Category Archives: Philadelphia Art

Art in Philadelphia, PA.

Workshop Show @ TPC on Camac St.

Robert Bohne, Seated Nude, gouache/pencil @ The Plastic Club 2010 Worksop Show.

Paul Clement, Dryad, watercolor.

Barbara Fleming, Solitude, photograph, Syd Torchio, Untitled, acrylic & DoN Brewer, Homme Debout, charcoal & chalk.

Drawings in the Workshop Show @ The Plastic Club by Don McPartland, DoN Brewer & Mike Roberson.

DoN Brewer, La Bella Blonde, charcoal & chalk, Greg Lewis, Untitled, ballpoint, Don McPartland, Untitled, mixed media & Alden Cole, Untitled, oil.

The Workshop Show @ The Plastic Club embraces art of all kinds as long as the piece relates to work done in one of the many workshops held throughout the week in the Studio on the 2nd floor. Friday night is DoN‘s favorite workshop; dedicated artists drag their tired asses up to the studio to draw, paint, etch, collage, drink wine…and the last Friday of the month, President Bob makes dinner.

Photos by DoNBrewerPhotography.

DiPrinzio & Son @ Da Vinci Art Alliance

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Grotesque Profile / Dean’s Song, Michael DiPrinzio @ Da Vinci Art Alliance.

Michael DiPrinzio encourages his son, Dean, age 5, to grab some art supplies and work with his Dad in the studio while he creates his abstract expressionist /naive primitivist paintings. Unlike the Philly Dad who let’s his kid swig beer at a ball game, DiPrinzio is familiarizing Dean with the arts and culture of all kinds – Dean was a cool art star at the opening, drawing and posing for pictures. DiPrinzio the Younger’s work was hung on clothes pins scattered around the gallery among DiPrinzio the Elder’s paintings. Seeing familiar household objects and surfaces incorporated into DiPrinzio’s dream-scapes plucks on childhood nerves like time traveling back to a younger day when a clothes-pin was the coolest thing ever.

Michael DiPrinzio, Give Thanks, A Heart Felt Toast @ Da Vinci Art Gallery in South Philly.

Michael DiPrinzio, Year of the Rat @ Da Vinci Art Alliance.

Dinosaur by Dean DiPrinzio, crayon on ceiling tile. Having a kid’s art perspective bouncing off the adult abstractions creates a vibration between childish mark-making and child-like abandon.

With Dali-esque coloration, Michael DiPrinzio gets down & dirty with this large scale mixed media painting, the paint battles across the canvas, mixing like a wacko fractal model.

Learn more about the DiPrinzio family project @ the Da Vinci Art Alliance website including info on Daniel DiPrinzio‘s novel, “New U“.

Untitled, Michael DiPrinzio @ Da Vinci Art Alliance @ 7th & Catharine Streets. The gallery is a hidden gem in South Philly, offering artists the opportunity to have one-person or group shows along with themed members only exhibits throughout the year. Just a few blocks from The Italian Market, Da Vinci Art Alliance offers contemporary art in a lovely town-house gallery across the street from Fleisher Art Memorial.

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Philadelphia Sketch Club’s 2010 Members Exhibition @ Newman Gallery

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Newman Gallery – Memorial Day Art Sale

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Coulter Watt, A Bag of Fun, oil on board @ Newman Galleries on Walnut Street.

Newman Galleries is the 2nd oldest continuously family owned art gallery in America, the collection the Newman family has amassed is amazing. Terry Newman is hosting a holiday art sale, offering terrific deals on paintings; DoN began dreaming of decorating an awesome beach house or a glamorous new condo with the perfectly eclectic work of art to match with decor – there is so much to look at, it’s hard to imagine what to put where. Terry suggests trying taking favorites home on a trial basis to find that perfect piece that expresses your lifestyle, their website has a fantastic database to explore.

Abraham P. Hankins, Picture on a Blackboard, oil on canvas. The third floor gallery is a cool respite from the street filled with desirable works of art. Newman Gallery will be hosting The Philadelphia Sketch Club‘s Annual Member’s Exhibition June 12th, 2010.