SouthWind Art Gallery

Call for Entries and Prospectus Paint Topeka

noreply@blogger.com (Humble Shopkeeper) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:06:00 +0000

SouthWind Gallery Announces the “Paint Topeka” Art Competition

Entry Deadline: April 13, 2012
SouthWind Gallery is organizing a juried art competition with cash prizes for the first, second, and third place winners. The competition is a one-day paint out which will take place on April 28, 2012, in Topeka, Kansas. The required subject is any aspect of Topeka,. The winning artwork selected by the jurors will be exhibited and available for sale at SouthWind Gallery from September 7, 2012 through October 27, 2012. Entry form here.

Awards and Book PublicationCash Prizes:
First Place $ 500
Second Place $ 250
Third Place $ 100

In addition to the exhibit, SouthWind Gallery will publish an art book that will feature the winning art and all artwork chosen by jurors. A brief bio and a photo of each artist also will be included in the book. The first available date for purchase of the book will be September 7, 2012, on the opening date of the exhibit.

SubjectThe submitted artwork must draw its inspiration from the city of Topeka, Kansas. Any aspect of the city including but not limited to: landscapes, nature, architecture, businesses (exteriors and interiors), historical landmarks, parks, or other features of the city. (Maps of Topeka may be downloaded from the Visit Topeka web site,
www.visittopeka/us.com, or picked up at the Visit Topeka office, 618 S. Kansas Ave.

The competition is categorized as a “plein air” event; however, participants are not required to complete their artwork onsite during the paint-out. Artists may sketch or photograph their subject(s) on the day of the event and complete the work in their studios.

EligibilityThe competition is open to all artists who create two-dimensional original works. Acceptable media includes: acrylic, alkyd, casein, colored pencil, gouache, mixed media, oil, pastel, pen, pen and ink, scratchboard, and watercolor. (No photography or computer-generated/enhanced art will be considered. If you have questions regarding media, please contact SouthWind Gallery.)

Fees and Payment – Entry Deadline: April 11, 2012Important: All entries must received by April 11, 2012

Early Entry Fees Total entry limit is 2 per artist)
$40 (for 1 artwork)
$50 (for 2 entries)

Student Discount: (Full time high school or college level students)
$20 (for 1 artwork)
$25 (for 2 entries)

Late Entry Fees (Please note: There is an additional $10 fee charged for late entries.)
Entries will be accepted on the day of the paint-out, but payment must be a personal check or cash. Credit cards cannot be accepted for late entries.
Late Entry Fees:
$50 (for 1 artwork)
$60 (for 2 entries)

Method of Payment:
Check or Money Order: Make payable to: SouthWind Gallery
Credit Card: If paying with a credit card, you may use
PayPal® User ID: entry@southwindartgallery.com
· Do not send cash

Send Payment to:

E-mail:
Entry@southwindartgallery.com

U.S. Mail:
SouthWind Gallery
Paint Topeka
3074 SW 29th
Topeka, KS 66614

Entry Specifications and Format – Required Artist Information due May 12, 201
Important: You must submit your artwork by this date to be eligible for inclusion in the Paint Topeka art book.

· Selection will be made from digital images only in JPG format. Digital files may be generated by scanning or high quality digital photography of the original art. Note: Quality is extremely important. This is the file from which your entries will be judged.*
· Digital Images. Images may be e-mailed or sent on a CD to SouthWind Gallery. Artist must complete entry form and submit with images. Entry forms may be completed online and e-mailed to SouthWind Gallery or downloaded and mailed with the CD.
· File should be full image only. Artwork should fill the image area of the digital file as completely as possible. Make sure the artwork is the center of attention when it is shown on the large monitor for judging. Frame, mat, easel, fingers, etc., should not show in the digital image.
· File size. Artwork file size should be 3,000 pixels maximum width in either direction
· Computer Color correcting. Color correcting will only be allowed to accurately represent the original art in color, contrast, saturation, etc.
· Artist Photo and Bio. In anticipation of acceptance and inclusion in Paint Topeka art book, entries must include: (a) digital photograph of the artist (head and shoulders shot), and (b) an artist’s biography (300 words maximum)
· Include: name of the painting, size, and medium for each artwork submitted

*SouthWind Gallery recommendsArtPrintExpress, Topeka, KS, to digitalize your painting for this purpose. For more information contact: Michelle Levian, ArtPrintExpress. E-mail: http://www.artprintexpress.com/. Voice: 785.862.0736.

If submitting entry on CD, please follow these instructions:
1) Multiple entries should be submitted on a single CD
On the CD, include a text file with clear identification of each artwork submitted:
ü Image File Name
ü Artist’s Name
ü Title of work
ü Medium
ü Dimensions of framed work
ü Retail price
2) CD must be clearly labeled with permanent marker on the topside of the CD and should include the artist’s first and last name and the full of title(s) of the artwork. Please do NOT attach paper labels to the CD.
3) Include your entry form with your CD. We must be able to match your entry form with your artwork entries.

If submitting E-mail entry: Please send each image in a separate e-mail. Also, in the body of the e-mail, include the six artwork identification requirements as listed above for the CD.

Send to: http://www.Entry@southwindartgallery.com/.

Conditions of Acceptance
The following art delivery requirements apply:
· Delivery of original artwork is due on August 15, 2012
· Art must be framed and ready to hang with wire
· If mailing your artwork to SouthWind Gallery, do NOT use Styrofoam peanuts or packing pellets. Also, do NOT use wood crates for shipping.
· All shipped work must arrive prepaid and in reusable cardboard shipping containers (We suggest using the foam-lined strong box specially designed for shipping art.)
SouthWind Gallery reserves the right to reject any packages using unacceptable materials as described above or that create problems for exhibit hanging.
· Only original, two-dimensional art will be accepted
· Image size of artwork (excluding frame and mat) is limited to 720 square inches
Image size is determined by multiplying the horizontal and vertical dimensions
(Example: a 24” x 30” painting equals 720 inches)
· Works on paper should be glazed with acrylic only
· The overall weight of the artwork should not exceed 35 lbs.

JudgingArt accepted for exhibit will be selected by three. Jurors and will include one executive member from the following organizations: The greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce, Visit Topeka, and Downtown Topeka, Inc.

