Tom McGrath was a treasure waiting to be found at the Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando, FL. I’d never heard of Tom McGrath; my husband had never heard of Tom McGrath. But there it was. A stunning Tom McGrath painting in the main entry area of the Orlando Museum of Art. I’ve really lucked [...]
“Be Yourself. Just Be Yourself.” I can’t paint like anyone else. God knows I try. Jessie Morgan is someone I know and like. And yet I find myself pathetically jealous of her. I saw this painting of hers recently. It’s called Shimmer 1111. I drooled over it and immediately dissolved into a pool of longing. [...]
Juried Art Show call for entry = excitement and dismay. Okay, a Juried Art Show means an opportunity, but to make a good presentation decisions have to be made. Selecting works for a Juried Art Show is akin to deciding what to wear to a fancy dress ball. What will make me look good? What [...]
West Collects sent out a call for entries. They announced their interest in looking at art far and wide and said since West Collects cannot travel every byway in the country–or the world, they decided to run an online West Collects competition. It is free to enter. Thankfully West Collects also made entry easy. By [...]
AVA’s Auction begins March 24th with early previews . The gallery will be open 11-5 including Sunday March 25th. It ends with a fabulous party and final bidding on Saturday March 31st from 5:30 to 7:30. Each year people buzz about the AVA’s Auction. I hear it all the time: “Are you going to AVA’s [...]
AVA Gallery Silent Auction is being held this year on Sat. March 31st., 5:30-7:30, 11 Bank St., Lebanon, NH. AVA Gallery Silent Auction early bidding is being held 11-5 each day March 24th through the 31st with final bidding at the party on the 31st. AVA Gallery Silent Auction is an event to look forward [...]
Boston Art and Design (AD 20/21) is having it’s fifth annual exhibition at the Cyclorama, 539 Tremont St. Boston MA. It opens March 15th and runs through March 18th. Boston Art and Design is throwing a gala Thursday evening with all proceeds benefiting the Boston Architectural College. This year’s Boston Art and Design exhibitors include several [...]
“How can you continue to paint after you’ve seen Steven Assael?” My friend and I had just left at Steven Assael exhibit at the Naples Museum of Art in Naples, FL. “Don’t you just want to stop painting,” she continued. “I mean, Steven Assael! Does it get any better? Helen, tell me you can [...]
Martin Johnson Heade influences my work. If he also influences you, I would like to hear from you.. An important American painter, Martin Johnson Heade was often associated with the Hudson River painters, but Theodore Stebbins, art historian and curator of American Art at the Harvard University art museums wrote, “If the paintings of [...]
Yesterday I saw Jenny Saville’s first American Museum solo show at the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach. It showed an artist with impeccable drawing skills, an artist who handles paint magnificently, an artist who has something to say and says it with power and dignity and who while creating disturbing [...]
Copper Cascade is 16" x 16", oil on linen over panel with copper strip.
OPENING Friday August, 24th 2012 6:00-8:00 PM