Surface as Signifier

March 28, 2013
Surface as Signifier

Surface as Signifier at UD Crane Robert Straight, P-485, acrylic, knitted string, paper, plywood, 2012, Surface as Signifier at UD Crane Curated by: Peg Curtin and Bruce Garrity “Mellifluous, porous, undulating and otherwise, surfaces serve as visual signifiers. Surface as Signifier examines conceptually abstract works that are slick, transparent, thick, thin, and heavily layered. Process, evidence […]

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Art of the Flower

March 24, 2013
Art of the Flower, Philadelphia Sketch Club

The Art of the Flower at The Philadelphia Sketch Club   Art shows come and go as fast as a Peonie, it seems like they last for only a day. The opening receptions are so exciting and social, meeting the artists and new friends, watching the awards be presented and absorbing all the different interpretations […]

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Q.R.I.S.P.

March 21, 2013
Jed Williams Studio

Jed Williams Studio, Hmmm?, oil on canvas, 30 X 30 inches, $400 Jed Williams Studio Jed Williams Studio 615 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, There, oil on canvas, 24 X 34 inches, $450.00. Jed Williams Studio, just a block South of South Street, is a store front gallery with the artist’s studio in the back of the shop. Jed is […]

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Mary Liz Masters IX

March 16, 2013
Mary Liz Memorial IX, Off the Wall Gallery

Robert Daniel Bohne´, Vinnie, pencil & goauche on toned paper, 2012, photo courtesy of www.RobertBohne.com Mary Liz Memorial Masters Art Exhibition IX at Off the Wall Gallery Robert Daniel Bohne´, small drawings on paper, Mary Liz Memorial Masters Art Exhibition IX at Off the Wall Gallery “Mary Liz Connelly was the founding director of Off the Wall Gallery from it’s first […]

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Charles Cushing

March 12, 2013
Charles Cushing, Painting Buenos Aires

Charles Cushing, Painting Buenos Aires, Kickstarter Art Show Charles Cushing, Painting Buenos Aires, Spring, Buenos Aires, oil on canvas, 24 x 26″ You probably know who Charles Cushing is or are familiar with his artwork, even if just peripherally. His Philadelphia landscape paintings and collectible prints have defined his reputation as one of the city’s premier architectural painters […]

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Kristin Schattenfield-Rein

March 9, 2013
Kirstin Schattenfield-Rein

Kristin Schattenfield Rein, Kilauea, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery Kristin Schattenfield Rein, Kilauea, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, 301 North 3rd Street, Old City, Philadelphia. The large gallery on 3rd Street is filled with flowing, liquid, dripping color fields, the panorama of the room reveals the expressive paintings relationships to one another. Some images seem to transfer their color ways from […]

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Wendy Wolf

March 7, 2013
Wendy Wold, Flora + Fauna, 161W

Wendy Wolf, 161 West Gallery, Flora + Fauna Wendy Wolf, 161 West Gallery, Flora + Fauna, 161 West Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Philadelphia “Natural Repetition began during an artist residency at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, AZ in the spring of 2007. All leaves are hand reproduced in waxed masa paper or yupo paper. Some installations lasted days and […]

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David Swift Photography

March 6, 2013
David Swift Photography

David Swift Photography, View from the Ferry at Cups and Chairs, 701 South 5th Street, Philadelphia. David Swift Photography at Cups and Chairs Cafe´ David Swift Photography, Cups and Chairs Cafe, photograph by Rob Lybeck David Swift Photography, Cups and Chairs Cafe´ David Swift, Jed Williams and DoN met at Cups and Chairs Cafe´to see David’s photography show. David and Jed are both actors, […]

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InLiquid Art and Design

February 26, 2013
InLiquid Art & Design

Mat Tomezsko, InLiquid Art and Design Benefit V.Thirteen, Crane Arts Center, Ice Box Gallery, DoNArTNeWs Philadelphia Art News Blog InLiquid Art and Design Benefit V.Thirteen, Crane Arts Center, Ice Box Gallery The InLiquid Art and Design Benefit V.Thirteen was a feast for the eyes. Top artists from all over the Philadelphia region offered works for one space. […]

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downSIZED, Anthony C and Karen M

February 17, 2013
Anthony C and Karen M, A Square Deal

Anthony C & Karen M, downSIZED at Cheltenham Center for the Arts Anthony C & Karen M and DoN have been friends for a long time. The collaborative artists truly care about their friends and engaging with other artists in the community. The hallmark of their street art is to carefully place quality work in public […]

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