Notification of artists regarding artwork accepted for exhibit and art book:
Artists will be notified of the status of their art on June 5, 2012.

Sales and CommissionsAll selected entries must be available for exhibit and sale. Artists will receive a 50 percent commission on original work that is sold. Artists are asked to assign a valid price that reflects current market value for their work. Artists will receive $10 for each fine art print that is sold. Commissions will be paid by SouthWind Gallery within 30 days of the date of sale.

SouthWind Gallery will publish an art book that includes all art accepted for exhibit, as well as bios and photos of each artist. The book will be available for purchase beginning Sept. 7, 201. Artists will not receive commissions on books that are sold.

SouthWind Gallery also will publish fine art prints of select artwork from the juried exhibition. Artists will receive a flat $10 commission for each print that is sold. (See Copyright Agreement section for details.) The artwork will be professionally reproduced by ArtPrintsExpress of Topeka.

Limited Copyright Agreement – Book Publication, Print Sales and Publicity

SouthWind Gallery will retain the copyrights to artwork entered in this competition. IMPORTANT: Your paid entry and artwork submission in the Paint Topeka Art Competition is considered your acceptance of this copyright agreement.

SouthWind Gallery’s Copyright for the Paint Topeka Competition will include:
1) The right to publish all accepted artwork for a book to be sold through SouthWind Gallery and other select retailers.
2) The right to publish and sell fine art prints of accepted artwork from this competition through January 1, 2015.
3) The right to publicize the event through various media. The art and artists selected for this exhibit will receive publicity through the promotional efforts of SouthWind Gallery. In addition, the art will be available for viewing on SouthWind Gallery’s web site.

Insurance/Liability
SouthWind Gallery exercises the same care and respect for the art accepted for this competition as it does for its own property. However, SouthWind Gallery does not insure art while in transit or while being exhibited either offsite or at SouthWind Gallery. Artists must provide their own insurance.

To download a Paint Topeka Entry Form, click here.

For more information, contact:
SouthWind Gallery, 3074 SW 29th, Topeka, Kansas 66614
Voice: 785.273.5994
E-mail: Info@SouthWindArtGallery.com
Web site: http://www.southwindartgallery.com/

Gallery Hours: M-F, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 a.m.

Paint Topeka Art Competition Information
Paint out Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012

Registration & Check-In

Location:
You will be notified of the check-in location in a separate e-mail

Schedule:

6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Check-in & Late Registration

7:00 a.m. Artists’ Group Photo

6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Free Continental Breakfast

11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch on your own

Dusk Paint-out ends

Paint Topeka Calendar
April 13, 2012 Entry Deadline

April 28, 2012 Plein Air Paint-out

May 18, 2012 Digital Images & Artist Information Deadline

May 26 - June 1, 2012 Judging

June 5, 2012 Artists’ Notification of work selected for exhibit

August 15, 2012 Art Delivery Deadline: (Original art)

September 7, 2012 Exhibit Opening & First Friday Art Walk

October 5, 2012 Exhibit & August First Friday Art Walk

October 26, 2012 Exhibit closes

November 15, 2012 Deadline for pick-up of all unsold artwork

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind GalleryGift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

Give the Gift of Art!

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:02:00 +0000

We hope you are having a wonderful Holiday Season. Please consider buying art from Kansas artists for the people on your gift list this year.

A variety of options are available that will fit nearly every budget. We have included in this email, some items to spark your creative gift giving juices. To see more of what we have to offer from Kansas Artists please visit our website. Or, take a little time out of your busy schedule to visit our gallery and talk with our friendly, professional staff who will help you with choosing a gift that's just right for that special someone on your list.

Reminder: If you need something framed in time for your holiday celebrations, we can do it! Most framing projects take just seven days. And, check out our Early Bird Framing Discount: Bring in your artwork to be framed on or before Saturday, December 14, 2010, and you'll qualify for a 10% Discount! This discount is good for framing anything including: photographs, original art, prints, posters, memorabilia, and more!

New! Kansas 150 Ornament & Postcard Gift Set
This set, exclusively available at SouthWind Gallery, is a great way to celebrate Kansas' 150th Birthday and the perfect stocking suffer!
Our Price: $10.00
List Price: $17.50
Order Online >>

Magnetic Frames
The Original MagnaFrame
"The Adjustable Picture Frame" use the four magnets to place your photo anywhere on the frame! The MagnaFrame stands with an easel back. Hurry in to choose from many designs available in the shop at Framewoods.
Our Price: $16.25

Note Cards with
Kansas Artist's Work
• Judith Mackey
• Stan Herd
• Lois Kruse
• Brian Andreas
• Sharon Astle
• Jonathan Knight
• Marty Ferguson
It is worth the trip to see them all in person to make your selection at the gallery.
Our Price: $4.00 - $20.00

Two CD's by Topeka artist Cally Krallman
Little Did You Know - Cally goes retro' on her newest CD. This is a bluesy, jazzy, 1940s sound that is smokin' hot!

Prairie Glimpses - Original Kansas Music that blends bluegrass, country and folk styles for a truly unique sound!
Our Price: $15.00 ea.
Order Online >>

Personalized Name Mats
Commemorate an event, honor a relationship or remember the days gone by with this unique and personalized name mat perfect to display your favorite photos of your loved ones.
Each letter is a photo opening approximately 3.25" x 3.25" which will comfortably accommodate a 3.5" x 3.5" or larger photograph.
Our Price: $15.00 for 8 or less letters
Order Online >>

Story People© by Brian Andreas
Choose from an assortment of StoryPeople© books by Brian Andreas
A delightful collection of books that invite you to "Come on in & imagine the world with artist & storyteller Brian Andreas"
Our Price: $20.00
Order Online >>

Flyover People by Cheryl Unruh
This book is a compilation of her award winning column by the same name in The Emporia Gazette which is a delightful read by a fantastic writer. Her love for the state in which she lives shines through every page.
Our Price: $15.00
Order Online >>

A Spring Day on the Hill Art of the KU Campus
SouthWind Gallery and the KU Alumni Association offers a beautiful coffee table art book featuring 87 paintings from the plein air art event at KU. Includes a narrative about each of the artists.
Our Price: $35.00
List Price: $45.00
Order Online >>

Get Half Off a $50 Gift Certificate!

