Holiday Showcase Tonight!!!!

Tonight at City Art Gallery we are having our annual Holiday Showcase from NOW till 8:30. Stop by and meet some of our gallery artist, sign up for a painting give away, and have a few cocktails. It is sure to be a great night!!! Visit City Art to view the works in the show.

Richard Fennell Reception

Tonight 6-8PM at City Art Gallery

City Art Gallery presents new works by ECU alumnus, Richard Fennell. Join us for an evening with one of North Carolina's premier painters. Richard Fennell captures the changing of the seasons and the evolution of nature as seasonal cycles progress. Using a rich palette of colors suggested by his surroundings and a highly developed brush technique, the artist depicts not only the landscape of North Carolina but also the elements that make it what it is. It is a very personal, light-filled, lush vision.

The Hunt

Continuing at City Art Gallery "The Hunt" New works by Chris Groves and Mark Horton. Mark and Chris visited hunting camps throughout Eastern North Carolina last fall to capture the beauty of the landscapes. View these amazing paintings in the gallery for another week and online at City Art. Have a great weekend. Jeff

Opening Reception Tonight!!!

Tonight we will be hosting All Things French: A Collection of Adventures, with New Works by Hilarie Lambert and Jennifer Young. View these new exciting works this evening from 6-8pm, both of the artist will be in attendance talking informally about their works. We will also be having a tasting of French wines. So get into the French spirit with some good company and good wine. See you this evening, Jeff

Two More Day!

We are busy getting the gallery rehung for the upcoming show, All Things French. The show opens Thursday 6-8pm, featuring new works from Hilarie Lambert and Jennifer Young. Jennifer's works are already here and tomorrow Hilarie is bringing the rest of hers. The rest of the gallery is all hung and looks great!! View All Things French online at our website City Art. Have a great day, Jeff

Auction Auction Auction

Our Auction is about to end! Visit the auction page at City Art to view one of a kind works of art. Bid online for an excellent opportunity to purchase Art for outstanding prices. The auction ends tomorrow Sunday at Midnight so dont delay visit our website today! Jeff

Busy Busy Busy

We are busy as can be getting ready for the up coming shows. Heart Institute June 18th 4-8pm, and Coral Bay Show June 28th & 29th. So we are getting lots of new work in everyday, check the website for new works City Art. Here is a new piece that just came in from Connie Winters, Docked Boats in Darrien Oil on Canvas 30" x 40" $5500. It is a great piece. Have a great weekend, Jeff

New Painting from Hilarie

Wow its going to be a busy next few weeks! Lots to do for the upcoming Summer Salon at the East Carolina Heart Institute, on June 18th 4-8pm. Today we got the last of the posters printed and took a few over to the Institute. Also checked in some new paintings, featured here is a new piece by Hilarie Lambert titled Watch Your Fingers, 9 x9, Oil for $600. You can view more of Hilarie's paintings at City Art. Have a great night, jeff

Ok Final Correction June 18th!!

Well after a hectic week we have now the real final date for the Summer Salon at the East Carolina Heart Institute. We are working with the ECU Medical & Health Science Foundation as well as the Institute to make this an amazing event. This means we have three schedules to work around but know everything is aligned for what is sure to be a fantastic night of Art, Music, Cocktails and a Auction. So now the Summer Salon is June 18th from 4-8pm. The invitations are to the printer and should be arriving in your mail box late next week. Have a great weekend, Jeff

Summer Salon

We have secured the dates for our Summer Salon at the East Carolina Heart Institute, it will be Wednesday, June 24 4-8pm. We teamed up with the ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation to throw a benefit for the Heart Institute. It will be a great evening of Art, Auction, Music, and Cocktails, mark your calendar today!

Auction Continues

Well we are two days into the Auction Test-Drive, and have received lots of positive feedback. Thanks to everyone that has stopped by the website and taken a look at the Auction page. If you havent checked it out yet stop by the Auction page at City Art. Here is one of the great works that we are auctioning right now, a David Harlan Venice View Oil on Canvas Image 9" x 12" ~ Framed 16" x 18" Estimate $600-950. Visit the website and have a look! Have a great day, Jeff

Auction Test-Drive

Auction Alert!! (Continue reading only if you want the insiders’ scoop!)

