Art Optimism

The 2021 Athenaeum Open: ART OPTIMISM

September 23– October 31, 2021
The Athenaeum Gallery
201 Prince Street, Alexandria, Va. 22314
703-548-0035
www.nvfaa.org

The Athenaeum is one of Alexandria’s two surviving examples of Greek revival neo-classic architecture open to the public. The elegant rooms have 24-foot high coved ceilings, enormous windows and beautiful woodwork. The exterior features four soaring Doric columns across the portico and walls of stucco over stone and brick. It is a beautiful setting for any art exhibition!

Art Optimism features works from DC, Virginia, and Maryland artists that explore concepts related to climate change. The common leitmotif: optimism for improving our footprint on the planet. These works inspire rather than threaten, celebrate rather than scare, and explore new materials and techniques that help present a positive message about climate change and productive ways to meet the associated challenges.

My painting, Winter Glow, was juried into this beautiful show and was created partially from a photograph and also from memory. I wanted to recreate the cold, peaceful stillness found on a winter day, the feel of the crisp air, yet a bit of warmth from the beautiful glow of the sun.

 

Winter Glow
● SOLD (12 x 16 inches, oil on panel)

 

élan: Celebrating the Arts

I am excited to share that my painting, In the Garden, 12 x 16, oil, is featured on the cover of the September 2021 issue of élan magazine. To read the feature article on my artwork from this same issue, please click on the following link: elan2021.

 

Venice View

“Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Truman Capote

This painting was created predominately with a palette knife. The thick impasto paint application was perfect for creating the texture of the old stucco buildings of Venice.Venice View
● Sold (10 x 8 inches, oil on panel)

NOAPS 2021 Best of America Exhibition

I am honored to have my painting, Summer Symphony, included in this wonderful exhibition. Please visit https://www.noaps.org/2021-boa to view all of the amazing paintings that were accepted into this national juried exhibition.

NOAPS 2021 Best of America National Juried Exhibition 

Sept. 10 – October 9, 2021
Dana Gallery
246 N. Higgins Ave., Missoula, MT 59802
406-721-3154
danagallery.com

About the Show:  Celebrating its 31st “Best of America” National Juried Exhibition, the National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) strives for artistic excellence and recognizes great art by reviewing and scoring each entry by an independent jury panel. The Jurying panel consists of a minimum of 5 NOAPS Master Artists or Signature Members. The panel selects paintings for the exhibit based on the quality and individual mastery of the medium.Summer Symphony
(16 x 20 inches, oil on panel)

NOAPS Associate Member Online Exhibition 2021

I am honored to have my painting, Summer Trellis, juried into the National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) Associate  Member Online Exhibition. This is a wonderful organization that is a leader in contributing to and influencing artists in their pursuit of artistic distinction. Please click the link below to view the amazing works from this talented group of oil and acrylic painters.

 


NOAPS Associate Member Online Exhibition 2021

July  15- December 31, 2021
https://www.noaps.org/2021-associate-member-on-line

About the Show:  This juried online art exhibition features the beautiful work of selected associate members of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society.  NOAPS supports artists around the world in striving for artistic excellence by recognizing great art, enriching education, enhancing skills, challenging abilities and expanding marketing opportunities. 

 

Summer Trellis
(11 x 14 inches, oil on panel)

National Rose Month: Day 30

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.

—Auguste Rodin

 

I wanted to create movement, depth and air in this beautiful arrangement of fragrant roses.Be Mine
Framed painting: $850 plus shipping
(12 x 16 inches, oil on panel)

National Rose Month: Day 29

The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love – the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity.

—Dorothea Dix

 

I wanted to create a painting of a tangle of flowers from my garden that included lilies, roses and coneflowers—abundance from the month of June. I used contrast of value and thickness of paint to create the focal point on the roses, reserving the impasto and lightest value to draw the attention to the creamy pink blooms.

Summer Sonata
Framed painting: $595 plus shipping
(10 x 10 inches, oil on panel)

National Rose Month: Day 28

Summer Trellis, oil painting by Jill Brabant

“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” —Maud Hart Lovelace

 

Summer Trellis
(11 x 14 inches, oil on panel)

National Rose Month: Day 27

Brushstrokes describe the form of tender petals. I wanted to capture the pop of red against the subtle color of the paler roses. The fallen petals and debris from the fading leaves add interest to the foreground.

“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.”

—Ziggy

Roses in a Trumpet Vase
Framed Painting: $495 plus Shipping
(12 x 12 inches, oil on panel)
Available for Sale through Paypal

National Rose Month: Day 26

Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower.  —William C. Bryant

Purity
Framed painting: $450 plus shipping
(8 x 8 inches, oil on panel)