Now through December 24, 2010, you can purchase a gift certificate worth $50 and you'll pay just $25. In other words, you're getting a 50% discount on your purchase! That's an offer you can't afford to pass up!Order Online >>

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Store Hours: December 24 - We will close at 3:00 p.m.,December 25 - Closed, December 31- We will close at 3:00 p.m., January 1, 2011 - Closed.

SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

Hard-to-find Vintage Prints Available

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Just in time for Christmas, a little piece of history to add to the nostalgia of the season. We have found a small collection of prints from the Kansas Prairie Print Makers group that flourished in the 1930s, along with prints from one of their contemporaries and from one of their forbearers.

The Kansas-based Prairie Print Makers group formed on December 28, 1930, in the Lindsborg, Kansas, studio of Swedish-born Birger Sandzen. Instead of portraying the mythical Midwest, the Prairie Print Makers show us an un-nostalgic view of everyday life.

The group eventually had more than 100 members throughout North America. Many members were professional artists, such as Charles B. Rogers (“Edge of the Field” left top), an instructor at Bethany College in Lindsborg and William Dickerson (“Country Grain Elevator” left second), Director of the Wichita Art Association.

Print Making Background in the US

Print Making Background in the US

In 1910 The Chicago Society of Etchers, (Charles B. Keeler “Ronda, the Impregnable” third left) was the first American printing group to begin issuing editions of prints, and Percival Rosseau (“Partners” bottom), best known for his hunting dong portraiture, lived just a generation before the Prairie Print Makers. In the United States, prints have long been considered to be an ideal art form because of their affordability. So please stop in to see us and all of the available work here in the gallery.

"Prints are intimate things and are meant to be handled and examined at close range, as is a rare book, a choice gem or a bit of old lace." --Coy Avon Seward Community Arts and Crafts Monthly - 1929

In addition to the lithographs mentioned above, we have more prints and 2 beautiful oil paintings from Charles B. Rogers.

We invite you to stop in to SouthWind Art Gallery to see the beautiful art available. But for your convienance, you can also see all of these pieces mentioned, online on our website at Prairie Print Makers and More.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com Holiday Store Hours: December 24 - We will close at 3:00 p.m.,
December 25 - Closed, December 31- We will close at 3:00 p.m., January 1, 2011 - Closed.

50% off $50 Gift Certificates!

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! From today through December 24th, 2010 we are offering $50 Gift certificates for only $50! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

Statewide Kansas-150 Art Competition and Call For Entries

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:51:00 +0000

SouthWind Gallery is proud to announce the Call for Entries for the Kansas-150 Art Competition.

In 2011, Kansas will celebrate 150 years of statehood. Communities, individuals and state agencies throughout Kansas are planning events to commemorate the 150-year milestone. Through our involvement with Savor Kansas, a new grassroots effort that includes numerous organizations coming together to celebrate and showcase Kansas' arts and culture, SouthWind Gallery has established the Kansas-150 Art Competition. Savor Kansas will take place in Topeka, from June 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, and will feature events involving visual arts, performing arts and culinary arts.

Kansas-150 Art Competition: Awards & Book Publication

The Kansas-150 Art Competition is a juried competition in which jurors will select 150 works for exhibition and sale by SouthWind Gallery. Three artists will be awarded monetary prizes for their artwork. These awards are:

        1st Place, $1,000
        2nd Place, $750
        3rd Place, $500

In addition, a number of Purchase Awards, funded by corporate and individual patrons, will be given to artists whose works are selected from the 150 entries. SouthWind Gallery will host an awards ceremony and sale of the Top 150 artworks at a Gala in June 2011, and will exhibit the art in its gallery from June 3, 2011-July 15, 2011.

SouthWind Gallery also will publish an art book that showcases all 150 pieces of art, and includes information about each of the artists whose work is selected. This is the second art book published by the gallery. In 2008, SouthWind Gallery, in cooperation with the KU Alumni Association, published “A Spring Day on the Hill: Art Inspired by the University of Kansas, which featured the work of 68 artists.

The SouthWind Gallery Kansas-150 Art Competition is open to all artists over the age of 18, working in two-dimensional media, who presently reside in, or have previously resided in Kansas, or have ties to the state.

The submitted artwork must draw its inspiration from the state of Kansas. That inspiration may include, but is not limited to depictions of rural landscapes, cityscapes, people, animals, city life, rural life, state landmarks and monuments, state or city parks and recreational areas. Paintings of historical Kansas events and indigenous plant or animal paintings are also acceptable.

We are very excited to also work with two nationally recognized visual art professionals Neil Patterson, OPAM, President, Oil Painters of America; and Kristen Hoerth, Editor in Chief, Southwest Art Magazine who will head the panel of jurors.

We are asking all of our friends to help spread the word for this new and exciting celebration of the arts in Kansas. If you would like more information about entering this competition, please visit our website at www.SouthWindArtGallery.com/callforentries.php

We are certainly looking forward to seeing all of the wonderful art Kansas has to offer.

For complete information about the SouthWind Gallery Kansas-150 Art Competition, interested parties may visit online at www.SouthWindArtGallery.com. Also, entry forms and contest rules can be downloaded at: www.southwindartgallery.com/callforentries.php.

Click this link to download all Kansas-150 Art Competition information in PDF format.

SouthWind Gallery, 3074 SW 29th, Topeka, Kansas, is a fine art gallery specializing in paintings and sculpture by Kansas and Midwestern artists.

Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Sat., 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., and First Friday Art Walk extended hours: 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Voice Mail: 785.273.5994
E-Mail: Info@SouthWindArtGallery.com; web: www.SouthWindArtGallery.com.

Great Art and Literature for First Friday Art Walk

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Kansas Landscape and Musings on Life in Kansas Merge at SouthWind Gallery This Friday

SouthWind Gallery focuses on Kansas landscapes and life for this month’s First Friday Art Walk event, November 5, 2010, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. We are showcasing landscape paintings by renowned Flint Hills artist Judith Mackey (Cottonwood Falls, KS) and rising-star artist Debra Schroer (Strong City, KS), in an exhibit titled, “Big Sky Prairie”. (This exhibit closes November 15, 2010, so make sure you see it soon!)

