The Premier Image Gallery in Ashland, Massachusetts is having its 2019 Summer Show! This is their 30th anniversary of the show! This will be a joint show between the Blackstone Valley Art Association and several other local art groups. There will be cash prizes!
Premier Image Gallery 290 Eliot Street Ashland MA 01721
You can enter up to two pieces at $8 each. Pieces must be properly wired. The drop off dates are:
Thu May 2, 2019 10-2 Fri May 3, 2019 10-2 Sat May 4, 2019 10-1
If you can’t make it during those times, let us know and we can arrange someone else to coordinate with you to bring them in. You don’t have to fill out any online forms with this. Just label the back with the usual artist name / title / medium / price and then the owner Don will fill out a hand-written inventory sheet when you get there.
The BVAA has historically done quite well at these open shows. It’s well worth entering!
The reception is Thursday, May 16th from 5:30-7:30pm. Bring a snack to share!
The pickup will be on June 29th during the gallery’s normal business hours.
For more about the gallery including contact information visit:
NOTE: This class will focus on still life. Bring what you’d like to paint and your light and Carol will see you there!
Oil paint has been the medium of choice for a wealth of famous painters. Leonardo da Vinci. Claude Monet. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paul Cezanne. There is just something spectacular about the beauty of oil paint which captures the eye and the imagination.
Whether you’re a raw beginner or an experienced painter, this oil painting class will take you to the next level. It’s full of personal hands-on advice and a warm, welcoming atmosphere!
Talented painter Carol Arnold teaches a monthly oil painting class at the BVAA Alternatives Uxbridge Community Gallery! Carol is a member of Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik’s Putney Painters! All levels of painters are welcomed with open arms. The focus will be on drawing, edges, values and color. These are areas which a beginner can practice and an advanced student can hone to perfection.
Carol makes these classes fun and inspiring, while supporting you to the next level of your growth!
This monthly class usually meets on the first Thursday of every month from 6-9 pm. We are experimenting with other days to see how they work.
Cost: The maximum class size will be 10 students, to ensure plenty of hands-on time for each one. If there are only 1 or 2 students registered for a class, the class will be cancelled. If there are 3 or 4 students, each student pays $20/hr for the class = $60 total. If there are 5-10 students, each student pays $15/hr for the class = $45 total.
Invite your friends! Share the news! The more students which attend, the less you pay and the more fun it is to learn from each other.
When: Monday, April 8, 2019 6pm – 9pm
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
This is a sneak preview of the 2019 series art show! It’s not fully hung yet, or labelled, or anything. We just have things randomly on the walls. The opening reception for this will be on Friday, April 5th from 5-7pm. Come on out!
Like most Americans, artist Karina James has traveled a long
way from her ancestors. She traces her unique history back to the beautiful
country of Guatemala, nestled deep in Central America. She has embraced her new
opportunity with passion and creativity. Drawing inspiration from flowers,
petals, and pieces of bark, she creates beauty with the natural world which
surrounds us all. It takes an attentive, mindful eye to see what world and to
bring it into fresh view.
In Karina’s case, it was a pair of friends which first brought the flowers into focus. One friend was gathering up flower pieces as raw materials for crafting. Another friend looked at those items and commented to Karina, “What are you going to make – a peacock?”
Those words rung in Karina’s mind long after she returned
home. Indeed, the colors were vibrant. The threads were delicate. She carefully
set to work. She had to cut delicate diamonds out of blue and black to form the
eye petals. Then there was the researching of what a peacock’s dimensions
presented and how to recreate those in birch bark and lobelia. It was a
painstaking process.
Karina works with careful precision. She draws out the initial dimensions. She organizes her supplies and carefully dabs each flower with Elmer’s glue. Then, carefully, with tweezers and toothpicks, she puts down each item.
This is an activity that those of us with less-than-ideal
hands could never dream of attempting. We are incredibly grateful that people
like Karina exist in the world. For without them, such visions would never be
realized.
Item by item, petal by petal, Karina dabs glue on each specific spot and lays it down onto the background. Banana peel for the branch. Birch for the legs. She won’t spray any sort of fixative or glue over the face of it, because that would mar the overall effect. She trusts in the environment to hold together. She has faith.
The artwork holds.
What results is not just a work of art. It’s a cohesive community of nature – a collaboration of flower, tree, and hope. It is an inspiration of Guatemala realized in a nestled suburb of Massachusetts.
It’s a sign that our world comes together to create a beauty which we all treasure.
Verne Thayer adores painting local Massachusetts scenery. No matter the challenges, he finds a way to create his landscapes. So it’s no wonder he was driving around central Massachusetts with a keen eye one foggy morning, looking for the absolute best possible angle to document. His aim was to capture it in photograph, so that in his studio he could turn it into a work of art.
At a quiet brook in Mendon, he found the exact angle he had hoped for.
It was a well-traveled road, and there was no place to set up a plein air easel. But he carefully backed up, parked, and got out to take photos from a variety of angles. The drifting fog and gentle light was just as he had envisioned. When he was sure he had what he needed, he headed back into his studio to bring it into vibrant life.
