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The Westside Arts district – four Atlanta galleries
I spent a brilliant and unseasonably cool Saturday afternoon exploring the Westside Arts district in downtown Atlanta. Several gallery spaces and the Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center are all within walking distance of each other. Add a great coffee  house and a … Continue reading
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Tagged artadia, Atlanta, atlanta contemporary arts center, carl plansky, emily amy gallery, fine arts, joan mitchell, kiang gallery, melvin edwards, nexus press, octane coffee, peter saul, sandler hudson gallery, stuart horodner, Westside arts district
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The Painters’ Table blog
I had known about this blog back when the founder and artist Brett Baker began it. Now it’s really expanded to include many of the arts writers’ blogs that I’ve been following for a few years. My recent interview on Neoteric … Continue reading
Neoteric Art Interview
Norbert Marszalek and William Dolan offer a series of interviews with artists on their blog, including a recent one with me. Go to Neoteric Art for the full interview. Thanks, Norbert!
John Marin, the artist who loved motion
John Marin‘s (1870-1953) watercolors, early etchings and a few oils are on exhibit at the High Museum here in Atlanta from now until September 11, 2011. The exhibit was originally organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, Â which offers a … Continue reading
Posted in Art reviews, criticism and blogs, Daily meanderings
Tagged abstract, alfred stiegletz, art, Art Institute of Chicago, cape split, contemporary art, fine art, High museum, John Marin, landscape, Maine, modern art, oil, original painting, painting, paris, richard diebenkorn, robert delaunay, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, watercolor, whistler
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Peonies, poppies and a heat wave that won’t quit
A few new small paintings in acrylic that I haven’t yet posted about. I like doing these small works and have gessoed several more panels. Acrylic isn’t as luminous as oil, but cleanup time is much faster and there are … Continue reading
Posted in Art reviews, criticism and blogs, Daily meanderings, New Work, Paintings
Tagged abstract, acrylic, air conditioning, art, Atlanta, attic fan, avondale, fine art, flowers, gardens, heat wave, klehms nursery, mr. electricity, oil, original painting, painting, peonies, poppies, spring, summer
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Sam Wells, departed Angel
In 1971 Sam Wells gave a handmade book of his poetry to my sister Gina. This is one of the poems: Asa Whitney’s Dream Sometime, maybe I’m gonna ride on Asa Whitney’s dream and check out Walt Whitman’s land and … Continue reading
Quinlan Arts Center and musical inspiration
Last night was the opening for the Quinlan Arts Center’s ‘Sound Off’, a juried exhibition of about sixty works of art inspired by music. In operation for more than 60 years, the Quinlan began as a sketch club in 1946 and … Continue reading
Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College
The Decatur Fine Arts Exhibition at the Dana Fine Arts Building on the Agnes Scott campus, runs in tandem with the city’s annual Arts Festival from Memorial Day weekend to June 5th. Curated by Dalton Gallery’s director, Lisa Alembik, the … Continue reading
Posted in Art reviews, criticism and blogs, Daily meanderings, Paintings
Tagged agnes scott college, anne dennington, architecture, dalton gallery, Dana Fine Arts building, Decatur Arts Festival, exhibition, fine art, flux projects, gail vogels, gina webb, john portman, Lisa Alembik, painting, Rick Berman
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Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation
It’s not often that one finds a space as grand as the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation in such an out of the way location. Watkinsville is a town, village really, twenty minutes south of Athens and an hour or so … Continue reading