Affordable Art Fair Houston opens today!

The Affordable Art Fair Houston opens today in Houston - through Sunday and I have several works at the fair in booth E1 with Alida Anderson Art Projects.

The Affordable Art Fair Houston runs from October 15–18, 2026, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, marking its inaugural H-Town debut!

Honored to be participating along with artists Jodi Walsh and Matthew Langley - come see us!

A woman running on a Jackson Pollock landscape
2026 by F. Lennox Campello

A woman about to dive off a Washington Color School landscape
2026 by F. Lennox Campello

A woman diving off a Mark Rothko landscape
2026 by F. Lennox Campello

Chevy Chase Art Walk this weekend!

This weekend's Chevy Chase Art Walk features a record 86 artists in all media, exhibiting their work in 35 homes and studios in Chevy Chase DC and Maryland, from noon to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, October17 and 18th.

Dates: 

Saturday, October 17, 2026 - 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 18, 2026 - 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Admission:  Free and open to the public

Weather: Rain or shine

R. Brent Erickson at the Art League Gallery

“My ultimate aim is to provide new perspectives, encouraging viewers to re-examine the seemingly mundane aspects of their surroundings."

— R. Brent Erickson, Oct. 2026 Solo Artist Exhibitor

The Art League presents a dynamic lineup of October exhibitions celebrating artistic range, personal narrative and medium. On view this month in our galleries from Oct. 7 to Nov. 8 is the Open Exhibit as well as R. Brent Erickson’s Celebrating Realism from Oct. 8 to Nov. 8.

The October Open Exhibit is juried by Paul Sattler, an artist specializing in imaginative figurative painting, drawing, printmaking and other two-dimensional art forms. This exhibit features 88 works spanning ceramics, collage, drawing, glass, fiber art, mixed media, painting, photography and printmaking, showcasing the breadth and variety of work created by our artists.

In Celebrating Realism, Erickson turns a careful eye toward the everyday, using disciplined observation to capture moments that might otherwise go unnoticed. His paintings explore the intricate counterplay of light and color, inviting viewers to pause, look more closely and discover the extraordinary within the ordinary. “My work is consistently drawn to the intrinsic beauty found within ordinary objects and scenes, particularly fascinated by the ever-changing interplay of light and color that breathes life into them,” said Erickson. “My ultimate aim is to provide new perspectives, encouraging viewers to re-examine the seemingly mundane aspects of their surroundings."

All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Wanna go to an opening this Friday?

The Zenith Gallery is the District's longest running independently owned commercial fine arts gallery, and this coming Friday, Oct 9, 4-8 pm & Saturday, Oct 10, 2-6 pm, they have a "Meet the Artists" reception for their The Inimitable Dolly Parton exhibition honoring the spectacular life of Dolly Parton!

FEATURED ARTISTS: Michelle Anderson, Amy Bandel, Caroline Benchetrit, Joanathan Bessaci, Prudence Bonds, Ram Brisueno, Anne Calamuci, F. Lennox Campello, Diane Dompka, Buzz Duncan, Mentwab Easwaran, Ed Garner, Margery Goldberg, Philip Hazard, Tarsha Howard, Ronni Jolles, Karen Kaplan Klein, Joan Konkel, Joe Largess, Michela Mansuino, Becky McFall, Nancy Nesvet, Reuben Neugass, Carol Newmyer, Keith Norval, Meredith Osterman, Katharine Owens, Khemet Parker, Anna Podris, Qrcky, Floyd Roberts, Suzy Scarborough, Gavin Sewell, Helen Silberminz, Bradley Stevens, Tejasi Thatte, Mia Williams, Marcie Wolf-Hubbard, Curtis Woody, and more!

My works in this show are below - you can purchase them at this link or call/email Zenith.

"Homage to Dolly Parton"
2026 F. Lennox Campello, 12x12 inches.
Original charcoal and conte drawing with embedded digital component.

Dolly Parton Diet Tips
2026 Original graphite drawing by Campello on broken Bisque

With love to Dolly
2026 Graphite drawing on Bisque by Campello

Finding Meaning in Small Spaces

Studio art alum Marcie Wolf-Hubbard ’83 transforms memories into miniature works of art while helping others tell their own stories.

Read the whole article at University of Maryland here...

Many Countries in One: A Call for Immigrant Artists

Call for Artists for "Many Countries in One: Immigrant Artists" at the gorgeous ARTSpiration venue  in Frederick!

Here is the link for new artists to apply - all preselected artists are already in the show, but as this new venue is sooo much bigger, we can select some more:

  https://opportunities.wearecreativewest.org/opportunity/17765/CAFE 

Michele Banks: Forces of Nature

If there's a harder working artist than Michele Banks on this planet, then that artist is clearly not human!

October 11, 2-4 pm is the Opening Reception for Forces of Nature, Banks' latest show at Harmony Hall, in Ft. Washington, MD.

Nine of the Ink Paintings showing at Harmony Hall

She notes that:

These 16 ink paintings on yupo explore the invisible forces that shape our world—from atomic motion to the vast curvature of space. Drawing inspiration from physics and biology, they merge scientific imagery with a fluid, organic aesthetic, balancing precision with spontaneity. If you’re into physics, if your favorite color is blue, and/or if you want to see some of my larger work, this is the event for you. If you can’t make the opening, the paintings are on view from September 28-November 7.