try. Laughon is a self-taught artist.
Today, Laughon turns out scenes of mountains, streams, meadows and landscapes that create enjoyment and a sense of peace for the viewer.
Laughon, 60, was in town Monday to hang an exhibit of work at the Altavista Area YMCA. He has about 20 oil paintings on display in the athletic center lounge. All of them are landscapes. That's what he does.
"I tried to do pears, apples and still life paintings, and it's not me," he said.
The YMCA exhibit is open to the public.
The artist, who retired after 32 years as an industrial service technician for Columbia Gas, said he loves the mountains. The Peaks of Otter and other scenery in Bedford County often end up in Laughon's work. He said he likes the quietness and atmosphere of the Blue Ridge Mountains, sometimes misty and sometimes clear and crisp.
Laughon is one of the founding members of Blue Ridge Plein Air Painters, a group of artists who go out together and paint on location. He said the group tries to get out once a week.
Laughon said he also takes photos and makes sketches of things he wants to paint.
"I'm always riding back roads and looking for places." He said when he comes to Altavista, he usually takes the back roads because what he sees one day might look totally different the next because of changes in lighting.
Each of Laughon's paintings has a bird somewhere in the work. He said it was something he started doing when he was painting with watercolors; now it's become a habit.
Laughon, who is currently teaching a landscape painting class in Lynchburg, has art displayed at galleries in Lynchburg, Smith Mountain Lake and Raleigh, N.C. His art has previously been on exhibit in Charlottesville and Richmond.
He's pleased to have work on display in Altavista. He said his uncle, Lloyd Laughon, was a longtime mail carrier out of the Lynch Station Post Office. His father's family came from the Bishop Creek Road area and, in his job with Columbia Gas, he worked at Abbott Nutrition, BGF and Klopman.
On Monday, Laughon, who lives in Lynchburg, said his son's project involved painting a mountain on a big poster board.
"I looked at it and said I didn't think that it looked right," Laughon, who was in his late 30s then, recalled. So, like most moms and dads do, he helped his son with the work.
He doesn't remember what grade his son received, but the schoolwork led to Laughon studying art, going to art supply stores, visiting galleries and museums, and giving painting a try. Laughon is a self-taught artist.
Today, Laughon turns out scenes of mountains, streams, meadows and landscapes that create enjoyment and a sense of peace for the viewer.
Laughon, 60, was in town Monday to hang an exhibit of work at the Altavista Area YMCA. He has about 20 oil paintings on display in the athletic center lounge. All of them are landscapes. That's what he does.
"I tried to do pears, apples and still life paintings, and it's not me," he said.
The YMCA exhibit is open to the public.
The artist, who retired after 32 years as an industrial service technician for Columbia Gas, said he loves the mountains. The Peaks of Otter and other scenery in Bedford County often end up in Laughon's work. He said he likes the quietness and atmosphere of the Blue Ridge Mountains, sometimes misty and sometimes clear and crisp.
Laughon is one of the founding members of Blue Ridge Plein Air Painters, a group of artists who go out together and paint on location. He said the group tries to get out once a week.
Laughon said he also takes photos and makes sketches of things he wants to paint.
"I'm always riding back roads and looking for places." He said when he comes to Altavista, he usually takes the back roads because what he sees one day might look totally different the next because of changes in lighting.
Each of Laughon's paintings has a bird somewhere in the work. He said it was something he started doing when he was painting with watercolors; now it's become a habit.
Laughon, who is currently teaching a landscape painting class in Lynchburg, has art displayed at galleries in Lynchburg, Smith Mountain Lake and Raleigh, N.C. His art has previously been on exhibit in Charlottesville and Richmond.
He's pleased to have work on display in Altavista. He said his uncle, Lloyd Laughon, was a longtime mail carrier out of the Lynch Station Post Office. His father's family came from the Bishop Creek Road area and, in his job with Columbia Gas, he worked at Abbott Nutrition, BGF and Klopman.
2011年10月19日星期三
Ceramic designer molds hobby into career
By combining her background in fashion design with her newfound love of pottery, Marise Fransolino says she is able to create one-of-a-kind pieces of art.
Through the different lines and textures “part of me comes out,” said the Marietta, Ga., resident.
As October ends, Fransolino will join hundreds of artists from across the United States for the 16th annual Festival of the Arts in Destin at Henderson Beach State Park. The two-day show will feature paintings in oil, acrylic and watercolor, jewelry, woodcarvings, pottery, photography, fiber, sculpture and more.
While on a vacation to the Emerald Coast, Fransolino stumbled across the art show and was impressed with the class of artists and quality of their work.
“And I thought I wouldn’t mind rubbing shoulders with those people,” she said. So since 2005, she has been traveling down to Destin every year for the show.
Among other art show awards, she received an Award of Excellence in 2006 and the Jury’s Recognition Award in 2007 at the Destin Festival of Arts. Although she has had much success as a ceramic designer, she fell into the art by accident.
“I was in a time of my life where I was looking to do something more creative, and I was in between jobs. I went to sign up for a watercolor class, but it was full and the only class available was pottery,” she said. “I fell in love and never went back.”
Fransolino began ceramic design in 1999 at the age of 43. Although she started later in life, the Brazil-native was passionate about making pottery her career. Today, she teaches classes in wheel and hand building at several art centers in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Fransolino’s artwork is very diverse and uses all different types of clay from porcelain to stoneware. She typically likes to start her work on the pottery wheel and finish with alterations done by hand to give the piece a unique touch.
“I would describe my style as more contemporary and refined,” she said. “Some pottery is done very loose, but mine is tight with clean lines.”
For the festival she is planning to bring down more than 200 pieces of art including mugs, vases, lamps and serving dishes in a variety of glaze colors. Costs will range from $25 to $600.
“You really have to get into the booth to see the selection I have… There is definitely something for everybody,” Fransolino said. “I am looking forward to a great sale an great weather.”
Through the different lines and textures “part of me comes out,” said the Marietta, Ga., resident.
As October ends, Fransolino will join hundreds of artists from across the United States for the 16th annual Festival of the Arts in Destin at Henderson Beach State Park. The two-day show will feature paintings in oil, acrylic and watercolor, jewelry, woodcarvings, pottery, photography, fiber, sculpture and more.
While on a vacation to the Emerald Coast, Fransolino stumbled across the art show and was impressed with the class of artists and quality of their work.
“And I thought I wouldn’t mind rubbing shoulders with those people,” she said. So since 2005, she has been traveling down to Destin every year for the show.
Among other art show awards, she received an Award of Excellence in 2006 and the Jury’s Recognition Award in 2007 at the Destin Festival of Arts. Although she has had much success as a ceramic designer, she fell into the art by accident.
“I was in a time of my life where I was looking to do something more creative, and I was in between jobs. I went to sign up for a watercolor class, but it was full and the only class available was pottery,” she said. “I fell in love and never went back.”
Fransolino began ceramic design in 1999 at the age of 43. Although she started later in life, the Brazil-native was passionate about making pottery her career. Today, she teaches classes in wheel and hand building at several art centers in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Fransolino’s artwork is very diverse and uses all different types of clay from porcelain to stoneware. She typically likes to start her work on the pottery wheel and finish with alterations done by hand to give the piece a unique touch.
“I would describe my style as more contemporary and refined,” she said. “Some pottery is done very loose, but mine is tight with clean lines.”
