Frank

December 3, 2015

Frank, Alyse C. Bernstein, PETS, Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank’s “This lithograph was printed from marble, which is not a typical stone for printing lithographs (limestone is more popular). The print is of my now seven-year-old basset hound, Frank.” – Alyse C. Bernstein “Marble Stone Lithography – In 2001, I met Per Anderson, the founder […]

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Change

November 12, 2015
Winds of Change, Deirdre Murphy at Gross McCleaf Gallery

Deirdre Murphy, Night Flight, oil on canvas, 30″ x 30″, Winds of Change at Gross McCleaf Gallery Winds of Change, Deirdre Murphy at Gross McCleaf Gallery I knew a young woman who was terrified of birds, her reaction sheer panic, she also claimed her body slowed down wrist watches. As a child, Alfred Hitchcock’s movie The […]

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Autumn

October 23, 2015
2015 Autumn Invitational, Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank's

25th Street, oil on canvas, 16″ x 20″. 2015. DoN Brewer, 2015 Autumn Invitational,  Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank’s Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank’s Autumn Invitational 2015, DoN Brewer Paintings Last year Togo Travalia asked me to be considered for the Autumn Invitational 2014, but I felt like I didn’t have […]

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Pond

September 26, 2015
Michael and Dean DiPrinzio, The Great Outdoors at The Plastic Club, Group Art Show

Michael and Dean DiPrinzio, At the Pond I See Frogs and Dragon Flies, crayon on wood Michael and Dean DiPrinzio, The Great Outdoors at The Plastic Club I have been thinking about this piece for a while because of a comment a friend made. We were joking that the juror was blind; a top Philadelphia painter […]

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Liminal

September 24, 2015
The Liminal State, Kristin Schattenfield-Rein, Metropolitan Gallery 250, DoNArTNeWs Philadelphia Art News Blog

The Liminal State, Kristin Schattenfield-Rein, Metropolitan Gallery 250 The Liminal State, Kristin Schattenfield-Rein, Metropolitan Gallery 250 “The final words of the Tibetan Book of the Dead  are: “Let virtue and goodness be perfected in every way,” and examining Kristin Schattenfield-Rein’s new exhibit at Metropolitan Gallery 250, you can’t help but find the meaning in those […]

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Eyes Wide Open

August 21, 2015
Eyes Wide Open, Da Vinci Art Alliance

Eyes Wide Open, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Group Art Show, First Prize Sandi Neiman Lovitz Eyes Wide Open, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Group Art Show, Juror Moe Brooker “Eyes Wide Open, featuring the work of artists selected by juror Moe Brooker, artist, teacher and former chairperson of The Mayor’s Commission on the Arts, through August 30, […]

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Summer at Twenty-Two

July 31, 2015
Summer Group Show, Twenty-Two Gallery

Summer Group Show, Twenty-Two Gallery, Ellen Tiberino, stained glass, Andrea Krupp, woodcut print Summer Group Show, Twenty-Two Gallery Opening night of the Summer Group Show at Twenty-Two Gallery I chatted with artist Andrea Krupp about weekend plans. My plan was to visit the Tiberino compound and draw or paint on Sunday. Andrea didn’t know about the Tiberino […]

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Models

July 22, 2015
Models as Artists 2015

Models as Artists 2015, The Plastic Club, Kevin B. Huang, The Original Daisy Disco Ball, barrettes and carnival beads Models as Artists 2015, The Plastic Club Kevin B. Huang’s The Original Daisy Disco Ball is like a great dance song mash-up of art pop culture memes and trends. The flowers are so Murikami, the up-cycle concept is so […]

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Summertime

July 13, 2015
Summertime

Summertime, Sarah Watkins Nathan, Sun Tea, digital photograph, Off the Wall Gallery Summertime, 10th Annual Community Juried Art Show, Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank’s “SULTRY INDEED: We’ve been waiting for just the right day to break out a pitcher of good ol’ fashioned SUN TEA, often the first example of solar energy we know and […]

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Americans

July 5, 2015
Americans

 Americans with Disabilities Act at The Art Gallery in City Hall “The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a law that was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990. In 1986, the National Council on Disability (NCD) recommended enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and drafted the first version of the bill […]

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