Crossroads Art Center Richmond, VA

If you are in Richmond or find yourself in Richmond, please stop by Crossroads Art Center on Staples Mill Road. I have work on display there that includes several small framed abstract paintings that are priced perfectly for gift giving.

Additionally, this Sunday is their Fall Festival and Open House.

Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival

Spring Stockley Gardens Arts Festival

This weekend, May 21 & 22 is the Fall Stockley Gardens Arts Festival. More information may be found here The show is open from 10am until 5pm on Saturday and noon until 5pm on Sunday. Please stop in an say hello.

The painting shown is called Before the Rain and is acrylic on canvas. Come on out and see this one along with a several other new paintings.

Have a great weekend,

Laura

Buoyancy II

Art on the

Square

This Sunday, April 24 is the 53rd Annual Art on the Square in Williamsburg, VA. The show is open from 10am until 5pm . I am in space 135 on Duke of Gloucester St. between North Henry St. and Nassau St. More information here
The painting shown above is one of 7 new works that I will have on display.  Please stop in for visit.

Fall Stockley Gardens Arts Festival

Exothermic 14x11 mixed media on canvas

This weekend, October 17 & 18 is the Fall Stockley Gardens Arts Festival. http://www.hope-house.org/events/fall-stockley-gardens/ The show is open from 10am until 5pm on Saturday and noon until 5pm on Sunday. I am in space C-9 and would love to see you.  

The painting shown is called Exothermic and is mixed media on canvas. Come on out and see this one along with a number of new paintings.

Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival

This weekend is the Port Warwick Art Festival in Newport News, VA.  The show is open from 10am until 6pm Saturday and from 10am until 5pm on Sunday.  I will be in space C42 and will have a number of new paintings on display.  More information may be found at http://www.pwartfest.org/  

The painting shown here is called Uncyphered and is an 8x10 mixed media on metal (gold) leaf.

Challenge from a friend

I am fortunate enough that I have a wonderful circle of artist friends and we get together as often as possible to catch up but also to immerse ourselves in art. This usually involves painting together which leads to suggestions, etc. from one another.  

On one such occasion, I brought a heavily textured canvas to paint.  Everyone loved to lacy look of the texture.  One of my friends suggested (challenged) me to do a series of monochromatic paintings on this type of texture.  This really was a challenge for me since my love of color often overrides my intentions when it comes to this type of work. The last time I started out with the idea of a study in white, it became blue and copper instead.

This time I was determined to follow through and went home and textured two more 12x12 canvases to achieve the same lace like texture as the first.  The "experiment" resulted in a triptych titled Fretwork I, II and III.  Each painting is 12x12, slightly darker in value and framed in a simple natural wood frame.

Fretwork I

 

Fretwork II

Fretwork III

Paintings by Laura Gibbs and Don Williams
On exhibit 

September 2 through October 31, 2015

How do you relate to an artwork when there is no object to give you a clue?

When an artist uses only color, pattern and texture to convey ideas and emotions, how do you discern the artist’s message?

Opening reception with the artists

September 18th in the Arts Center @ 319 from 6 to 8 pm.

http://www.smithfieldarts.org/