Graham Waiting Solo Show

FINE ART EXHIBIT

at 

NEIMAN MARCUS

Featuring: Tracy Girdler, Dmitri Valone, Judith Shah, Ethan Gaston and Joseph Pulitano

Through January 31, 2013

Neiman Marcus
5 Copley Place
Boston, MA 02116

Matt McKee at Forum

PROMETHEAN DREAMS

Matt McKee 

at

FORUM

Reception

Friday

November 16, 2012

6:00-8:00PM

755 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02116

http://www.forumboston.com/about.php

MUSE

MUSE

at

Gallery 601

Gallery Talk with Judith Tolnick Champa, Editor at Art New England Magazine

Tuesday

November 27th, 2012

6-8PM

162 Boylston Street 6th Fl.

Boston, MA 02116

Paula Estey

Nabil Kapasi

Frank Costantino

http://gallery601boston.com/

Garry Harley at Dacia Gallery, NY 11/17

For more information please visit:
www.daciagallery.com

Dacia Gallery proudly presents Art Show on Broadway, a group show of over 60 exhibiting artists. This eclectic collection of artwork will feature paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, digital art and site-specific installations. The exhibition space is a beautiful venue located on Broadway and Houston, comprised of three exhibition floors with 14,000 square feet for each floor. By taking a fresh and unconventional approach to curating and exhibition design the artists are given total freedom to curate and present their own artwork. In addition, exhibiting artists will be present at the reception where we invite them to share their art, inspiration and meet the admiring public. The reception includes two bars and live performances.

Lou O'Keefe at Liberty Affairs

ART OF THE COSMOS at Gallery 601

 ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥10% of all of Chris Flisher’s art sales goes to Brain Tumor research through Dr. Patrick Wen at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and The Dana Faber Cancer Program. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

GALLERY 601 

162 BOYLSTON STREET

6th FLOOR

BOSTON, MA

02116

Exotic Car Paintings by Lou O'Keefe

PRESENTS  Exotic Car Paintings  by Lou O'Keefe at Toy Motorsports Join us for an evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and fine entertainment.   Thursday October 25, 2012 7:00-10:00pm 896 Boston Post Road E Marlborough, MA Please RSVP by October 23rd by calling: 888.896.6761 or by e-mailing: RSVP@toymotorsports.com

Announcing New Artist Tracy Girdler!

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TRACY GIRDLER

Tracy was born in the United States but has lived in Brazil, Spain and Italy, and has traveled on four continents, experience which is reflected in her work. Her paintings, acrylic, oil and mixed media on canvas, are not pictures of anything in particular, but rather arise out of her vision, which may be expressed variously in soft earth tones and subtle shadings or vibrant colors and sharp contrasts. Texture and depth are crucial elements lending edge, warmth, strength, and impact. She seeks not to shock or overwhelm, but rather to intrigue the viewer and challenge the eye so as to reveal new perspectives and insights.

She studied art at the Foxcroft School in Virginia and at the Corcoran College of Art+Design in Washington, D.C. She also interned at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.

Her works hang in private collections in both modern and traditional homes, and in the lobbies of the Four Seasons Hotel and the Ritz Carlton Residences in Boston.

She took part in a show in Harvard Square, Art Hop Burlington, VT, and Holiday Hop, Burlington, VT.

Tracy won in an Artslant Showcase.

As a finalist in Artists Wanted contest, Art Takes Times Square, her painting was shown on Times Square billboards.

Tracy was a finalist in the ESSIE awards and will be in the exhibit at Gallore Gallery, CT in August.

Tracy was in the top 100 artists of the SELF 2012 Artists Wanted International Contest.

Tracy exhibited in Lisbon, Portugal at Colorida Gallery in August to September 2012.

Tracy’s work was selected for Artists Wanted Art Book Publication.

Tracy has a solo exhibit in Rome, Italy at Galleria Monogramma late this fall for over a month.

Lou O'Keefe at 29 Newbury

"Fine Art Framing Workshop"

Medallion Gallery Framing Seminar 

Tuesday

October 16, 2012

5:00-7:00PM

Come find out how to best archivally frame your original art, including aesthetic advice on choosing frames and matting, and different options available for artists to best preserve their

work.

Included to all participants is a 10% off coupon towards framing at Medallion Custom Framing.

Garry Harley at Italian Design Brookline

http://www.italian-design.net/

Neiman Marcus Fall 2012 Exhibition

MUSE at Boston Fashion Week

http://www.bostonguide.com/ 

http://bostonfashionweek.com

EXPOSED at Canvas Fine Arts

"It's Not About the Chair"

IMAGINE at Gallery 601

Randi Siu at 29 Newbury

SEPTEMBER 2012

Artist Reception:

29 Newbury Street

Boston, MA 02116

Sunday, September 9, 2012

3-5PM

Cash bar

Suzanne Schultz Gallery Reception

HARMONY at 29 NEWBURY

Join us with artist Graham Waiting

Sunday 

August 12, 2012

3-5PM

at 

29 Newbury Street

Boston, MA 02116

http://29newbury.com/

New Artist Peter Glebo!

 

"I look at everything through the eyes of beauty.  I am intrigued by the simplest object.  A bottle, a blackened silhouette of a person.  I paint images of things I love.  I paint for my soul.  I have a studio in lower Manhattan just blocks from all the sadness.  I keep my windows wide open blasting Broadway show tunes and painting the night away."

