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A Nashville-based plein-air painter, Anne Blair Brown travels the world to paint. But this show features work that is quintessentially southern.
Celebrate with us opening night!
Friday, November 3, 2017 5-8pm
Meyer Vogl Gallery
Charleston, SC
122 Meeting Street
We hope to see you Friday, November 3, 2017! All are welcome!
To inquire about any of the works, email katie@meyervogl.com or call (843) 805-7144.
To view all works by Anne Blair Brown, click here.
Show Dates: Nov. 17 - Dec. 16, 2017
Juror of Awards: Howard Friedland OPA
OPA is pleased to announce that the Eastern Regional Exhibition will be hosted by Anderson Fine Art Gallery, located in St. Simons Island, Georgia, from November 17 through December 16, 2017. Anderson Fine Art Gallery is hosting an opening reception and awards ceremony on Friday, November 17, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for artists, friends, press and the public with the awards presentation at 7:30 p.m. Associate and Signature member entries canvas size may not exceed 480 square inches. OPA is pleased to have Signature artist Howard Friedland serve as this year's Juror of Awards
One of four islands that comprise the Golden Isles of Georgia, St. Simons Island is a lovely vacation spot and inviting location to paint, boasting beautiful beaches, Southern Oaks, draped with Spanish moss, antebellum plantations, Fort Frederica National Monument and the St. Simons Island Lighthouse.
September 28th - October 29th, 2017
Opening reception Thursday, September 28th
Montgomery-Lee Fine Art
Park City, Utah
JUDGE OF AWARDS - AIS Master Albert Handell
CO-CHAIRS - Cindy Baron & Bill Davidson
AWARDS - Over $69,000 in Awards
Please join us at Brazier Gallery, Richmond, VA, September 8, 2017. I am teaming up with renown artist Larry Moore to present all new paintings featuring interior spaces.
I became fascinated with the interior paintings of Eduoard Vuillard in my early career and have since embarked on a journey of studying various ways to capture interior light. Through my paintings I explore the feeling of warmth as light pours through a window or how a cozy corner of a house can create a sense of the comforts of home.
Opening Night: September 8, 2017
Brazier Gallery, Richmond, VA
1616 West Main Street
Richmond, VA 23220 (804) 358-2771
Brazier Gallery is Richmond's exclusive gallery of contemporary realism and impressionism.
The works of more than 30 nationally acclaimed artists, from the US and Canada, are on view at all times.
The gallery, is located in The Historic Fan District, is surrounded by restaurants and other galleries, and is just blocks from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
"Buddies" 20x20 oil on linen
Please join me July 21st at Simie Maryles Gallery, Provincetown, MA, for the opening of my show, "Color Me Happy". The show features all new works including glowing interiors and dynamic coastal scenes.
Situated in Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod, MA, Simie Maryles Gallery is located in the East End of town in the heart of the gallery district in this community long known for its art colony and generally colorful and Bohemian flair. The gallery's owners/directors are painter Simie Maryles and blues musician Moe Van Dereck.
"Aperitifs" 12x12 oil on linen
"Late Night" 16x20 oil on linen
"Peaceful Retreat" 16x16 oil on linen
"Lucky Dog" 12x12 oil on linen
"Still of the Night" 16x16 oil on linen
A dear friend of mine gave me a wonderful book called, “Illusions” by Richard Bach. Among the many stellar quotations included in the book was this:
You teach best what you most need to learn.
I began teaching because I had figured some stuff out about oil painting, and I thought some other folks might want to know about that stuff.
As time has gone on, I have figured out more stuff and try to share with students each new thing that I learn. What I realized while I was talking about all the stuff is that I knew the stuff conceptually, but I still had lots of room for getting better at my own painting.
As I have learned to explain my process through verbal language as well as visual language, I have stumbled on to new and better ways of approaching painting and therefore new and better ways of teaching what I know thus far.
One thing that has taught me so much is an exercise I learned from my friend Colin Page (you can check his paintings out at https://www.colinpagepaintings.com). The exercise is, you have to paint a painting in 40 brushstrokes (speaking of strokes, most students almost have one when they realize they are going to have to do this exercise).
As I practiced this exercise myself I realized how I could be of help to those learning to find their own artistic style. I could use it to get even a novice to understand what it feels like to paint loosely because the process puts you in a specific, controlled (yet free) line of thinking.
Below are examples of 40 stroke demos from recent workshops. You can see dots of color on the sides which represent each stroke completed. This helps you remember to count. In my earlier demos I stopped sometimes even before the 40 strokes because all the shapes are filled in. In the most recent demo (oranges and little green pot) I took it a little further but then stopped at 40.
Yes, all the paintings have a level of “un-finish”, but this is what the painterly painter is after: to know how to loosely fill in shapes while not going too far into tedious detail. In that sense the 40 brushstroke challenge is brilliant.
This is one example of the many ways and reasons my painting style continually evolves. The more I demonstrate this exercise the more I understand shapes, value, and how to make a brushstroke count. I seem to be teaching myself at the same time I am teaching others.