For the festival she is planning to bring down more than 200 pieces of art including mugs, vases, lamps and serving dishes in a variety of glaze colors. Costs will range from $25 to $600.
“You really have to get into the booth to see the selection I have… There is definitely something for everybody,” Fransolino said. “I am looking forward to a great sale an great weather.”
2011年10月18日星期二
Peering through his window inspires artist's works
When Stephen L. Waisberg needs artistic inspiration, he need not tread any further than his living room's picture window.
"To me, this view itself is a painting and it changes every second," said the Etobicoke artist and oil painter, 65, adding that much of his work is inspired by the view from his east-facing, 23rd-floor condo at Islington Avenue and Bloor Street West. "So I get umpteen ideas out of it, and this view of Bloor Street shows up in many of my paintings."
Waisberg is holding an exhibition and sale of 23 such oil-on-canvas works from Oct. 23 to 29 at Laurier Gallery - a fitting site, given that it was in just such a gallery that Waisberg got his start in the world of art.
Just 10 years old when his pharmacist father presented him with his first box set of oil paints, Waisberg took to painting on the bits of cardboard that his dad's shirts would come back from the cleaners folded up in. Then he'd tuck his cardboard paintings under his arm, and drop by the old Hubbard's Gallery at Yonge and Eglinton whilst making deliveries for his father's drug store.
"They used to be custom framers and they had such wonderful art in there. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard would talk to me and look at my stuff, and I remember them saying to me 'don't take lessons. You can come here and we'll discuss whatever art we have,' and that was my introduction to art," he said.
"It was from them that I got a sense of how you analyze and break down a piece of work. That was my first education in art."
A barrister by training and trade, Waisberg is a self-described impressionist/expressionist painter who said he never wanted to make art his livelihood, because, in his mind, there are too many extremely talented artists out there compromising their art by worrying about what sells.
Still, he notes the parallels between his art and the 'theatre without a script' that is the courtroom.
"It's artistic - no matter how much you're prepared, when you walk into a courtroom, it's show time...and when you're in a court of law, you're the advocate for your client. You're trying to present their case with impact," he explained. "It's the same idea with painting - you're trying to see whether or not an observer finds it compelling."
While Waisberg also dabbles in virtual painting on Microsoft Paint, oils are his medium of choice, while his west-end neighbourhood is his choice subject.
Through his cityscapes and landscapes, Waisberg captures his impressions of Etobicoke - from Evening, Bloor Street (an impressionist take on the view from his window at night), to Next Street Over (an expressionist painting featuring three white gabled roofs just viewable amongst a sea of trees north of Waisberg's condo), to City to the East (an imagined airplane's view of his window view), to Riverbank (capturing the close-up 'feel' of nearby Mimico Creek).
"To me, this view itself is a painting and it changes every second," said the Etobicoke artist and oil painter, 65, adding that much of his work is inspired by the view from his east-facing, 23rd-floor condo at Islington Avenue and Bloor Street West. "So I get umpteen ideas out of it, and this view of Bloor Street shows up in many of my paintings."
Waisberg is holding an exhibition and sale of 23 such oil-on-canvas works from Oct. 23 to 29 at Laurier Gallery - a fitting site, given that it was in just such a gallery that Waisberg got his start in the world of art.
Just 10 years old when his pharmacist father presented him with his first box set of oil paints, Waisberg took to painting on the bits of cardboard that his dad's shirts would come back from the cleaners folded up in. Then he'd tuck his cardboard paintings under his arm, and drop by the old Hubbard's Gallery at Yonge and Eglinton whilst making deliveries for his father's drug store.
"They used to be custom framers and they had such wonderful art in there. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard would talk to me and look at my stuff, and I remember them saying to me 'don't take lessons. You can come here and we'll discuss whatever art we have,' and that was my introduction to art," he said.
"It was from them that I got a sense of how you analyze and break down a piece of work. That was my first education in art."
A barrister by training and trade, Waisberg is a self-described impressionist/expressionist painter who said he never wanted to make art his livelihood, because, in his mind, there are too many extremely talented artists out there compromising their art by worrying about what sells.
Still, he notes the parallels between his art and the 'theatre without a script' that is the courtroom.
"It's artistic - no matter how much you're prepared, when you walk into a courtroom, it's show time...and when you're in a court of law, you're the advocate for your client. You're trying to present their case with impact," he explained. "It's the same idea with painting - you're trying to see whether or not an observer finds it compelling."
While Waisberg also dabbles in virtual painting on Microsoft Paint, oils are his medium of choice, while his west-end neighbourhood is his choice subject.
Through his cityscapes and landscapes, Waisberg captures his impressions of Etobicoke - from Evening, Bloor Street (an impressionist take on the view from his window at night), to Next Street Over (an expressionist painting featuring three white gabled roofs just viewable amongst a sea of trees north of Waisberg's condo), to City to the East (an imagined airplane's view of his window view), to Riverbank (capturing the close-up 'feel' of nearby Mimico Creek).
2011年10月17日星期一
Tiancheng International presents a special theme sale
Tiancheng International presents ‘Contemporary Literati’, a special theme sale on modern and contemporary Asian art, on 28th November at Tiancheng International’s inaugural auction. Auction will be held at Tiancheng International’s office at 30/F of Bank of China Tower, Central, Hong Kong. Prior to the auction, highlights of the sale will be exhibited in Shanghai, Beijing, Xiamen and Taipei and Hong Kong.
‘Literati’ refers to ancient Oriental scholars and intellectuals who saw various forms of creative expressions as a way of life. The current theme sale of ‘Contemporary Literati’ comprises of works by contemporary artists who express the spirit and value of the ancient literati by modern mediums such as photography, sculpture, video, oil or mixed media, as well as artists who express contemporary subject matters by traditional tools such as ink and brush. This special theme ‘Contemporary Literati’ presents a provoking fusion of the traditional and the contemporary, which poises to inspire viewers to reflect on the relationship between art and life in the modern days.
Modern masters namely Zhang Daqian, Wu Guanzhong, Zhu Dequn and Zhao Wuji are role models of contemporary literati. Not only because they excel in mastering techniques of western and oriental art and combine features of the two into their works, they also extend the Oriental aesthetics to their daily lives. A selection of masterpieces by these modern masters is included in the theme sale, such as Raincloud over Wushan, a splashed ink painting by Zhang Daqian . Zhang Daqian is highly regarded for his innovative spirits in his breakthroughs in applying the abstract concept and use of colour in western paintings into his ink and brush works. This piece, executed between the 60s to the 70s, is a signature work by Zhang with green and blue splashed ink in his mature style, showing the powerful force of nature amongst the moving clouds and air.
Spring, a double-sided oil painting work by Wu Guanzhong is another major highlight of the auction. Wu Guanzhong is regarded as one of the most representative modern Chinese artists in the 20th century. He applies traditional Chinese painterly techniques of brush drawing in his oil paintings. This work is a rare double-sided oil painting on board. One side captures the scene of willows by the lake in spring and the other side depicts a donkey. Wu demonstrates how he masters his brushes by the succinct lines. This work was acquired directly from the artist and has never been offered in the market.
