“During my creative confinement, due to the coronavirus, I focused on a series of paintings featuring water lilies. In many ancient cultures, the water lily symbolizes rebirth and peace. This beautiful calming subject matter put my mind at ease, allowing me to fall into a moving meditation while painting. It was my way of creating calm amongst the chaos around me during the global pandemic,” says Kim.
Kim Minichiello is an internationally recognized, award-winning artist, whose career in art and design has spanned more than 30 years. As a designer for Walt Disney Imagineering, she worked on the concept development and design of shops, restaurants, and attractions, for Disney theme parks worldwide.
Kim is a signature member of American Women Artists and the Georgia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Florida Watercolor Societies. She was also the 2019 President of the Florida Watercolor Society. She is a member of thirteen professional painting societies, and is a founding member of the Orlando, Florida Chapter of the worldwide Urban Sketchers Organization.
She has exhibited her work in Europe, China, Hong Kong and throughout the United States, winning numerous awards. Most notably the Winsor & Newton Award in the 151st American Watercolor Society Exhibition and the Southwest Art Magazine Award in “Making Their Mark: American Women Artists” at the Booth Western Art Museum. She has been in global publications including The Watercolor Artist Magazine, PleinAir Magazine and American Art Collector. She was chosen as one of fifty-six artists worldwide for “The Fabriano Watercolour 2020/2021 Exhibition” at the Museo della Carta e della Filigranna, in Fabriano, Italy. Her work will also be featured in Splash 22: The Creative Spark.
“Visual storytelling and attention to detail is my impetus in my career as a designer and continues to be the driving force in my work. My background in architecture and design, passion for travel, study of various cultures, and ongoing interest in botany influences my creative process. I’ve worked in a variety of mediums, but the lyrical nature of watercolor captivates me like no other. I’m inspired to push the limits of the medium to create bold and dynamic stories,” adds Kim.
Kim is a studio and plein air painter, view her award-winning work on her website. All work is available through the artist.
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Dawn Patrol by Peggy Immel
30 x 40 in.
oil on linen
The 12th annual Grand Canyon Celebration of Art kicked off in early September with measures in place to ensure social distancing and the safety of both the artists and visitors. During Plein Air at Grand Canyon from September 12th through September 19th, visitors could watch the artists at work, painting along the South Rim of Grand Canyon. Now through January 18th, 2021 their work will be available for viewing and for sale at Grand Canyon Conservancy’s online gallery (shop.grandcanyon.org).
Each year 4–5 new artists are invited to participate in the event. One of this year’s new artists is Peggy Immel. Immel was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. After spending 30 years in Boston, she and her husband, photographer Steve Immel, returned to her western roots, settling in Taos, New Mexico.
In addition to the plein air work the artists create during the event, they also submit a Grand Canyon related studio painting. Of her studio painting, Dawn Patrol, Immel says:
“The break of dawn on the rim is a time of anticipation and promise, a brief period when the vast expanse of the canyon is suddenly revealed. My first sighting of the resident condors in the canyon happened at first light. They sailed like huge aircraft above the void. This piece was painted in the late winter of 2020 in the solitude of my studio as the world waited in isolation for a new beginning. During that time as I painted, I thought daily about the beauty and freedom that a sunrise over the canyon symbolizes. Those ruminations and the memory of the condors in flight inspired this painting.”
Boca Drop In
Oil on Belgian Linen
12 x 12 in. Framed
Available Through Hughes Gallery Inc. Boca Grande, FL, [email protected]
Boca Drop In depicts one of those magical moments on the water in Boca Grande Pass, when simultaneously a glorious tangerine drops from the sky for an amazing sunset masterpiece theater; just as dropping in a fishing line while Tarpon Fishing and one of the largest you ever caught strikes it! Just about as good as it gets! That truly defines Boca Drop In. Sunsets like these, simply must paint to capture the effects that no camera can truly reflect its magical and dramatic light. While realizing, the pause to take in the skies master performance lead to a catch that took well into the evening, long past the sunset’s performance. That Tarpon worked the fishing line several hours before being reeled in beside the boat. One of the beauties of Tarpon Fishing, it is always a catch and release. Timeless keepsakes remain. Tarpon Fishing is a true art in the fishing world. In the painting world, this Artist’s seeks to reflect an…
“At that Moment…” as her Artist’s statement states, seeking for the viewer to experience that ‘At That Moment…‘ too.
