Paint Out at Patriot Place

Come one come all to the Paint Out at Patriot Place, this coming Saturday 3/17/12 from 1-5p.  The Foxboro Art Association will be sponsoring this event.   Artists from all disciplines will be creating work live for your enjoyment!  What better way to kick off St. Patrick's Day!

To sweeten the deal, I will be giving away a free painting!  The first person to mention this will receive a free signed and dated original painting by, yours truly!

So come on out on Saturday at Patriot Place and enjoy the weather with us and help support local artists!

Sol Lewitt Retrospective

So I was recently able to take in the Sol Lewitt Retrospective at Mass MoCA.  I've gotta say, the amount of work he was able to create was daunting!  I've seen several of his wall drawings in person before, but by no means this many.  The exhibitions spans 3 floors of Mass MoCA chronicling his early, mid, and late career works.  Each period was accompanied by a video talking about each step in his career, and the team of 65 volunteers who helped execute this phenomonal show.

What I found most interesting is, Sol Lewitt was an artist who's work was fueled by the idea behind each work, and the design process, not necessarily the execution.  He clearly didn't have the mastery of the brush like a DaVinci, or Picasso. 

Now this raises the questions, of what makes art?  Is it the execution, the idea, or perhaps both?  The retrospective was executed entirely by a team of 65 students, done to the exact specifications of Sol Lewitt.  Because these works were not created by Sol Lewitt's hand per say, does this not make him a genius, or even a true artist?

Personally, I left the museum feeling very inspired.  I particularly love his mid career's work where he would experiment with color, and his 'equations' for creating work.  I love that when you get up close on this work, you can see all the colors that were mixed to create the hue you were seeing from a distance.  With these transposed colors, you're actually looking through one color to the next.  He'd apply several very thin washes to achieve this effect.  His pallete was always just the basic primary colors.  He'd use these to create those washes and get his new colors.  Below are some images from the show....

Flora T. Little Gallery

As mentioned in my previous post, the Hunakai show was a huge success!  I ended up selling 7 pieces.  What a crazy way to finish up the year!  Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the group over the past year.

Moving onward to 2012....

SNAC has 2 shows coming up in January.  The first is going to be at the Flora T Little Gallery at the Bridgewater Public Library.  What's so exciting is, SNAC has expanded!  We now have 7 new members, 2 of which are my extremely talented studio mates Corey Ritch and Charlie Robinson.

The opening reception will be Weds January 18 from 530-730p.  This is going to be an excellent chance to meet the new artists and check out their work!

Happy Holidays to everyone.  I look forward to 2012 being even better than 2011.

Hunakai

The Hunakai opening reception was fantastic!  The show, however, will be coming down a couple weeks  early due to renovations at the gallery.  If you havent already, check the show out, it'll be up until Dec 22. For more info, visit www.hunakaistudio.org

In other news....the Bazooka Tooth series is starting to take off!  Thus far, 3 pieces have been finished with a 4th on the way soon!  A couple will be on display at the Great Ponds Gallery in Lakeville in January.  More details to follow!


In some other exciting news, SNAC will be inviting several excellent artists to participate in our next show at the Flora T. Little Gallery in Bridgewater in January!  These new artists all in different style and medium will be an excellent (and exciting) new edition to our group.  The SNAC invitational will be up for the entire month of January.  Dates to follow!

Holiday Exhibition at Hunakai

This will be SNAC's final show of the year!  Come join us for the opening reception of our Holiday Exhibition at the Hunakai Gallery, Foxboro MA.  The opening reception will be Saturday Dec 3 from 7-9p.  This will be an excellent opportunity to get your loved ones a one of a kind holiday gift!

For more information visit www.hunakaistudio.org

Hunakai Gallery and School of Fine Arts

16 Chestnut St Suite 410

Foxboro, MA 

SNAC at DeBlois Gallery

My Art Association SNAC is having a reception on Saturday, November 5th at the DeBlois Gallery in Newport. We are THRILLED to be showing in such an amazing gallery and invite you to join us!

The Reception is from 5-7pm, wine and refreshments will be served.

Hope to see you there!





The DeBlois Gallery

138 Bellevue Ave

Newport RI



http://www.debloisgallery.com/


SNAC Site

www.wix.com/snacart/home


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SNAC at the Hairspray Salon

We've got another great show coming up in Providence at the end of the month!  On October 22, SNAC will be at the Hairspray Salon in Providence.  We've got some very exciting new work to show you, so make sure you make it out!

Opening Reception
October 22  7-9p
Hairspray Salon and Gallery
259 Wickenden St
Providence, MA
www.hairspraysalonprovidence.com