Artist Spotlight: Debra Joy Groesser
Art can be very healing and is truly a universal language. One of the best experiences is when a painting touches someone so deeply that it brings them to tears.
Artist Spotlight: Kim Lordier
I feel it is important to tell the story, and look for more humane ways to manage these over populated herds.
Artist Spotlight: Laura Pollak
“Creating art is only part of the process. Like a dialogue between friends, art must be shared and seen in order to close the circle and convey the idea. I invite you to join me on this journey of discovery.”
PleinAir Salon Spotlight: Raging Spring
We’d like to congratulate the Overall First Place winner in the August 2022 PleinAir Salon, judged by Lori Putnam.
Artist Spotlight: Brenda Coldwell
One result of this was an opportunity to participate in an “artist in residency” at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. I spent the entire month of September there. I painted en plein air for 28 days.
Representational Painting Subjects That Are … Radical
How Sean Cheetham brings a genuine element of cool — a unique and honest edginess — to contemporary representational painting, which can often seem like "the art world’s nerd corner."
Artist Spotlight: Mark White
Sometimes I refer to my drive to paint as a “fealty to the presence”. This process gave the paintings a cinematic feel, allowing the overlapping areas of light to be in pristine focus.
Artist Spotlight: Paula Holtzclaw
Following the close advice from Chuck Close, Paula finds inspiration from doing the work, not waiting around for it, and working the process.
Artist Spotlight: Nanette Fluhr
Being an artist enables Nanette to see subtlety and beauty in the world, to capture and portray in her vision, to have an idea and bring it to life.
A Winning Artist on the Making of “Marmalade Sky”
We’d like to congratulate Patricia Burford Ryan for winning Overall First Place in the July 2022 PleinAir Salon, judged by Michael J. Ruple, Director of aux gallery. Here, Patricia explains her winning work, "Marmalade Sky."