Little Bursts of Color and Market Central
What a crazy week it's been! Sorry the lighting is so bad on these. These are little 6x6 abstract studies I was working on for our "Paint your own abstract" party at the Fountain Gallery this weekend. Right now they are on sale at the sidewalk sale at Market Central!
On Tuesday, I find out there's an opportunity to display some work at Market Central for this weekend's big Sidewalk Sale, so I spent most of yesterday getting ready for that. Artist Glenda Brown is sharing a wall with me, and we had to paint the wall, and hang some art.
I didn't have anything ready that I thought would work for the designer crowd that shops there except one abstract. So the one abstract (red and blue one I call "Eruption") is mine - the rest are Glenda's. Glenda is a fantastic portrait artist, and I've gotten to know her through Anne Enoch's Wednesday night painting from life group.
On Tuesday, I find out there's an opportunity to display some work at Market Central for this weekend's big Sidewalk Sale, so I spent most of yesterday getting ready for that. Artist Glenda Brown is sharing a wall with me, and we had to paint the wall, and hang some art.
I didn't have anything ready that I thought would work for the designer crowd that shops there except one abstract. So the one abstract (red and blue one I call "Eruption") is mine - the rest are Glenda's. Glenda is a fantastic portrait artist, and I've gotten to know her through Anne Enoch's Wednesday night painting from life group.
So I'm excited to now be at Market Central, and will devote some time to putting together more art for this wall!!!
Life Painting
Our live painting group has nudes occasionally. This was my painting from last night. Especially where I live, people don't seem to have very much of an open mind about nudes - they think they are obscene. It seems like every art exhibit I've applied to be in, I'm told "no nudes."
I think the human body is a work of art, and is beautiful - no matter the shape, or age, or size. I also have observed that every true art gallery has nude statues and paintings. But here in Memphis, even the gallery owners admit they have to consign the nudes to a back room. So it appears that people in the Renaissance were much more open minded than we are today! It's a shame, and I guess I will continue to be a "rebel."
MGAL Spring Exhibit
So happy to be juried into the Memphis Germantown Art League's 2015 Spring Exhibit!! This is my very first juried exhibit! These paintings will be on display at the Germantown Center for the Performing Arts through May 27th. There is a reception next Saturday, May 9th from 4pm - 6pm
