It's beginning to look a lot like...

Christmas, I dare say! Beautiful hand-blown glass ornaments and other holiday delights are arriving now for our Holiday Showcase on Thursday, Nov. 18. Visit http://www.cityartgreenville.com/ to learn more!

Eastern North Carolina

Celebrating our little piece of the planet...Eastern North Carolina, USA.  BBQ, Baseball, Barns and more. http://cityartgreenville.com/feature.htm

Chasing Perfection!

This "Beauty" is rather perfect, don't you think?!
24" x 18" oil on canvas $1200.



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Small Gems!

Hilarie Lambert has painted Paris street scenes on small canvases and at reasonable prices!  They reflect the intimate feeling of walking along the neighborhood streets in the "city of lights"!  See all of her Paris paintings here: http://cityartgreenville.com/hilarielambert.htm Hope to see you in the gallery soon. Cheers!

Yum!

Kristin, how did you manage to paint this caprese salad (Caprese 8x8) without digging in?! It looks delish! Check out more of Kristin Gibson's new fresh produce-inspired work at the gallery or online.

A feast of color

Delivering a feast of color, Wayne Trapp's abstract oil painting look stunning on our gallery walls. Come check them out for yourself or check them out online!

Saturated with Art!

Hilarie Lambert's paintings of Paris street scenes are simply wonderful!

http://cityartgreenville.com/hilarielambert.htm

Wayne Trapp is Coming to Town!

Opening Reception of OPPOSITES ATTRACT!
FRIDAY evening Spetember 10th 6 til 8pm

Gallery Talk at 7pm

Kevin's Feathered Friends

Here's hoping these birds will be safe in the storm tonight.  http://cityartgreenville.com/kevinleprince.htm

The finest thing I've seen this week!

"Marina Blues" ~ oil on canvas ~ 24" x 30" ~ Laurie Meyer

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Graffiti Artists

Calling all graffiti artists!  "Banksy" is a great British street artist, known for producing images on walls of buildings, sidewalks, fallen trees, bridges, and other imaginative places.  His messages are sometimes comical, and often political and social in nature.  Initailly an unknown, he has developed quite a popular cult following, and people are now flattered to have this phenomenal artist paint on their wall!  His first film "Exit Through the Gift Shop" opened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.  It is available on DVD in the US.

Do you know any famous American street artists?  If so...let us know!

Calling All Golf Fanatics (or their wives!)

Calling all golfers! Amanda Durant paints amazing scenes of golfers and golf courses.
She is happy to do commissions from your photos. Click the link to view her works. http://cityartgreenville.com/amandadurant.html

SOLD!

Ya gotta love a wall with red dots!  All 3 of these collages by Eastern North Carolina artist Jaquelin Perry sold before the opening last Thursday evening!  See the rest of the show here:  http://cityartgreenville.com/jaquelinperry.htm

Buttercups Everywhere

Jaclyn's pick of the day is Jaquelin Perry's "Buttercups Everywhere" 20 x 24. Jaquelin lives in eastern North Carolina and aims for each new painting to be a "different interpretation of our wonderful landscape."

Classic Form!

Harry Hearne combines classic forms with marvelous glazes and the ancient tradition of raku firing and creates fabulous ceramic vessells. He is delivering a new body of work tomorrow, Thursday, August 12th. Check it out on line at http://cityartgreenville.com/harryhearne.html

Safe Places

This looks like a safe place to be lost for a few minutes!

"Child's Chair" - Oil on canvas - Karen Lawrence

Finders Keepers!!

Finders Keepers! http://cityartgreenville.com/brentonhardeephotography.htm

4 Artists 4 You

Boy, do we have 4 Artists 4 You! Come explore the new works (ceramics, oil and acrylic paintings) of Harry Hearne, Kevin LePrince, Laurie Meyer and Jaquelin Perry next Thursday, August 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the gallery.

The exhibit runs through September 5. Jaquelin Perry's oil painting "Picnic Time" is pictured here. Click here for more details.

Jeff's Pick

Today for Jeff's pick I'm picking myself. I recently did a solo show at Mendenhall Gallery on the ECU campus. The show "Precarious" was my first solo show, and was a chance for me to do something a little different. Enjoy

David Hayworth Galleries at NCMA

Last Thursday evening Rena and Mark Norcross kindly hosted a group from High Point, along with the Corbitt/Hardee gang of Greenville, to a tour and dinner of the new David Hayworth Galleries at the newly expanded NCMA. Here is a link to the expansion details http://www.ncartmuseum.org/expansion/ It is just fabulous and architects all over the world...yes, WORLD...are giving it rave reviews. Thanks to all of those who came, including High Point University President Nido Qubein and his wife Mariana.