Also on Friday, SouthWind is hosting a second Book Signing event with author, Cheryl Unruh (Emporia, KS) who will sign copies of her recently released book, “Flyover People: Life on the Ground in a Rectangular State. You’ll love the book!

Artists Reception & Book Signing

Friday, November 5, 2010

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Wine & hors d’oeuvres

View the art and learn more about the artists with a virtual gallery tour >>

Read reviews for Cheryl Unruh's book, Flyover People >>

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

Big Sky Prairie: Featuring New Paintings by Judith Mackey and Deb Schroer Opens at SouthWind Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:30:00 +0000

SouthWind Gallery, 3074 SW 29th, Topeka, premiers Big Sky Prairie, a two-person exhibit featuring new works by renowned Flint Hills artist Judith Mackey and rising-star Kansas artist Deb Schroer, on Friday, October 1, 2010, in conjunction with Topeka’s First Friday Art Walk. An Artists’ Reception will take place in the evening at SouthWind Gallery from 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The Big Sky Prairie exhibit runs through November 15, 2010.

In her 40-year career as a professional artist, Judith Mackey has established herself as one of the leading plein air painters in the United States. She is best known for her impressionist oil paintings of the Flints Hills and has devoted much of her life to visually documenting the history and rare beauty of this landscape where she lives and works. Her efforts have culminated in an extraordinary body of work.

Artist Deb Schroer has spent most of her life in Strong City, Kansas--population 584, located in the heart of the Flint Hills. She has put down deep roots in this beautiful and unique land, but also is making a name for herself in the art world as a gifted plein air painter. Her work captures the natural beauty of the Flint Hills landscape, the excitement of the American rodeo, and poignant moments in the everyday lives of people and animals. With her broad understanding of color, she produces an incredibly rich pallet that gives her work immense depth and feeling.

Showing concurrently with the Big Sky Prairie exhibit are bronze works by award winning sculptor Catherine Hale Robins, of Lawrence, Kansas.

Also showing at SouthWind Gallery is an art display of unique floral arrangements by members of the Floral Art Club of Topeka. Seven original floral designs will be exhibited in conjunction with the Big Sky Prairie art exhibit opening. The Floral Art Club of Topeka is a non-professional group dedicated to the study of the art of floral design, and maintains membership in the Kansas Assoc. of Garden Clubs and the National Garden Club. The club’s floral artists have created designs to complement the Big Sky Prairie art exhibit and feature the natural beauty of the Kansas Flint Hills. Floral artists include Trella Anderson, Jayne Cafer, Anita Dreiling, Deesie Jackson, Carolyn Litwin, and Maggie Warren.

Get social, share this show announcement with your friends on Facebook Big Sky Prairie: Featuring New Paintings by Judith Mackey and Deb Schroer

See the show online: SouthWind Gallery

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

Members of the Floral Art Club of Topeka will exhibit unique designs

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:44:00 +0000

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Members of the Floral Art Club of Topeka will display seven original floral designs in conjunction with the Big Sky Prairie art exhibit opening on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. The club is a non-professional group dedicated to the study of the art of floral design, and maintains membership in the Kansas Assoc. of Garden Clubs and the National Garden Club. Their floral designs for the Big Sky Prairie exhibit have been created to complement the art exhibit and feature the natural beauty of the Kansas Flint Hills. This beautiful floral art is truly unique—you’ll be intrigued by the individual creativity of each piece!

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

Ensley Gardens Plein Air Art Sale and Fundraiser

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:11:00 +0000

Ted Ensley Gardens
Art Competition and Sale
A fundraiser for the Friends of Ted Ensley Gardens

Sunday, September 19, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Garden House at Lake Shawnee, 37th & West Edge Rd.
(Refreshments served)

In June, SouthWind Gallery invited 35 artists to participate in a one-day plein air painting competition at the beautiful Ensley Gardens at Lake Shawnee. The paint-out was part of a fundraising event organized by the Friends of Ted Ensley Gardens. The public is invited to attend the juried art exhibit and sale on Sunday, September 19, 2010, from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., at the Garden House at Lake Shawnee, 37th & West Edge Road. Jurors for the art competition are Gary Blitsch and Sharon Hotchkiss of SouthWind Gallery.

The World Class Ensley Gardens would not be possible without the public and private partnership created between Friends of the Ted Ensley Gardens and Shawnee County Parks & Recreation. All proceeds from the art sale will be used to support local artists and to ensure that the Ted Ensley Gardens remain "World Class Gardens" for all to enjoy. *

View the artwork online at SouthWind Gallery:

You can also share favorite pieces from the show with our new Facebook Like buttons on the detail page of each piece.

To learn more about the Friends of Ensley Gardens or to volunteer, contact Shawnee County Parks and Recreation at 267-1156.

*Sales Proceeds: Participating Artists will receive 60 percent and Friends of Ensley Gardens will receive 40 percent.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

Book Signing with Cheryl Unruh Author of "Flyover People"

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:03:00 +0000

It's a Book Signing with Cheryl Unruh
Author of
Flyover People: Life on the Ground in a Rectangular State
with special guests, Artists Stan Herd and Louis Copt

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
3:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m.

Kansas author Cheryl Unruh, a writer for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia Gazette, will be at SouthWind Gallery on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. to sign copies of her newly-published book, Flyover People: Life on the Ground in a Rectangular State.

Joining Cheryl for the book signing are Stan Herd and Louis Copt, well-known Kansas artists who are the subjects of one of her essays included in the book.

Excerpt from Flyover People: Life on the Ground in a Rectangular State (Hangin' with Louis and Stan, p. 35) "These are not just any two guys throwing paint on the building at Sixth and Merchant, but two of the finest artists Kansas has produced...They had been working on the mural off and on for several weeks when I met them. I spent an hour or so hanging out with these painters as they shaped and shaded the underbelly of storm clouds on their Flint Hills scene."

Cheryl began writing her weekly Flyover People column for the Emporia Gazette in 2003. Eighty of her Flyover People columns are included in the 197-page, softcover book. Cheryl's writing has received awards from the Kansas Press Association, the Kansas Association of Broadcasters and the Kansas Sampler Foundation. Her commentaries have aired on Kansas Public Radio in Lawrence and KTWU public television in Topeka.