Artist Statement:My paintings seek to capture influential daily moments, and the last¬ing effects these memories play on our hearts and minds throughout our lives. As an artist the passion is to reflect light, life, land, expressions as genuinely experienced ‘At That Moment…’. I paint in the hope to transport the viewer while also exposing them to the very emotion that stops us both now in our tracks to experience a view; simply, seeking with my art to bring you into viewing your own, “At That Moment…” too. – Karen Ann Hitt
Boca Drop In not only shares a specific moment, it also seeks to reflect the timeless beauty of sunset over the water. The cloudscapes, also known as skyscapes are often depicted in Karen Ann’s award-winning artwork. She was classically trained at Parson’s School of Design in New York.
Upcoming Exhibits:
Announcing her next One-Woman Solo Exhibit – Opens 15 February 2021 at the Hughes Gallery Inc. in Boca Grande, FL 22921 – save the date and stay tuned.
Juried National Oil Acrylic Painter Society – NOAPS 30th Annual Best of America Exhibit hosted by the Cutter and Cutter Fine Art Gallery in Saint Augustine, FL – November 2-29 with her oil painting Comes Into The Light.
Exhibiting Artists/Associate Memberships with:
Salmagundi Club, Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, Plein Air Artist Colorado, Plein Air Painter New Mexico, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and Women Painters of the South East. She is the founder (2003) of the Venice Plein Air group.
Published: Karen Ann is a Nationally Exhibiting Artist, Published in PleinAir Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, American Art Collector, featured in PleinAir Magazine OutdoorPainter.com, to name a few.
Presently:
Karen Ann Hitt – An Original Hitt is represented by the Hughes Gallery Inc., 333 Park Ave. Boca Grande FL 33921; 941-662-9970 Proudly Celebrating their 21st season representing Representational Fine Art.
Blood Orange & Blue
30 x 17.5 in. (76 x 44 cm)
Watercolor on paper, on aluminum panel
$5,900, framed Available through the artist
Matthew Bird makes vibrant still life paintings in watercolor, bringing ordinary object to life with stunning clarity. Still life painting offers the opportunity to explore different textures and colors in great detail; which is particularly energetic in Blood Orange & Blue.
Complementary colors can mix to create beautiful greys, but when painted next to each other, they are especially dynamic because they play off the opposite’s intensity. Joining forces, the warm orange hues and the various blues from the jars and fabric create dynamic visual interest.
Matthew works methodically, incorporating many layers to build up rich darks and popping color. Pure watercolor is a transparent medium—no white paint is used. Areas that are white reveal the original paper surface, carefully preserved during the progression.
In the final step, the watercolor paper is mounted to ACM panel (aluminum composite material) to provide a rigid, archival surface and to flatten the painting, eliminating any warping in the watercolor process. This extensive practice is time consuming, and when done after the painting is completed, requires great care and patience so there is no risk to the painting.
Matthew Bird lives outside Baltimore, Maryland, with his wife and children, where he paints with a deep love and respect for nature and life, enjoying both portrait and still life work.
He is a Signature Member of numerous organizations, including the National Watercolor Society where he serves as vice president, and his award-winning watercolor paintings have been exhibited in juried shows across the United States, as well as in Canada, China, England, Greece, Hong Kong, and Italy. His work is in a permanent museum collection as well as numerous private collections.
