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Patterns all around us

6/5/2023

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Victoria Pendragon shares her inspiration in her artwork. 

Pattern is inherent in life… in the external symmetry of bodies… all sorts of bodies in all sorts of species. It is immediately comprehensible and, when it is not we see asymmetry where there should be symmetry – in a body or in a face – we have a response that is more than simply a mental recognition. There is a need to ‘adjust’ oneself mentally to viewing it.

Yet… this is balanced, in life forms like the human body – by an internal lack of symmetry. We have a bit of it in us: nipples, ovaries, testes, kidneys, but there’s only one pancreas and one liver, and one heart, and the distribution, while functionally perfect, is certainly not symmetrical.

This is what I am playing with in my paintings, that state that is, at once, both balanced and kinda random. My paintings are an elaboration and a reduction of that.
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Mango Madness

5/31/2023

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Mango Madness Summer Member's Exhibition

Congratulations to Kathy Corey! Her painting "Mango Meditation" is on display at the Mango Madness Exhibit. 
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Mango Meditation, oil on canvas, 10x10, $300, Kathy Corey
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Join us for
MANGO MADNESS FIRST THURSDAY
Thursday, June 1 from 6-8pm
Every summer The Studios of Key West celebrates the mango with an exhibition open to all of our members, who are invited to present a work that captures some of what the mango means to us: gratitude for what the island provides, and the joy of sensation – be it taste, smell, the thumping sound as a mango hits the ground, or the divine color that bears its name.

What to expect:
• Over 115 works of art by local Florida Keys artists in a variety of media!
• Freshly made mango margaritas (non-alcoholic also available)
• Music on the roof from the Bahama Village Music Program
• Tom Flip photographing portraits in the Helmerich Theater for his project "Heads Up Key West"
• The MONSTER RAFFLE - we're raffling off $2,500 in gift cards to some of our favorite local restaurants!


On view June 1-July 27, 2023
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Exhibition

5/15/2023

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I am happy to announce BE artist Kathy Corey's artwork named 'The Emerald Cross' is now being showcased in the International Life and Death - 2023 exhibition, organized by Gallerium and powered by @Biafarin platform. The exhibit runs May 15 - June 15. 
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To learn more, please visit:

https://www.gallerium.art/life-and-death-2023?AW=AW127386480

@biafarin #biafarin #biafarinart #biafarinonlinesales #KathyCorey #Painting #onlineartsales 
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Michael LaRue shares "An Urban Experience"

5/14/2023

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Congratulations to Michael LaRue! He has a new solo show, 
"An Urban Experience Saint Louis, Missouri," 
Photography by Michael Edwin LaRue.
opening at St. Louis Public Library - Buder Library starting June 1st. It will run through the end of June. The Saint Louis Public Library -Buder Library is located at 4401 Hampton Ave, St. Louis, MO 63109.


Here is a sneak peek of a YouTube video based on the same Saint Louis, Missouri Urban Photography theme.  See the whole video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiKffqFBEO4

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Candace's Artwork at The Pub Gallery

4/4/2023

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​We are excited to share with you that Candace Hyams' artwork is up on the walls at The Gallery Pub on Thurman for the months of April, May, and June! Go check this place out! Good food, drinks, live music, and art from local artists!  See more of Candace's artwork at https://www.bextraordinaire.com/hyams-gallery.html#/ 
 #supportlocalartists #bextraordinaire
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BE News: The Mandala Project

12/14/2022

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Mary Beth Tipton and Maria Ojascastro are in a 5 person exhibit at the St. Louis Artists Guild. Opening reception Jan 13, 6-8 pm.  The Mandala Project: An Artist Collective . The exhibit runs January 13 - February 11, 2023 in the Curated Gallery
www.stlouisartistsguild.org/upcoming-exhibitions

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The business of selling art

12/5/2022

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Selling art does not come easy for most artists. Even when we have someone who is interested and ready to buy, we are slow to close the deal and may even discount the price from the original sale price when it wasn't necessary. If this sounds a bit familiar,  then this article may help.   

I came across this in-depth blog article by Art Marketing called How to Sell Art Fearlessly about the business of selling art. It is filled with strategies and tactics for increasing sales. It goes over the following topics. 

Pricing and pricing structures.
Art marketing strategies with social media.
Online advertising.
Traditional and offline marketing.
How to develop strategies for selling in person at craft fairs and other events.
Gallery representation, and more.
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Read more at https://artmarketingnews.com/sell-art-fearlessly/

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Art at the District with Jane

11/17/2022

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We had a great time chatting with Jane Felkel from the Chesterfield Community Connection about the Endless Summer Event at the Tom Blood Gallery. Nancy Van Ness, Cathryne Loos and Kathy Corey happily share our "Endless Summer" art vibe beside Tom's Surrealism and Pop Art. Definitely a match made at the beach. 