If you are a Kansan, you will love this book, and if you have only flown over this state on your way to someplace else, you will love this book. Cheryl's writing style is lyrical, entertaining and true to the soul of Kansas and its people. You won't want to put the book down until you've read each and every beautifully written story!

Please us join at SouthWind Gallery to meet and greet Cheryl Unruh. Copies of her book will be available for purchase or you can buy them online on our website.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

DeAnn Melton - Featured in "The New Impressionsts"

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:00:00 +0000

DeAnn Melton earned her M.F.A. from the University of Arizona, Tucson, in 1977. Her paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions from the East Coast to the West. Her work has been published in books, newspapers and magazines, and featured in several television productions in Arizona. Melton and her husband, artist James Pringle Cook, maintain homes and studios in Tucson, AZ and Eskridge, Kansas.

“The New Impressionists” a group show featuring works by an elite group of painters. The exhibit includes three artists new to SouthWind Gallery: James Pringle Cook and DeAnn Melton, Tucson, AZ; and Neil Patterson, Bragg Creek, Alberta Canada; and three returning artists: renowned artist Stan Herd, and gifted fellow artists Debra Clemente, and Zak Barnes, all of Lawrence, Kansas. The exhibit will be open until September 15, 2010.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

Zak Barnes - Featured in "The New Impressionsts"

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Born and raised in Kansas, Zak Barnes feels a deep connection to the prairie landscape and to the people of the land. This sentiment is the base and anchor of his work and sets the emotional tone for any narrative that plays itself out in his paintings. Influenced by his surroundings, life experience and self-interpretation whether working in the studio or en plein aire he finds the rhythm of life that is reflected in his work.

In the studio, Zak creates dreamlike narratives that are drawn from memory and the landscape becomes a backdrop for human interaction. Folk art, surrealism and contemporary composition create ambiguity in both period and environment. Natural and man made elements are placed in concert, creating the freedom of a magical story for the viewer to imagine. To Zak it is the movement and emotional space created that is important.

“The New Impressionists” a group show featuring works by an elite group of painters. The exhibit includes three artists new to SouthWind Gallery: James Pringle Cook and DeAnn Melton, Tucson, AZ; and Neil Patterson, Bragg Creek, Alberta Canada; and three returning artists: renowned artist Stan Herd, and gifted fellow artists Debra Clemente, and Zak Barnes, all of Lawrence, Kansas. The exhibit will be open until September 15, 2010.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

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Debra Clemente - Featured in "The New Impressionists"

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Debra Clemente earned a B.F.A. in Visual Communications at University of Kansas. After graduation she worked as a graphics designer and illustrator. Later Clemente returned to oil painting, but she traded her paintbrushes for a pallet knife. She uses bold colors and boldly applies layers of paint to her canvas. With her style of painting, Clemente is able to achieve a new reality for her subject matter—whether it’s a field of flowers or a rolling landscape. Her paintings are full of high energy and vibrant colors.

Debra’s work has found homes in private and corporate collections across the country. She is especially honored to have one of her sunflower field paintings, “Sunshine Grows in Kansas”, hanging in the Kansas Capitol building above the Governor’s private desk as part of the Kansas Governor’s office permanent art collection.

“The New Impressionists” a group show featuring works by an elite group of painters. The exhibit includes three artists new to SouthWind Gallery: James Pringle Cook and DeAnn Melton, Tucson, AZ; and Neil Patterson, Bragg Creek, Alberta Canada; and three returning artists: renowned artist Stan Herd, and gifted fellow artists Debra Clemente, and Zak Barnes, all of Lawrence, Kansas. The exhibit will be open until September 15, 2010.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

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David Vollbracht - New Paintings in the Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

David Vollbracht, a Signature Member of Oil Painters of America (OPA), attended college at Fort Hays State University. His education in oil painting continued with workshops by internationally recognized artists Clyde Aspevig and Wayne Wolfe. David paints plein air and in the studio, using his studies to paint representational impressions of the landscape of the West. David’s paintings have been accepted for a number of regional and national juried exhibits including the Oil Painters of America, the Mountain Oyster Club and the American Plains Artist Exhibitions.

“The New Impressionists” a group show featuring works by an elite group of painters. The exhibit includes three artists new to SouthWind Gallery: James Pringle Cook and DeAnn Melton, Tucson, AZ; and Neil Patterson, Bragg Creek, Alberta Canada; and three returning artists: renowned artist Stan Herd, and gifted fellow artists Debra Clemente, and Zak Barnes, all of Lawrence, Kansas. The exhibit will be open until September 15, 2010.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

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Topeka Making Gains as an American Art Town.

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:05:00 +0000

Today I discovered "Google Insights" and out of pure curiosity I decided to find out how many searches were done for "art topeka ks." Surprisingly I discovered that there has been a significant growth since March of 2009. Continuing my curiosity I decided to type in "art taos nm" and to my astonishment I discovered that since March of 2009, Topeka has given Taos a run for their money on the Google Search Engines!

Looking over the past year, Topeka has gained national attention through the grassroots "Think Big Topeka" Google Fiber Experiment Campaign and this is one good example of how when one of us wins, we all win. Google turns into Topeka for a day - then suddenly, Kiplinger Personal Finance notes Topeka as one of the "Best Cities 2010"! Then again in July "Best City for Your Future: Topeka, Kan." It also is a fantastic complement to all the hard work our citizens have done inspired by John Villani's insights from the "Symposium 2005, The Arts Catalyst for Community Growth."

In September 2005, John Villani, Author of "The 100 Best Art Towns of America" was the featured speaker in the Community Foundation's symposium. Topeka was not mentioned in the aforementioned book, but Topekans embrased Villani's vision for all the possibilities the Arts offered Topeka. On creating a thriving arts community "The goal of it all is to attract new users and new residents into your downtown, to bring unused parts of your infrastructure back to life and attract people who bring their jobs with them," Villani said. Since that fateful day nearly 5 years ago, the Arts in Topeka have made great strides to become one of the next top 100 Arts Towns in America. With the guidance of the Heartland Visioning Committee, Arts Connect of Topeka, Think Big Topeka and many other businesses and agencies we are growing into significant competition for those listed "Top Arts Towns" in America. The NOTO project is poised for exciting developments in the next year and I am keeping my eyes open and my ear to the ground for even more exciting Arts Events in Topeka -- Contratulations Topeka you are truely becoming "A Great Arts Town!" Let's keep up the good work!

