Welcome Clarice and Eric Kumlien

“Mother and Son: It is in the Genes”

 

The art work of Clarice Kumlien and her son Eric Kumlien will be on exhibit at


the Renaissance Art Gallery
 900 8^th Street, Suite #20
 Huntington, WV

 from March 7 to April 19, 2012. 

 

Clarice Kumlien is an active 86 year old artist that is president of the Ironton Artists Association, retired registered nurse and has been teaching a yoga class for the past twenty five years.  She does watercolor paintings of country landscapes and still life paintings of flowers and vegetables that she grows in her garden at Lake Forest, Ohio.

 

Eric Kumlien from Huntington, WV got his education at Marshall University where he studied many things including art. He enjoys all forms of printmaking and pottery.  He is currently making ceramics at the Huntington Museum of Art under Kathleen Knefskey artist in residence.

Everyone is invited and welcome to the opening reception at the Renaissance Art Gallery Sunday March 9th from 2-4 PM.

 

The Renaissance Art Gallery

900 8th Street, Suite #20

Huntington, WV 25701

 

Gallery (304) 525-3235

Appointments: (304) 453-3187

gallerywv@yahoo.com

www.orgsites.com/wv/renaissance

 

http://twitter.com/wvgallery

http://renaissancegalleryart.blogspot.com/

 

Gallery hours are:

 

Friday & Saturday 12-4 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm

Studio hours Monday 10-Noon, Wednesday 1:00-7:30 pm and Saturday 10-Noon

New Paintings from Pati Payne

Starting

I started "Around the Pond" and "Playing with Pumpkins" by drawing directly onto 300 lb cold press watercolor paper from photographs I took. 

 

 

 

"Around the Pond"

Then I used liquid acrylic paint to lock in my darks.

 

 

 

From there I used loose watercolor strokes to bring color and life to the paintings.

 

~Pati Payne

 

"Playing with Pumpkins"

 

 

Both paintings can be seen at the Renaissance Art Gallery in Huntington, WV.

 

 

 

 

Welcome New Artist, Leona Mackey to the Renaissance Art Gallery!

The Renaissance Art Gallery is happy to welcome a new artists to our co-operative gallery, Leona Mackey.Leona was one of three artists featured last spring in our “Earth, Wind and Fire” exhibition. She was in fact, the “Fire!” And we are please and excited to welcome Leona as a member-artist of the Renaissance Art Gallery.

 

Leona Mackey, a long time art instructor at Huntington High School transitioned from ceramics and painting to dichroic and reactive glass in sterling jewelry pieces. Now she is concentrating on unique fine art works featuring fired glass in stainless steel mounts, either as wall hangings or free standing pieces.

 

Experienced in teaching art, Leona will greatly enrich both the classes and art exhibitions of the Renaissance Art Gallery. We are all looking forward to working with Leona.

 

“Leona 's award winning creations are original , exceptional , and exciting . I am looking forward to working with her and learning from her!”  Fern Christian, Director, the Renaissance Art Gallery.

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.

The Renaissance Art Gallery To Reopen

 

Come inside and enjoy the warmth that art and artists can provide.

 

The Renaissance Art Gallery was closed during the month of January but will reopen Saturday February 1 from 12-4 p.m. We are all happy and exciting about being back.

 

The artists of the Renaissance cooperative will also be displaying some of their art at the entrance to the dinner theater for the play "Twelve Angry Men".  The dinner and play will be at the Renaissance Ballroom Friday and Saturday Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2014. The art can be viewed after 5:30 p.m. both days. Call Arts Resources for the Tri-State at 304-733-2787, Dinner available for all shows but reservations are filling up very quickly. http://www.artstristate.org/

 

The Renaissance artists are planning a busy schedule this year with exhibits, art classes, workshops and painting demos.  To find out more call the gallery at 304-525-3235 and check our website at http://www.orgsites.com/wv/renaissance/  We offer classes in watercolor, oil and drawing by artists Fern Christian and Sue Tshantz.  There are also special classes for children. Pati Payne will be giving a workshop in watercolor and Laura Moul will hold a workshop on photography.

 

Sunday March 9, 2-4 p.m. there will be an opening reception for an exhibit of paintings and original pottery The show “Mother and Son : It is in the Genes". Art by Clarice Kumlien and her son Eric Kumlien will be on display at the Renaissance Gallery until March 20.

 

Starting Feb. 1, 2014 the gallery will be open it's regular hours of Friday and Saturday 12-4 p.m. and Sunday 1-4 p.m. Come in out of the cold, have a cup of hot tea and enjoy the original art by the eight cooperative members.

 

Like us on Facebook at: The-Renaissance-Art-Gallery and check out the gallery’s blog: http://renaissancegalleryart.blogspot.com/

 

The Renaissance Art Gallery

900 8th Street, Suite #20

Huntington, WV 25701

 

Gallery (304) 525-3235

Appointments: (304) 453-3187

gallerywv@yahoo.com

www.orgsites.com/wv/renaissance

 

http://twitter.com/wvgallery

http://renaissancegalleryart.blogspot.com/

 

Gallery hours are:

 

Friday & Saturday 12-4 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm

Studio hours Monday 10-Noon, Wednesday 1:00-7:30 pm and Saturday 10-Noon

 

 

 

 

Fern Christian On Cold Wax Oil

 

 

This is the painting that is done with oil  paint, hard wax, and fused with heat. I liked the way it came together, but, I didn't use a good substrate!

 

I guess it can be called "Dining on Crow "

 

I did something  I always tell my students not to do.

 

 

 

Never paint on a substrate that is not intended to be permanent. Or at least considered better than cardboard.

 

Needless to say, I grabbed a canvas board and explored an idea. I did put a coat of gesso on with a painting knife before I started. Yes it looks OK, but because of the quality of the support, or rather the lack of quality of the support, I will not be able to really show or offer this piece. It is simply not up to my professional standards.

 

~Fern Christian

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe we can display it as something NOT to do.

 

Fern will not sign this work, nor offer it for sale because, using a substandard substrate put this below her standards of excellence.

Color Wheel

~ Julia~

 

Another student of the Wednesday Open Studio has submitted her color wheel.

 

Rather than the standard color wheel, where you mix paints to achieve the right hues, we took another approach.

 

 The assignment was to make a color wheel using found objects and arranging them on their choice of wheel. The object was to help them learn to judge color, to work with color in a real world situation. The student could use any object(s) to populate his/her wheel. And any round object to put the wheel on. Mix and match was fine. Objects could have a theme or not, as the artist/student choose.

 

Julia finished her wheel, a mix of fabrics, pompoms, marbles and butterflies. She decided to locate the butterflies as compliments of color, adding a nice touch to the wheel.