portrait

Finished a new portrait!

Portrait of Laura Miller

oil on canvas

30" x 40"

(click image to enlarge)

2011 Three Rivers Arts Festival

(Poster art by Seth Clark)

One more day to catch this year's Three Rivers Arts Festival in downtown Pittsburgh! Don't miss the music, gallery shows, public art, juried exhibition, and artists' market.

James Grashow's Currogated Fountain @ 709 Penn Gallery

Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a program of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, presents the epic sculptural installation Corrugated Fountain by East Coast artist James Grashow at the Trust’s 709 Penn Gallery. James Grashow’s ambitious, large-scale work recalls the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Steeped in classical mythology, the room-sized installation fills 709 penn Gallery with a mammoth sculpture of Neptune, Tritons, rocks, waves, fish and dolphins. As homage to the achievements of classical and baroque artistry, Grashow uses his signature cardboard material to breathe playful new light into old stone. Three years in the making, Corrugated Fountain is James Grashow’s most ambitious work to date.

PAN—Fin de Siècle Prints: Art Nouveau on Paper at the Frick Art & Historical Center

This past weekend we went to see PAN—Fin deSiècle Prints: Art Nouveau on Paper at the Frick in Point Breeze. PAN was a periodical devoted to art and culture, published in Berlin at the end of the 19th century. It is considered the first 20th century arts magazine, and featured graphic prints created by many remarkable artists including Beardsley, Kollwitz, Rodin, and Lautrec.

My favorite print in the exhibit was this soft ground etching by Charles Maurin published in PAN vol. 1.

Charles Maurin, Mother and Child, 1896

The description of this image in the gallery informs us that Talouse-Lautrec had one show in a commercial gallery in his lifetime, and it was a 2-man show with Maurin. Maurin is largely forgotten today, but he was known for his draftsmanship and depiction of daily life in Paris, including domestic scenes such as this tender image.

PAN—Fin deSiècle Prints: Art Nouveau on Paper will be on exhibit at the Frick Art and Historical Center until Sept. 11, 2011.

Another great review of Paper Streets!

Another great review of Bovey Lee's solo show at 709 Penn Gallery, Paper Streets! This one is by Kurt Shaw, art critic for the Tribune Review:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/s_737030.html

Review of Paper Streets

In today's paper, Mary Thomas, art critic for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, wrote a wonderful review of Bovey Lee's solo exhibit at 709 Penn Gallery, Paper Streets.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11131/1145549-437.stm

2011 Handmade Arcade

Congratulations to all involved in Handmade Arcade today! It was so great - the best one yet!!

Check out the crafters and their web sites through the HMA web site, here: http://www.handmadearcade.com/pages/application-2