City Art Gallery invites YOU, our most treasured clients, to participate in our Preliminary

Auction Test-Drive!(We’re gearing up for a large online auction in July).

So…break out your driving loafers [house slippers]

Climb behind the steering wheel [computer screen]

Start your engines [go to http://www.cityartgreenville.com/]

And put the pedal to the metal [start your online bidding] !!

Race against fellow online bidders for art at premium prices – prices YOU determine. --”

Going once”CITY ART GALLERY--”

Going twice”Preliminary Auction Test-Drive!--”

SOLD!!!!”Log On Now!!! <http://www.cityartgreenville.com/auction.html>

Bidding begins Noon Tuesday, May 12th and ends Midnight Tuesday, May 19th.

Auction items are also on display in the Gallery.

Kate Worm Night Demo

What a gorgeous day outside. I downloaded the pictures from the opening on Thursday, here are a few. Everyone had a wonderful time that night, Kate Worm did a wonderful painting demo. We had lots of fun and thanks to everyone that came out. If you couldnt make it, stop by the gallery and check out the work of Kate Worm and Wayne Trapp it will be up through the end of the month. Have a great weekend, Jeff

Kate Worm Wayne Trapp Opening

Well we had a fun time last night, Wayne couldnt make it over for the opening he was feeling under the weather, so Kate did a painting demo during the opening. She did a wonderful figurative piece, I will get some photos from the opening and of the piece on tomorrow. Today im showing one of her new still life Blue Scarf w/ Bowl of Fruit, Oil on Canvas ,36" x 36", $3400. Its a really nice piece lots of rich color. Well have a great Friday, Jeff

Well incase you missed it this morning we had a great painting demo by the wonderful Kate Worm. If you did miss it fear not, you can come this evening and see her demonstrating again. Tonight from 6-8pm Kate will be painting. Also check out the new works that she will display along with Wayne Trapp. See You Tonight!!

Trapp Visits City Art

Well Wayne Trapp stopped by the gallery today and dropped off some work with his daughter, Devon. While he was here Devon took a picture of Wayne in front of his Big Blue, that sets out front of the Gallery. He dropped off several new pieces, they can be viewed at City Art. The new piece that we featured today is Wonderland, 36 x 36 $3400 it is a great slightly more muted work from Wayne. Well back to work, have a lot to get hung before Thursdays opening. Have a great day, Jeff

India Ink

Well got all the new Kate Worm pieces ready to put on the website, only problem is website is down this moment, so I will get them on there first thing tomorrow. So for now I will show a great Wayne Trapp india ink piece that will be on display next week for the Worm and Trapp show. It is a 28 x 22 india ink drawing for $1200, Have a great Friday Jeff.

Lemons

Here is a new image from Kate Worm, Coral Drape with Lemons 22 x 28 $2000. It is a great abstract still life, lots of movement and color. Kate will be part of next weeks show opening May 7th with Wayne Trapp. You can check out more of Kates work at City Art. Today I finished the poster for our upcoming show with the Heart Institute. I will post it as soon as we get approval from the hospital. Have a great day, Jeff

Some New Paintings on the Way!

While Peg was visiting her daughter and son inlaw over in Winston Salem this weekend for their 5 year anniversary, she met with Kate Worm and picked up some paintings for the May 7th show. The painting to the left is Women at a Bistro Table will be in the gallery on Monday along with some more figuretive pieces and abstract still lifes. Have a great weekend and enjoy the wonderful weather, Jeff

Friday

What a great day out side, excelent start to the weekend. Here is a new painting by Wayne Trapp that we are getting in for the upcoming Trapp and Worm show. It is a great piece and sure to be a wonderful show. Both Trapp and Worm will be demonstrating their figure painting techniques with a live model. Kate Worm at noon and Wayne Trapp at 7 during the opening. It is sure to be a great night. Have a fun weekend, Jeff