Other than works by the renowned modern masters, the auction includes also exciting works which are presented innovatively in traditional mediums by contemporary artists. Feng Mingqiu’s is a contemporary calligrapher who believes calligraphy is an expression of brush movement in the third dimension. It is about the art of space and time. Based on this concept, Feng has created over 100 calligraphy styles in the past decade. He believes that poetry is also an art form in time; he then synthesises his creations of poetry, calligraphy and drawings. His works demonstrate the traditional Chinese concept of ‘paintings and calligraphy are from the same origin’. Departure, Music Script is an example of Feng's musical calligraphy in its matured style. He turned Chinese characters into musical notes on paper and made use of seals, an essential element in classical Chinese paintings to punctuate the composition.
The poem, invigorated by the characters, seal marks and space, becomes an expressive song. Feng shared not only visual but melodic pleasure through his calligraphic works.
Under the influences of his family, Ye Fang leads the lifestyle of a literati by building his own traditional Chinese garden at his backyard. The locale becomes the subject matter of his art. He transcribes the garden onto paper including the rocks from the Taiwu Lake at Suzhou, known for their eccentric shapes formed by the waves and weather. Mysterious Wind, Frosting, Roam, Immersing in the Snow is a set of four paintings depicting patterns of the rocks in details. He applies various drawing techniques of ink and brush painting to create different visual effects of caves on the rocks. The dexterous use of the dynamic gradient of ink immediately puts the work into perspective with clouds, earth, rock which also delivers an ambience of Zen.
‘Literati’ refers to ancient Oriental scholars and intellectuals who saw various forms of creative expressions as a way of life. The current theme sale of ‘Contemporary Literati’ comprises of works by contemporary artists who express the spirit and value of the ancient literati by modern mediums such as photography, sculpture, video, oil or mixed media, as well as artists who express contemporary subject matters by traditional tools such as ink and brush. This special theme ‘Contemporary Literati’ presents a provoking fusion of the traditional and the contemporary, which poises to inspire viewers to reflect on the relationship between art and life in the modern days.
Modern masters namely Zhang Daqian, Wu Guanzhong, Zhu Dequn and Zhao Wuji are role models of contemporary literati. Not only because they excel in mastering techniques of western and oriental art and combine features of the two into their works, they also extend the Oriental aesthetics to their daily lives. A selection of masterpieces by these modern masters is included in the theme sale, such as Raincloud over Wushan, a splashed ink painting by Zhang Daqian . Zhang Daqian is highly regarded for his innovative spirits in his breakthroughs in applying the abstract concept and use of colour in western paintings into his ink and brush works. This piece, executed between the 60s to the 70s, is a signature work by Zhang with green and blue splashed ink in his mature style, showing the powerful force of nature amongst the moving clouds and air.
Spring, a double-sided oil painting work by Wu Guanzhong is another major highlight of the auction. Wu Guanzhong is regarded as one of the most representative modern Chinese artists in the 20th century. He applies traditional Chinese painterly techniques of brush drawing in his oil paintings. This work is a rare double-sided oil painting on board. One side captures the scene of willows by the lake in spring and the other side depicts a donkey. Wu demonstrates how he masters his brushes by the succinct lines. This work was acquired directly from the artist and has never been offered in the market.
Other than works by the renowned modern masters, the auction includes also exciting works which are presented innovatively in traditional mediums by contemporary artists. Feng Mingqiu’s is a contemporary calligrapher who believes calligraphy is an expression of brush movement in the third dimension. It is about the art of space and time. Based on this concept, Feng has created over 100 calligraphy styles in the past decade. He believes that poetry is also an art form in time; he then synthesises his creations of poetry, calligraphy and drawings. His works demonstrate the traditional Chinese concept of ‘paintings and calligraphy are from the same origin’. Departure, Music Script is an example of Feng's musical calligraphy in its matured style. He turned Chinese characters into musical notes on paper and made use of seals, an essential element in classical Chinese paintings to punctuate the composition.
The poem, invigorated by the characters, seal marks and space, becomes an expressive song. Feng shared not only visual but melodic pleasure through his calligraphic works.
Under the influences of his family, Ye Fang leads the lifestyle of a literati by building his own traditional Chinese garden at his backyard. The locale becomes the subject matter of his art. He transcribes the garden onto paper including the rocks from the Taiwu Lake at Suzhou, known for their eccentric shapes formed by the waves and weather. Mysterious Wind, Frosting, Roam, Immersing in the Snow is a set of four paintings depicting patterns of the rocks in details. He applies various drawing techniques of ink and brush painting to create different visual effects of caves on the rocks. The dexterous use of the dynamic gradient of ink immediately puts the work into perspective with clouds, earth, rock which also delivers an ambience of Zen.
2011年10月16日星期日
Art on the Edge' in Hopkinton is packed with exciting works
Like many people, artists find "edges" tempting, scary and exhilarating.
So when Kris Waldman chose "On the Edge" for the theme of this year's juried art show at the Cultural Arts Alliance of Hopkinton, more than 40 painters, photographers, printmakers, ceramicists and mixed-media artists submitted work made on the high wire of creativity.
For Michael Finnegan of Medway, that meant painting his wife, pregnant and anxious with their first child. Dennis Stein, of Medfield, photographed the granite facade of a Boston skyscraper soaring like the Tower of Babel into the clouds.
For her poignant and creepy "Nostalgia," Mary Dewey of Worcester juxtaposed the painted image of two doll-like children with an eerie metallic doll hanging over it. Leaping into creative parts unknown, Keith MacLelland, of West Newton, created glittery, fantastic cowboy astronauts in his mixed media "Sorry You're Going to Miss the Show."
Showcasing 65 works selected by sole juror Jane Young, "On the Edge" is packed with exciting, unpredictably varied and high-quality art from 43 mostly local artists.
The CAA's executive director, Waldman said, "I was excited by the variety of work by young and established artists."
"There's such a broad range of representational and abstract work in different media. There's bound to be many things to interest viewers of all tastes," she said.
Presently displayed in the CAA's headquarters at 98 Hayden Rowe St., "On the Edge" runs through Oct. 28. Most works are for sale.
Waldman credited Young, owner and director of Chase Young Gallery in Boston, for sifting through 112 submitted works to select an exciting mix of artwork that's visually pleasing, provocative yet still accessible.
Young seems to have equally applied the exhibit's motif of "On the Edge" to the style, construction and meaning of the art she selected.
Two artists created fragmented portraits to very different effects.
Hanging in a sunlit window, sculptor Michael Alfano's fragmented metal and resin face, "Wind Swept," exudes a haunting power like a blueprint of a robot under construction.
But Mary Shiff's acrylic "My Mother Was Here," which subdivides her mother's face into eight blocks of different ages conveys both the poignancy of memory and the grief of mortality.
The only artists who submitted encaustics, Amy Files and Lynette Haggard, are showing tactile works that seems to exude a sensual heat.
In three works of ink on paper, Alex Leaver composed dazzling abstract designs, which on closer examination, incorporate scores of tiny repetitive images of women and other iconic figures.
Young's selection of two photographers for the first and second prizes has triggered some grumbling among the more than 20 painters.
She awarded first prize to Lindsey Payson for her color photo, "Via Farini 1," which features a series of reflections in the rear window of an automobile, and second place to Carolyn Latourelle for her untitled digital photo of dreamlike angelic figures.
Both photos present interesting and evocative images but it seems curious not to have recognized any of the more than 20 painters for their varied and interesting work.
Young, however, awarded honorable mention to Leaver for her marvelously complex "The Good Samaritan," which blends scores of barely discernible figures into a labyrinthian design.