4 Artists 4 You

Up coming show, just finished the mailer for the next show its off to the printer. It will be in your mail box in two weeks. 4 Artists 4 You, opening reception Thursday August 12 6-8pm. New works by Harry Hearne, Kevin LePrince, Laurie Meyer, and Jaquelin Perry.

ALMOST extinct!

Thank goodness Richard Fennell can still find the occasional tobacco barn and depicts it so well! For more of Fennell's wonderful paintings, follow this link http://cityartgreenville.com/richardfennell.htm

Bird Nest Adventure Series

Gallery artist, Hilda Spain-Owen decided to paint bird nests, exploring the twists and turns of the lines of nature. Her life took some twists and turns of its own about that time so she incorporated that into her art. She began painting the bird nests with brightly colored “circus” balls in them to symbolize “hatching new adventures” giving her new life path good energy.

These little paintings make great energy gifts:
Baby gifts for good luck and as a first piece of original art
Wedding gifts as a reminder to keep new adventures hatching throughout marriage Graduation gifts to remind the graduat of adventures ahead
Birthday gifts for a nod to adventure in every new year
“Just because” gifts to bring a smile to someone’s face

Kim English

Jeff's Pick of the week. We just got three new Kim English paintings in. Check them out now before they are gone, his work doesnt last long in our gallery. See the works now at the website, stop into the gallery to see them in person.

Jenny Lou Sherburne

Inspired by everything from "garlic cloves to onion domes, from the Isle of Crete to the Land of Oz, from Antonio Gaudi to Doctor Seuss," Jenny Lou Sherburne's ceramics represent whimsy at its finest. Come see more of Jenny's work on display at the gallery! (Or, check out her webpage.)

Proper Link!

Let's try this link!
http://cityartgreenville.com/amydixon.htm

Scales!

Bathroom Scales...Kitchen Scales...Art Scales... http://cityartgreenville.com/Painters/ADixon

Hot off the press!

A brand new shipment of rainbow-colored champagne flutes, wine glasses and sherbet bowls/old fashioned glasses just arrived from the Tennessee foothills glass studio of Prentice Hicks.

The rural setting of Prentice's family dwelling and glass studio in the former Wauhatchie tribe area with a stream flowing through the nearby cove, creates an ideal atmosphere for quiet concentration and work. Prentice prefers to work alone and uses no tools when forming the cup of his stemware.

He works with heat, centrifugal force and gravity to achieve the desired results. He keeps his pieces loose and fluid, characteristics Prentice believes reflect the properties of glass itself. He describes the resulting stemware as "easy to hold, attractive to use and friendly to the touch."

Fish at the Beach

Meet the creator of Fish Chum Master "Pieces" this weekend at the Coral Bay Club in Atlantic Beach. Terry Brennan of Little River, SC uses repurposed materials to make his fish creatures and says the process "always begins with a single item, whether it be a broken chair, a rake or a discarded silver bowl."

The annual summer show at the Coral Bay Club is Sunday, June 27 from 12 to 6 p.m. and Monday, June 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please join us!

Whoop Whoop!!

This just in...2 new Kyle Highsmith paintings for the show at the Coral Bay Club this coming Sunday. Of course, there IS always the notion of a PRESALE!! Get it while the paint is still wet!

This is "A Bit of Everything on Taylor's Creek" and is 36" x 46".

Kevin LePrince

Kevin LePrince just sent us some new pieces for our upcoming show at the Coral Bay Club in Atlantic Beach. Kevin is known for his wonderful paintings of birds and landscapes. Check them out on our website at http://cityartgreenville.com/kevinleprince.htm and see them in person at the gallery

Harry Hearne

Time for a brand new artist, welcome Harry Hearne. Harry stopped by the gallery yesterday and dropped off some amazing ceramic pieces. With his attention to unique vibrant colors and skilled craftsmanship Harry is a great addition to our gallery family. Over the next few days we will be setting up his webpage, till then here are some of his works.

Gallery Mascot

Those of you who visit our "physical" space in addition to our "cyber" space will recognize this sculpture. For those of you who don't live nearby, and visit us only on the web...allow me to introduce you to our gallery "mascot". This is "Big Blue"; and it is situated right in front of our gallery and truly symbolizes us. "Big Blue" was created by Wayne Trapp, a great sculptor and painter, represented by the gallery. Wayne is pictured here with the fabulous sculpture.