Where the Missouri Breaks won the 2020 Buffalo Bill “Spirit of the West Award.” The insightful /profound comment made about the painting by one of the judges is that the image is a well done and brilliant depiction of the coming of change to the natural order of nature in the Western regions of North America by man and his technology.
According to Ezra, “I have imagined and researched many situations of how man first came in contact with the large herds of bison that covered the plains of North America as man moved into the western territories of North America. Where the Missouri Breaks is my depiction of a herd of American Bison crossing a tributary of the Missouri River where it joins the Yellowstone River. This herd of Bison is dominated in numbers by mature Bison cows, attentively guiding their calves into the water crossing as the Yellow Stone steamboat steams upon the event in the background. A Steamboat named “Yellow Stone” was in service for the American Fur Company moving merchandise, people and supplies along the Missouri River in the 1830s. I imagine that this side wheeler steamboat crossed path many times with herds of bison crossing western waterways during the herds migrations from birthing grounds to more favorable feeding grounds along the regions of the Missouri River.”
Ezra’s bold, distinctive style of painting wildlife reflects acute observation and knowledge of his subject and displays an intimate and emotional portrait quality and adept storytelling. Ezra states, “The challenge I have for myself is to present the beauty and majesty of the animal world in dynamic form to help influence the preservation of our planet’s varied species through my art.” Ezra was the Featured Artist at The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in 2017. Ezraʼs art is included in the permanent collections of: The Booth Western Art Museum, The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art, The Rossignol Cultural Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Anheuser- Busch, Inc. and The Texas Rangers Historical Museum. Western Art & Architecture, Southwest Art and Sporting Classics Magazine have published feature articles on Ezra and his art in 2017.
Tucker states, “The focus of my Wildlife Art is to excite and engage people into developing a visceral understanding of the wildlife that inhabit our living planet. The challenge I have for myself is to present the splendor and majesty of the animal world in dynamic form. I am wanting to create an impression of my subjects and not a photo-realistic image. I desire for the viewer to use their intellect and curiosity to imagine and to become aware when they observe my depictions. I hope that my inspired likenesses of wildlife may inspire and connect people to the conservation efforts necessary to protect these essential species that we rely on for our existence. There is an honesty about Wildlife that is a fundamental definition of reality to me. When I am painting, I become a part of this universal truth. This feeling of connectivity and my ability to participate in it is extremely exciting. A sensation I hope to share through my Artwork.”
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition / February 2021
The Briscoe Western Art Museum / “Night of Artists” / March 26, 2021
Please visit my website: www.ezratucker.com to see images of my art. I can be contacted by email: [email protected] or phone: (719) 487-0648 with any questions, comments or to discuss commissions.
As part of our effort to continue to help artists and art galleries thrive, we’re proud to bring you this week’s “Virtual Gallery Walk.” Browse the paintings below and click the image itself to learn more about it, including how to contact the gallery.
London Flower Market by Jesus Navarro, Oil on canvas, 24 x 35 in.; Lotton Gallery
Arrival by Paul Batch, Oil, 24 x 30 in.; Anderson Fine Art Gallery
Ahoy by Tony South (born 1964), Oil on panel, 7.4 x 7.3 in., signed; Rehs Contemporary
Bottes de paille by Maurice de Vlaminck (1876 – 1958), Gouache on paper, 12 1/4 x 16 in., signed; Rehs Contemporary
Front Hall by Carol Gobin, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in., 31 x 25 in. framed; Vermont Artisan Designs
Grand View by Nancie King Mertz, 15 x 18 in., pastel; ArtDeTriumph & Artful Framer Studios
Want to see your gallery featured in an upcoming Virtual Gallery Walk? Contact us at [email protected] to advertise today – don’t delay, as spaces are first-come first-serve and availability is limited.
