The Art Spirit Gallery at 415 Sherman Avenue in downtown Coeur d’Alene opens the 2010 ArtWalk season with “New Work by 12 Artists.” The opening reception is on Friday, April 9 from 5-8. Everyone is welcome. The show runs from April 9 through May 8.
12 Participating Artists: • Harold Balazs • Victoria Brace • Kathleen Cavender • Tim Ely • Mary Farrell • Viky Garden • Del Gish • Robert Grimes • Maurice Nespor • Kyle Paliotto • Brad Rude • Steve Sauer
Wish I had an image to show you all... Here is the press release from Tinman:
TInman is pleased to announce a new show "At the Edge of the Sea" by Lou McKee to open with an artist's reception on Friday, April 2nd from 5 to 9 PM. The exhibit will feature works in several media including oil pastel on board, watercolor and pen and ink. The show is inspired by the coastal geology of western Vancouver Island where artist Lou McKee spends her summers hiking and kayaking. The main body of the show features up close and personal "portraits" of the surf polished stones that catch McKee's eye. Once chosen, each stone is examined for its patterns and basic colors which are then magnified with layer upon layer of oil pastel. "While painting on to the larger boards, layers of our planet or images of our vast universe seem to emerge," says McKee.
The artist was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and attended college at Western Washington University as an art major. She worked for several companies in the Seattle area as a graphic illustrator and designer while also showing her work in group juried shows at the Frye Art Museum and other galleries on the west side. She and her husband, David VerWolf have made their home in Spokane for many years now.
"We are pleased to have an artist of Lou's seriousness and sincerity at the Tinman," says owner Sue Bradley. "Lou is clearly following in the footsteps of other major Canadian painters who recreate their visual explorations of the Canadian landscape." The painter is inspired by Emily Carr and the Candian Group of Seven.
And the upcoming schedule:
April 30th – May 30th
Ric Gendron, Acrylic paintings
Artist’s Reception, Friday, April 30th, 5-9 pm
June 4th – July 3rd
I wonder if young artists are taught the finer arts of marketing while in art school. Travis Masingale probably was, ergo the email to my editor which eventually filtered down to me. We briefly discussed the possibility of an "emerging artist" series, which may be as far as the conversation goes. In the meantime, here's emerging artist, Travis Masingale.
Showing at the Globe Bar and Grill through April 28, opening Friday April 2, 5-7:30. "No Reservations" features reconfigured pieces from Masingale's portfolio (a few years each at SFCC and EWU), as well as new work. Shown are Reasons (below right) and Pieces of Me (bottom left).
I'm FROM North Idaho, where I teach public school art, write about art and (try to) develop my own artwork. Before that, Montana (sort of), California, Pennsyslvania, New Jersey, Germany, New York, Georgia--some places more than once--and a bunch of places in between. • I'm FROM a life lived with art... the artwork my parents collected with meager savings, explorations of galleries from here to the east coast, undergraduate work in mixed media and sculpture. I've made a living with my art: marketing and design, graphic illustration, art, journalism, and sundry odd jobs that make for interesting stories but never captivated me as much as teaching, which I love. But, more than that, I've made a LIFE with art. • So I'm FROM a place where art is a valued thing, a hallmark of culture, an expression of our humanity in all it's peaks and valleys. I'm from a place where art is a way of viewing the world and my place within it.
