"Dames: An Exploration of the Figurative Female"

Our September 8th, 2012 Opening Reception:  6 - 10 pm  with an early viewing from 12 - 4 pm

Featuring figurative artist:  Erika Thurkins - "Dames: An Exploration of the Figurative Female"

"Nude Lounging in a Field" - Medium:  Oils - 38"x 30"

In her first Sole Exhibition, it is Erika’s intention to showcase a few different styles in varying media, She feels there are an infinite number of ways to depict beauty—a beauty every woman possesses, be it conventional or heart wrenching.  You will see rainbow-hued bodyscapes, traditional Rubenesque paintings, and you will also see various figures rendered arbitrarily in rather inconspicuous postures. Her work is also known for its capture of subtle emotion, which allows for open interpretation by its viewers, and for its feminist undertones.
 

Erika attended Shippensburg University where she won several top awards in the Art Department’s annual juried exhibitions, a seat as the art department representative for the University Student Council, and eventually graduated with a BA in Fine Arts.  After relocating to Western New York, she then gained a competitive spot as an intern for the Curatorial Department of the Albright-Knox Museum in Buffalo.  Erika now resides in West Falls, NY with her husband and new baby.

ART AND MORE IN SPRINGVILLE!

Thanks to Everyone for coming out in the heat to make the weekend art events a success!

 *Our renewed Street Painting Fest! Full version kicks off next year!!!

 *Opening reception at VanOver Fine Arts was HOT! Literally..... but despite the heat we were busy all day long and into the evening! Thanks to the Artist and everyone who came out for a great show! The exhibition is up thru Aug 28th. Not to late to pick up some great art!

 *Springville Center for the Arts, Olmsted Gallery great photography show, by Ray Kent.
CLOSING RECEPTION August 17th @ 7:00pm

Amazing Photographs!

 *There are huge murals up on Main Street on the front of a building that will soon be the home of  'Art's Cafe' (top)  More murals on Mechanic Street! (bottom)

Art, Friends and Fun!
Come visit us in Springville, NY!

See you soon!

Upcoming August Show!

'Distant Brick Wall' - 9"x12"

'Recent Works by Karen Olejniczak

Our next Opening Reception is August 4, 2012 - 6 -10pm Our events are free to the public.

(*prior to the opening reception we have special preview from 12 - 4pm.)

The exhibition showcases Karen's primary subject matter of Landscapes. She is attracted to the fluidity and randomness of nature. Her lose brush strokes and vibrant color pallet, she creates a pop and flow effect which brings her paintings to life.

'Leading Us to the Pink Trees' - 9"x12"

Karen Olejniczak is a member of Western New York Artists Group and has exhibited at Art Dialogue Gallery, Artsphere Gallery, Artist Impact Gallery and the Springville Fall and Spring Art Crawls.

Finding Center Opening Night!

Thanks for everyone who came out for Karen Tashjian's show 'Finding Center'.

It was a full house we appreciate the support! The exhibition is up until July 28th.

Check our blog for Gallery hours.

Again thank you to everyone for another successful opening.

Richard VanOver

'FINDING CENTER' - SNEAK PEEK!

'Finding Center' 

Paintings by local artist Karen Tashjian

 Opening reception Tonight July 7th 6pm 

Sneak Peek!

                                 

Join us for refreshments, meet the artist, have great conversation and see awesome art!

  Come and support  the Arts!

 SEE YOU THERE! .....6pm!

Opening July 7th - 'Finding Center' Paintings by Karen Tashjian

"Aqua Circles" - 24"x 24"

Join us July 7, 2012  from 6-10pm for “Finding Center" an exhibition of paintings by local artist Karen Tashjian. Karen has a BS in Design and a BA in Architecture from Cornell University.  She has practiced architecture in NYS, and has taught Architectural Design Studio and Communications, at the University of Buffalo. She has been painting seriously for the last 14 years.  

Karen combines her fine art skills with her classical architectural training, giving structure to chaos, while allowing randomness into the structure. 

Karen has always been fascinated by buildings of utility as they lack superficial adornment and have an honesty about them. She is drawn to the inherent organizing systems of an image as well as the sensuality of surface."I hope for my work to take the viewer beyond the materialistic aspects of our culture to a more experiential realm where they are able to see beyond objects and into relationships, juxtapositions, and surface." Karen often fragment objects so that she can position the viewer to see this organization of  her pieces. "The surfaces that make an object, also define a space so there is a constant symbiosis between positive and negative. In the same way, I believe that the surfaces of a painting can affect the space in which the viewer stands."

"Stoop Abstract" - 8"x 8"

 The exhibition will be on view starting July 7th with the Opening Reception, through July 28, 2012.

  

JUNE 2nd SHOW - 'ROCK N ROLL STATIC'

“ Karen has been a fixture on the independent Cleveland rock scene for 20 or so years. Band after band after band has stayed at her house, enjoyed her hospitality and friendship. Karen is also Cleveland rock and roll’s in-house photographer. Is there a band in Cleveland or a touring band that she has not shot? Doubtful. If you call yourself a Cleveland rocker and you don’t know Karen, you are bestowing upon yourself a dubious title.” 

Will Sharf - Keelhaul

Karen Novak - Photographer 

"Two of my great loves in life are Rock’n’Roll and photography."
 

In 1988 I pursued my dream and attended The Cleveland Institute of Art majoring in photography. I soon began to photograph the Cleveland music scene in such venues as The Euclid Tavern ,The Old Peabody's DownUnder, and The Grog Shop. If rock music was blaring, I was likely there taking pictures. Over the past 20+ years it has been my passion to photograph every Rock concert I could and I have been lucky enough to shoot hundreds of local acts as well as internationally known bands like Bauhaus, The Cramps, and the Ramones. I have also been fortunate enough to have photographed several bands in clubs before they were big, like Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon, and Green Day. My work is more than simple documentation; I seek to capture the raw energy of live rock music and present it true to the visions of the artists. My work has been used as cover art for numerous bands and has been used as cover art for numerous bands and has been published in newspapers, books, magazines, and shown in galleries in Cleveland, New York, Chicago, California, and Texas.

'ROCK N ROLL STATIC’ Photography by Karen Novak

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 2nd  6-10pm 

Exhibition: June 2nd - June 30th