The Art Blog

May highlights from First Thursday’s art walk: The work of John Dempcy was featured last month at the Grover Thurston Gallery but you can still see some of his mesmerizing spot paintings on the upper level of the gallery.  This image and the one above, John Dempcy, Acrylic on panel.  This piece by Kenna Moser is from Recollection : Solo show at Grover Thurston. On the main floor of Grover Thurston are the charming works of Kenna Moser in her show titled, Recollection . Her delightful mixed media works are small in scale and her imagery congers up enchanted stories of a Lilliputian universe…on display May 5 – 28.  Darren Waterston, oil on canvas at  Greg Kucera.  At Greg Kucera the work of Darren Waterston is featured in a solo show titled, Kingdom . This exhibition features oil paintings, small gouache works on paper and some intriguing sculptural pieces. I am drawn to the intuitive painting style of Waterston's work. I find his art a bit ...

Margie Livingston, Folded Painting Small 2009 - Greg Kucera Gallery Last week I trekked out to soak up some area art shows and here are a few highlights. Starting with one of the bright spots from the 1st Thursday gallery walk : Margie Livingston at the Greg Kucera Gallery . The exhibit is titled Riff – New Paintings , and features a mix of 2d and 3d works. In some of her pieces Livingston removes the sub-straight entirely: no canvas, no paper and no wood to support her paintings – just pure paint as in this piece above titled Folded Painting . Not to take away from her works on canvas that are very captivating and when seen with her “paint sculptures” they take on a new depth. She started creating 3d objects to inform her paintings and now has come full circle with the paintings becoming three dimensional objects. The show runs until December 24th. Margie Livingston, Folded Painting Big 2009 - Greg Kucera Gallery Margie Livingston, Paint Line 2009 - Greg Kucer...