A Little Visitor!

We had a very fun opening Thursday night for our Summer Salon show. We did an

experiment and sent evites only, and no snail mail invitation. We had a great and enthusiastic crowd. And we had a very special little visitor to come. Look at those eyes!

PS...The Kyle Highsmith painting in the background of the photo sold that evening. That's always a good thing!

Beach-bound

Our swimsuits are packed and the cooler is full... City Art Gallery is going to the beach! Our annual summer show at the Coral Bay Club in Atlantic Beach is coming up Sunday, June 27 (12-6 pm) and Monday, June 28 (10 am - 3 pm). The show features new paintings (including "Blue Fishing Twilight" by James Kerr), ceramics, glass and sculpture. Gallery artist Kristin Gibson will be demonstrating her still-life painting technique on Sunday. Surfs up!

Introducing...

Allow us to introduce our newest gallery artist... Sally Sutton of Pittsboro! Sally is a MFA candidate at ECU. Several of her oil paintings are now on display at the gallery, including Follow the Leader, 11" x 14" (pictured here.) Check out her other work on our website!

SOLD OUT!

Great painter Kim English has sold out at City Art Gallery!! http://cityartgreenville.com/kimenglish.htm We are anxiously waiting for a new collection of paintings that will arrive early July (hopefully!). We'll let you know when they are here and on the web site. Lucky are the ones that own his fabulous pieces!

Twitter

Can't get enough of us? Follow us on Twitter as well. You will find info and links to events going on around the USA and Europe that are interesting to read about. Let us know how we can improve our posts to help you and provide you with information that you are interested in learning about. We welcome ideas and thoughts!

Juliet Barrus

We are getting lots and lots of new work in for next weeks Summer Salon Show. Today we updated Juliet Barrus webpage with her new works. View it here at http://cityartgreenville.com/julietbarrus.htm . Make sure you check back often to your favorite artist, because we will be updating alot this coming week.

Judges Choice Award

Kudos to Hilarie Lambert! Hilarie is one of our gallery artists, living and working in Charleston, SC. She has just been awarded the "Judges Choice Award" at Piccolo Spoleto for her painting "Freeze Frame". Best of luck for the remainder of Spoleto! We have new paintings in the gallery by Hilarie. So check out our website at http://www.cityartgreenville.com/ . Thanks friends for following us on the blog!!

First Place

Gallery artist Laurie Meyer won first place at the Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit on Saturday in Charleston for her painting "Life in Technicolor."

The exhibit was part of Spoleto Festival USA, which runs through June 13 in Charleston, SC. Congratulations Laurie!

Victoria Josephson

Victoria Josephson's paintings of Europe are well known to many in the area. One has recently returned to City Art and we would like to share it with you. "Hostellerie Lechat Honfleur" 24 x 20 This is a wonderful example of Josephson's amazing painting skills.

Coastal Living

In celebration of Memorial Day weekend and the (un)official start of summer, a few coastal images!

Local Roots

Alan Cayton is a Tarboro native that was back in town last week and dropped off a few paintings. Alan specializes in still life paintings that capture the realism of the objects. He has a very traditional style and paints traditional still life subject matter such as fruit, shells, and bags. View more of his work at City Art Gallery. Fruit with Pitcher 14"x16"

Spoleto Festival USA

Internationally recognized as America's premier performing arts festival, Spoleto Festival USA opens this Friday, May 28 in Charleston, South Carolina. For 17 days and nights, more than 140 performances in opera, dance, theater and music will fill the city's historic venues and outdoor spaces. Gallery co-owner Torrey Stroud will be there this weekend taking it all in and you can too. Tickets are available on the Festival's website, http://www.spoletousa.org/. Ciao!

It's Her Birthday!

Check out the works of this young photographer and graphic desinger. http://cityartgreenville.com/brentonhardeephotography.htm It's her birthday today! Although the 24th is almost history in the UK where she currently is residing and photographing. New works to be posted soon. She's traveling around to capture the spirit of London and the gardens of the area in their glorious springtime flourish. Fresh, exciting images of Kew Gardens...coming soon! Thanks Brenton!

Painting Lessons

Have you ever wondered if you could paint?! Well...you have a wonderful opportunity available to find out. Gallery artist Michael Knoch teaches private painting lessons in his home studio in Greenville. He is a natural born teacher. Patient and encouraging. Give us a call at 252.353.7000 or shoot us off an email to art@CityArtGreenville.com to arrange lessons with Michael.