Digital catalog for “Painting the West”.
Chester Arnold’s “Small Time Operation”/Courtesy: Chester Arnold
In new work at Catharine Clark’s, Sonoma painter Chester Arnold unfurls further his metaphors for the artistic life: prospecting, mining and survivalism.
“60 Years in the Forest” (2012) suggests the self-portrait of a temperament, though not even Arnold’s friends will recognize him in the glum figure nursing a campfire – and perhaps some grudges – at the edge of a woodland clearing.
The online digital catalog for Stremmel Gallery’s “Configurations,” exhibiting from November 8 through December 8, 2012.
“Tea Cup & Saucer with Dancing Skeletons,” by Susie Ketchum/Photo courtesy: Allison Young
The Contemporary Ceramics exhibit at Stremmel Gallery is a survey of top-notch examples of some functional, some conceptual work that shows how ceramics, even though it “arrived” as a fine-art medium long ago, still has a self-conscious streak. Read More
Turkey Stremmel with Patti Warashina’s “Vaso dei Flori”/Photo Courtesy Tim Dunn/RGJ
Ceramic artists are getting their long overdue recognition at Stremmel Gallery.
Although the gallery has included a few ceramic artists in shows over the years, “Contemporary Ceramics,” an exhibition that opened Sept. 20, is the gallery’s first group show.
Turkey Stremmel, the gallery’s artistic director, said being invited to Helena, Mont., last year to lead the live auction for the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts was a revelation. Read More
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), Sunset Over the Plains or Deer in a Sunset Landscape, oil on canvas, 21.5 x 29 inches
Peter Stremmel is preparing for his big day at the rostrum for the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, where 300 pieces of Western and sporting art will be auctioned in five hours. It can get a little hectic, but Stremmel has been auctioneering for about 40 years and encouraging Coeur d’Alene bidders for 26 years. Read More
To watch a short virtual tour of John Salminen, “In Urban Light”, click here. For detailed images of the work, click here.
Troop, 2012, mixed media and wood, 43" x 14" x 11"
To view a short virtual tour of “Open Space”, click here.
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
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