Several painters are showing striking work, including but not limited to Arlene Chaplin, Ann Christensen, Karen Rothman and Guy Stuart.
Among the standouts, Sorin Bica's boldly colored yet elemental oil painting "Split Personality" conveys the psychological tension of a divided soul.
Working out of the Fountain Street Studios in Framingham, Bica said he "rejects or remodels the pain and sorrow that surrounds us."
A self-taught artist, he began his career as a political cartoonist in his native Romania before plunging into his passion for large, wild expressive paintings."
"I've always been an optimist who sees the light, the color and the beauty in every situation. Everything is tangled, complicated and out of the ordinary in my life," said Bica. "I'm on the edge myself, fighting and passing time while balancing my daily routines with the world created in my paintings, and I am part of my work."
Like most artists in the show, Bica has shown himself at home on the edge.
So when Kris Waldman chose "On the Edge" for the theme of this year's juried art show at the Cultural Arts Alliance of Hopkinton, more than 40 painters, photographers, printmakers, ceramicists and mixed-media artists submitted work made on the high wire of creativity.
For Michael Finnegan of Medway, that meant painting his wife, pregnant and anxious with their first child. Dennis Stein, of Medfield, photographed the granite facade of a Boston skyscraper soaring like the Tower of Babel into the clouds.
For her poignant and creepy "Nostalgia," Mary Dewey of Worcester juxtaposed the painted image of two doll-like children with an eerie metallic doll hanging over it. Leaping into creative parts unknown, Keith MacLelland, of West Newton, created glittery, fantastic cowboy astronauts in his mixed media "Sorry You're Going to Miss the Show."
Showcasing 65 works selected by sole juror Jane Young, "On the Edge" is packed with exciting, unpredictably varied and high-quality art from 43 mostly local artists.
The CAA's executive director, Waldman said, "I was excited by the variety of work by young and established artists."
"There's such a broad range of representational and abstract work in different media. There's bound to be many things to interest viewers of all tastes," she said.
Presently displayed in the CAA's headquarters at 98 Hayden Rowe St., "On the Edge" runs through Oct. 28. Most works are for sale.
Waldman credited Young, owner and director of Chase Young Gallery in Boston, for sifting through 112 submitted works to select an exciting mix of artwork that's visually pleasing, provocative yet still accessible.
Young seems to have equally applied the exhibit's motif of "On the Edge" to the style, construction and meaning of the art she selected.
Two artists created fragmented portraits to very different effects.
Hanging in a sunlit window, sculptor Michael Alfano's fragmented metal and resin face, "Wind Swept," exudes a haunting power like a blueprint of a robot under construction.
But Mary Shiff's acrylic "My Mother Was Here," which subdivides her mother's face into eight blocks of different ages conveys both the poignancy of memory and the grief of mortality.
The only artists who submitted encaustics, Amy Files and Lynette Haggard, are showing tactile works that seems to exude a sensual heat.
In three works of ink on paper, Alex Leaver composed dazzling abstract designs, which on closer examination, incorporate scores of tiny repetitive images of women and other iconic figures.
Young's selection of two photographers for the first and second prizes has triggered some grumbling among the more than 20 painters.
She awarded first prize to Lindsey Payson for her color photo, "Via Farini 1," which features a series of reflections in the rear window of an automobile, and second place to Carolyn Latourelle for her untitled digital photo of dreamlike angelic figures.
Both photos present interesting and evocative images but it seems curious not to have recognized any of the more than 20 painters for their varied and interesting work.
Young, however, awarded honorable mention to Leaver for her marvelously complex "The Good Samaritan," which blends scores of barely discernible figures into a labyrinthian design.
Several painters are showing striking work, including but not limited to Arlene Chaplin, Ann Christensen, Karen Rothman and Guy Stuart.
Among the standouts, Sorin Bica's boldly colored yet elemental oil painting "Split Personality" conveys the psychological tension of a divided soul.
Working out of the Fountain Street Studios in Framingham, Bica said he "rejects or remodels the pain and sorrow that surrounds us."
A self-taught artist, he began his career as a political cartoonist in his native Romania before plunging into his passion for large, wild expressive paintings."
"I've always been an optimist who sees the light, the color and the beauty in every situation. Everything is tangled, complicated and out of the ordinary in my life," said Bica. "I'm on the edge myself, fighting and passing time while balancing my daily routines with the world created in my paintings, and I am part of my work."
Like most artists in the show, Bica has shown himself at home on the edge.
2011年10月13日星期四
Redding artists will open studios Sunday
The Artists of Redding Studio Tour is a benefit for the Redding League of Women Voters and will showcase the work of Kathy Anderson, Babette Bloch, Hansi Engel, James Grashow, Marc Mellon, Erin Nazzaro and Victoria Wyndham.
Linda Eike, LWV president, described the tour as “a unique opportunity to visit the studios of some of the finest artists in Redding for a nominal fee.
“To be able to see seven artists with such different perspectives — and to be able to discuss their work with them — is a rare opportunity. The League of Women Voters is extremely grateful to all of them for their generous participation. Not one paused for a moment before saying yes to our request that they open up their studios to us and give an afternoon of their time.”
Kathy Anderson, who has been painting for most of her adult life, is known for her garden landscapes and nature scenes. She has won many awards for her work including the President’s Award at the National Arts Club Member Show in 2011 and first prize in the Salmagundi Club’s Member’s Show. She will exhibit in the American Masters Invitational at the Salmagundi Club in spring, 2012. She is an exhibiting artist member of the National Arts Club and in the club’s permanent collection; a signature member of the Connecticut Watercolor Society; a charter member of Putney Painters with Richard Schmid, Putney, Vt.; a member of Oil Painters of America; and an artist member of the Salmagundi Club. She is represented by Susan Powell Fine Art of Madison; Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas; and Chrysalis Gallery, Southampton, N.Y.
Babette Bloch and her husband and fellow sculptor Marc Mellon will open their studios to visitors on Sunday, showcasing their different approaches to three-dimensional media. Ms. Bloch is a pioneer in laser-cut stainless steel sculpture and divides her time between site-specific, one-of-a-kind commissions and limited edition works exhibited in fine art galleries. She has been sculpting since 1980 and began working in stainless steel in 1993. She recently created four nine-foot tall figures for the Brookgreen Gardens Lowcountry Trail in Murrells Inlet, S.C.
Ms. Bloch is an active member of the National Arts Club and has received its President’s Medal. She is the volunteer president of The Artists’ Fellowship, Inc., founded in 1859 to assist professional artists in time of emergency.
Mr. Mellon is considered one of America’s premier figurative sculptors in bronze and has done commissioned bronze busts of former President George H.W. Bush, Pope John Paul II, President Lee Teng-Hui of Taiwan, Winston Church, and Albert Einstein. He has created busts from life sittings of many prominent people, most recently, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel.
Mr. Mellon is also known for his sports bronzes and dance bronzes. His portrait relief of Barack Obama was created for the obverse of the 2009 Official Presidential Inaugural Medal. He is active in the National Arts Club, the Artists’ Fellowship, Inc., Portrait Society of America, and other arts organizations. In 2007, he was elected to the Century Association in Manhattan where he exhibits annually; in 2010, he was Coker Master Sculptor at Brookgreen Gardens and was also elected a Fellow in the National Sculpture Society.
