Artist Recognitions
GEAG Member Achievements
Soulard Art Gallery St. Louis Mo. show runs August 4th -September 8th
Join GEAG member Nancy Avdoian as she teaches us how to use watercolor on Yupo. Contact Nancy or Green Door Gallery to register.
The 30th Cedarhurst Biennial
2600 Richview Road, Mt. Vernon IL
5 August 2023 – 8 October 2023
Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sunday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Reception 4 August 2023 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm,
General Admission $10, Open bar and Appetizers 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Art Saint Louis gallery show “In/Of/About Nature”
Art Saint Louis Gallery at 1223 Pine St. in downtown St. Louis
Show open from 29 July 2023 to 7 September 2021
Gallery Hours M-F 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Sun Closed
Reception 5 Aug 2023
In response to the Illinois State Fair eliminating the professional visual artist exhibition and competition, the Springfield Art Association has created an exhibition alternative: No Place to Show 2023. Congratulations to Peggy Derhake whose piece, “Under the Ginkgo Tree” has been accepted into this show. The show will run from August 9 through August 26, 2023 in the M. G. Nelson Gallery at the Springfield Art Association located at 700 N. Fourth Street, Springfield, IL, less than two miles from the Illinois State Fairgrounds. A reception and awards presentation will be held on Friday, August 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Springfield Art Association.
Green Door Art Gallery, 21 N. Gore, Webster Groves, MO, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a reception for the artists whose work was selected by juror Marilynne Bradley for Secret St. Louis, a special exhibition on July 15, 5-8pm. Although my painting shown in the photo is not part of the special exhibit it will be making its debut that evening along with a few plein air sketches that I have not shown before. The exhibit runs through August 26. Tower of Power, 30″x30″, oil, 2023. Interior background, dog photos source: Shutterstock.
This photograph of the Florida Tropical House from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, now located in Beverly Shores, Indiana, received an Honorary Mention at the Soulard Art Gallery’s current “Architectural Statements” exhibit.
Congratulations to GEAG member Susan Rogers for winning the Edward and Helen Karasek purchase award at 2023 Art on the Square . The large, (36 x42″) oil of blue fish going in different directions was created to hang in her grandson’s bedroom here in their home in Millstadt, IL. Susan has been drawn to water for it abstract refections and calming effect and plans to do more similar pieces.
Karen Romani was awarded the Director’s Award in the Illinois Watercolor Society Annual Show for her painting, Blue Cabbage.
Michael Anderson participated in and art exhibit at the MAC in St. Louis Co. this week. Each artist showed some of their work and gave a short talk on their style and inspirations.