"China Town Revisited" $500 SOLD

This has been a good week at the gallery. This is the second painting of mine that went out the door. We also sold one of Deb's and a couple of paintings by Edward J. Elhoff.

"China Town Revisited" is an encaustic painting I did back in the early 1990's and was part of a large body of work I did at that time. These paintings are strong in color and very expressionistic. I have sold most of the paintings from that series. Only a handful remain in addition to a couple that we have kept and are not for sale.

The gentleman who purchased this painting has his eye on a couple of others and is also considering commissioning a large canvas.

CNY ART SHOWCASE

Maxfield Parrish at the Everson

Exhibitions

Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print
April 29 - July 11, 2010

During the height of Maxfield Parrish's popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, he was the most reproduced American artist of his era. Disseminated through magazine covers, book illustrations, calendar pads, advertisements and color reproductions, Parrish's images occupied a ubiquitous presence in popular visual culture. While recent exhibitions of Parrish have focused mainly on his original oil paintings, Fantasies and Fairy-Tales represents the first comprehensive sampling of Parrish's work in a variety of printed media. His whimsical designs based on fairy-tales and nursery rhymes were a favorite of early twentieth century advertisers.


Tickets to this exhibition will cost $10 non-members, $8 children under 18, students (w/ college ID), Military (w/ ID), and seniors (65+). Everson Members and children under 5 are admitted free. A special family rate is available for $30 (including 2 adults and 4 dependent children). Group tours are available at a special rate of $8 per person, must be booked in advance. K-12 school tours will be offered at no charge, must be booked in advance through the Education Department. Tickets may be purchased in advance at everson.org, or during the exhibition at the Everson Ticket Desk.

Public tours are available on Thursdays at 2.00pm. These tours are complimentary with exhibition admission, and no reservation is required.

This exhibition is organized by the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, DC &International Arts, Memphis, TN.

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Image: Maxfield Parrish, Ecstasy, 1930. Calendar detail, 38¾" x 18" [39¼" x 18¾"]. Lenders: Collection of Kathleen and George Nitschelm, Heritage Auctions (HA.com).

This image is untitled and unfinished. This is from a series of abstract photographs I am working on and plan to combine with encaustic to blur the line between painting and photography. I am very excited about this series and I think it will be an interesting exhibition when finished. I hope to have these ready for my June show at the Edgewood Gallery in Syracuse, New York.

"Blue Horse" $900 SOLD

This mixed media abstraction is one of those paintings you either love it or hate it. This is true of course of a lot of abstract art. Today someone loved this painting and placed it on layaway. They plan to hang in their dining room. This is the third piece of mine they have purchased. The first two were photographs. Seems as though they are becoming collectors. We encourage that sort of thing!

"Walking in China Town"

During my recent trip to San Francisco I stayed at the Hilton in the finacial district. China Town is right out the front door, so I enjoyed walking around exploring and taking photographs. I had several opportunities at different times of day. I must have captured over one hundred digital images. I really like some of them and I'll have a lot of fun going through them and altering/manipulating them.

This is my first piece, as yet untitled. I find something interesting in this composition. I'm thinking this may turn into a series, maybe a show "Walking in China Town".

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"Questa" $500.00 SOLD

"Questa" This mixed media abstraction is a painting from the late 90's. It will be auctioned off to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in April. This painting is one of four that Deb and I have (two each) that will be published in this year's Guide to Art in Central New York.