Hansi (Johanna J.L.) Engel, a watercolorist, enjoys painting flowers and working en plein air as well as doing portraits. She studied at Silvermine School of Art and has participated in many regional shows at the Visual Art Center in Punta Gorda, Fla. Her work has won prizes at the Waveny Art Center, Greenwich YWCA, and at the Pink Tent Festival in Stamford. In 2006, her work “Mirrored Image” hung in the Hudson Valley Art Association Show in New York City. Her works are hanging on three continents and in many homes on the East and West Coasts.
James Grashow has been addressing “themes of man, nature and mortality” in his art since the 1960s. A graduate of the Pratt Institute, he received a Fulbright Travel Grant for painting and graphics to Florence, Italy, and later returned to Pratt for his master’s degree. He has created large environmental installations, such as “A City” (1984), as well as more delicate floral displays, where houses and buildings replace flowers and buds. His work has been featured at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, where he’s also frequently worked with young people. He’s a well known woodcut artist, widely published in periodicals including The New York Times. He had his first sculpture show at the Allan Stone Gallery in 1966 and still continues that relationship.
Erin Nazzaro, who works in oil, acrylic and watercolor, is know for her boldly colored paintings, inspired by her travels in Mexico, South America and Europe. She says she’s “most inspired by “the animals, landscapes and passion of the peoples in these countries, their love of family, their connection with the land, their fervent beliefs.” Ms. Nazzaro maintained a studio in Mexico for many years and found inspiration in the colors and the folk art there.
Victoria Wyndham is known for her three decades in daytime television, first on The Guiding Light and then on Another World. In the latter, her character, Rachel Cory, became a sculptor at Ms. Wyndham’s suggestion, and she did all the artwork for her character. A bronze torso she created for the show was donated by NBC to the Smithsonian Institution. Having performed on stage before and during her television career, Ms. Wyndham also did video art, dance concerts and rock videos during the 1980s and later toured with acting partner and friend Charles Keating in a series of recitals and readings.
Since moving to Redding and establishing her studio in 2004, she has exhibited in many group shows and had her first one-woman show since 1977 at Artifact Gallery in Wilton last year. Her work was also included in Art of the Northeast at Silvermine in 2010.
All proceeds from the Artists of Redding Studio Tour will benefit the Redding League of Women Voters. Ms. Eike explains that the organization fills “a unique niche in town, hosting forums on issues such as affordable housing and town planning, providing a bus (when money allows) for Joel Barlow High School students to attend the Symposium on International Relations at Quinnipiac College, arranging public meetings with our local and state representatives and staging candidates’ debates during contested elections.”
Linda Eike, LWV president, described the tour as “a unique opportunity to visit the studios of some of the finest artists in Redding for a nominal fee.
“To be able to see seven artists with such different perspectives — and to be able to discuss their work with them — is a rare opportunity. The League of Women Voters is extremely grateful to all of them for their generous participation. Not one paused for a moment before saying yes to our request that they open up their studios to us and give an afternoon of their time.”
Kathy Anderson, who has been painting for most of her adult life, is known for her garden landscapes and nature scenes. She has won many awards for her work including the President’s Award at the National Arts Club Member Show in 2011 and first prize in the Salmagundi Club’s Member’s Show. She will exhibit in the American Masters Invitational at the Salmagundi Club in spring, 2012. She is an exhibiting artist member of the National Arts Club and in the club’s permanent collection; a signature member of the Connecticut Watercolor Society; a charter member of Putney Painters with Richard Schmid, Putney, Vt.; a member of Oil Painters of America; and an artist member of the Salmagundi Club. She is represented by Susan Powell Fine Art of Madison; Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas; and Chrysalis Gallery, Southampton, N.Y.
Babette Bloch and her husband and fellow sculptor Marc Mellon will open their studios to visitors on Sunday, showcasing their different approaches to three-dimensional media. Ms. Bloch is a pioneer in laser-cut stainless steel sculpture and divides her time between site-specific, one-of-a-kind commissions and limited edition works exhibited in fine art galleries. She has been sculpting since 1980 and began working in stainless steel in 1993. She recently created four nine-foot tall figures for the Brookgreen Gardens Lowcountry Trail in Murrells Inlet, S.C.
Ms. Bloch is an active member of the National Arts Club and has received its President’s Medal. She is the volunteer president of The Artists’ Fellowship, Inc., founded in 1859 to assist professional artists in time of emergency.
Mr. Mellon is considered one of America’s premier figurative sculptors in bronze and has done commissioned bronze busts of former President George H.W. Bush, Pope John Paul II, President Lee Teng-Hui of Taiwan, Winston Church, and Albert Einstein. He has created busts from life sittings of many prominent people, most recently, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel.
Mr. Mellon is also known for his sports bronzes and dance bronzes. His portrait relief of Barack Obama was created for the obverse of the 2009 Official Presidential Inaugural Medal. He is active in the National Arts Club, the Artists’ Fellowship, Inc., Portrait Society of America, and other arts organizations. In 2007, he was elected to the Century Association in Manhattan where he exhibits annually; in 2010, he was Coker Master Sculptor at Brookgreen Gardens and was also elected a Fellow in the National Sculpture Society.
Hansi (Johanna J.L.) Engel, a watercolorist, enjoys painting flowers and working en plein air as well as doing portraits. She studied at Silvermine School of Art and has participated in many regional shows at the Visual Art Center in Punta Gorda, Fla. Her work has won prizes at the Waveny Art Center, Greenwich YWCA, and at the Pink Tent Festival in Stamford. In 2006, her work “Mirrored Image” hung in the Hudson Valley Art Association Show in New York City. Her works are hanging on three continents and in many homes on the East and West Coasts.
James Grashow has been addressing “themes of man, nature and mortality” in his art since the 1960s. A graduate of the Pratt Institute, he received a Fulbright Travel Grant for painting and graphics to Florence, Italy, and later returned to Pratt for his master’s degree. He has created large environmental installations, such as “A City” (1984), as well as more delicate floral displays, where houses and buildings replace flowers and buds. His work has been featured at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, where he’s also frequently worked with young people. He’s a well known woodcut artist, widely published in periodicals including The New York Times. He had his first sculpture show at the Allan Stone Gallery in 1966 and still continues that relationship.
Erin Nazzaro, who works in oil, acrylic and watercolor, is know for her boldly colored paintings, inspired by her travels in Mexico, South America and Europe. She says she’s “most inspired by “the animals, landscapes and passion of the peoples in these countries, their love of family, their connection with the land, their fervent beliefs.” Ms. Nazzaro maintained a studio in Mexico for many years and found inspiration in the colors and the folk art there.
Victoria Wyndham is known for her three decades in daytime television, first on The Guiding Light and then on Another World. In the latter, her character, Rachel Cory, became a sculptor at Ms. Wyndham’s suggestion, and she did all the artwork for her character. A bronze torso she created for the show was donated by NBC to the Smithsonian Institution. Having performed on stage before and during her television career, Ms. Wyndham also did video art, dance concerts and rock videos during the 1980s and later toured with acting partner and friend Charles Keating in a series of recitals and readings.
Since moving to Redding and establishing her studio in 2004, she has exhibited in many group shows and had her first one-woman show since 1977 at Artifact Gallery in Wilton last year. Her work was also included in Art of the Northeast at Silvermine in 2010.
