Now showing at Artistic Creations Gallery

Last Friday, I delivered 16 pieces of artwork to a gallery that recently opened on Shore Drive in Virginia Beach, VA. More information on the gallery may be found on their FaceBook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Artistic-Creations/187301665879?ref=ts&fref=ts Below is a quote by Randall Jordan, the owner of the gallery.

Small Study #9

“The Gallery welcomes some new artists to the fold; a mixed water medium/acrylic artist, Laura Gibbs, a very talented (and has taken lessons from loads of brilliant art instructors around the country) abstract /semi-representational artist with a very unique approach to her subject matter allowing the viewer to enrich their emotions thru the various juxtapositions of colors.”

There will be a Holiday Open House on Thursday, December 13^th from 5:30 until 8:30. Join us there for an artist's demonstration, refreshments and music.

A large number of the works are my experimental Small Studies.  The painting shown above is one of these.  All are priced in a range that makes them great gifts.  The painting in this post is 6 inches by 12 inches on canvas and is $60.00.

Lime Paradigm

Lime Paradigm

Lime Paradigm is a recent painting, it is 11x14 on a gallery wrapped canvas and is ready to hang without a frame. I started this painting quite a while ago with a basic composition in mind and just couldn't find  the inspiration to finish. It was started in the way I start a lot of my work, with mostly ink and liquid acrylic paint - very messy and soupy. While the initial layers are still wet, various items that make texture are placed in the ink and left to dry. After all these textural bits are removed,  the hard part begins - now what? There will be many layers in the finished painting.

I took another look at it the week before the Stockley Gardens art show mentioned in my last post. When I thought about using the lime green, things started to come together. I gathered up my paint and some more textural tools and voila, it was finished. Except for a name! Pattern is always an element in my work, so the word paradigm worked http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paradigm?s=t. Lime Paradigm was named, signed, photographed and displayed at the art show.

Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival

I will be participating in the Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival this weekend in Norfolk, VA.  Show hours are listed below:

Saturday, October 20, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 21, 2012, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The show is located in the Ghent area of Norfolk.  Click here http://www.hope-house.org/arts/fall-stockley-gardens-arts-festival/dates-facts.php   
for more information. I will be in space B4, please stop by and visit.

Cosmic Dream

 

Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival

October 13-14, 2012
Sat, 10am-6pm - Sun, 10am-5pm

Come by and see me this weekend at the Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival in Newport News, VA.  I will be in space A5.

The show is located in "Port Warwick’s Styron Square and will have world-class art, gourmet food, and fine wines. Now in its eighth year, the Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival will showcase the works of more than 80 artists.
Bring the whole family – there will be live music and exciting activities for kids too, including the ever-popular Young Collectors Tent!"

Sunset Continuum mixed water media 12x36

Where:
Port Warwick’s Styron Square
3100 William Styron Square
in the heart of the Oyster Point area of
Newport News, VA

More information here http://www.pwartfest.org/

An Occasion for the Arts Oct.6 & 7, 2012

This weekend, I will be participating in An Occasion for the Arts 44th annual art show in Williamsburg, VA. The show is open both Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. I will be in space number C38, which is near the corner of North Boundary Street and Prince George Street.  You can get more information and maps by clicking on this link http://www.aofta.org/about-us/.  

Amber Twilight

The painting shown above, Amber Twilight, is mixed water media on canvas. This is the painting that caught the eye of the juror at the Seawall Art Show in August.

Stop in and say hello this weekend.  There will be a lot of activities in addition to the art.

Have a great weekend,
Laura

Seawall Art Show

Seawall Art Show

August 25 and 26, 2012

This weekend is the 42nd Annual Seawall Art Show. The hours are Saturday 10:00 am until 6:00pm and Sunday, 10:00am until 5:00pm. I will be in space #70 which is 5 spaces in from the corner of High Street and Crawford Parkway. If you are on High Street looking toward the water, I will be on your far right. Follow this link for more information http://www.seawallartshow.org/ .

 

I would love to have you stop by for a visit and see my new work. One of the new pieces is shown above. It is an acrylic on canvas titled Disco Lemonade.

Study #7

Another in my series of small studies.  This is study #7 and is 6 in x 6 in.  I was very pleased with this one in particular and it sold at the Stockley Gardens Spring Art Show.  This colors in this one will probably become a larger painting.  I have several things in the works including a new study. They should be finished soon.

There have been a lot of family things going on recently.  Our son is home from Turkey, he was finishing is undergraduate work abroad.  It is nice to have him home.

Email Problems

Small Study 5x7 $30.00

If you are on my email list and have received email from me regarding the Stockley Gardens Spring Festival, there may have been missing image files.  I am trying a new email system that (theoretically) works with my website.  It was easy to set up, but when I tried to use it, not so easy.  I apologize for any inconvenience and will continue to research a workable system.

Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival

Here is another one of my Small Studies.  This one is 12x12, with a price of $90.00.  Come out and see it at the Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival.  The details are below.

28th Annual Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival
 

Dates & Hours:	Saturday, May 19, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 2012, from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location:	Stockley Gardens Park in the Ghent section of Norfolk
Media:	Fine Arts
Attendance:	Estimated between 25,000 & 30,000
Admission Fee:	Free and open to the public
Schedule of Events:	Live entertainment; kids’ activities; artists’ reception
Map of Park & Artist Locations:	Available at the information booth

http://www.hope-house.org/arts/spring-stockley-gardens-arts-festival/dates-facts.php

Gosport Arts Festival

Seasonal Fuge

This weekend is the annual Gosport Arts Festival in Portsmouth, VA.  

On Saturday, May 12th, the show will be open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. On Sunday, May 13th, the show will be open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.


For more information, see this link http://www.gosportartsfestival.com/event_information.html 


This is a beautiful show with many artist along with entertainment.  I will be in Space C-40.  Come on down to Portsmouth and enjoy this weekend at the art show.  Please stop in to see me and say hello.

Small Studies

I have started a new series of small studies.  These paintings are primarily on canvas, unframed and are ready to hang.  The largest is 12x12. The painting shown above is 8x10.  These paintings are completely experimental and some of the textures, processes and/or colors will likely show up in larger more "finished" works.  I am also keeping the pricing affordable.  The 8x10 shown above is $50.00.  Please contact me to purchase.

Art on the Square Williamsburg, VA

The 49th Annual

Art on the Square

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

10am - 5pm

Rain or Shine.

Duke of Gloucester and North Boundary Street

Merchants Square

Williamsburg, Virginia

Over 160 artists on exhibit. Free & open to the public.

My space is #62 on Duke of Gloucester near the Cheese Shop.  You will see several new pieces including the one above, titled Spherical Path.  This one is mixed media on board.

Rotational Fusion

2012 is shaping up to be a very busy year.  I have been painting quite a bit.  Above is a new mixed watermedia painting on canvas named Rotational Fusion.  There are a lot of paintings in process and a couple are finished.  If all goes well, there will be a number of new paintings ready for the spring show season.  

I have participated in three shows this winter. Two were private school fund raisers and 12 of my paintings are currently on display at Cedar Point Country Club in Suffolk, VA. My paintings will be on display there until the end of March.

The end of 2011 was filled with home maintenance projects including re-purposing our dinning room into a new studio space for me.  We incorporated a hanging system so that my work can be hung between shows and there is a lot of space to paint.  January was devoted to getting our son ready to go to Turkey where he will complete the final semester of his undergraduate degrees.