News
August 30, 2010
After three weeks in New York City, new tools
I recently returned from three weeks at Grand Central Academy in New York, where I attended a color workshop taught by artist Graydon Parrish. If you think three weeks is a long time to study color, I assure you it was only an introduction to a much larger field. I have written about it on my blog (see links in several locations on this page), where you will also see photos of some workshop activities with palette and paint. It was fun to get out of the studio and visit the big metropolis after spending the Alaska winter preparing work for my July solo show. I met wonderful fellow artists and enjoyed the great art collections of the city.
Next week I will have an excellent opportunity to apply the lessons I learned in New York to my work in Alaska, as I once again go into Denali National Park for a week of camping, painting, and drawing. I hope for good weather. My goal will be to make many drawings and oil studies, lots of color notes, and, with luck, a few finished paintings. More on that when I return.
Posted by carol at 8:04 AM
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June 30, 2010
Show opening Friday July 2 in Homer, Alaska
My solo show of 19 original still life paintings opens Friday, July 2, at Fireweed Gallery in Homer.
Seen a painting on the website or blog that interests you? The gallery will be happy to hear from you by phone or email.
(907) 235 3411 or (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Prices from $340 to $1850, all in great frames and ready to hang on your wall.
The show will be in the gallery through July, but don’t wait too long or your favorite painting may be gone!
Please come for the opening and refreshments on Friday evening.
On Saturday, July 3, please drop in during my day-long painting demonstration.
Fireweed Gallery, 475 E. Pioneer Ave, Homer, AK, is open 10 - 7 PM Mon - Sat and 11 - 5 PM Sun.
Posted by carol at 7:48 AM
May 24, 2010
Show in July at Fireweed Gallery in Homer, other summer events
I will be the featured artist for a solo show at Fireweed Gallery in Homer, AK this coming July. The opening takes place on Friday, July 2, 2010. I will also do a demonstration painting in the gallery on Saturday, July 3.
I have been painting all winter in preparation for this show, and will choose from over 20 new pieces for the exhibition. Most have not been seen outside my studio, though quite a few are on the website and have appeared on my blog.
The gallery has let me know that they are willing to sell in advance to buyers who may not be able to make it to the opening. I will send an email to everyone on my list when the gallery has the full list of works and their prices, so that buyers can deal directly with the gallery for those sales. Works will be shipped to buyers when the show is over, at the end of July.
Immediately following the opening, I will travel to New York to take a course on color theory at the Grand Central Academy of Art. The course is 3 weeks long, so this is quite a commitment for me, and I am very excited. Look for more news about my trip in upcoming posts. It’s hard to leave Alaska in July (I hope the garden doesn’t go crazy!) but I believe it will be worth the sacrifice. I am eagerly planning my museum and gallery visits.
Later this year, I will return to Denali National Park with my friend Mary Bee Kaufman, to do more plein air work and to enjoy the peace and quiet of the park after Labor Day.
Posted by carol at 8:47 AM
December 06, 2009
Pulley #1 at International Gallery
Please stop by the International Gallery of Contemporary Art, corner of 4th and D Streets in Anchorage, when you are downtown doing your Christmas shopping! My still life Pulley #1 is on display in the members’ show, which will be available for viewing until December 27th.
And while you are out and about, check out my Alaska Produce #2 at Mixx Grill in the Inlet Towers Hotel (1200 L Street), several of my Denali Park landscapes at 2 Friends Gallery (on Benson next to Cafe del Mundo), and the group invitational show Shadows and Fog, at Out North Theater Gallery (corner of Debarr and Bragaw). The show at Out North features my paintings, encaustics by Sheary Suiter, and photographs by Zhanna Lukyanova. Be sure to stop into the gallery when you go to showings for the Anchorage Film Festival, which is also happening at Out North.
Posted by carol at 10:08 AM
October 30, 2009
Upcoming Show at Mixx Grill
Interested in food and art? Mixx Grill is about to open a show of artwork about food, and my Alaska Produce #2 painting will be on view. The show opens on November 6th. Mixx Grill is located in the Inlet Tower Hotel, 1200 L Street, Anchorage. Please come by on First Friday, have some food and/or a beverage, and check out the artwork, from 5:30 to 11PM. This is your chance to see the big bok choi painting off the truck, and without the graphics, just the vegetables. (Yes, this is one of the paintings seen around town on the side of the Glacier Valley Community Supported Agriculture Truck.) .
Posted by carol at 3:19 PM
October 10, 2009
Upcoming Show at Out North Theater
Many of my still life paintings completed over the last year will be on display at Out North Theater for one month, starting November 20, 2009. The show opening will coincide with the Anchorage Film Festival, with many of the films on offer to be shown at Out North. So if you are a fan of Out North, of the film festival, of paintings and photography, or all of the above, this is an event you will want to attend! The show, titled Shadows and Fog, is an invitational event curated by Kaye N. Goodrich, featuring the work of three artists: myself, Sheary Suiter, and Zhanna Lukyanova. Please be sure to check out the gallery space when you are at Out North!
Posted by carol at 8:21 PM
July 06, 2009
A Gallery Grand Opening in Anchorage
2 Friends Gallery will have their Grand Opening on Thursday, July 9, from 11 AM to 6 PM. Please mark your calendars!
2 Friends is located at 341 East Benson Blvd. in Anchorage, Alaska (next to Café del Mundo), phone: 907 277 0404.
Several of my still life oils will be on display. You will also find fabulous fabric, pottery, jewelry, sculpture, and more in this innovative new gallery.
Their gallery business will apply an interesting and original concept: 2 Friends will donate 10% of all proceeds to a different local non-profit each month. In July, the donation will go to our public radio and TV stations, KSKA/KAKM. When you purchase their wonderful art pieces, you contribute to your community at the same time.
I hope to see you there!
Posted by carol at 2:44 PM
