Ah-ha moments

 

Carol Griffin, Provence Olive Grove, 36 x 36

 

We never know what to expect when we host a group show – especially when it’s a group show of guest artists. When it comes to art, we always tell people to “buy what you love” (not for the space) because when you stick to buying what you love, it always looks good together. We see this first hand,  over and over, when we’re hanging our gallery group shows. We love all of our artists’ work, and we love to see how well it hangs together magically. We call these our Ah Ha moments and they’re pure joy!

But hanging a guest show?  That could be a little tricky, or at least so we thought before the work started coming in for our upcoming “Jewels of Provence” show, featuring the works of our Provence workshop participants.

But let’s let the work speak for itself and you decide what you think of this group of paintings!

 Clouds over Provence, Sydney Sams, 30 x 15

 Martha Elder, Luberon Light, 20 x 16

 

 Rhonda Feldman, Trois Pots

 

 Sheryl Lott, Bicycle in St. Remy, 10 x 10

 Tei Tober, Cypress Path

 

 Sandy Cox, Enter In, 10 x 8

 

 Lesley Line, Bateaux, 6 x 6

 Kathy Broyles, Provence 1, 10 x 10

 Jana Doles, Olive Branches, 14 x 18

 

 Debbie Schuchmann, Serenity, 12 x 9

 Cathy Groome, Petits Bateaux, 11 x 14

 

 Elizabeth Lines, Riviera, 16 x 12

 

 Nancy Armstrong, Sunflowers, 10 x 8

 

 Ann Currey, Vineyard View, 12 x 6

 Jean Dortch, At Rest, 10 x 8

 

 Debbie Bruce, Beach at Cassis, 16 x 20

OK, we may be a little biased, but aren’t they fabulous?!!! We’ve been Ah-ha-ing all over the place!

As you know, we love these painting trips to Provence and have blogged about them a lot in the past (most recently with Bill Davidson’s May trip to Provence, right here.)  We like to honor the workshop participants with a gallery show because a) they’ve worked hard and deserve to be recognized, b) they’re all serious painters who are taking their work to new levels, and c) we’ve gotten to know the artists as people and we just plain like them!

Last year, we combined their show with our annual Bastille Night exhibit, and to be honest, it was a zoo!  We had so many people at the gallery that nobody could possibly see the art.  Some might call that a huge success but to us it was a big disappointment because the work couldn’t be appreciated.  So this year, we are offering the guest artists – and their guests—(yes, guests of guests may invite guests!) to a private preview evening of their art.  We’re excited about this especially now that we know how the show will hang.  When you love it, it all comes together with one big Ah-Ha!

Ta ta.

HH

PS Our annual Bastille Exhibit opens on Saturday evening at 6 p.m. at Huff Harrington Fine Art.  Our guest artists will each have some of their work hanging for that show as well.