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Harvey Salvin
From creating masterful paintings on discarded tin cans to designing and producing majestically scaled 50-foot high stain glass windows, Harvey found inspiration in all of his diverse and creative endeavors. Starting October 5th, this retrospective exhibit is open for you to enjoy a selection of works that will give light into his 92-year artistic journey. Prepare to be inspired.
Wednesday Group Keeps All in Practice
If you happened to stop by the Kirkwood Farmers’ Market on a Wednesday morning in early June, you might have seen, among the flowering plants and the colorful displays of fruits and vegetables, a scattering of artists hard at work endeavoring to capture the lush bounty of early summer in oil, watercolor, pastel or graphite. The Wednesday Group, an offshoot of the Missouri Plein Air Painters Association (MOPAPA), is out and about town again this season. The group gathers at a designated location every Wednesday morning, summer, and winter, to paint or draw, and to enjoy the camaraderie of fellow artists.
Keeping It Realism
While Karasek employs traditional technique in her representation of people, it’s her extensive use of symbol that gives her work its signature that she describes as magical realism. “I love painting people in portraits but not in the traditional sense of a formal portrait,” she says. “I enjoy making it into a magical realism by adding the symbolism and meaning.”
The Joy of Viewing Art in a Public Space
There’s something special about seeing a beautiful piece of artwork in an unexpected place. I had this experience a few weeks ago when I took my vehicle for routine service at the Seeger Toyota dealership in Creve Coeur.
HAC Offers AP Prep Course for High School Students
What happens when two art educators get together wearing their dream hats? Spoiler alert -it’s a pretty rich opportunity for student artists.
Beginning next month, area high school students will have the opportunity through Heartland Art Club to prepare for the rigors of Advanced Placement Art & Design, the pinnacle of most high school art programs.
Painting White Without Using White
There it sits, all along, untouched, forgotten. The white pastel. Rarely does a white pastel ever get used in any of my paintings. Maybe as a final touch in the center of the sun, but rarely at any other time.
IMPRESSIVE: Heartland Art Club’s Print Invitational 2024
Heartland Art Club is set to host a new exhibition in the gallery in May that will feature works from artists who are creating exciting new work in the ever-growing art movement of printmaking.
Meet the Hangman
The Gallery is closed, and the walls have been stripped of work. On the floor is where the action is. A new exhibit is about to take form. Paintings are unpacked and laid out, staring up as Shawn Cornell determines the larger piece that will anchor the midpoint. From there he decides the breathing room that is critical in sustaining the energetic installations for which Cornell is known. He will play with spacing and the arrangement of every piece until he achieves the visual pulse he is looking for. “I much rather have each piece have some breathing space,” Cornell says. “I do my best to give as much space in between so that there’s almost like an EKG going on.”