Color, Color and More Color
Unfortunately the shows I'm going to tell you about have closed so you can live vicariously through me. I'm a fan of bold color. The two artists that I saw catching my eye are Zoa Ace and Alane Holsteen.
If you've never seen Zoa Ace's work it's enchanting. It's retro, vibrant, whimsical and intriguing all in one painting. She's a prolific artist but not a cookie cutter artist. Her work continues to evolve. This is an important point because more of the same gives viewers/collectors/admirers time to drift off and pledge their loyalty, allegiance and dollars to other artists. She's one of the artists whose work I've been following for a while. Her art makes me want to crawl inside her head and take a peak, what an adventure that would be. I fell for her piece "Blue Moon". Zoa shows around Denver so keep you eyes and ears close to the pipeline for other opportunities to see her work.
Alane Holsteen uses bold color and because she uses oil paints the color is saturated. Her piece "In the midst of the winter I found an inexorable spring" jumped out at me. One because the piece is huge. It's a triptych that measures 72x48. I was immediately contemplating which wall in my house would hold a large piece. At this time since my own art takes up most of the larger walls I concluded that something this big although beautiful will have to wait. She was at the gallery and quite charming. Alane was engaged with those in the gallery and her soft nature made guests feel welcome. The longer they stay the greater the chance of selling your work.
I look forward to more color and work presented by these two artists.
Saturated...
Greg
coaching artists to create successful and sustainable art businesses
If you've never seen Zoa Ace's work it's enchanting. It's retro, vibrant, whimsical and intriguing all in one painting. She's a prolific artist but not a cookie cutter artist. Her work continues to evolve. This is an important point because more of the same gives viewers/collectors/admirers time to drift off and pledge their loyalty, allegiance and dollars to other artists. She's one of the artists whose work I've been following for a while. Her art makes me want to crawl inside her head and take a peak, what an adventure that would be. I fell for her piece "Blue Moon". Zoa shows around Denver so keep you eyes and ears close to the pipeline for other opportunities to see her work.
Alane Holsteen uses bold color and because she uses oil paints the color is saturated. Her piece "In the midst of the winter I found an inexorable spring" jumped out at me. One because the piece is huge. It's a triptych that measures 72x48. I was immediately contemplating which wall in my house would hold a large piece. At this time since my own art takes up most of the larger walls I concluded that something this big although beautiful will have to wait. She was at the gallery and quite charming. Alane was engaged with those in the gallery and her soft nature made guests feel welcome. The longer they stay the greater the chance of selling your work.
I look forward to more color and work presented by these two artists.
Saturated...
Greg
coaching artists to create successful and sustainable art businesses
First, I really enjoy reading your thoughts. I love the way you describle the artwork you are talking about. I like what you said about the "cookie cutter" art. I find as an artist it's important to evolve and grow, creating a cohesive body of work, but that each piece has it's own idenity.
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