On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, Los Angeles-based artist and philanthropist Gayle Garner Roski passed away peacefully in her art studio at her Toluca Lake home, surrounded by family and her vibrant watercolor paintings that brought joy to so many people. She was 79 and suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
More from the obituary:
The loving wife of real estate developer Edward P. Roski Jr. and the mother of three, Gayle was born in Los Angeles on September 11, 1941, to Russell Dwight and Mary Lewis Tucker Garner. As the third of four children, born after sisters Mary Ann Garner and Cheri Munson and before brother Tucker Dwight Garner, she lived her formative years in Hancock Park.
After her high school graduation from the Buckley School, she enrolled at the University of Southern California as a fine arts major. It was at USC that she met the love of her life. She married Ed Roski shortly after his 1962 graduation from USC and then they moved to Quantico, Virginia, where he began his service to this country as a Marine.
In 1966, the couple returned to Southern California and settled in the community of Toluca Lake. She put aside her artistic aspirations as she focused on her family and raising her children, channeling her creative abilities into helping with school projects, sewing costumes for Halloween and skating competitions, and volunteering with Los Floristas to help children with special needs.
At age 50, after her youngest child had moved out of the family home, Gayle was diagnosed with cancer. She used art as part of her therapy to battle the horrific disease, and when she emerged cancer-free, she had the focus and resolve to pursue her lifelong dream: to be an artist.
Earlier this year Roski hosted an Artist Salon for collectors at her home, prior to the Masters of the American West 2020 Exhibition. Here she is pictured with one of her miniature paintings, which features the image of a young Hopi girl holding a family of clown kachina dolls. (Image/caption: https://www.facebook.com/gaylegarnerroski)
In the three decades since that declaration, Gayle had exhibited at galleries and museums from Southern California to Scotland. She had been an invited artist in the annual Masters of the American West Art Exhibition at the Autry Museum since 2009. She also regularly participated in numerous exhibitions of the historic California Art Club, including 20 installments of the organization’s signature event, the Annual Gold Medal Exhibition.
Many of her vibrant watercolor paintings depicted the life and land of cultures around the world, as she was an avid world traveler. Gayle explored with her husband some of the most remote parts of the globe – from the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean to view the ruins of the Titanic to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro – always with paints and sketchbook in hand to record her experiences in artwork.
Gayle also shared stories of other cultures as a children’s book illustrator, developing artwork for the multi-cultural book publisher East West Discovery Press. Her first collaboration with this publisher, Mei Ling in China City, a true story set in Los Angeles during World War II, received numerous literary awards.
While she embraced opportunities to use her craft to spotlight rich traditions of people from around the world, her most significant body of work paid tribute to her native Los Angeles. These works, collectively titled the “Los Angeles Millennium Series,” were developed over 20 years, beginning in the year 2000. All 44 of the paintings, which spotlight beloved sites throughout the Southland – from Downtown Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley and Orange County – will be published later this year in the book The Gift of Los Angeles.
Gayle was also a steadfast advocate for her fellow artists, actively involved with public art initiatives as a Commissioner for the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the chair of the Arts and Furnishing Committee for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. She also designed the angel form for two different public art programs that adorned Los Angeles with colorful larger-than-life angel statues decorated by local artists.
Following her years of devotion to arts and art education, in 2006, Ed and Gayle Roski pledged a naming gift to their alma mater, which resulted in the renaming of Southern California’s oldest visual arts school to the USC Gayle Garner Roski School of Art and Design.
Gayle is survived by her husband of 58 years, Ed; daughter Reon Roski; son Edward Roski III and his wife, Colleen Roski; daughter Katrina Roski and her husband, Marc Pearl; and grandchildren Bryce Roski, Austin Roski, Grant Roski, Ashley Roski, Edward Roski IV, Charlotte Pearl, Madeline Pearl and Abigayle Pearl.
As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions may be made to Augie’s Quest to Cure ALS. Augie’s Quest is dedicated to funding the most aggressive and innovative research and fast-tracking effective treatments, with the ultimate goal of halting, reversing and curing this devastating disease.
