Renaissance Art Gallery

Opening weekend for the artists of the Renaissance cooperative was really busy. Starting with Friday night, and a display of their art at the entrance to the dinner theater for the play "Twelve Angry Men".  The dinner and play is at the Renaissance Ballroom. The Renaissance Art Gallery displayed artwork for those arriving  Friday and Saturday.

 

 

 

 

 

This week the gallery was back on schedule with art classes Monday and Wednesday, along with normal Gallery hours Friday 12-4 pm. Saturday 12-4 pm and Sunday 1-4 pm. Friday artists Gary Lapelle and Linda Helgason will open the gallery. Gary is known for his pet portraits and cartoons, http://tristatearts.webs.com/apps/photos/category?id=1285842whileLinda forte is nudes http://tristatearts.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=14680352. Saturday Ron Haeberle will be in. http://renaissancegalleryart.blogspot.com/2011/06/best-of-west-virginia-2011.html Ron has a reputation as a first class watercolorist. His architectural paintings of Huntington are well known.

Paintings and Hosts

 

The Renaissance Art Gallery

 

The orchid paintings from Wednesday’s art class are coming along quite well. A few more weeks will see all the details worked in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday Gary Lapelle will host the Renaissance Gallery, Fern Christian will be in Saturday and Susan Tschantz will open Sunday. Susan will be working on her ATC cards for the October 6th meet and swap. The theme for this swap is Autumn. It will be interesting to see what everyone comes up with.

Art and About the End of August

Friday August 24, 2012 

 

Pet artist Gary :Lapelle will open the Renaissance Art Gallery at Noon this Friday. Got a beloved pet? Gary is the person to talk to. He loves drawing animal portraits.

 

New Art and Artist 

New artist hanging work.

There is a lot of new art hanging in the gallery from our artists, in addition to a new artist, Bobby Marcum. Come in to see his work!

 



New display by Fern Christian

On Saturday, Pati Payne will be in the gallery. Pati is a well-known watercolorist. She is also starting a new class at the Renaissance in watercolor. Perfect timing with fall coming on. 

 ATC

Saturday will also be our 3rd ATC meet and swap from 1-3 pm. APC is the theme, Altered Playing Cards. This will help us all get into the mood for the 12th Annual National Miniature Exhibition in November. The original miniature were painted on the playing cards of the day in watercolor and gouache. So working with playing cards is perfect!  Drawing teacher Susan Tschantz will have lots of things for everyone to work on. She has an enormous stash of pencils!

 

And figure artist Linda Helgason will be in on Sunday from 1-4 pm.





Pets, Watercolors and Photographs

This week we have a mix of artists hosting the Gallery. Friday, Pet artist Gary :Lapelle will open the Gallery at Noon. He loves drawing animal portraits. Saturday watercolorist Pati Payne will be in the gallery. She is known for her florals. Sunday noted landscape photographer Laura Moul will host the gallery from 1-4 pm.

Pet Portraits, Figure and Caricatures

This weekend a pet portraitist, an artist focused on the human figure and a man who loves to create caricatures of everyone, will host The Renaissance Art Gallery.



Friday Gary Lapelle will be in The Renaissance Art Gallery from 12-4 pm. Gary does take commissions, and is really skilled at capturing your pets unique looks and personality. Linda Helgason will be in Saturday. She is fascinated by what makes everyone special. Sunday Bruce Bowersock will again be offering to do a caricature of anyone who comes into The Renaissance Art Gallery

Art in the Park

Last weekend the weather was perfect for Art in the Park, 2012. Hot, but the trees offered good shade, and a constant, but light breeze made it perfect for walking around. The nice weather meant lots of people browsing and then buying art.

Ron Haeberle and Friend

Artists of the Renaissance Art Gallery had both a relaxing and successful weekend. Pati Payne got lots of complements on both her hand painted bookmarks and the cards she paints at the Renaissance Art Gallery. Laura Moul also had a great time interacting with fellow artist and the public.

Pati Payne works on a Watercolor
at Art in the Park

Gary Lapelle and his pet Portraits

Artists were out with such a wide range of artwork, just about anything you could have wanted was available. Watercolors, oils, photographs, carvings and more. Along with the different mediums were different uses of those mediums. Yes, there were painting, but also cards and other items.

Card Making This Saturday

Friday pet portraitist Gary Lapelle will be in The Renaissance Art Gallery from 12-4 pm.

Come in and make a card with Pati Payne. Saturday Pati Payne will host a free card-making workshop.

Sunday will be a general artist day, when The Renaissance Art Gallery arts will all be in the gallery from 1-4 pm.

Gary Lapelle-Pet Portraits

Introducing

When people visit the Renaissance Art Gallery, they are told we are an artist co-op. Just what is an artist co-op? It is a group of local artist, who have banned together to create a showplace for our art and share our knowledge of art with them. The Renaissance Art Gallery is a working gallery, filled with working artists.

Getting to know us

We are people. Rather ordinary people who have one extra-ordinary feature. We create art. But just who are we? So let me introduce us.



     Getting to know…



Gary Lapelle

                   Pet Portraits

Gary Lapelle

Most people visiting The Renaissance Art Gallery in Huntington, WV see Gary Lapelle as a cartoonist, but he is more than that. Gary does beautiful animal portraits in acrylic ink. A committed animal lover, Gary’s devotion shows in the beautiful, loving portraits he does of area pets. Capturing an important family member as artwork will be a treasured addition to anyone’s wall décor. Gary has had years of experience with commissioned pet portraits. By working directly with an experienced artist, a beautiful artwork can be created that could be affordable to most. This is the time of year to be thinking ahead about a wonderful holiday gift, a pet portrait.

"Spaniel"
G. Lapelle

I am an animal lover myself, so I understand how people feel about their companions” Says Gary.


" I like working with two to three snapshots. What can be seen in one picture might not be seen in another. I can use these to compose a portrait of the pet"



Gary is a true animal lover and worked for animal rights and good care for pets. Gary, worked closely with Help For Animals,Inc., a low-cost animal clinic that encourages people to spay and neuter their pets, to help curb pet over-population.Gary had served on the board of Directors of HFA for ten years and as its president one year.


Help for Animals

He serves on the board of directors of Tri-State Arts Association (TSAA), as well as our Board of Directors here at the Renaissance Art Gallery.


The Renaissance Art Gallery is proud to have Gary as one of its longtime members and accomplished artist. Contact Gary through The Renaissance Art Gallery: