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