Visiting Artist Show #2
“Konstantyn Sylin”
Exhibition Begins: Sunday, June 16, 2013
Exhibition Ends: Saturday, June 29, 2013
An internationally acclaimed watercolor artist from the Ukraine, Sylin now lives in Pensacola. Sylin’s work has been acquired by museums and private collectors, as well as appearing in over 70 group and 18 solo exhibitions, winning many awards. His show at the Gallery features scenes from this world travels, as well as portraying local ones, as he captures Florida’s marine scenes and landscapes.
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Spotlight on Art
“Birds of a Feather”
Exhibition Begins: Sunday, June 30, 2013
Exhibition Ends: Saturday, July 31, 2013
Reception: Friday, June 5, 2013 from 5pm to 8pm
Free and open to the public
From June 30 through July 31, the Blue Morning Gallery Spotlight on Art focuses on a new group show, “Birds of a Feather.” Participating artists are Valerie Aune, oil; Susan Mayer, found art/mixed media; and Laura Wolfersperger, mixed media/encaustics. The artists, each in her own medium, portray birds with realism and whimsy.
Of her work, Aune notes that ” Birds are a joy to paint; capturing all their colors while maintaining their fragility is a challenge.” Mayer remarks that “Birds are the ultimate challenge to create in found art. I am fascinated by the variety of shapes, textures, colors and patterns.” Wolfersperger, a retired professional art instructor, describes herself as becoming a “mad scientist in experimental art.”
The public is invited to a reception at the Gallery Friday July 5 from 5 – 8pm. This is an opportunity to talk with the artists, enjoy the music of acoustical guitarist John Maddox, and admire special visitors– live birds from the NW Florida Wildlife Sanctuary with their handlers. Of proceeds from sales of art by the participating artists during the reception, 10% is donated to the sanctuary. Reception guests may also make donations to the sanctuary in the birdhouse provided.
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Gallery Night – July 19th
Music, Art & Cuisine, Downtown Pensacola
The next Gallery Night will be July 19th. Please drop by for a fun evening of entertainment by Sweet Prospect, refreshments and a chance to see our GREAT LOCAL ART. Downtown, Pensacola.
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Brief History Of Oil Painting
The Mediterranean societies of antiquity, most notably the Greeks, the Egyptians and the Romans used a paint that consisted of a mixture of beeswax encaustic, mineral pigments like iron or copper and tempera, vegetal like flax, walnut and poppy seed oil were known to these cultures, but there is no specific indication that they were used in paint.
This method of paint creation, as with so much ancient technology, was lost in the intervening years, the final blow to paint creation likely being the fall of Rome. Thereafter the encaustic paint was replaced by oil or tempera paints.
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