APRIL'S "WOW" PAINTINGS

This is my favorite part of coaching, seeing the teams work properly presented on walls. Over the last year in addition to our weekend studio at Crossroads Art Center, they earned good proper walls to fill. So, each month paintings are selected to share and delight the many art lovers that frequent Crossroads each month. This month is special because we have a bi-monthly opening to celebrate. 

The Swimming-in-Paint walls are meant to show the team what is required to make "Best wall" paintings. Paintings meant to sell, leave and find their own destiny. Plus, it adds a bit of additional pressure, because making art is a competitive game second to none when it comes to sales, winning prizes, winning stature via juried exhibition or securing a gallery representation slot to sell our work. Marketing is a big deal all working artists have to deal with. 

GOOD PAINTINGS ALWAYS FIND WALLS TO HANG ON!

Knowing how to paint is the first thing we have to come to grip with. The second, capturing the "essence of our subject", a must! Both take time....perhaps a lifetime. As a working artist, knowing what to paint is another challenge......obviously it has to fit within your nature. The art we make has to speak to others. When it does, our course is set in one direction or another....all we have to do is move with it and enjoy the ride.

Always protect the value of your art, your galleries and those who cherish and collect your work.

COACHES APRIL TEAM
"WOW AWARDS"

BONNIE JORDAN'S MAGNIFICENT - MOONLIGHT SONATA 

Moonlight Sonata by Bonnie Jordon 36x30 oil on linen

Bonnie, as an added treat, had a professional colour corrected digital capture  made of her wonderful lily painting, above, to share..... limited edition Giclee will be available.

SUSAN PAVVOLA for her VENICE SERIES

Treasures by Susan Pavvola  24x30 oil on linen April 2017

LONGSTREET, for capturing THE ESSENCE OF HER SUBJECT

Prelude by Longstreet 24x36 oil on linen April 2017

This time she had more than one who wanted her March James River painting.....a special request also.... another James River! The perfect reason to paint the river again in the April studio...:=)

SOLD!

MARCH JAMES RIVER

Solitude by Longstreet 24x36 oil on linen

A big shout-out goes to Elizabeth Longstreet. Her March James River painting, above, not only captured the essence of our local treasure well, it quickly found an admirer and another wall to hang on...we wish it well.

LEA EMORY for her WINNING BALLET SERIES 

Young Dance in Yellow & Red  by Lea Emory 20x16 oil on linen April 2016

PEGGY M. DAVIS for FLOWERS IN LANDSCAPE

Mountain Thistle  by Peggy M. Davis 24x30 oil on linen May 2017

THE "WOW PAINTINGS" will be on display in the Chuck Larivey gallery at Crossroads through May. This month is special, because we have a bi-monthly opening to celebrate on May19th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Stop by, take a peek or better yet give one a good wall to hang around on. 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

TO ALL THE APRIL TEAM FOR A JOB WELL DONE!