Category Archives: Philadelphia Art Galleries

Philadelphia art galleries DoN has visited.

In conversation with the Oracle

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CFEVA - Paul Rider

Paul Rider, Chance 1 – 20, photographic prints each 16″ square.

CFEVA - Keiko Miyamori

Keiko Miyamori, Birdcage, mixed media installation.

CFEVA - Cecelia Rembert

Cecelia Rembert, Given, oil on canvas.

CFEVA - Cecelia Rembert

Paul Rider, Primitive 1 – 3, photographic prints.

Art shows don’t hang around long enough but DoN got to see In conversation with the Oracle at the Center for Emerging Visual Artist‘s gallery twice.  Both times spending time alone with the art was engrossing and thought provoking: Paul Rider‘s photographs of blades of grass read like charcoal mark-making, Keiko Miyamori‘s birdcage installation bring mythological stories to mind of caged beauties or harpies, Cecelia Rembert‘s paintings are bold reminders of how much fun paintings can be.

The cul-de-sac seems to be a particular spot of inspiration for artist’s, Miyamori’s sculptures speak with each other adding color to the myths hidden in the art – the use of found material is particularly romantic, not the lovey dovey kind of romance but the romance of danger and fear as if an adventurer returned with a giant strange bird which has escaped it’s confines.

 

Make me Crazy, Make me Think – Kim Martin & Karl Olsen @ The Plastic Club

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Make Me Crazy

Karl Olsen & Kim Martin having been doing daily self portraits for 30 days.

Heroines and Harlots: Women in History Annual Juried Exhibition 9-27 September 2009 – Da Vinci Art Alliance

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Heroines and Harlots: Women in History Annual Juried Exhibition 9-27 September 2009 - Karen McDonnell & Tony Cortosi

 Foxy Brown, Karen McDonnell & Tony Cortosi @ Heroines and Harlots:  Women in History  Annual Juried Exhibition  9-27 September 2009.

Heroines and Harlots: Women in History Annual Juried Exhibition 9-27 September 2009 - Alden Cole

Alden Cole, The Charge of the Goddess, drawing.  Cole won honorable mention for this enigmatic mixed media drawing; drawing is the root of all design and communication.

 Heroines and Harlots: Women in History Annual Juried Exhibition 9-27 September 2009 - Liz Niklus & Regina Barthmaier

 Da Vinci Art Alliance member artists Liz Nicklus & Regina Barthmaier with their entries to Heroines & Harlots.  DoN LoVeS Regina’s Industrial Barbie print with hand-pressed type collaged onto the frame – really beautiful, decorative and slyly subversive.  Liz’s Pandora’s Box is such a fantastic meme – DoN really wants to know what’s inside?

Heroines and Harlots: Women in History Annual Juried Exhibition 9-27 September 2009 - Liz Niklus

Liz Nicklus, Pandora’s Box, mixed media.

Heroines and Harlots: Women in History Annual Juried Exhibition 9-27 September 2009

Heroines and Harlots:  Women in History  Annual Juried Exhibition  9-27 September 2009 – Da Vinci Art Alliance

Heroines and Harlots: Women in History Annual Juried Exhibition 9-27 September 2009

First Prize, Jason Scuilla, Pallazzo with Spirits, Dance of Salome, etching.  As Dr. Deb Miller and H & H judge Kathryn McFadden of Fleisher Art Memorial pointed out, there are no women in the image, only the results of decisions made by women are portrayed in the etching.  DoN heard a statistic the other day that highlighted if more women were in positions of power there would be less conflict in the world.

Heroines and Harlots: Women in History Annual Juried Exhibition 9-27 September 2009

Little Red Riding Hood Avenging Grandma, Anna Volburgh.  Grrrl!!! Continue reading →

Miniatures @ The Philadelphia Sketch Club

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More than 150 small artworks in many different media are arrayed around the historic gallery space of the Philadelphia Sketch Club on the Avenue of the Artists, Camac Street.  Miniatures represents the work of more than 60 area artists from Betsy Alexander of Ravenswing Studio, Dumpster Diver extraordinaire Alden Cole and Da Vinci Art Alliance board member Lilliana Didovic to esteemed club members such as Karen McDonnell & Tony Cortosi, Dr. Doris Peltzman and first prize winner Michael Kuncevich, one of the club’s elders.  Second prize was awarded to Susan J. Donmoyer  for an extraordinary drawing.  Even though DoN was a co-chair of the show, he has to say – the show is extraordinary with really exciting work by great Philly artists.  Thanks to everyone who helped pull it off – if you’ve ever organized a show, you know what a time suck it is.  A special thank you to Laura Guzzo, 3nd prize winner, for acting as docent & sales associate.

