Eisley Fine Art is proud to announce its Inaugural Exhibition,

Landscape and Waterways: 

New Paintings  

David Bottini & Lida Stifel

TWO DAY SPECIAL EVENT!!

1801 Foxhall Road NW, Washington, DC 20007
with special thanks to CSK Residential, Inc.

 

Exhibition Hours: Saturday, November 17, 2-7pm

Sunday, November 18, 1-5pm

 

Gallery Talk and Reception with artists: 

Saturday, November 17, 5-7pm

A popup arts event benefiting the Washington Arts Group arts education program for under-served DC Anacostia youth.

 

Jerry L. Eisley is continuing building on four decades of experience in the fine arts in Washington, DC with Eisley Fine Arts' Inaugural Exhibition.  Eisley Fine Art offers fine art and curatorial services and is available for conservation, restorations and the best in museum framing through special events, online exhibitions and by appointment.  For inquiries visit www.eisleyfineart.com or contacteisleyfineart@gmail.com.

Color Sphere
Juried by Lee Boynton
October 3–November 5, 2012
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 11, 6:30-8:00 pm
On Exhibit until Nov. 5, 2012Color is most often used for the literal representation of the visual world, but it can be so much more than that. Artists for "Color Sphere" were encouraged to explore the use & meaning of color, its capacity to communicate, and the power it can exercise.

Juror’s Dialogue with Erica Fortwengler
“The artist’s use of light and dark, design, color, and visual narrative all work together to create visual drama,” explained juror Lee Boynton. “Visual drama” was what Boynton was looking for as he contemplated the 532 works of art submitted for the October 2012 “Color Sphere” exhibit. 

Boynton was also looking for the trinity of “goodness, truth, and beauty.” Boynton defined goodness as “the successful use of media and combination of skills.” Truth as “consistency, the underlying principle of integrity, and how the piece is done.” And said beauty is “hard to define, but you know it when you see it.”

The 98 selected works stood out as having purpose and intentionality in addition to that visual drama. “A successful artist selects, edits, and simplifies – they know how to do more with less.” Boynton remarked that there was real strength in the oil paintings, with artists demonstrating a strong handling of the medium and the work showing a great depth of color. 

Boynton noted that the unselected works lacked focus and were visually chaotic. “Artists need to be aware of what they’re doing and why. Everything you do has a purpose. Visual art is a narrative between the artist and the viewer,” explained Boynton. 

The pieces Boynton selected as award winners all have visual drama, excitement, and strong color and light. These artists have excelled in “doing more with less,” remarked Boynton.Boynton selected Christine Lashley’s “Margaret” for the Gilham Award for best in show. “The direct, alla prima painting portrait is evocative and full of great color and emotion,” said Boynton.

Fall Painting Festival, Oct. 20th and 21st

Fall Painting Festival- Demonstrations and Timeline

Saturday October 20^th, 8:00 am -5:00 pm

Sign-in @ Yellow Barn Lobby, 8 am 12:00 am (get your canvas stamped)

Plein Air @ Glen Echo Park (outside) - 8:00 am – 9:00 pm

Figure @ GEP Entrance Sign (outside) - 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Still Life @ GEP Entrance Sign (outside) - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Figure @ Yellow Barn (indoor) - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Still Life @ Yellow Barn (indoor) - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

• Saturday Demos with Yellow Barn Instructors
• 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Christine Lashley, “Plein Air in oil”, Glen Echo Park Carousel
• 10:00 am – 12:00pm, Ann Wallace, “"Plein Air in pastels”, The Glen Echo Bridge
• 10:00 am -  12:30 pm, Gavin Glakas, “Figure in Oils”, Yellow Barn Indoors
• 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Martha Spak, “Still Life Demo with Autumn Colors”  outside still life
• 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm,  Gavin Glakas, “Figure in Oils”, Yellow Barn Indoors
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Jordan Bruns, “ Green Painting Refresher”, Stone Tower 2^nd Floor

o    1:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Deborah Jaffe, “Plein air in acrylic” Location TBA

o    1:00 pm – 2:00 pm,  Maureen Ward, “Painting Landscape with the iPad” Location TBA

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Sunday October 21^st, 8:00 am – 7:00 pm

Sign-in @ Yellow Barn Lobby, 8 a.m. 12:00 am (get your canvas stamped)

Plein Air @ Glen Echo Park (outside) - 8:00 am – 2:45 pm

Figure @ GEP Entrance Sign (outside) - 11:00 am - 2:45 pm

Still Life @ GEP Entrance Sign (outside) - 8:00 am - 2:45 pm

Figure @ Yellow Barn (indoor) - 8:00 am - 12:30 pm

Still Life @ Yellow Barn (indoor) - 8:00 am - 2:45 pm

• Sunday Demos with Yellow Barn Instructors
• 9:00 am – 9:30 am, Glen Kessler, “How to start a landscape painting in oils”, TBA
• 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Jean Hirons, “Pastel landscape from photos and studies” Yellow Barn
• 9:30 am  –  12:00 pm,  Natasha Karpinskia,  “Monotypes with the Figure”, Yellow Barn Indoor
• 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Perry Fowler, “Painting Still Life in Oil”, Yellow Barn Indoor
• 12:30 pm  -  2:30 pm,  Vian Borchert, "Painting the Figure in Landscape in Acrylics", outside figure
• 9:30 am – 11:00 am, Jordan Bruns, “Plein Air Pallet Knife Painting”, Location Carousel
• 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Walt Bartman, “Landscape, working on a wet ground and why”, TBA

Timeline for Submitting work and the Reception

• Framing and Wiring Artwork,  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Location  Stone Tower 2^nd Floor
• Art work drop off for Jurying 12:00  pm – 3:15  pm, Participants will drop off one painting at the Yellow Barn Gallery

o    Artists Reception from 4:30 - 7:00 pm

• Awards ceremony begins at 5:00 pm