Notes from Nancy:
Freshly back from San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, I'm seeing my home environment with new eyes. Sure, the colors were bright and beautiful in that charming Mexican mountain town, and the blue of the sky was pure cobalt. Even though I'm finding these last days of winter very, very cold; I'm also finding much to like about my own home town on Maryland's Eastern Shore. There's a harmonious beauty in the bare winter forests and the stately old buildings of downtown Easton that make me glad to be home. Perhaps that's one of the best benefits of travel -- a renewed appreciation of where one lives. Change is good for everyone.
We have a lot to be excited about in the upcoming season!
First, for students of art and art-lovers alike, Tracey Frugoli will kick off her two day workshop with a free lecture and demo here at the gallery on Friday, March 28 at 7 PM. A three-time winner at Plein Air-Easton! and First Place Winner at the Havre de Grace (Maryland) Plein Air competition, Tracey is a talented young artist with much to share. At her demo, Tracey’s workshop students will be given the front row seats. But if you are not a workshop student and would like to watch Tracey’s demo, please call the gallery to reserve a seat.
En Couleur by Tracey Frugoli, Oil, 18x24, $2850
Opening this Friday, during the First Friday Gallery Walk from 5 to 9 PM, we are featuring work by all our South Street artists who are conducting workshops in 2008. If you are a prospective student, do come in and see the work, and read the class descriptions provided by the instructors. For you art lovers and collectors, please come and enjoy the best that each instructor has to offer!
Priscilla by Karen Winslow
Oil, 8x10, $950
South Street Art Gallery is honored to have Paint Primer: Color Mixing and Brushes, and Their Uses
For all levels of oil painters, beginner to advanced. $195.
in the latest issue of The Nature Conservancy Magazine – the result of a collaborative project between The Nature Conservancy and the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, in which each artist was assigned a particular Nature Conservancy property that they visited several times over the course of a year. My painting, Choptank Wetlands, as well as works by Ed Cooper, Bethanne Kinsella Cople, Sara Linda Poly, and Bernie Dellario were included in this article, along with interviews about our experiences during this project.
You may visit http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/maryland/news/news2530.html to view many of the paintings. All twenty-two paintings will be exhibited, in venues to be determined, and all of the paintings will be for sale through the Nature Conservancy.
Finally, an opportunity not to be missed for plein air painters and collectors alike, the Second Annual Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition will be June 5-7, 2008, and for the second time, I will be the awards judge. This is a wonderful opportunity for those new to plein air competitions because this event is open to all plein air painters. The exhibit of competition paintings is at the charming Diddywopps and Keefers Gallery in Monkton, Maryland, where the collector’s reception will be on the evening of June 7. For more information about this competition and its rules, go to www.gunpowderfallspleinair.com . If you have never visited this bucolic region north of Baltimore, of hills and dells, horse farms and pastures, I can't recommend a better time. I hope to see many of you there!
Now, back to the studio!
Nancy Tankersley
Artist/Owner
Gallery Hours
Open Daily
Mon - Sat 11-5, Sun 11-3
Or by appointment
UPCOMING SHOWS
March 7 - April 2, 2008 Paintings by Workshop Instructors. A special exhibit featuring paintings by our workshop instructors, including: Patti MacHale Bartol, Gavin Brooks, Ed Cooper, Bethanne Kinsella Cople, Gene Costanza, Tracey Frugoli, Diane DuBois Mullaly, Sara Linda Poly, Camille Przewodek, Bill Schmidt, Nancy Tankersley and Karen Winslow.
Opening Reception, Friday, March 7, 2008, 5-9 PM.
April 4 - 30, 2008 Guest Artist Roger Doyle. Roger's paintings and found metal sculpture, paired with music by mezzo soprano Bonnie Forgacs, all combine to create A Real Happening on South Street!
Opening Reception, Friday, April 4, 2008, 5-9 PM.
May 2 - June 4, 2008 Introducing Rob Barber. Plein Air-Easton! 2007 Grand Prize Winner Rob Barber introduces fresh work.
Opening Reception, Friday, May 2, 2008, 5-9 PM.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
March 28 - 30, 2008
Tracey Frugoli Paint Primer: Color Mixing and Brushes, and Their Uses
For all levels of oil painters, beginner to advanced. $195.
April 21 - 25, 2008
Bethanne Kinsella Cople Workshop Filled! Taking names for waiting list
Pamper Yourself en Plein Air! Great Oak Manor, Chestertown. Tution $400.
May 2 - 4, 2008
Sara Linda Poly Plein Air Workshop, Covey Point Farm, Cambridge Neck District, $275.
May 31- June 2, 2008
Karen Winslow Still Life, Portrait and Plein Air Workshop, Three Day Intensive Painting Clinic, Easton, $250.
June 23 - 27, 2008
Kim English Workshop Filled!
The Figure in the Landscape, Private Waterfront Estate near Easton, $600 plus model's fees.
July 28 - Aug 1, 2008 - Session I Camille Przewodek
August 4 - 8, 2008 - Session II Camille Przewodek
Plein Air Workshops, Maple Hall, Claiborne, $650 per session.
August 23 & 24, 2008
Patti MacHale Bartol Watercolor Workshop. Indoors, air conditioned, Easton, $175.
Sept 8 - 18, 2008
Quimiac, France Plein Air Workshop. Now Enrolling!!!!
Sept 28 - Oct 3, 2008
Gavin Brooks & Gene Costanza Plein Air Workshop, "Success by Design", Tilghman Area, $525.
Oct 18 & 19, 2008
Bill Schmidt Plein Air Impressionist Workshop, Private Waterfront Estate near Easton, $195.
Late Fall 2008
Diane DuBois Mullaly Miniature Painting Workshop, Easton, please check back for details.
November 2008
Tim Bell Extreme Plein Air, please check back for details.
NOTABLE QUOTE
"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind." - Seneca
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