The Roski family is extremely grateful for the support and advice they received from Augie’s Quest to help find exceptional doctors for Gayle’s care. The family is hopeful that the efforts of this trailblazing organization will find a cure in the near future, so others do not have to endure the pain that Gayle did.
Donations may be made online at give.augiesquest.org/roski. In addition, donations may be made by check, payable to Augie’s Quest, and mailed to:
Augie’s Quest to Cure ALS
P.O. Box 9886
Denver, CO 80209
Chantel Lynn Barber yearns to promote the human spirit in her work. She believes that when it comes to the human race, there is more that unites than divides. There is beauty in everyone, regardless of whether they measure up to society’s definition of beauty. Not only their joys, but their sorrows too. She wants to show the beauty in the human condition. Chantel is on a journey to capture the vision in her mind’s eye – the one blood we as humans share. And she does it all in acrylic – with strong color, energetic brushwork, light and story. Her loose style draws the viewer’s attention, visually beckoning them to wonder at the essence of life.
Chantel is a Signature Member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters. She is a member of the Portrait Society of America and The National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society.
Selected Award Highlights
• Finalist – BoldBrush Painting Competition, January 2020
• Finalist – BoldBrush Painting Competition, March 2020
• Award of Excellence – National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society 2020 Spring Online International Exhibition
• Finalist Outside the Box Category – Portrait Society of America’s Members Only Competition, December 2019
• Honorable Mention – International Society of Acrylic Painters All-Member Online Exhibition, December 2019
• Winner AcrylicWorks 7: Color and Light Peak Media 2019 Acrylics Competition
• Finalist – BoldBrush Painting Competition, August 2019
• Award of Excellence – National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society 2019 Spring Online International Exhibition
• Finalist – BoldBrush Painting Competition, March 2019
• Winner AcrylicWorks 6: Creative Energy North Light Books’ 2018 Acrylics Competition
• Winner Strokes of Genius 9: Creative Discoveries North Light Books’ 2016 Drawing Competition
• Master Class Finalist – Art Muse Contest, November 2018
• Master Class Finalist – Art Muse Contest, February 2018
• Outstanding Acrylic – BoldBrush Painting Competition, January 2018
• 2017 Annual Award Winner Master Class – Art Muse Contest
• Master Class Finalist – Art Muse Contest, October 2017
• Master Class Winner – Art Muse Contest, May 2017
• Finalist – BoldBrush Painting Competition, February 2017
• Winner AcrylicWorks 5: Bold Values North Light Books’ 2017 Acrylics Competition
• 2nd Place – BoldBrush Painting Competition, December 2015
• Outstanding Acrylic – BoldBrush Painting Competition, October 2015
Harvey Dinnerstein (b. 1928), "Linda and Alicia, 1992," oil on canvas, 48.25 x 44 in., c Gerald Peters Contemporary
Gerald Peters Contemporary (New York) has recently announced “Harvey Dinnerstein: Underground,” which is on view online and by appointment.
From the gallery:
A national academician and lifelong teacher, Dinnerstein’s devotion to representational art established him as a 20th century master of realism. He came of age in an era that embraced abstraction above all else, but, from the beginning, Dinnerstein operated outside of this arena. His drawing and painting skills are derived from humanist traditions of the past, responding to the complexity of contemporary life.
The eight decades of his work encompass a remarkable range of subjects from figurative genre to epic compositions. This includes intimate images of his family, depictions of hte Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956, black liberation struggles, and the Vietnam protests of the 1960’s and 1970’s. In addition to these cogent works are a series on the seasons (based on views of Prospect Park, Brooklyn), and a group of life-size figurative portraits and images of urban life.
This exhibition focuses on a selection of subway images conceived in oil and pastel that probe beneath the surface of the subject to a deeper perception: the heartbeat and diversity of the city, underground.
At the recent Realism Live virtual art conference, Eric Rhoads and Peter Trippi announced the finalists and top winners of the Artist and Selfie Painting Competition, which featured $44,000 in cash and awards.
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