Save the Dates: 2015 Spring Brewery Artwalk and Open Studios April 25th and 26th

2015 SPRING BREWERY ARTWALK

AND OPEN STUDIOS

Explore, Inspire, Experience, Innovate

FREE and open to the public!

The Brewery, now going on 33 years as the world’s largest art community, is once again opening its studios to the public. This is not your average Artwalk! It features the largest contingent of pioneering artists in the Los Angeles area. There are painters, photographers, printmakers and sculptors, as well artists who experiment with immersive 3D environments, LED light sculpture, high tech and high class furniture design, contemporary fashion and environmental design, new media and digital art. The artists of the Brewery are often on the leading edge of the Los Angeles art scene. 

Located northeast of downtown Los Angeles, off the 5 Freeway’s Main Street exit, The Brewery sits on 16 acres packed with creative energy. During Artwalk, you can look forward to talking with the artists about their work, sampling the fare of the food trucks, and enjoying a beer garden hosted by our very own Barbara’s restaurant, all in a peaceful, engaging environment. There is free parking in the UPS lot right across the street, and -- new this year! -- a free shuttle from the Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park Gold Line metro station!

This is THE go-to art event in Los Angeles, so join us at The Brewery, where art lives!

More info: https://www.facebook.com/BreweryArtLA and www.breweryartwalk.com

My studio: 660 S. Avenue 21, #3, L.A. 90031 

Photos from the Fine Arts Federation Membership Exhibition Reception

It was a brief, but very enjoyable, visit to the reception for this annual event at the Creative Arts Center Gallery. Visitors were greeted at the door and given Mardi Gras beads and masks. The mixed-media exhibit, representing more than 60 artists, included painting, sculpture, pottery, collage and photography. The Fine Arts Federation, founded in 1976, is an avid supporter of the Creative Arts Center. I've been a member since 1992. The show is up until March 26th. ~ Special thanks to the friends who stopped by!

The Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA

Not every community is lucky enough to have such a gorgeous
building in which to display art! The CAC offers many kinds of
art classes and has a full pottery studio in the back.
(This is a promotional photo of the space, not taken at the show.)

With my painting, "Hot Fun in the Summertime"
(inspired by the Sly & the Family Stone song).

The reception had a Mardi Gras theme, perfect for the
painting, which had been a companion piece to my
Mardi Gras-themed BOTART entitled, "Tipitina!"

That beaded necklace at left was beautiful.

There was a large crowd throughout the gallery.

Good entertainment from this guitarist
(whose name I unfortunately neglected to get)!

The gallery always offers a tasty buffet at receptions.
(This area is usually used as a classroom.)

Fine Arts Federation Membership Exhibit: Reception March 6th

I'm pleased to be a part of the Fine Arts Federation Annual Membership Show, a mixed-media exhibit representing more than 60 artists. It will include painting, sculpture, pottery, collage, and photography. The Fine Arts Federation, founded in 1976, is an avid supporter of the Creative Arts Center, the location of the show. I've been a member since 1992.

I'll be showing "Hot Fun in the Summertime," a large painting that was the companion piece to my recent BOTART wine barrel, "Tipitina," in the WestEDGE exhibit at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica last October. If you missed that show, this is an opportunity to see the painting in an exceptionally beautiful gallery setting.

FINE ARTS FEDERATION MEMBERSHIP EXHIBIT 2015

Creative Art Center Gallery

George Izay Park

1100 W. Clark Avenue

Burbank, CA 

Exhibit Dates: March 6 through March 26

Opening Reception: March 6th from 7 to 9 p.m.

(I'll be there for the first hour.)
Directions and more here.

"Hot Fun in the Summertime"
above "Tipitina" BOTART

"Hot Fun in the Summertime" is a colorful array of dots!
And, yes, it was inspired by the "Sly & the Family Stone"
hit record from 1969. Video here!

Reception Photos from "The Right Angle" at Art Share L.A.