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

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Stan Herd - Featured in "The New Impressionsts"

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Stan Herd is a Kansas artist who is known worldwide for his gigantic earth works--a genre he virtually pioneered-- and also widely recognized as an accomplished painter of immense talent. Many of his paintings are created in his distinctive impressionist and neo-impressionist (pointillism) style. His paintings are prized by private and corporate collectors in the United States and many other parts of the world. Herd returns to SouthWind Gallery with new paintings and a prominent place among an impressive group of artists.

“The New Impressionists” a group show featuring works by an elite group of painters. The exhibit includes three artists new to SouthWind Gallery: James Pringle Cook and DeAnn Melton, Tucson, AZ; and Neil Patterson, Bragg Creek, Alberta Canada; and three returning artists: renowned artist Stan Herd, and gifted fellow artists Debra Clemente, and Zak Barnes, all of Lawrence, Kansas. The exhibit will be open until September 15, 2010.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

Catherine Robins - New Sculpture in the Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Catherine Hale Robins grew up in Oklahoma enjoying the companionship of terriers, a willful horse and any other critter she could persuade her parents to tolerate!

She holds a BS, MS, PhD in Biology and MFA in Sculpture and has received many national and international awards for her sculptures. "Living, natural forms are always integral to my work. Gesture, immediacy and intensity are key elements of my working mode and resultant art. I prefer to work rapidly and with intense focus in squishy, responsive media such as ceramic clay, plasticine, wax or plaster. Each medium gives expression to different aspects of my sculpture. Ceramic clay brings out the whimsical, while the exigencies of working in fast-setting plaster lead to bizarre, abstracted forms.

Catherine has a lively story about the two sculptures shown here and I'd like to share that with you.

"Seemingly, most Kansans have been involved in haying. It is an amazingly labor-involved way of fixing solar energy in a sustainable crop of grass in order to produce food (cows, goats, etc) and transportation (horses and their kin). Producing small square bales of brome hay for horses is perhaps the most labor-intensive.The grass is cut in the hottest,driest days of the year, strewn in orderly rows on the stubble, then baled by machinery that drops it out the backside like a grasshopper on your favorite vegetable. These "droppings"/ bales then are slung onto wagons by young (men mostly) in orderly stacks as they walk along with the wagon. The hay is put up into barns to supply "flakes" (sections of bales) for hand feeding to cherished horses.Our supplier employs a team with specific jobs when the giant truck and its trailer with a few hundred bales arrives.

"'Kansas Apollo' is about a young man on this team who was at his physical peak and was glorying in it! This was his golden summer. Despite the fact that hay is dusty and full of prickly skin-rash-producing things, he was stripped way low to the waist, wearing his chinks with the strap like a Highland piper's sporran in the appropriate place. Ironically, he was doing a job so easy I! can do it...tossing bales from the stack on the trailer to the guys below that were loading them carefully on the elevator.I saw a lot of humor as well as beauty in his pose.

"'104 degrees' is the adverse. This is what the Kansas Apollo will likely become.Balding, overweight and exhausted, accompanied by his faithful cattle dog, "104" is suffering in the heat. The team knows it and knows that he has paid his dues and will get up again and do what is necessary, fulfilling his role. They respect his wisdom and eye him carefully, wondering if that is not their future also."

“The New Impressionists” a group show featuring works by an elite group of painters. The exhibit includes three artists new to SouthWind Gallery: James Pringle Cook and DeAnn Melton, Tucson, AZ; and Neil Patterson, Bragg Creek, Alberta Canada; and three returning artists: renowned artist Stan Herd, and gifted fellow artists Debra Clemente, and Zak Barnes, all of Lawrence, Kansas. The exhibit will be open until September 15, 2010.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

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Neil Patterson - Featured in "The New Impressionsts"

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Canadian painter Neil Patterson's passion for painting is expressed in his use of use of vibrant, impressionistic oils. and his ability to paint his feelings, rather than replicating what he sees. Patterson has the ability to move from landscape, to still life, to wildlife painting with an easy grace. He was the first Canadian to become a Signature member of the highly respected Oil Painters of America (OPA). He is one of just 34 artists to attain the elite status of OPA Master Signature Member. Patterson has won numerous awards to his credit and has been published in many books, newspapers and periodicals. His work has been exhibited in galleries across North America.

“The New Impressionists” a group show featuring works by an elite group of painters. The exhibit includes three artists new to SouthWind Gallery: James Pringle Cook and DeAnn Melton, Tucson, AZ; and Neil Patterson, Bragg Creek, Alberta Canada; and three returning artists: renowned artist Stan Herd, and gifted fellow artists Debra Clemente, and Zak Barnes, all of Lawrence, Kansas. The exhibit will be open until September 15, 2010.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

Jane Flanders - New Art in the Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Jane Flanders, a Lawrence artist, creates art almost every day, working with oil paint, pastel, or clay. Jane loves to plein air paint in oil, with architecture as preferred subject matter. She also creates abstract paintings, usually in an organic way. She also portrays antique tractors in pastel, and keeps herself extra busy making functional and "beyond" functional ceramics.

“The New Impressionists” a group show featuring works by an elite group of painters. The exhibit includes three artists new to SouthWind Gallery: James Pringle Cook and DeAnn Melton, Tucson, AZ; and Neil Patterson, Bragg Creek, Alberta Canada; and three returning artists: renowned artist Stan Herd, and gifted fellow artists Debra Clemente, and Zak Barnes, all of Lawrence, Kansas. The exhibit will be open until September 15, 2010.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100.