Oh goodness; the week is almost over! Where does time go? I had a very successful visit to DC last weekend. In addition to trying out three "new to me" restaurants (including the amazing Coco Sala...a must try!) the galleries and museums were incredible! The Morandi exhibition at the Phillips was fabulous. Who knew you could do so much with simple objects! I discovered the Burton Marinkovich gallery...a tiny little place, up a flight of stairs, but with a BIG banner outside luring you in. They feature primarily prints and drawings by modern and contemporary masters. I was able to see prints by Motherwell, Hockney, Kandinsky, Diebenkorn and Calder. It was great fun and the very knowledgeable owner was "tending shop" which made it quite an educational experience. Above is a painting by one of my favorite "modern masters" that we carry in our Gallery, Wayne Trapp. He will be featured in the Gallery 2 weeks, beginning Thursday May 7th, along with Kate Worm. More to come on that exhibition and opening.
Cheers!
Peg
City Art Gallery
252.353.7000
art@CityArtGreenville.com

Time to Fire up the wood Kiln!

Here is a work by Jeremy Fineman, a great ceramics artist at ECU. This is a ceramic vessell aprox. 9 in tall for $125. Tonight I will be helping fire a wood kiln with him, the kiln needs to be constantly maned for 5 days, so this involves shifts of 8 hours. So from 12midnight to 8am I will be feeding wood into the kiln. The constant fuel is what creates the unique finish to wood fired pieces. After the 5 days the kiln has to cool for a week, then we can show you a few pieces that were fired. Have a great weekend, Jeff

Spring Fling Continues

The Radish painting (12 by 12 ) by Jaquelin Perry is $325 , what a great price for such a well executed piece . Everett Seafood 6 by 8 is by Mike Rooney and is $125, another fabulous price. Both of these artists are being featured in our current exhibit known as Spring Fling. Those lucky people attending the opening on April 2 were treated to a painting demonstration by Perry and Rooney. The exhibit will continue through May 2. All of you late stragglers need to get in right away to see this great show. Torrey

Stephen White

Here is a new work by Shephen White, view more at City Art. Torrey picked up A Lady with a Lute when she went to visit Stephen at his studio in Carrboro on her way to see a collection of artists in Chapel Hill. Stephen has been showing at the gallery for many years and his work is always a hit. Have a great day, Jeff

Continuing Education

Photo of the Jefferson Memorial through the cherry blossoms is by Brenton Hardee. See more of her photography on the City Art Gallery website at: www.cityartgreenville.com/brentonhardeephotography.htm

It's continuing education time for me! I am leaving tomorrow for DC for a long weekend of gallery hopping, museum viewing, and meeting with artists from the northern Virginia and DC area. The Phillips Collection (my personal favorite!) is featuring Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life. Giorgio Morandi was an Italian painter who shared a tiny apartment with his mother and three sisters growing up in Bologna. He painted from an early age and only had the resources for subject matter that were part of his home environment. He created numerous still life paintings by rearranging simple objects like bottles, jars, and pitchers. He captured the beauty of light on these simple forms. The National Portrait Gallery is featuring Presidents in Waiting. This exhibition focuses on the fourteen vice presidents who succeeded to the presidency, either upon the death of a sitting president, election in their own right, or (in one case), the resignation of a president. Can't wait. Off to the Capitol City! I'll post new info when I return on Monday.
Cheers!
Peg
City Art Gallery
252.353.7000
art@CityArtGreenville.com

Facebook!

Look for our new page on Facebook! Use the search tool in Facebook and become fans of City Art Gallery, we will be posting pictures from the openings and creating invitations to our upcoming receptions. Plus we are going to be adding a new addition to our website; it's a secret for now, so come back to see some exiciting developments. For today im going to post a picture that I took last week when I was at an iron pouring convention in Birmingham Alabama at SLOSS. It was a week long conference for artists using cast iron in their work. Have a great Easter weekend, Jeff

Spring Fling

Well last weeks opening was a lot of fun, we had a great crowd come out to celebrate with our neighbors and us. We would like like to thank Jaquelin Perry and Mike Rooney for their wonderful painting demonstrations. Stop by the gallery and view their new works, they will be up till the end of the month or view them on the website City Art Have a happy Good Friday. Jeff

It's Almost Spring Fling!!