What a great night! Thanks to everyone involved in the show, especially curator Shana Nys Dambrot and Art Share L.A. Executive Director Cheyanne Sauter. And thanks to everyone who stopped by. If you missed the reception, you can still see the show through February 28th. It's worth the trip to DTLA! Here are a few photos from the event. See more on my Art by Cynthia Facebook Page.

Entrance to Art Share L.A.

Come on in!

Sign at the left of the steps.
(That's one of Sinziana Velicescu's wonderful photos.)

Three of my colorful, small digital prints on metal
welcome visitors at the entrance to the gallery.
I'm delighted that the white one, "Improv 103," sold today!

A selection of my digital prints on metal.

Two of my prints flank beautiful photos by Sinziana.

With Cheyanne Sauter, Executive Director of Art Share L.A.

Artists Jovan and Yvonne (my studiomate at
The Brewery) take in the show.

With my partner, John Semper Jr.

"The Right Angle" ~ Opening Reception on Valentine's Day

Here's another sneak peek at one of my digital drawings that will be in "The Right Angle" show in downtown LA. I saw the show today and it looks great! You'll see a selection of my shiny, new digital drawings, plus some wonderful work by four more artists: Alan Yung-en Chien, David Hollen, Johnny Cubert White, and Sinziana Velicescu. Opening Reception: Valentine's Day, 7 - 10 p.m. Bring your valentine and join the fun!

Notes 103

Art Share L.A., 801 E 4th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Shows: "The Right Angle" and "Pain"

"The Right Angle"

I'm pleased to be invited to return to Art Share L.A. for an exhibition next month. I'll have about a half-dozen geometric prints on metal in a small group show entitled, "The Right Angle," February 11th through 28th. The opening reception will be Saturday, February 14th, from 7 - 10 p.m. The show is devoted to work with clean lines, so my new digital prints fit the bill perfectly. Here are recent digital drawings from two new series, "Structures" and "Messages" (in addition to the "Geometrix" and "Improv" series, both still in progress):

Structure 101

Messages 101

"Pain"

Ted Meyer is in Maine at the University of New England to talk to the School of Social Work’s Applied Arts and Social Justice students on Thursday, the 22nd, in an open-to-the-public artist's reception and presentation of his show of monoprints of human scars from his current work, “Scarred for Life.” The monoprints are powerful and sometimes disturbing images; participating subjects include wounded veterans.

He is also showing postcards from all over the world that depict many creative perspectives on pain. My postcard, "What Not to Say to a Person in Pain" (below) is included in the group. The postcards were on display at UCLA's LRC Gallery, David Geffen School of Medicine, in the show Ted curated last summer, then they traveled to the University of New England for a show there. More about Ted's presentation here; visit his website here.

Art Share L.A. Show Will Feature My Digital Art

I'm pleased to have been notified by Art Share L.A. that I'm one of seventy artists whose work will be featured in their gallery shows during 2015. The dates have not yet been determined, but my digital art printed on metal is the work that was selected. Art Share L.A. is a wonderful exhibition space in downtown Los Angeles. I had work there in the "Cut/Paste" show this past September.

I'm still enjoying making the digital drawings. It's a very meditative process and I love the colorful results. But I'm just about ready to go back to paper and pencil, too, for some subtler work.

Here are samples of my latest digital drawings. You can see more at my Fine Art America print gallery, where I'll be adding and retiring drawings periodically. The current print sizes are limited, but larger prints are available by request on paper, canvas, and metal. If you're not familiar with prints on metal, here's what you'll receive: the image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The wooden frame includes a hanging wire for easy mounting on your wall, just as you'd hang work on canvas. Prints on metal are very glossy and the colors are vibrant. I particularly like them for the digital art because they seem appropriately high-tech, but they don't work in every environment. The prints on paper and canvas are also beautiful in their own right!

Geometrix 156

Geometrix 159

Structure 101