Craig Mitchell, 'Trout Heaven II', oil on linen, 20 x 24 inchesCraig Mitchell gets to combine his love of nature and the outdoors with fine arts.
Craig Mitchell gets to combine his love of nature and the outdoors with fine arts. He travels all over, but said he found the perfect spot about 40 miles north of Winnemucca in Paradise Valley, where ranches lie at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains. Read More
Ahren Hertel, featured in Stremmel Gallery’s “UNR Emerging Artists” show back in 2009, has developed a new body of work that visualizes the everyday damage we do to the environment in his latest exhibition “Sticks and Stones”. Read More
On Thursday, May 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Stremmel Gallery will host an opening reception for Open Space, an exhibition of new work by five contemporary landscape painters ranging from Nevada to Montana. This eclectic group of artists represents a dynamic and diverse approach to the tradition of American landscape paining. Open Space will run until June 16. Read More
Robert Brady, Bluff, wood, mixed media, 60 x 47 x 11 inches
Right when you think you’ve got Bob Brady pegged, he stops you in your tracks with unexpected inventions. His are not the sort some artists toss out to appease a fickle market or to convince themselves they’re still capable of reinvention. Brady’s incremental extrapolations spring from ideas that he has been working with for over 35 years. Read More
Turkey Stremmel installing Robert Brady's bird sculptures
Turkey Stremmel loves to tell the story about how nationally recognized sculptor Robert Brady found his career path.
Born and raised in Reno, he was diagnosed at 16 with rheumatic fever and spent six months in the hospital.
In order to graduate with his buddies and be part of Wooster High School’s first graduating class, Brady had a lot of catching up to do, and algebra was his nemesis. Read More
If you were told to make a picture involving a fish, a boat prop, and a beach ball, how many ways could you fit them together? What if we threw in a happy face, Mickey Mouse, and the Virgin of Guadalupe? Add to that a porcupine, a few skulls, some cats, no-legged birds, and a devil girl tattoo, and you’ll find yourself in the iconographic realm of Verdi-based artist, Michael Sarich. Read More
With oil, glass, multi-media, metal, and other materials, 100 contemporary artists explore the rich imagery created by the culture, society, history, and environment of the American Mid-Atlantic region. Read More
Continuing to grow in scope and prestige since it was first organized in 1948, the Arizona Biennial presents a range of works from paintings, sculpture, and crafts to photography and installations. Read More
Soaring glass and steel sculpture installed at UC Davis Education Building UC Davis Health System, posted June 22, 2011
A colorful glass and stainless steel sculpture was put together earlier this month, piece by piece, as its artist (Roger Berry) readied it for installation high above the courtyard of UC Davis Health System’s Education Building in Sacramento. Read More
New Ground, Dec. 2 - Dec. 29, 2010
Throughout the history of art, and painting in particular, two subjects are omnipresent: the human figure and the landscape. The human figure attracts the eyes of artists for reasons that should be obvious: We’re a vain species , and we’re all attracted to human bodies for one reason or another. But what about the landscape? Why do landscape paintings continue to appeal to artists and art lovers after all these years? Read More
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