Well, we made it through April Fools Day with only minor glitches! Jeff has patched and painted the walls; Torrey has hung another great show; and I have all of the title cards and resumes printed, and the web site updated. Tomorrow night is the opening of our second (perhaps annual!) SPRING FLING!! We are teaming with Finelli's (our great Italian neighbor), It's Sew Wright (with everything to monogram you can dream of), Bailey's Fine Jewelry ("Fine" says it all), and the new spring fashions of Whimsey. Finelli's is hosting a superb wine tasting on the patio with 4 different wine reps pouring from 4 separate vineyards. We are hosting Adam Sebti and Jared Walker on keyboard and guitar with light jazz right outside of our open doors. Jaquelin Perry and Mike Rooney will be painting inside the gallery for your enjoyment. We have even extended the hours to accomodate everyone's hectic schedule...5:30 til 8:30. You need to be here Thursday night April 2nd. See you then!
Cheers!!
Peg

Another Friday is Here

Here are two brand new pieces from Kristen Gibson, she paints these wonderful inexpensive pieces that make great gifts. Check out more of her work here at City Art. We are going to be starting to set up for next weeks show here shortly, it will feature Mike Rooney and Jaquelin Perry. We should habe new works from them early next week. Have a great day, Jeff

First Day of Spring

What a great first day of spring, so here is a painting to match. A nice light springie painting by Karen Lawrence, White Peonies and Lemons. View more of Karens works at City Art, have a great weekend and injoy the March Madness! Jeff

Yes We Deliver

So today we shipped out a couple of paintings one down south and one to the west coast, yep we ship everywhere. Today we are highlighting a amazing painter. Here is a great painting by James Kerr, you can just feel the music flowing out of it, you can see something new everytime you look at it. View more of his works at City Art. Have a great day, Jeff

Another Ad Designed

Well today I designed the next ad for City Art Gallery. We are putting a nice ad in the Women for Women book. As well, I finished the ad yesterday for the next show at City Art Gallery; it's the Spring Fling on Thursday April 2nd. Our end of the Lynndale Shoppes is uniting for the second year in a row to bring you an outstanding evening of entertainment. We are having a painting demo by two gallery artists, Mike Rooney and Jaqueline Perry. Shown here is a new painting by Mike Rooney; view more of his works at City Art Gallery. Finelli's will host a wine tasting on the patio. There you will also be able to experience the light jazz keyboard sounds of Adam Sebti and Friends. Make your dinner reservation at Finelli's for the best Italian anywhere! Forget that you gave up carbs for Lent!! Bailey's will be kicking off their count down to Mother's Day sale. It's Sew Wright (our newest neighbor) will be featuring their new Spring Collection of fantastic "monogramable" items. Tammy Wright is the owner and she has remarkable products. If you haven't been in yet, take this opportunity. And to delight everyone, Whimsey will provide informal modeling throughout the evening. They have just opened a branch of their Washington boutique in our neighboring center, Arlington Village. While they are not part of the Lynndale Shoppes, Peg and Torrey invited them to particpate. They too are owned by two dynamic women...we all knew it was great to team together for a real Spring Fling on Thursday April 2, from 5:30 til 8:30! We'll send you a reminder e-vite closer to the time!
Have a great weekend,
Jeff

TGIF!

Well Friday is here and so is a new painting, fresh off the easel from Kyle Highsmith. This is House on Ann with Leaf Buds, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40. This is a new painting from Kyle of a home in Beaufort on Ann Street. Its a great painting of a promising sunny spring day to combat the dreary rainy day that we are currentlly having. View more Kyle Highsmith at City Art Gallery Have a great weekend, Jeff

Thursday

Well, we found the lost painting and it has landed safely in the gallery. There happen to be 2 FedEx locations across the Tar River. Peg went to one and was told the package was at the other locale. She was given directions to leave the parking lot by hanging a left, take a right at the Hardee's on the corner, and another right at the Burger King a mile up Hwy 11 and another right into barbed wire fenced FedEx facility. She had to park in a remote locale, go to a gated entrance and ring for assistance, where she was given a code to enter after producing the tracking number and being certified as the "pick up agent"! Go FedEx...You take excellent care of your packages and we trust you even more now! Today was a busy day getting the invitation for the April 2nd Spring Fling wrapped up to go to the printer. I'm going to highlight one of our newer artists, Joyce Stratton. We recently started carrying this energetic painter as we truly believe in her work and confidenly added her to our fold. View more of her works at City Art Gallery
Have a great day,
Jeff

Whew Wednesday!