Don't worry there is still time to catch some good vibes. Come join us, we'd love to see you at one of the POPUP Parties, Thursday and Friday night from 5-8 pm and Saturday from 1-4 pm. 
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Endless Summer PopUp Parties

11/9/2022

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​Come on out to the Endless Summer Popup Parties to see isms at Tom Blood's Gallery Space with featured artists, Kathy Corey, Nancy Van Ness, and Cathryne Loos. Tom Blood will have his surrealism and pop art paintings on display. Surf's up!  Kathy, Nancy and Cathy will take you to the beach. 
Friday, Nov. 11, 5-8p,
Saturday, Nov 12, 1-5p
Thursday, Nov 17, 5-8
Friday, Nov 18, 5-8 pm
Saturday, Nov 19, 1-4p.
See you there!

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BE News!

11/5/2022

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There is so much news to share with you. Please welcome new artists Lou Conroy and Victoria Pendragon. 

Lou Conroy
I worked as a hairstylist, received a BFA in art and graphic design, then worked 20 years as a graphic designer for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 19 years, but my true passion throughout my life has been the study and practice of portrait and figurative art. I am happy to be a part of the St. Louis artistic community and regularly train at Gateway Academy of Classical Art.

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Victoria Pendragon
Fascinated by pattern since I was old enough to draw, I majored in Fabric Design at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. I am 75, now, my hands viciously crippled by a disease that was supposed to kill me 30 years ago. I am living in "wild & wonderful" West Virginia and my surroundings have overwhelmed me with a desire to paint such as I have never experienced... and what I want to paint - and do paint - is the beauty that surrounds me... but my way... seen as pattern.

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The annual national online exhibit opened on Nov 1. The theme is Disorder/Order. 87 artists and over 250 artworks were narrowed down to 44 artists and 62 artworks. Virginia Becker and Gisele Obermeier blind juried the show. I am so proud that Mindy Cooke, Michael LaRue, Nancy Van Ness, Victoria Pendragon, and myself had work selected. The jurors selected Michael LaRue's "Gateway to the West" photo for an honorable mention award. Congratulations, Michael. The link to the exhibition is https://www.bextraordinaire.com/orderdisorder-art-exhibition.html#/

​This year BE has a new online gallery space designed by Ikonospaces. Let me know what you think.

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Find your favorite "ism" in November at Tom Blood's new gallery space filled with his Pop art paintings and his favorite "ism" - Surrealism paintings. The gallery is located in Chesterfield next to the Factory music venue.

Tom has invited Nancy Van Ness, Cathy Loos and Kathy Corey to show our "ism" paintings, expressionism and impressionism sprinkled with realism. Our paintings will make you forget all about the wintertime weather. We will be popping up in November for an Endless Summer exhibit. Dates are to be confirmed shortly.

​The gallery is located in Chesterfield next to the Factory music venue.

Michael has 3 photographs, 217, Simple Beauty, and Door to the Soul accepted into "The Small BIG Artshow" at Stone Soup Galleries in Chesterfield. The exhibit runs from November 12 - January 6. https://stonesoupgalleries.com/the-small-art-big-show

Kathy LaRue also has 3 pieces in the Stone Soup Galleries Small Art show.  Fall Frenzy, Magma in Motion, Delicate Bloom (acrylic & mica pigments). 

Congrats to you both!!!
Elizabeth Moore's painting "Bird of Paradise" is featured in the Angad Arts Hotel's largest biannual exhibition to date. 12x12 Exhibit has 159 new works by 81 local and regional artists. November 2022- April 2023. ​ https://shop.angadartshotel.com/collections/12-x-12-exhibition​
Brian's painting "Landscape, October 10, 2022" was chosen for the Webster Arts Seasonal Rhythms Exhibition.  The show runs till January 3.  
https://www.webster-arts.org/seasonal-rhythms
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Kathy Corey's, 2 paintings, "Libertad" and "Aphrodite Lost" were accepted into the Saint Louis Art Guild's "Tell Me a Story" Exhibit. Writers will come in and select paintings to create their own stories. The dates for the show are November 18 - December 31, 2022
Maria and Mary Beth will be part of the January 2023 Exhibit at the Saint Louis Artist Guild "The Mandela Project: Artist Collective on display in Curated Gallery January 13- February 11, 2023.
It was wonderful to see Sue Alexander and Nancy Van Ness at the Webster Art Fair. Their booths looked terrific! 

​Thanks for reading! 

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