James Pringle Cook - Featured in "The New Impressionsts"

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

James Pringle Cook's paintings are in the best tradition of American landscape painting. His paintings are big and gutsy, with lavish, vigorous and confident brush strokes. In this exhibit, his paintings bring us closer to the splendor of the Flint Hills where he grew up and continues to maintain ties to the land and its people. Cook's paintings hang in many museums throughout the world including the Denver Art Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, South Dakota Museum of Fine Arts, Tucson Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Osaka, Japan. His work is included in numerous public and private art collections from New York, to London, to Kyoto, Japan. Cook is a native Kansan who now lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife, artist DeAnn Melton.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

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Hulan Fleming: Featured Artist Paint the Parks 100

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:50:00 +0000

"Song of the Wind"
Death Valley National Park
Hulan Fleming
Oil, 15" x 30"

"Last Light"
Death Valley National Park
Hulan Fleming
Oil, 12" x 24"
$2,200

This is Hulan Fleming's third year to be awarded entry in Paint the Parks100. He is best known for his paintings and prints of western art, Native American art, wildlife, landscape, seascape and astronomy subjects. For Hulan the love of art has always been there, so, in his middle teens his parents signed him up with “Art Instruction”, a Commercial Art course out of Minneapolis. This was interrupted when he was drafted in 1953. He then served in the 83rd engineers in France as Company Painter. While on leave he toured parts of Italy, France and England.

Hulan decided to go to Seattle Pacific University in the fall of 1957. After completing his Physics degree in June of 1965, he taught Jr. High Science for 3 years. During that time he joined Gallery North, and completed about 10 paintings selling 6 of them at his first show. This and other significant things encouraged him to change careers in 1968.

Those influencing him in the early years were Andrew Wyeth, Harold Lyon, Fred Oldfield and others. It was Fred Oldfield who encouraged him to go to the Western Art Auctions. It was at the First National Western Art Show & Auction in Ellensburg where he received his first award for his first cowboy painting. Since then he has become an accomplished professional artist, and sells his paintings all over the U.S.

Hulan describes his work as realistic impressionism, not truly historical to detail but bearing the spiritual idea of the place. His oils are done on hard board (Masonite type), which is an excellent surface and has been age tested to survive 600 or more years.

For the future, his interests are leaning towards the Plein Air (painting on site) and more impressionism. It will be interesting to watch and see what he will paint next.

Paint the Parks100 national touring exhibit is at SouthWind Gallery until July 15, 2010.
Paint the Parks is a national touring exhibition of contemporary representative paintings depicting America’s National Parks. The exhibit is organized by PaintAmerica, a Topeka-based, national non-profit organization, created to support and promote the visual arts. As one of the leading traveling art exhibitions in America, it features the works of many of the country’s most recognized contemporary artists, as well as several talented emerging artists. The exhibit is created annually from an international juried artists’ competition, and includes the highest juror-scored pieces from nearly a thousand total submissions. The show can also be viewed online at www.paintamerica.org

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Lynn Boggess: Featured Artist Paint the Parks100

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:36:00 +0000

HOWARD FRIEDLAND
JURORS AWARD
"12 February, 2009"
Gauley River National Recreation Area
Lynn Boggess
Oil, 26" x 22"

In many large and small ways, Boggess' paintings reflect the entire tradition of landscape painting. When asked what major influences or past movements might have left their imprint, Boggess says that whatever images he might be studying at the time provide the nexus for his own work. Indeed, the viewers will find suggestions of the Romantics, the Luminists, the Impressionists, and the Expressionists. Yet, the artist does not set out to make his works conform to a preconceived style; rather, he melds the tradition and his own experience into a way of seeing and a style in landscape painting which is uniquely his own.

Stylistically reflective of European and American landscape painting, Boggess' work transcends the pitfall of betraying his predecessors and forges, in its place, an art of resolution and contemplation. Nature has been acknowledged in his work and accepted for what it has to offer in the way of healing and beauty. That last concept - beauty - is a loaded word in an age of art which often gives us truth with all its flaws and warts, or with the sophistication of irony, which is all-too-often uncomfortable with the idea that beauty is definable, desirable, or even necessary. Boggess' work cuts through such specious queries to a plainer truth: that beauty simply is ~ an unavoidable irrefutable fact of the natural world. In their unhedging presentation of this fact, Boggess' paintings offer solace and respite, even to the most casual of viewers, just as do the original locations in Nature which were his impetus. (comments by Marian J. Hollinger, Curator - James David Brooks Memorial Gallery - Fairmont State College)

Paint the Parks100 national touring exhibit is at SouthWind Gallery until July 15, 2010.
Paint the Parks is a national touring exhibition of contemporary representative paintings depicting America’s National Parks. The exhibit is organized by PaintAmerica, a Topeka-based, national non-profit organization, created to support and promote the visual arts. As one of the leading traveling art exhibitions in America, it features the works of many of the country’s most recognized contemporary artists, as well as several talented emerging artists. The exhibit is created annually from an international juried artists’ competition, and includes the highest juror-scored pieces from nearly a thousand total submissions. The show can also be viewed online at www.paintamerica.org

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Barbara Summers Edwards: Featured Paint the Parks100 artist.

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:57:00 +0000

SUSAN BLACKWOOD
JURORS AWARD
"Birth of a Nation"
Wind Cave National Park
Barbara Summers Edwards
Oil, 30" x 20"

After graduating from Utah State University in Illustration and working as a freelance illustrator, Barbara evolved as a fine art, oil and watercolor painter. Commonly portraying figurative imagery, her painterly realistic paintings have received numerous awards as they have been exhibited in international, national, regional and state juried, invitational, group and two person exhibits. Two of her paintings were purchased by The Utah Arts Council as part of the State of Utah's Permanent Collection. One of those, "Gotcha!", hangs in the First Lady of Utah's State Office.

Barbara had the honor of being juried into prestigious International 2002 Arts for the Parks Top 100 Exhibit and she was awarded the Yellowstone National Park Purchase Award and the Arts for the Parks Wildlife Award of Merit. In that same exhibit, in 1996, US Art Magazine selected her painting for its Award of Excellence. Other exhibits and awards include: Oil Painters of America National Exhibit 1995, 2001-2003; Award of Excellence 1995; Regional Award of Excellence 1999; Utah Watercolor Society-Award of Excellence and Inter-mountain Society of Artists-First Place Painting Award. In 1999 Barbara's painting, "When I was Child", was published in the North Light Book, The Best of Portrait Painting.
A native of Idaho, Barbara lives in Smithfield, Utah with her artist husband, Glen.

"My subject matter, color and style are a very personal, intuitive part of who I am since I discovered art at the age of twelve. I enjoy working with figurative imagery although more and more I am examining landscape and often combine the two. I love watching people, especially children as I wish to see the world of wonder anew through their eyes. I am most interested in small everyday moments often missed or seemingly unimportant compared to the social and headline grabbing events of the world.