All proceeds from the Artists of Redding Studio Tour will benefit the Redding League of Women Voters. Ms. Eike explains that the organization fills “a unique niche in town, hosting forums on issues such as affordable housing and town planning, providing a bus (when money allows) for Joel Barlow High School students to attend the Symposium on International Relations at Quinnipiac College, arranging public meetings with our local and state representatives and staging candidates’ debates during contested elections.”
2011年10月12日星期三
Prince Edward County focus at Scenes of Sandbanks and Beyond
Local artists are once again being very generous with their talents and contributing to
The 12th annual Scenes of Sandbanks and Beyond annual original art show and sale will celebrate all that is ‘The County’ – particularly the three Provincial Parks and the burgeoning wine industry. Forty-one local artists will exhibit their work using a variety of disciplines including; fabric, glass, sculpture, photography, oil, watercolour, encaustic and acrylic paintings.
This year’s featured artist is Carol Burrill, whose work is featured on this year’s poster. She depicts the diversity of the County with her pendant, a piece of sculpted stone set in sterling silver. Carol, jeweler to The County, owns with her husband Rick, Riccaro’s Design at 388 Main Street in Picton. Three young, upcoming artists in this year’s show are Sarah Renaud Wilkinson, Shelby del Gatto and Jacob Wiens. Sarah wowed visitors to Art in the County with her amazing pencil on board ‘Creature’. Shelby’s art work is featured on a white wine label titled ‘Dragonfly’ produced at her family’s winery Del-Gatto Estates. Master Wiens, a Grade 9 student is a wood carver and spent time this past summer being tutored his grandfather, Bill Naylor, a carver of note. Jacob has won awards in the Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Ocean City, Maryland.
Proceeds from this year’s show will be directed through the Friends of Sandbanks Park, toward a permanent sign to mark Lakeshore Lodge in Sandbanks Provincial Park. The sign will commemorate one of the most historic and significantly important buildings in the County.
Visitors are invited to experience Scenes of Sandbanks and Beyond in the relaxing ambiance of Black Prince Winery’s Art Cellar. Renew memories of The County through the creative eye of The County’s many talented local artists and enjoy the delicious wine.
The 12th annual Scenes of Sandbanks and Beyond annual original art show and sale will celebrate all that is ‘The County’ – particularly the three Provincial Parks and the burgeoning wine industry. Forty-one local artists will exhibit their work using a variety of disciplines including; fabric, glass, sculpture, photography, oil, watercolour, encaustic and acrylic paintings.
This year’s featured artist is Carol Burrill, whose work is featured on this year’s poster. She depicts the diversity of the County with her pendant, a piece of sculpted stone set in sterling silver. Carol, jeweler to The County, owns with her husband Rick, Riccaro’s Design at 388 Main Street in Picton. Three young, upcoming artists in this year’s show are Sarah Renaud Wilkinson, Shelby del Gatto and Jacob Wiens. Sarah wowed visitors to Art in the County with her amazing pencil on board ‘Creature’. Shelby’s art work is featured on a white wine label titled ‘Dragonfly’ produced at her family’s winery Del-Gatto Estates. Master Wiens, a Grade 9 student is a wood carver and spent time this past summer being tutored his grandfather, Bill Naylor, a carver of note. Jacob has won awards in the Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Ocean City, Maryland.
Proceeds from this year’s show will be directed through the Friends of Sandbanks Park, toward a permanent sign to mark Lakeshore Lodge in Sandbanks Provincial Park. The sign will commemorate one of the most historic and significantly important buildings in the County.
Visitors are invited to experience Scenes of Sandbanks and Beyond in the relaxing ambiance of Black Prince Winery’s Art Cellar. Renew memories of The County through the creative eye of The County’s many talented local artists and enjoy the delicious wine.
2011年10月11日星期二
Davson’s $1.3m record art sale
THE PRICE $1.3 million for On The Ark of Salvation by Sharon Davson sets a new record price for a painting by a living Australian artist.
The highest sales price for living artists within a country is predominantly a male domain.
Davson, whose art is represented in the New England Regional Art Gallery (NERAM) collection, is currently the only female in the world in this position.
She is also an artist who for more than two decades has been best known for her spiritual and environmental works.
In 1989, Davson donated a woven silk-screen print titled On Hawkesbury Shores to the New England Regional Art Gallery collection.
She travels extensively and has maintained strong ties with many people and places throughout her life, and has been in Armidale again recently.
“I am grateful to the people of this area who have supported my art since the 1980s,” she said.
“It has been a long road to arriving at this highpoint in my career, and it could only have been achieved by the progression of milestone public collections, exhibitions, commissions and events.”
“I encourage all local artists to continue working at their art, and trust that many artists will create art works that inspire others to a more positive life.
“It is time for inspirational, spiritual and environmental art, and art by women, to take a lead position in professional art, here and elsewhere.”
The painting has been bought by a consortium of collectors who prefer to be known as Epic Oz Art.
At $1.3 million, this is the first time in Australia a female artist has secured the prestigious sales position of the highest value for a painting by a living artist. Previously, John Olsen’s Love In The Kitchen was the highest priced when it sold for $1.09 million in 2006.
Davson’s creative influence has inspired artists in more than 80 countries towards a new spiritualism in art, with On The Ark of Salvation leading the way for more than a decade.
In 2003, the painting featured for six months on the front cover of an international monthly magazine, - the only painting (or artist) to have had this honour.
The highest sales price for living artists within a country is predominantly a male domain.
Davson, whose art is represented in the New England Regional Art Gallery (NERAM) collection, is currently the only female in the world in this position.
She is also an artist who for more than two decades has been best known for her spiritual and environmental works.
In 1989, Davson donated a woven silk-screen print titled On Hawkesbury Shores to the New England Regional Art Gallery collection.
She travels extensively and has maintained strong ties with many people and places throughout her life, and has been in Armidale again recently.
“I am grateful to the people of this area who have supported my art since the 1980s,” she said.
“It has been a long road to arriving at this highpoint in my career, and it could only have been achieved by the progression of milestone public collections, exhibitions, commissions and events.”
“I encourage all local artists to continue working at their art, and trust that many artists will create art works that inspire others to a more positive life.
“It is time for inspirational, spiritual and environmental art, and art by women, to take a lead position in professional art, here and elsewhere.”
The painting has been bought by a consortium of collectors who prefer to be known as Epic Oz Art.
At $1.3 million, this is the first time in Australia a female artist has secured the prestigious sales position of the highest value for a painting by a living artist. Previously, John Olsen’s Love In The Kitchen was the highest priced when it sold for $1.09 million in 2006.
Davson’s creative influence has inspired artists in more than 80 countries towards a new spiritualism in art, with On The Ark of Salvation leading the way for more than a decade.
In 2003, the painting featured for six months on the front cover of an international monthly magazine, - the only painting (or artist) to have had this honour.
2011年10月10日星期一
Celebration of the Arts brings artists, musicians and tourists
A few people milled about on the second floor of the Conference Center on Saturday afternoon, looking at the various art that was on display as part of the first-ever Lake Placid Celebration of the Arts.
This three-day event over the Columbus Day weekend featured about 55 artists who presented different styles ranging from realism to abstract and worked with various media, including oil paints, colored pencils, stainless steel, recycled materials and photography.
"So far, what we have seen is pretty interesting," said David Burton of Saratoga Springs.
"It's the differences, the types of mediums that are being used," added Andrea Burton, also from Saratoga Springs.
