Black and White Friday

We recently had our Black and White Friday exhibition, the latest color-themed exhibition at the gallery. The event was actually a twist on the annual “Black Friday” an economic term for the largest shopping day of the year, the Friday after Thanksgiving, that traditionally pushes business into the black - or profit margin. We thought it would be a fun challenge to use the theme to challenge our artists and it worked. Our artists stepped up to the challenge creating some rare, unique, and wonderful works of art.

Jayne Adams hasn't worked in black and white since her college days, but she stepped up to this challenge and created three amazing pieces.

Kim Bernard became so inspired by the idea she is now creating a series of black and white encaustic's, beginning with two currently on show.


Dustan Knight created her koi series in black and white with just a hint of red. This was a nice surprise to see her stretch her skills as a fine art watercolorist.

Not to mention, Michael Palmer came out of now where and created his Favela series in just black and white ink. The show also feature Jeanne’ McCartin’s wall sculpture from the haunting “Dreams and Nightmare" series.
Even Carol Roll, surprised us at the last minute by creating a small mache sculpture and Lauren Pollaro created a wonderful small mixed media assemblage.

Jayne Adams takes on Halloween

Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. Halloween has long been thought of as a day when the dead can return to the earth, and ancient Celts would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off these roaming ghosts.

I wanted to share these rare, ghostly and fun paintings by Jayne Adams. They are spectacular, fun, well painted, and the compositions are wonderful.

Heading to Boston International Fine Art Show

We are very excited to announce that we will be participating in the Boston International Fine Art Show, November 18 - 21st. This will be our second year participating in this fine event. Swing on by and see us at Booth #3, same booth as last year.

This piece by William Thomson will be just one of many fine paintings and sculpture featured at our booth.

Sydney Bella Sparrow

I recently discovered "Unknown" on my last trip to Thomson's home. He painted this masterpiece in the late 1970's as part of his wind series. This is one of the few pieces left in this series, in fact the only large piece (50 x 40) still available.

Tidbit on Mr. Dennis Perrin

On my last visit to Perrin's studio, he showed me the location where he creates his masterful paintings. Once I saw the pond and location I knew there were pictures to be taken.


Dennis led me down a secluded path, suddenly I realized how quite it was you could hear the birds, crickets, frogs, and a slight rustle of the leaves. I could feel myself relaxing, merging myself into Perrin's world. Once we walked to the end of the path it opened up to an amazing and beautiful pond full nympheas all along it's edge. The colors were peaceful and soft just like his paintings. I wasn't ready to go back to Provincetown that's for sure, but I knew I had to get these masterful paintings to the gallery for you to enjoy.

Paintings>>>

Fast, Fast, Fast

Wow, what a fast summer. Sorry for the long hiatus folks, but this summer has kept us on our toes, with some fabulous openings and an amazing new artist added to our stable.

I just wanted to post a quick update. More to come...

We are proud to announce artist / painter Nancy Depew as part of our stable of artists, we will be debuting her with Sydney Bella Sparrow on Friday, September 3rd for our annual still life exhibit.

Nancy Depew<<<

Sydney Bella Sparrow>>>

For the Love of Food at Childrens Museum of NH

Ok, as you know I hardly ever talk about my own art work, but I am pleased to be part of "For the Love of Food" Exhibit in Dover, at the The Children's Museum of New Hampshire.

This summer, Gallery 6 has partnered with noted dietician Eileen Behan of Rye, NH, in For the Love of Food, an art exhibit featuring nutritious foods – especially fruits and vegetables – depicted in attractive and irresistible ways. Read More>>>

Stop on by to see these wonderful works and check out the three pieces, by yours truly, on show curated by Tess Feltes. My career as a painter started in seacoast New Hampshire over 10yrs ago and it's very exciting to be back in the area.

More than a dozen New Hampshire artists have been invited to contribute to this visual smorgasbord with artwork – in mediums such as painting, photography, and illustration – that celebrates food. Fosters Daily Democrat>>>

Need another way to convince your kids to eat their fruits and veggies? A new exhibit at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire aims to help parents do just that. The Wire>>>

There’s been a lot of attention of nutrition and children lately. I happened to watch one episode of Jamie Oliver’s show Food Revolution a few weeks back and had some flashbacks to my own experience in the school cafeteria. Seacoast Online>>>

Art for the Generations

As your children grow up wouldn't it be nice to pass on the one gift, that keeps on giving... Art!

Investing in art early can be rewarding, enjoyable, a conversation starter for both you and your children and it can be handed down to them to boot!

Here is how you can easily get started;

First, find a piece of art that you love then do some research on it.

Second, ask some questions; the questions you want to ask are:

• How long has the artist has been paintings?
  
• What does the artist's resume / biography look like and reveal about their artistic style?
  
• What key information does the resume / biography reveal about the artist's motivation and artistic direction?
  
• What is the educational background and who have they studied under.

Some other points to consider:

• Check out what museums and colleges and museums are collecting your favorite artist. Colleges invest in art for the future and museums invest not only for value but to bring in the largest crowd.
  
• Finally, ask yourself "why do I want to start collecting/investing in this artist?"
  

You can ask the gallery for this information and any reputable gallery will be happy to provide you with this information.

For instance, William Thomson's art is collected by Marietta College and The New Britain of American Art, whom just pulled his work from their private collection for "The Great American Watercolor" show.

Also watch who is collecting the artist, for instance Michael Palmer has collectors such as Danny Devito and Bill Cosby.

So remember when your investing just don't buy anything, make sure you love it and know why your collecting it.

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