~Peter Glebo

New Artist Lou O'Keefe!

Artist Statement

My goal as an artist is to bring my paintings from a one-dimensional surface to a three dimensional experience.  The combination of bold colors, contrasting values, and unique subject matter elicits emotion from the viewer.  Therefore, allowing them to step into the painting instead of simply viewing it.  My paintings are not just a duplication of what my eyes see but rather a visual of what my soul feels.

The Process

Lou’s inspiration comes from his interpretation of nature’s large and small shapes with light and dark colors in landscapes and seascapes.  He paints in the acrylic medium because of its versatility.  Acrylic’s quick drying time allows him to glaze some areas of the painting to achieve a transparent wash like watercolors whereas other areas of the canvas the paint is layered thickly for an oil effect.

His paintings are composed from painting studies done en plein air, sketches, and photographs.   First he sketches his subject with black gesso and then he glazes the canvas with vivid transparent colors to help create an overall emotional tone.   From there, colors are layered over the glaze, thus creating the color vibrancy he is looking for. 

Lou expresses his creativity through his bold use of color.  His paintings are not always portraying a particular time of day but rather a feeling.  Therefore, he allows the painting to tell him which colors to use instead of just depicting what nature is showing.  

 

 

June - September 2012 Illuminations Exhibit Please join us for our Opening Reception Tuesday, June 19, 2012 5:30-7pm Opening remarks at 6pm  55 Fruit Street Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care 2nd floor mezzanine For more information about the Illuminations program, visit the website. Amoroso by Randi Siu Photograph by Garry Harley Participating Artists: Steve Barylick Peter Bates  Anatoly Dverin  Garry D. Harley   Karen Hosking Ricardo Maldonado David Piemonte Ri  DavDddEd Roche Randi Siu  Ellen Slotnick Julia Weber

Introducing Portrait Photographer, Nabil Kapasi

I live for photography! I started taking pictures when I borrowed my brother’s camera (for good!). 

My mission is simple… “make people look good”.  Beauty is everywhere and within everyone.  My job is to capture that inner you.  Sometimes it gets hidden under layers of the various roles we play in life, and my job is to help peel away those layers and capture the real you!  I modeled through college and am well aware of what it feels like in front of a lens. I use that knowledge to bring out the best in you.

There are two things that define a Timeless Portrait: Reflection of personalities and Art worthy of decorating with.

Initially I was an engineer, but felt a calling that could not be denied, and started my own studio where I could fulfill my dream of telling stories in images. I’ve never looked back!

Announcing New Photographer Matt McKee

Artist Statement

Photography is only a means to an end, a tool to be used to explore a concepts that are too complex to be framed by words. Once you get beyond the technical aspects of creating an

image, the rest is pure imagination.

Found on the Beach Statement

Found on the Beach was inspired by a lifetime of exploring that magical transition zone where water meets land.

The next transition, from where I always stand, kneel or crawl, is unreachably far away, where the sky meets the water. While beautiful to look at and mesmerizing at times, it is the stone underfoot that you can pick up,  hold in your hand and put into your pocket.

Of course, the magical zone manifests more than stones. Every day, a walk along the shore line exposes new treasures and shiny baubbles, textures and trinkets.

Each item has taken on a new life in this place. A nail or bottle is no longer something man made. The water’s interaction with the land has changed the object into something often unrecognizable.

The stone, once a chip or crystal, part of some bigger rock, has been caressed to the point that it is almost transparent, smoothed to the point that “rock”, with all of its rough connotations, just doesn’t apply.

I feel some guilt, picking up the piece of shell and putting it in my pocket. I know I have interrupted a pattern. I have changed its destiny to make it a star in my own small dramas. It was meant to be part of the beach, another grain of sand that will rub up against the next rock or shell, replacing itself as it gets smaller.

Maybe, one day, I will plan a visit to the beach in reverse. I will go to my shelves and drawers, fill my pockets with stones and bits, and scatter them into the incoming tide.

Grenade! Statement

The Grenade Series began early in 2012 as a simple exploration of explosives and food.

Juxtaposing a lemon with the fuse handle of a grenade seemed like it could describe so many different concepts:

            • my love/hate relationship with fruits and vegetables

            • my concerns over eco-terrorism

            • and vague feelings of impending doom over the impact of humanity upon the natural world.

As they say, it was a good idea at the time.

The series rolls on. Now, I have a hard time going into the fresh veggie section of the grocery store. Star fruits and cukumbers all start clamoring for my attention, only to be shouted down by eggplants and zuccini’s.

I have received several cross looks from older women and shop clerks for overly examining various produce under different light sources in the store.

Ah, all in the name of the message.

Promethean Dreams Statement

Derived from Prometheus, the Greek god who stole fire and gifted it to humanity.

An exploration of the visual form of a flame. Captured in a moment, frozen in an abstract, each flicker fascinates as it caresses  and careens through an invisible world.

It is a slice of primal force that takes on its own life and personality, which causes us to stare in rapture.

To worship at the hearth, as we have done since the beginning.

Some see angels and dragons, while others see dancers and waves.

Both, and neither, are correct as this primal element echos to something deep inside us all.

Fire, the primal element that gives birth to the universe and all that is within it. It is a catalyst for change, both destructive and rebirth.

It is the violent oxidation that changes everything.

See also the Promethean Dreams video at http://youtu.be/46ahaEJgQBc

Johniene Papandreas at Thos. Moser June 21st

Horizons at Gallery 601