Most of the artwork displayed at the festival was for sale. The pieces ranged in price from less than $100 to thousands of dollars.
Some of the artists were present at the festival, talking to attendees about the pieces they had on display.
One such artist was Renea Menzies from Houston, Texas, who said it takes her, on average, a month to complete one of her sculpted oil paintings that usually feature flowers.
"I actually sculpt parts on a palette and then they're taken off the palette and placed on a canvas with a knife," she said. "And I use a glazing medium to protect it afterwards."
All the art on display at the festival could be viewed free of charge. Also free was the opportunity to perform in front of an open mic during the course of the three-day festival, something 10-year-old Chris Cooley, of Herkimer, took advantage of Saturday.
Additional entertainment came in the form of the screening of the film "Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend," which made its North Country premiere at the festival.
Event directors Victor Forbes and Jamie Ellin Forbes scheduled musical acts to perform each night, including Ghislain Dion, Celine Dion's sister, on Friday. Playing Saturday were Savoy Brown with guitarist Kim Simmonds, Keene Valley's Roadside Mystic, harmonica player Frank Latorre and the King Bees. A John Lennon Birthday Tribute with Heidi Little and special guests the Vee Tones and friends took the stage Sunday.
A decent-sized crowd showed up to Saturday night's concert inside the Olympic Center. Audience members tapped their feet, nodded their heads and even got up and danced.
"It was fantastic," said Peggy Fickes, of Newington, Ontario, after Saturday night's performances. "I'm really glad we came. I liked the energy, the variety and seeing Ghislain Dion from Montreal."
This three-day event over the Columbus Day weekend featured about 55 artists who presented different styles ranging from realism to abstract and worked with various media, including oil paints, colored pencils, stainless steel, recycled materials and photography.
"So far, what we have seen is pretty interesting," said David Burton of Saratoga Springs.
"It's the differences, the types of mediums that are being used," added Andrea Burton, also from Saratoga Springs.
Most of the artwork displayed at the festival was for sale. The pieces ranged in price from less than $100 to thousands of dollars.
Some of the artists were present at the festival, talking to attendees about the pieces they had on display.
One such artist was Renea Menzies from Houston, Texas, who said it takes her, on average, a month to complete one of her sculpted oil paintings that usually feature flowers.
"I actually sculpt parts on a palette and then they're taken off the palette and placed on a canvas with a knife," she said. "And I use a glazing medium to protect it afterwards."
All the art on display at the festival could be viewed free of charge. Also free was the opportunity to perform in front of an open mic during the course of the three-day festival, something 10-year-old Chris Cooley, of Herkimer, took advantage of Saturday.
Additional entertainment came in the form of the screening of the film "Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend," which made its North Country premiere at the festival.
Event directors Victor Forbes and Jamie Ellin Forbes scheduled musical acts to perform each night, including Ghislain Dion, Celine Dion's sister, on Friday. Playing Saturday were Savoy Brown with guitarist Kim Simmonds, Keene Valley's Roadside Mystic, harmonica player Frank Latorre and the King Bees. A John Lennon Birthday Tribute with Heidi Little and special guests the Vee Tones and friends took the stage Sunday.
A decent-sized crowd showed up to Saturday night's concert inside the Olympic Center. Audience members tapped their feet, nodded their heads and even got up and danced.
"It was fantastic," said Peggy Fickes, of Newington, Ontario, after Saturday night's performances. "I'm really glad we came. I liked the energy, the variety and seeing Ghislain Dion from Montreal."
2011年10月9日星期日
Exhibition, sale showcase diverse works
Painter Andrea Briggs says the real beauty of art is the infinite possibilities it affords the artist and the beholder.
"Fifteen years ago, my husband and I were in Boca Raton, Fla., where I co-owned an art gallery with another artist," she said. "I didn't actually start painting until about 10 years ago.
"I was delighted with the diversity of the people and what they do. I've discovered there are no mistakes, only design opportunities."
A first-time exhibitor, Briggs joined six other local artists during the "Diverse Art" show and sale at the Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center's Lusty Gallery on Oct. 6 and 7. First held in 2006, the show was not staged in 2010.
Many of the artists said it is the unexpected direction some of their pieces take that holds their interest. For example, in one of her works, Jo Wyrosdick started out using one medium and ended up with another, creating texture she hadn't originally envisioned.
"I had someone ask me to do something abstract," she said. "I was encouraged to redo an earlier piece.
"This is acrylic. I don't think I would be able to do this in oil just because it takes longer to dry. In my oil paintings, I usually end up with something different than what I started."
Alice French said that evolution provides a sense of wonderment for an artist.
"Jo's painting was a great example of not having to worry about what the original plan was, or to make apologies or excuses for it even if it was not what she planned," French said. "My wine glasses were that way. I didn't envision them this way, but it turned out well."
On display at "Diverse Art" were abstract and representational acrylic and oil paintings, wood-turned items, jewelry, and painted and stained glass.
Although all of the work was available for purchase as Christmas gifts or decorative home additions, Pennie Sifly said the show is special because it is not about making money.
"I might be able to go to lunch on what I make with my art," Sifly said. "That's what is neat about this. We all have lives, and this is just a small portion of our lives. We don't do it as a livelihood.
"That's how this whole show got started. It isn't just to sell products. We want people to see it."
French's personal mantra about her art is a throwback to an old Bobby McFerrin song: "Don't worry, be happy." She said every piece she finishes is rewarding.
"We know we sometimes need to bring to the show some less-expensive pieces," French said. "We all have work that takes a lot of time, and that's where the higher price lies.
"People like to come and purchase our pieces, but are not always able to do that at a higher price."
Vicky Yandle is a cardiac rehabilitation nurse at the Regional Medical Center who has been a photographer since she was 14. Another first-time exhibitor at "Diverse Art," Yandle specializes in weddings and baby photos. She said she looks forward to growing in her chosen medium.
"I want them to see themselves how I see them," Yandle said. "The way I see them in that moment is how beautiful the brides and the babies are.
"My inspiration is what God can do. I feel like God's work is so beautiful. Looking at the sky and sunset inspires me to capture one moment of what He has given us."
Sharing their art with others is the ultimate payoff for "Diverse Art" exhibitors. French said while the cost of materials prevents her from giving away all of her work, the joy it gives others is "the bottom line."
"Nothing gives me more pleasure than to have someone say they like something I'm wearing," French said. "When I take it off and put it around their neck, it puts that spark of joy in their eyes."
At his first "Diverse Art" show in 2009, wood turner Tom Kerr found several people who were either novice turners or became interested in the craft.
"We wood turners, second to making wood chips, like to teach others how to make wood chips," Kerr said, laughing. "That's rewarding for me and a lot of fun.
"Fifteen years ago, my husband and I were in Boca Raton, Fla., where I co-owned an art gallery with another artist," she said. "I didn't actually start painting until about 10 years ago.
"I was delighted with the diversity of the people and what they do. I've discovered there are no mistakes, only design opportunities."
A first-time exhibitor, Briggs joined six other local artists during the "Diverse Art" show and sale at the Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center's Lusty Gallery on Oct. 6 and 7. First held in 2006, the show was not staged in 2010.
Many of the artists said it is the unexpected direction some of their pieces take that holds their interest. For example, in one of her works, Jo Wyrosdick started out using one medium and ended up with another, creating texture she hadn't originally envisioned.
