MOM! There are dead birds in the freezer...again!

Check out this great interview with trompe l'oeil artist Jhenna Quinn Lewis (who is brand new to Lovetts Gallery), produced by Oregon Art Beat in 2010.  And yes, there are dead birds in the freezer...

 

Contemporary realist, trompe l'oeil, and wildlife painter Jhenna Quinn Lewis:  "I was born with a love and appreciation for art and nature, or maybe a better word to describe this feeling is awe. Art is a universal language that can teach us about ourselves and our world. It is a part of all our lives and surrounds us even if we don't notice or understand it.

 

I have created art through images on canvas since I was in kindergarten. My need has been to foster an understanding of nature that is reflective, which suggests the presence of some unacknowledged mystery or spiritual force. A painting is a moment held in time. I strive to capture something in that moment and give it life.

 

For me, paintings have a meditative quality. Through the manipulation of composition, subject matter, color, light, and shadow, I try to bring out a subtle inherent quietness that the viewer can be drawn into. My hope is to create a state of mind that unites the real and the imagined.

 

I endeavor to capture the everyday items and scenes that are a part of our lives, but that we lightly pass over, take for granted, or completely ignore. For example, I use the play of light across a pear or flower in such a way that the observer's senses will remember the image and perhaps delight in seeing an ordinary piece of fruit or a plant in a new way when next they see it. To deepen the viewing experience, I may drape a cloth across the table with a ray of translucent light creating an inner glow to the painting.

 

Finally, the darkness and shadows can beckon us to experience the parts of ourselves that we mask or hide.

 

For me, there is an unacknowledged beauty in all things: in the light, in the dark and in the shadows. We need to bring forth and honor this beauty. Through experiencing the beauty of our ordinary life we are able to create solitude, a mutual solitude." - Jhenna Quinn Lewis

 

 

Oregon trompe l'oeil artist Jhenna Quinn Lewis is represented by Tulsa, Oklahoma Art Gallery Lovetts Gallery.

Toys and treats, treats and toys...

Here are the two newest works from Oklahoma native, K. Henderson...as with all of K's work, you have to see these in person to truly appreciate them!  In fact, if you don't make haste to see these, we already have a four year old who has laid claim to "Sunday Drive"! 

Sunday Drive, 30 x 40, Oil on Linen
by K. Henderson 

"Toys! I love them. This Sunday Drive of the future includes tin rocket ships, robots, a poster from Forbidden Planet and an alien landscape. The rocks are all from my yard." - K. Henderson

Brer Rabbit Molasses, 16 x 20, Oil on Board by K. Henderson.

"I recently read that one of the most collected items is vintage cooking pieces. I happen to be one of those collectors. Many are keepsakes handed down through family.

This Trompe L'Oeil painting shows a 1920's Brer Rabbit Molasses ad. The rabbit peeking from behind the ad is a die cut 'premium' from the same company. The handmade (made by me) chocolate girl and rabbit is from a vintage chocolate mold. And, yes, I made the Ginger Bread Man, too, from a recipe in a vintage cookbook. The other vintage items include wooden blocks, a ginger can and a cookie cutter." - K. Henderson

 

Trompe L'Oeil & Contemporary Realist K. Henderson is represented by Oklahoma Art Gallery Lovetts Gallery.

Coca-Cola...and this one isn't broken!

Many of you may remember the very popular piece, Broka-Cola, painted by contemporary painter Todd Ford.  Well, I am not saying it was the inspiration for his newest piece, but we can say that his newest bottle of the iconic soft drink has faired better than our previous version! 

Check out Todd Ford's Coca-Cola (Unbroken) below.

 

"I was invited to produce work for an upcoming Coca-Cola themed show at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta. The gallery is hosting the show for the Coca-Cola Company, which is headquartered in Atlanta." - Todd Ford

 

Todd Ford, a contemporary painter, is represented in Oklahoma exclusively by Lovetts Gallery, which is a Tulsa Art Gallery that represents over 90 artists from across the nation.

K. Henderson - Still Life Finalist for ARC Salon, 2011

Congratulations to Lovetts Gallery artist K. Henderson on having her painting, Strawberry Reflections, chosen as a finalist in the very presitgious international Art Renewal Center Salon, 2011.   This piece is available at the gallery.

 
A note from ARC Salon Chairman Fred Ross:

This year's ARC Salon Competition continues to demonstrate the boundless potential of the human spirit and of the Realist paradigm's vocabulary to express the infinite creative spirit of the human soul. Please encourage every fine artist that you know to enter next year's ARC Salon™. We know that there are a number of top quality artists, including several ARC Approved Living Master's, whose lives, careers and commissions are doing so well that they did not have time to enter the salon. This is a mistake. Traditional Realism needs to always have the best of the best competing if we are to once again see Traditional Realism reach the heights achieved in the past. It takes the pressure of the most skilled, the most talented and the most creative minds competing for the top prizes, to achieve the kind of advancements that only can come from continuous feedback and cross pollination of skills, methods and brilliant ideas.

K. Henderson, a contemporary realist, is represented in Oklahoma exclusively by Lovetts Gallery, which is a Tulsa Art Gallery that represents over 90 artists from across the nation.