In a very painterly and vigorous approach I brush in shapes of broken color, defining the form and composition I have in mind. I work mostly from photographs I have taken either on one of many research trips, hire models or both. I build the surface with color and textural subtleties in contrast to the strong light and dark patterns I am fond of using. Thus my love of quilts and flowers inherited from my mother and grandmother.

Although a great admirer of impressionism, I do not consider myself a true impressionist. I enjoy working with the impressions of light and color, but also want to narrate a story or idea to capture a moment of life. My intention is for those who view my work to not only see the color, value, composition and all the other requirements of a good painting but also to share a definite feeling or memory of the timeless human drama represented.

Someone once asked me how I made my paintings appear so powerful and yet at the same time feel so gentle. I'm not sure how to answer the question, but, I consider the question a great compliment."

Paint the Parks100 national touring exhibit is at SouthWind Gallery until July 15, 2010.
Paint the Parks is a national touring exhibition of contemporary representative paintings depicting America’s National Parks. The exhibit is organized by PaintAmerica, a Topeka-based, national non-profit organization, created to support and promote the visual arts. As one of the leading traveling art exhibitions in America, it features the works of many of the country’s most recognized contemporary artists, as well as several talented emerging artists. The exhibit is created annually from an international juried artists’ competition, and includes the highest juror-scored pieces from nearly a thousand total submissions. The show can also be viewed online at www.paintamerica.org

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

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Stan Herd Biography Film Wins Best Feature Prize!

noreply@blogger.com (Humble Shopkeeper) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:24:00 +0000

SouthWind Gallery's very own Stan Herd, featured in an award wining biographical independent film.

‘Earthwork’

"Ordal’s 'Earthwork' is based on the true experiences of Kansas artist Stan Herd, who uses rocks, dirt and vegetation to creative massive works of art that must be viewed from aircraft. “Earthwork” picked up the audience award and special jury prize at this spring’s South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

At the last eight festivals at which it was shown, it won the best feature prize. "

Reported by Robert Butler of Kansas City Star:

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/26/2042425/selling-is-tough-for-first-time.html#ixzz0sB1wtGr7

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Steven Hileman: Featured Artist Paint the Parks100

noreply@blogger.com (Gary Blitsch -Humble Shopkeeper) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:32:00 +0000

KIM CASEBEER JURORS AWARD
"Sapphirine Cove"
Acadia National Park
Steven Hileman
Oil, 20" x 24"

Through his paintings, Steven Hileman desires to share his personal vision of God’s creation.

Art has been an important factor throughout Steven’s life. Growing up in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Steven spent countless hours developing his skills through personal study and his various art classes. At Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, Florida, Steven studied under accomplished artists who grounded him in the basic principles of art and encouraged him to pursue excellence through knowledge and discipline. After earning his degree in Communications with a concentration in Commercial Art, Steven spent three years as a staff illustrator for A Beka Books, Inc., a large publishing company in Pensacola. On his own time, Steven continued to develop his painting skills, and also began exhibiting his paintings in juried shows around the country. Leaving his illustration job behind, Steven and his family relocated to Orland, Maine, where he began pursuing painting full-time. Shortly following this transition, Steven’s paintings began receiving more recognition through various galleries and shows, and today, they continue to draw the attention of art lovers and collectors. Consequently, his paintings can be found in numerous private collections around the country.

Considering himself a realist with impressionistic influences, Steven paints directly from his own life experiences, attempting to capture with honesty and immediacy his impressions of the world around him. Influenced by many of the great American, Russian, and European masters of the past as well as various contemporary masters, Steven paints with careful attention to drawing, values, color, and edges. He constantly strives to capture the subtle relationships between these elements to create beautiful and meaningful works of art.

Paint the Parks100 national touring exhibit is at SouthWind Gallery until July 15, 2010.
Paint the Parks is a national touring exhibition of contemporary representative paintings depicting America’s National Parks. The exhibit is organized by PaintAmerica, a Topeka-based, national non-profit organization, created to support and promote the visual arts. As one of the leading traveling art exhibitions in America, it features the works of many of the country’s most recognized contemporary artists, as well as several talented emerging artists. The exhibit is created annually from an international juried artists’ competition, and includes the highest juror-scored pieces from nearly a thousand total submissions. The show can also be viewed online at www.paintamerica.org

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Keri Vanderlaan: Featured Artist Paint the Parks100

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REGION III AWARD WINNER
"Jackson Lake Serenity"
Grand Teton National Park
Keri Vanderlaan
Watercolor, 14" x 21"

Keri Vanderlaan is an emerging artist. Her third watercolor painting "Jackson Lake Serenity" has won the coveted Region III award in the 2009 Paint the Parks competition. She also had great success with her first watercolor painting “A Gift From the Navajos” by winning a Top 100 award in the final Arts for the Parks competition. That painting has since appeared in Splash10, a popular coffee table book by the publishers of The Artist’s Magazine. She also had graphite pencil and colored pencil drawings of people and animals in the Art-A-Fair Festival, an annual juried show in Laguna Beach, California.

Keri is a naturally talented artist. She is self taught, having studied by reading books and art instructional magazines, and observing masterful paintings by other artists. She has been working in watercolor recently, but is accomplished in pencil, colored pencils, acrylics and pastels. She is also a very talented portrait artist. She paints and draws photorealistic, highly detailed pictures.

She is a passionate nature lover. The beauty and serenity of nature is her inspiration to paint. She lives in Silverado Canyon, a very beautiful rural area of Southern California which gives her great inspiration as well. She has been to 15 national parks to date and to Alaska. Her goal in life is to see and faithfully depict the beauty of our world and our people for all to appreciate.

Paint the Parks100 national touring exhibit is at SouthWind Gallery until July 15, 2010.
Paint the Parks is a national touring exhibition of contemporary representative paintings depicting America’s National Parks. The exhibit is organized by PaintAmerica, a Topeka-based, national non-profit organization, created to support and promote the visual arts. As one of the leading traveling art exhibitions in America, it features the works of many of the country’s most recognized contemporary artists, as well as several talented emerging artists. The exhibit is created annually from an international juried artists’ competition, and includes the highest juror-scored pieces from nearly a thousand total submissions. The show can also be viewed online at www.paintamerica.org

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

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