"I had someone ask me to do something abstract," she said. "I was encouraged to redo an earlier piece.
"This is acrylic. I don't think I would be able to do this in oil just because it takes longer to dry. In my oil paintings, I usually end up with something different than what I started."
Alice French said that evolution provides a sense of wonderment for an artist.
"Jo's painting was a great example of not having to worry about what the original plan was, or to make apologies or excuses for it even if it was not what she planned," French said. "My wine glasses were that way. I didn't envision them this way, but it turned out well."
On display at "Diverse Art" were abstract and representational acrylic and oil paintings, wood-turned items, jewelry, and painted and stained glass.
Although all of the work was available for purchase as Christmas gifts or decorative home additions, Pennie Sifly said the show is special because it is not about making money.
"I might be able to go to lunch on what I make with my art," Sifly said. "That's what is neat about this. We all have lives, and this is just a small portion of our lives. We don't do it as a livelihood.
"That's how this whole show got started. It isn't just to sell products. We want people to see it."
French's personal mantra about her art is a throwback to an old Bobby McFerrin song: "Don't worry, be happy." She said every piece she finishes is rewarding.
"We know we sometimes need to bring to the show some less-expensive pieces," French said. "We all have work that takes a lot of time, and that's where the higher price lies.
"People like to come and purchase our pieces, but are not always able to do that at a higher price."
Vicky Yandle is a cardiac rehabilitation nurse at the Regional Medical Center who has been a photographer since she was 14. Another first-time exhibitor at "Diverse Art," Yandle specializes in weddings and baby photos. She said she looks forward to growing in her chosen medium.
"I want them to see themselves how I see them," Yandle said. "The way I see them in that moment is how beautiful the brides and the babies are.
"My inspiration is what God can do. I feel like God's work is so beautiful. Looking at the sky and sunset inspires me to capture one moment of what He has given us."
Sharing their art with others is the ultimate payoff for "Diverse Art" exhibitors. French said while the cost of materials prevents her from giving away all of her work, the joy it gives others is "the bottom line."
"Nothing gives me more pleasure than to have someone say they like something I'm wearing," French said. "When I take it off and put it around their neck, it puts that spark of joy in their eyes."
At his first "Diverse Art" show in 2009, wood turner Tom Kerr found several people who were either novice turners or became interested in the craft.
"We wood turners, second to making wood chips, like to teach others how to make wood chips," Kerr said, laughing. "That's rewarding for me and a lot of fun.
2011年10月7日星期五
Great last-minute consignments make Shannon's Oct. 27 fine art sale even better
Late additions to what was already a packed sale are promising to make the Shannon’s Fine Art Auction slated for Thursday, Oct. 27, an event to remember. New consignments by prominent artists – including a pair of collections dedicated to Modernism, a category that is particularly hot right now -- have poured in just over the last couple of weeks.
The auction already boasted original works of art by such renowned painters as Jasper Cropsey, Birge Harrison, Martha Walter, John White Alexander and others. The new additions pushed the number of lots that will cross the block to 213. The pre-auction estimates for all the artworks combined total $2.5-$3.5 million.
Following is just a small sampling of what has only recently been consigned:
An original painting by Thomas Moran, titled A View Near Cuernavaca, Mexico. Mr. Moran is regarded as the primary artist of the final decades of Western exploration, working both in watercolor and oil.
A still life rendering by Robert Spear Dunning. Mr. Dunning was a founder of the Fall River School in Massachusetts, which emphasized still life paintings, but he also painted portraits and landscapes.
An original oil painting by Mary Bradish Titcomb . Ms. Titcomb was born in New Hampshire but lived mostly in Boston and frequently traveled out West to paint. She did marine, landscape and portrait work.
An original painting by Worthington Whittredge. Mr. Whittredge was born in a log cabin in Springfield, Ohio, but went on to become one of the foremost painters in the First Generation Hudson River School.
An original still life by Severin Roesen . Mr. Roesen was known for his sumptuous, highly realistic still life renderings, done with a brilliant palette in the tradition of the 17th century Dutch and German painters.
Other paintings of interest will be by John George Brown, Walter Launt Palmer, Charles Courtney Curran, Richard E. Miller and F.A. Bridgman. Fine prints will feature examples by Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, George Bellows, Chuck Close, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Grant Wood and others.
Three lots carry pre-sale estimates of $100,000-$150,000 and are expected to attract intense bidder interest. The first is a luminist view of the Hudson River by Jasper Cropsey. Mr. Cropsey was known for his autumnal landscapes, allegorical paintings and botanical renderings. He is a product of the Hudson River School and is coveted by collectors.
The second is a tea party painting by Martha Walter (1875-1976), who painted in France, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania over the course of her rich and fruitful career. She was best known for portrait work, beach-child-park paintings and landscapes. A second painting by her – a beach scene – will also come under the gavel. It is expected to command $60,000-$80,000.
Lastly is a Birge Harrison rendering of Bryant Part in New York City. Mr. Harrison was born in Philadelphia and has been described as one of America’s leading tonalist painters. He specialized in moonlit landscapes, but he eschewed plein air work, preferring instead to paint from memory.
The auction already boasted original works of art by such renowned painters as Jasper Cropsey, Birge Harrison, Martha Walter, John White Alexander and others. The new additions pushed the number of lots that will cross the block to 213. The pre-auction estimates for all the artworks combined total $2.5-$3.5 million.
Following is just a small sampling of what has only recently been consigned:
An original painting by Thomas Moran, titled A View Near Cuernavaca, Mexico. Mr. Moran is regarded as the primary artist of the final decades of Western exploration, working both in watercolor and oil.
A still life rendering by Robert Spear Dunning. Mr. Dunning was a founder of the Fall River School in Massachusetts, which emphasized still life paintings, but he also painted portraits and landscapes.
An original oil painting by Mary Bradish Titcomb . Ms. Titcomb was born in New Hampshire but lived mostly in Boston and frequently traveled out West to paint. She did marine, landscape and portrait work.
An original painting by Worthington Whittredge. Mr. Whittredge was born in a log cabin in Springfield, Ohio, but went on to become one of the foremost painters in the First Generation Hudson River School.
An original still life by Severin Roesen . Mr. Roesen was known for his sumptuous, highly realistic still life renderings, done with a brilliant palette in the tradition of the 17th century Dutch and German painters.
Other paintings of interest will be by John George Brown, Walter Launt Palmer, Charles Courtney Curran, Richard E. Miller and F.A. Bridgman. Fine prints will feature examples by Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, George Bellows, Chuck Close, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Grant Wood and others.
Three lots carry pre-sale estimates of $100,000-$150,000 and are expected to attract intense bidder interest. The first is a luminist view of the Hudson River by Jasper Cropsey. Mr. Cropsey was known for his autumnal landscapes, allegorical paintings and botanical renderings. He is a product of the Hudson River School and is coveted by collectors.
The second is a tea party painting by Martha Walter (1875-1976), who painted in France, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania over the course of her rich and fruitful career. She was best known for portrait work, beach-child-park paintings and landscapes. A second painting by her – a beach scene – will also come under the gavel. It is expected to command $60,000-$80,000.
Lastly is a Birge Harrison rendering of Bryant Part in New York City. Mr. Harrison was born in Philadelphia and has been described as one of America’s leading tonalist painters. He specialized in moonlit landscapes, but he eschewed plein air work, preferring instead to paint from memory.
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