Red Easel

American Watercolor Society 142nd Annual International Juried Exhibition

March 31st-April-April 26th, 2009
$40,000 in cash awards!      Thirteen medals!

The American Watercolor Society’s 142nd International Juried Exhibition will open at the historic Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY, on March 31st, 2009.  This year, for the first time, the jury of selection will accept digital submissions (jpg files on CD).  You’ll find detailed directions for preparing your digital submission in the prospectus, available for download on the AWS website (americanwatercolorsociety.org)  Postmark deadline for all submissions, 35 mm slide or digital, is November 15, 2008.

There are still two months to go before the deadline, so download your prospectus HERE

ENTRY INFORMATION:

The Annual Exhibition is open to all artists working in water soluble media: watercolor, acrylic, casein, gouache and egg tempera on paper. Canvas is not accepted.                  

Original work only is  accepted. No collage, pastels,  class work, copies, digital images or prints; original work only.                  

Maximum frame size is 44”  in any direction.                  

Image size limit is no  smaller than 10” x 14”.                

All paintings must be  sturdily framed and have plastic glazing Plexiglas®. Varnish is not accepted.

Click on the link below for the Prospectus

Download AWS_2009-10Prospectus.pdf

                                    

Carmelo Blandino Exhibition at Galerie De Bellefeuile

Hello everyone,

I would like to announce that I will be exhibiting my most recent paintings entitled MEMORIA, exhibited at Galerie De Bellefeuile on July 31st to August 11 2008. Vernissage will be held on the 31st of July, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. I will be in attendance.

  Memoria is a continuity in my exploration of meditative landscape paintings and stylish, gargantuan depictions of flowers, both subjects influenced by 17th century painting and rendered in encaustic medium.

For a preview of the show, you may click on the link:

GdB Carmelo Blandino

or visit my personal site:

Blandino Fine Art

or better yet simply stop by the gallery and see the works live where they are presently being displayed for pre sales.

For those of you who will be in Montreal that evening, I look forward to seeing you there, opening night. It feels good to go back to Montreal, a city that has inspired my artistry time and through again. Please join me, bring some friends and art lovers, and lets make this a fun evening of art, connection and laughter.

See you there!

Carmelo Blandino

World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists

TWO INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN ARTISTS' ORGANIZATIONS have joined resources and talents to bring you a new kind of art exhibition. Landscape Artists International and International Plein Air Painters are both dedicated to promoting the art and careers of landscape painters around the globe. Now, possibly for the first time, artists themselves have organized a world tour that will exist simultaneously on the World Wide Web and in a series of international brick-and-mortar venues. We are excited about this new undertaking. We invite you to learn more about the tour and the participating artists on these pages, and then make plans to see the works in person at a venue near you.

About the World Tour
Exhibition Artists 

NOTE:  We want to CONGRATULATE Red Easel Artist KARL ERIC LEITZEL who is participating in this World Tour Exhibition:

Karl Eric Leitzel
Founder, LAI
Professional Visual Artist
Published & Award Winning
Medium: Oil, Acrylic
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
USA
Karl Eric Leitzel Fine Art Gallery
Leitzel Red Easel Gallery

Leitzel, is founder and director of Landscape Artists International, has been painting for most of his fifty years. After concentrating on the wildlife art genre during the 1990s, he now focuses mostly on the landscape, working both in the studio and en plein air. He works primarily in oils. "My style varies from impressionistic to highly detailed. While I usually have a clear concept in mind when I begin a piece, I try to let the developing painting guide me toward its final outcome. The interactive process between painter and painting is always a fascinating one."

Click on the image above of the "Upcoming Exhibitions" to see the schedule of the 2008-2009 Tour. 

Gallery Show for Susan Vaughn

Join Susan Vaughn, Editor of Red Easel, for a one-artist gallery show at Chasen Galleries in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, May 17th from 1-5 pm.   Susan, a professional visual artist in oils will be exhibiting her available works and will be at the show to meet and greet collectors and fine art enthusiasts.  Join her this Saturday in Charlotte.

Inner Art Corridor 3rd Annual Open Studio Tour 2008

Anyone in Houston this weekend?  If so, you should definitely check out this Exhibition of the Inner Art Corridor - 3rd Annual Exhibition.  Show is scheduled for Saturday, April 26th from 1-8pm and Sunday, April 27th from 1-4 pm. 

Sounds like a great time and you can see the artwork of one of our Professional Visual Artists, Ron Gordon, at the show.  His work will be on exhibit at the Dharma Cafe - #12 on the attached site map) so be sure to download the pdf flyer attached here.  Pass it along! 

Download ICArt08B.pdf

Take a Walk Thru Florida!

Professional Visual Artist Nancy Asbell Presents "For the Love of Florida."  Her Original Acrylic paintings are represented by 14 Florida Galleries including Gallery Framery of San Marco, Jacksonville.

If you are in Florida, you should Take a Walk thru this exhibition!

For more information, check out Nancy's Gallery at

www.asbellarts.com

Download TakeaWalkFlyer.pdf