We had a nice group at the opening for Richard Garrison and Rodney Moser, and were very honored to have Beverly McIver as a guest. Beverly just closed a show at the Betty Cuningham gallery in New York. Here is a shot of her, and also our artists posing with their paintings.
Richard Garrison
Rodney Moser
Posted in Exhibitions
Tagged Beverly McIver, figurative paintings, Richard Garrison, Rodney Moser
A show with NC artists Richard Garrison and Rodney Moser is in its 2nd week at Carteret Contemporary Art. Below are some of Richard’s beautiful figurative pieces, and we will feature Rodney’s watercolors (very difficult to photograph!) in a future post.
Richard Garrison, "Red Lotus"
A show of works from Kyle Highsmith’s spring trip to Paris, as well as many regional coastal scenes, opens today at Carteret Contemporary Art and runs through July 22.
Kyle Highsmith, "Prime Real Estate (Notre Dame)" oil
Jimmy Craig Womble, "Morning Light, Pivers Island"
Julyan Davis, "Furniture Store"
Posted in New Paintings
Tagged boat paintings, interiors, JimmyCraig Womble, Julyan Davis
Two noted painters of the South, Julyan Davis and Jimmy Craig Womble have put together a terrific show at Carteret Contemporary Art. It runs through July 1st.
Posted in Exhibitions
Tagged interiors, Jimmy Craig Womble, Julyan Davis, southern landscape
Brenda Behr is painting en pleine aire at the Morehead City waterfront and other locations during the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament this week.
"Big Rock, Big Hopes", watercolor 9 x 6 inches
Watering Hole With Fish, oil 8 x 10 inches
Gallery Nomads Invitation
Our galleries have been invited to participate in Gallery Nomads, at the Greenhill Center in Greensboro, NC. Seven arts organizations from eastern North Carolina were chosen for this show and we are thrilled to be part of it. The show opens on Friday, June 17th with a reception from 5:30 – 7:30, and runs through August 21st.
We just got back from a trip to Italy and stores were at the beginning stages of setting up their Easter displays. The first stop on our trip was Florence to visit a few artists and we noticed that Gilli, the centuries-old cafe in Piazza della Repubblica, had exquisitely decorated windows.
Easter at Caffe Gilli, Florence
Here are some photos of several more store windows in Florence. The reflections are distracting, but hope you can make out the fish-topped chocoate eggs and the chickens hatching from chocoate eggs in the photo below. Any child would be thrilled to have the Easter Bunny deliver one of these!
Chocoate delights in Florence
"Fried" chocolate eggs - yum!
This fabulous egg with the lamb on top was in Siena. Little lambs tumble down the side of the egg also. Sure makes you want to be a kid again.
Egg decorated with sheep, Siena
Posted in Travel
Julyan Davis, who joined our galleries this fall, is known for paintings of interiors as well as landscapes. But don’t expect pretty scenes of sunlit living rooms, oriental rugs and vases of flowers on a polished table. Instead Julyan has continued his years-long exploration of the South by capturing glimpses into the past life of buildings, from mansions to farmhouses, that have long been abandoned. He paints rooms with faded, peeling walls, remnants of furniture shoved at odd angles, and random objects on the floor. Julyan says on his website, “This kind of subject matter brought me to the States. Most things I’ve painted are gone: torn down or gentrified. It’s a race.”
Here in Carteret County, he has found fresh material for his interiors in the form of Down East fish houses. Historically significant to our area, they are also disappearing at a rapid pace, being replaced by condos, McMansions and fancy marinas.
We have just received his first completed interior of a long-closed fish house in the town of Atlantic.
Julyan Davis, "Interior, Atlantic", oil on linen 24 x 22 inches
After spending two weeks in Italy, it is a bit sad to sift through photos since they make one want to be back in those spots instantly. Lots of fond memories of time spent in Florence, Cortona and Rome, wandering streets, shopping for food for the apartment (well OK and for shoes, after all this is the land of leather), scoping out restaurants, and tons of people-watching.
Got a chance to immerse ourselves in a demonstration one Saturday in Rome that seemed to be a workers’ protest (lots of speeches, banner and flag waving and helicopters flying overhead). It took place at Piazza Giovanni, the home of the cathedral of the Bishop of Rome (in other words the Pope, and where new popes are coronated), and also of the tallest and oldest Egyptian obelisk in the city.
Demonstration in Rome
Crowd at demonstration
We saw some cool signs while walking around various cities:
Restaurant in Trastevere, Rome
It's cost-effective to send your child for study abroad
Rome’s contemporary art scene is thriving and we visited the newest museum just opened this spring, MAXXI, which is the National Museum of 21st century contemporary art. Designed by architect Zaha Hadid, the building features a fabulous interior curved stairwell. Greeting you at the front door is this huge sculpture by Gino De Dominicis of one of his signature bird men. I’ve posted several photos below as it is almost impossible to get this image in one shot.
Bird man skeleton at MAXXI
Head detail of Gino De Dominicis' sculpture at MAXXI
Feet of bird man skeleton
We loved out little penthouse apartment in Rome with 360 degree views of the city and the ancient wall.
View of our penthouse apartment in Rome
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