Monday, July 04, 2016
Sunday, July 03, 2016
Campello at auction
Check out this vintage 1995 framed drawing at auction... Click here to see details.
This 1995 drawing was done from a photo on an old vintage postcard (as I recall).
Bid here.
This 1995 drawing was done from a photo on an old vintage postcard (as I recall).
Bid here.
Women in Love I c. 1995 F. Lennox Campello 6x6.5 inches framed to 19x23 inches. |
Saturday, July 02, 2016
Friday, July 01, 2016
Alma Selimovic
Feeling Kinky? Come and check out Alma Selimovic's work at her studio in the Otis Street Art Project.
She's there through Sunday or by appointment. Thank you #MetroWeekly for a great exposure.
Check out her work at www.almaselimovic.com
She's there through Sunday or by appointment. Thank you #MetroWeekly for a great exposure.
Check out her work at www.almaselimovic.com
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Book Review: Artists of Sedona
I was introduced to the spectacular beauty of Sedona,
Arizona by my wife about a decade ago. Over the years we've visited that
spectacular area many times, and I've often written about it, focusing on its
artists and many galleries.
Artists of Sedona(1930-1999), published in 2014 by Gene K. Garrison, is a warmly crafted homage to the many artists who helped to give that Red Rocks city a reputation in the fine arts.
Artists of Sedona(1930-1999), published in 2014 by Gene K. Garrison, is a warmly crafted homage to the many artists who helped to give that Red Rocks city a reputation in the fine arts.
The book is essentially a history book of the seeding,
fertilization, and growth of the Sedona artistic community.
It starts with two
brothers, a gibbon, and a baby coyote roaring into the valley on a Harley
motorcycle.
It also pays
homage to Egyptian immigrant Nassan Gobran, who can be said to be the father of
the Sedona fine arts footprint, as he was the leading voice for the energy
which re-focused Sedona as a fine arts town.
We learn how an
apple-packing barn became the Sedona Arts Center, and eventually the magnet for
all of the city's art galleries. The first exhibition in that building (April
1961) was by none other than the respected and very famous impressionist Max
Ernst and his wife Dorothy Tanning.
We also learn about the formation of the Cowboy Artists
of America, and through Garrison's superbly delivered talkative style of
writing, we are further educated into the lives, anecdotes, stories,
achievements, failures of a variety of the key artists who flowed into the Red
Rocks area, attracted not by New Age vortexes, but by the spectacular beauty of
the area, and by the growing magnetism of a growing artistic community.
You can feel Garrison's love for the artists, for Sedona,
and for its history, in each word lovingly delivered in this book. It is a
perfect example of how an art history book can be crafted so that it not only
cements the art history of a city, but also honors the artists who created it.
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