I think in order to wrap my head around the entirety of the experience of the last 1 ½ weeks, I’ll have to start with the “Women Painting Women” group exhibition at Robert Lange Studios in Charleston and then in a future post I’ll have to address the subsequent “Women Painting Women” painting expedition wherein a sub-set of 12 of us artists who went in on a week-long beach house rental on Sullivan’s Island and painted up a storm. So, without further ado…
50+ female figurative artists, all with incredible skills, all bringing their unique spin on the depiction of the female figure. There were so many amazing works, it would be hard to point to any one to call it my favorite… and as a bonus, many of the artists were able to make it in for the show – from California, from Illinois, from Ohio, from Arizona, from Oklahoma! We even had the work of some international artists – Scotland, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden were all represented with some truly beautiful work.
http://womenpaintingwomen.blogspot.com/p/press.html
Artists Stanka Kordic (at left) and Shannon Runquist (center)
The gallery has a great record of photos of opening night, which was PACKED. They wisely planned the whole event to coincide with the Charleston Fine Art Dealers' Association’s Annual “Fine Art Weekend” event, so the visual art scene in the city was definitely sizzling and crackling with energy (picture a strip of bacon here. I mean that in the most delicious way possible). The visiting artists in the show were warmly greeted not only by surprising numbers of art lovers in Charleston, but also by the wonderful and extremely talented artists represented by Robert Lange Studios... you can see a list of them at this link.l-r: Cindy Procious, Rachel Constantine, Mia Bergeron, Linda Tracey Brandon, Sadie Valeri, and Kerry Brooks
Click here for a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SaCwrXEAKM
And here are some of the artists with their paintings:
Stefani Tewes
More soon on the painting expedition on Sullivan's Island... 12 painters? 1 house? No problem!