Miniatures - Laura Guzzo

Laura Guzzo @ Miniatures in PSC Gallery.

Miniatures - Stephan Iwanczuk

Stephan Iwanczuk, silver print.  Steve is chair of Miniatures.

Miniatures @ The Philadelphia Sketch Club

Clockwise – Lilliana Didovic, Deborah Horsting, Parimalasri Vairapandi & Vincent Docktor.  Vince is part of the the three-person show in the PSC Stewart Room.

Miniatures - Betsy Alexander

Betsy Alexander‘s Alaska paintings capture the expansiveness of the great wilderness in tiny squares.  Bold color choice, graphic decisions and simplicity transport the viewer to a foreign landscape at once welcoming and strange.  Betsy is also an original Dumpster Diver and was recently featured on the Today show with her famous piano playing cat, Nora.

Miniatures - Monique Lazard

Monique Lazard, oil @ PSC Miniatures.

Miniatures - Dr. Doris Peltzman

Dr. Doris Peltzman, Giovanni’s Table, oil.  Doris has had several one-person show’s in Wilmington’s prestigious Carspecken Scott Gallery, has sold out shows at Artist House, consistently wins top awards and today is gallery sitting at the club – stop in and visit her and Reta Sweeney.

Miniatures - Alden Cole

Alden Cole, Dancing with the Stars, drawing @ PSC Miniatures.

Miniatures

Clockwise – Linda Hibbs, Elizabeth Breakell, Elizabeth MacDonald, Marlene Craig, Dorothy Roschen & Lucy Roehm.

DoN entered a digital picture frame with 20 views of Paris roof tops – the prospectus said any medium!

Objects & Things @ The Plastic Club

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Curator Alan Clawens insisted all entries must be work created outside of the historic art club on Avenue of the Artists, Camac Street, the theme being still life in any media; the Plastic Club artists reached deep into creative reserves to bring work that represents they’re own style yet meet the criterion of the show.  There’s nothing like listening to an artist explain how they’re work meets the rules – it would make a great reality show but in this case everyone seems sincere in bringing their best.

Objects & Things - Marie Davis Samohod

Marie Davis Samohod, Parting of Ways, acrylic.

Objects & Things - Elizabeth H Macdonald

Elizabeth H. MacDonald, Tin Can, relief print.

Objects & Things - Michael Kuncevich

Michael Kuncevich, Facets, monotype.  Kuncevich took first prize in the Philadelphia Sketch Club’s Miniatures Show.  The delicate coloration and high concept of this print is a master class in composition, technique, style and skill.

Objects & Things @ The Plastic Club

Debra Campbell Goodyear, Lemon Aid, photograph, Veronica Schmude, Wheel, digital print and Alden Cole, …And Delicious, mixed media.  Isn’t this a beautiful tableau?  DoN LoVeS that Veronica & Alden are hanging together since they’re both DoN faves.  DoN‘s looking for Ms. Goodyear.

Objects & Things - Mina Smith-Segal

Mina Smith-Segal, Terracotta Head, watercolor.

Objects & Things - Anders Hanson

Anders Hansen, Wild Onions, ink & graphite.

Object and Things @ The Plastic Club

E.S. Holmes, Pipes, acrylic, Thelma Segal, Mexican Paper Flowers, watercolor, Paul Perez, Artist, photograph and Dom Loschiavo, Lunch at Le Magnolie, color print.

Objects & Things - DoN Brewer

DoN Brewer, light being (David Arneson), digital photo.

The Plastic Club is an oasis of creativity, friendship, camaraderie and support; not just a club, it’s a think tank, a hide-out, a studio, a gallery, a place to learn and experiment without fear.  Fear is the mind-killer.