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Sweeping Landscapes
There's something about sweeping landscapes that puts one in a state of awe. Whether a barren desert, ocean view, or country hillside, a landscape transports the viewer to something new and unique.
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Featured Artist | Jim Polan
Jim Polan loves stories. He tells them, he paints them. Sometimes the title precedes the paint, but sometimes it’s the other way around. In most works, the title is intended to be a compositional element. The works, more or less, are edited action paintings with narratives. Despite his three degrees, Polan still claims that whatever he learned of art, he learned in his father’s studio.
Sunday Selects | Painting with black is painting with light.
Bernd Haussmann, Kayla Anley, Henry Lautz and Deborah Coulter work with black on a regular basis. As the renowned painter Pierre Soulages says, painting with black is painting with light. The way that black reflects light is an intriguing discovery that has captivated him for most of his art career. Explore works by these artists and learn more about they work with reflection.
Living Room Statement Piece
Spruce up your living space with a statement. When chosen thoughtfully, the right wall art can provide for the entire room. The color and texture of your space determine the overall tone of the room -- in other words, how the room feels. Dark colors and rough textures might make a room feel more intimate, while cool tones and smooth textures might add an air of elegance or modernism to the space.
Featured Artist | Patricia Larsen
Many who experience a painting of Patricia Larsen think it's the work of a Zen monk, someone who's mastered the elements of purity - but it’s Larsen's memories of playing in Albertan prairie fields that melt into her images. "Beauty is in the juxtaposition of things, its energies working together in harmony and disharmony. Sometimes beauty is in the resistance and the tension, and sometimes it's in complete surrender."
Sunday Selects | Fall Vibes
Tai Tindall creates engaging and balanced compositions through rhythmic drip pour techniques combined with multi-textured layering. Her artwork is often rooted in concepts that relate to self-awareness, growth, and change, serving as a conduit for sharing her story and perspective as a Black woman in America. Tindall’s Congo Square series is informed by time spent in New Orleans at this historic place where enslaved people once gat
Oddities & Artifacts
Exhibit has been searching for and acquiring objects from around the world. A fusion of modern design and primitive form, these design objects are hand-selected to add texture and interest to spaces.
Featured Artist | Kollabs
Kollabs is a collaboration between Miami-based artist, Luis Garcia-Nerey and Atlanta-based artist, Anke Schofield. They explore questions on the human construct within the forest and its inhabitants. The artists present a provocative series of collaborative paintings and installations that create a sense of wonder evoking questions on, and of, the interaction between human life and the forest environment. Kollabs’ offer the viewer a preview into a familiar environment while challenging them to examine the existence of human and animal beings.
Sunday Selects | Organic Texture
Brandon Reese’s focus on experimentation and varying techniques relates to his belief that the best part of life is the process, “My art wears the fingerprints, cuts, dents and other texturing as a roadmap and documentation of its creation.” He works primarily with stoneware and porcelain. Reese’s most recent pieces combine salt glazed stoneware and reclaimed native wood. His work is predominately known for its simple, familiar forms created in a variety of methods and at such large scales that the pieces push the traditional boundaries of ceramic art.
Harmony with Nature
Nature is both all around us and deep within us. There are many different ways to approach the subject of nature in art. Art can open our eyes to the intricacy and beauty of the natural world. Art can help renew, or spark anew, our connection with nature.
Featured Artist | John Brainard
John Brainard is an artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma who is known for his large, multimedia collage-paintings. He now lives and works out of his studio in Paris, France. His mix of materials creates layers of texture and natural color emphasizing the importance of fine craft collage.
Sunday Selects | Labor Day Weekend - Rest and Relax
Amee is a self -taught artist experimenting with acrylics, but always mixing in different mediums for texture and depth. Her process involves balance and connectivity without following any set rules. Taking inspiration from Fashion and Design means that her art is always evolving and exploring new ground.
Moody Energy
Darkened, moody decor can allude to and inspire the feelings of wistful, yearning solitude. The use of dark or muted tones in a space can give it a sense of elegance and thoughtfulness. Bright rooms can often overwhelm the senses so curating a space that gives yourself a chance to unwind in pensive melancholy can combat that feeling.
Featured Artist | Hunt Slonem
Available Hunt Slonem paintings at Exhibit. Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes.
Sunday Selects | Natural Abstractions
Visual artist and writer Bill Claps meditates every morning. “I find that the most important thing to me is to listen and be open to what the world presents to me. It’s amazing what happens to me when my mind is clear,” says Claps. He explains that he doesn’t seek inspiration, but rather finds that the ideas seem to present themselves and if he is open he can “grab onto them quickly before they go away.”