This Wednesday was more like a typical Monday. Temporary loss of a FedEx package with a fabulous commission which I think I've just located and am headed out across the great Tar River to retrieve! The image of the painting to the left is by one of our Dutch painters. Her name is Jose van Gool, and we stumbled upon her work in the Corning Gallery in the Steuben Glass building in NYC back in October. We have representing her ever since. This piece is titled "Breeze" and I just sent it out on approval through a designer to travel to New Bern. Here's hoping it will fit the space and please the client! Hope all of you fans had a good hump day and are headed home soon. Talk to you tomorrow.
Cheers!
Peg

It's Tuesday!

This shows the gallery wrapped canvas from the side.

This piece is titled "Pears II", acrylic on canvas, 8" x 8" and is a mere $100!!



Jane Hudson, editor of Her Magazine posed a terrific question to her readers' panel in the February issue. She asked "What is the one thing that you will always splurge on?" One (really sharp!) panelist answered "For a true indulgence, a small painting from City Art Gallery in the Lynndale Shoppes - a visual treat that you will enjoy forever." Naturally we enjoyed this remark! And it just so happens that Kristin Gibson has just delivered a very fine group of small paintings to us at the gallery. Kristin is an ECU graduate and has a fresh , unique approach to her paintings. She works in her home studio and sets up her still lifes and then paints. They are all on gallery wrapped canvases, meaning that the stretcher bars that the canvas is attached to are especially deep, and the staples are hidden in the back. This allows her to continue her image on all four sides of the canvas, thus it is not necessary to frame the pieces. Of course you can frame the painting if you so desire! You should check out Kristin's work on our web site and you'll find the prices are just perfect for treating yourself to an indulgence or giving as a gift. Coincidentally I have just commissioned Kristin to paint a bridal bouquet as a wedding gift for a dear friend who was married in Palm Beach last weekend. She is great at commissions!
Cheers!
Peg
City Art Gallery
511 Red Banks Road
Greenville, NC 27858
252.353.7000
art@CityArtGreenville.com

Valerie Lennon at City Art Gallery

One of our featured artists this month is Valerie Lennon, whose expressionistic works encompass her love for stories, memories, and moments in time. She creates ideas on canvas through color, shape and composition. Visit her page at City Art Gallery, to view more of her works.
Jeff

The Day After!

It's always both exhilarating and exhausting during and after the opening receptions. Last night went extremely well. We sold paintings and have more going home on approval for the weekend! This is always a good sign. I opened the gallery this morning and Jeff is coming in "noonish" to re-hang the art works in Chefs 505. That's one of the restaurants in our shopping center and we supply the art for them. This helps them decorate their walls in fine style and it affords us another opportunity to display art for the public to enjoy. Torrey is meeting the artist Karen Lawrence here, also "noonish", to take her out to photograph another lovely home. Karen photographs rooms and then develops her interior paintings based on the photographs. The home owners always have "right of first refusal" to purchase the completed painting. If they pass on it, then the painting goes into a gallery in a town other than where the home is. So...there you have our daily scoop. You can view photos from last night on the web site at CityArt Have a great weekend.
Cheers!
Peg

Light Up the Night

We have put the final touches on the show "Light up the Night" which opens tonight! We are featuring the works of Karen Lawrence of Atlanta and Valerie Lennon of Naples. Karen paints wonderful interiors of homes and Valerie paints figures in motion often with musicians. Both have a bold use of color which reflects their "colorful" and unique personalities. These are fun ladies! Take a look at the paintings and come to the opening tonight if you are out and about the town. As always, enjoy the wine tasting provided by Finelli's Cafe. See you there!
Cheers!
Peg, Torrey, Jeff

City Art Gallery
511 Red Banks Road
Greenville,NC 27858
252.353.7000
CityArtGreenville.com