Verne has been painting since he was quite young.
Life interfered for twenty years, as it often does with dreams, but Verne
persevered. When once again time was available, Verne knew what he wanted to
do.
And that was to paint.
Verne is quick to point out that photographs are
often taken with the object of interest at the center of the image. It’s a
tendency of the human eye. But with paintings, there are other considerations
to account for. Often in a work of art one wants to lead the eye into what is
important. He ensures he gets a number of images to be able to build that
effect.
This scene of a gently foggy river is typical of Verne.
It juxtaposes a traditional New England landscape with technically challenging
images of water and dappled sun. Verne agrees that the water in this painting
was the most challenging aspect of the image to tackle. He wanted to bring it
to life – to give it that glow of the sunlight interacting with the moving
surfaces.
For those considering picking up a brush, Verne has
enthusiastic advice – just do it. Don’t be frightened. Get a cheap canvas and
just throw paint on it.
Looking at the beautiful landscapes Verne creates, we are inspired to do just that.
To view more of Verne’s beautiful artwork, be sure to visit:
If you’re interested in painting, drawing, and illustrating, we have the perfect Saturday lined up! It’ll be a great time with laughter, conversation, creativity, and the space to stretch out!
Open Paint 10am-3pm For the entire day, it’s an open paint! All are welcome, including the public, family, and friends! It’s free! If the main room gets busy with photography, we have the back conference room dedicated for the painters. We have watercolors and acrylics on hand, or bring your own if you wish.
We’ll also do a casual drop-in workshop in Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and other main social networks. If you’ve got one you’d like to learn more about, stop on in and we’ll lend a hand.
If the weather is nice out, visitors can also embark on an Uxbridge sketch walk. We have the maps all ready.
When: Saturday, March 30, 2019 10am – 3pm
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
Our Saturdays at the gallery include an open paint session where all styles of art are warmly welcome. Whether you’re 12 or 102, whether you’re a new beginner or a seasoned artist, we would love to have you. It’s completely free to participate in the open paint. You can bring your own paints or we’ll have watercolors and brushes to share.
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
Feel free to show up for some or all of the day to paint. Some come for just the morning, some for the afternoon, and some for the entire time. There are several options on the same block to grab lunch if you’d like. We also bring in a pizza and those who want slices chip in a few dollars.
Our Saturday events are free, casual, relaxed, and fun! All levels are welcome.
Ask with any questions – we’d love to have you join us!
The 2019 Art-Poetry show is live at the Blackstone Public Library in Blackstone, Massachusetts from March 1 to March 30, 2019! Be sure to stop by and see it in person! The public reception is Tuesday, March 26th from 6pm – 7:45pm.
Thank you so much to Sue Dion for jumping in with barely 8 hours notice to teach a delightful workshop in both acrylics and watercolors on painting roses! She’s amazing!
Here’s a few photos from the event at our monthly meeting on March 29, 2019. She teaches at the Worcester Art Museum and at her studios in Worcester and Uxbridge.
If you’re interested in photography, painting, drawing, and illustrating, we have the perfect Saturday lined up! It’ll be a great time with laughter, conversation, creativity, and the space to stretch out!
There are three components to our Saturday of events.
Open Paint 10am-3pm First, for the entire day, it’s an open paint! All are welcome, including the public, family, and friends! It’s free! If the main room gets busy with photography, we have the back conference room dedicated for the painters. We have watercolors and acrylics on hand, or bring your own if you wish.
Flash Photography with Al Weems 10am-noon The award-winning, amazingly talented Al Weems will guide us through best use of flash in photography. Bring along any flashes you have to best learn your equipment! This workshop will focus on on-camera flashes.
High Key / Low Key Photography 1-3pm You’ve seen the images. Bright whites. Darkest blacks. Play with these extremes of photography.
If the weather is nice out, visitors can also embark on an Uxbridge sketch walk. We have the maps all ready.
When: Saturday, March 9, 2019 10am – 3pm
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
Our Saturdays at the gallery include an open paint session where all styles of art are warmly welcome. Whether you’re 12 or 102, whether you’re a new beginner or a seasoned artist, we would love to have you. It’s completely free to participate in the open paint. You can bring your own paints or we’ll have watercolors and brushes to share.
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
Feel free to show up for some or all of the day to paint. Some come for just the morning, some for the afternoon, and some for the entire time. There are several options on the same block to grab lunch if you’d like. We also bring in a pizza and those who want slices chip in a few dollars.
Our Saturday events are free, casual, relaxed, and fun! All levels are welcome.
Ask with any questions – we’d love to have you join us!
If you’re interested in photography, painting, drawing, and illustrating, we have the perfect Saturday lined up! It’ll be a great time with laughter, conversation, creativity, and the space to stretch out!
There are three components to our Saturday of events.
Open Paint 10am-3pm First, for the entire day, it’s an open paint! All are welcome, including the public, family, and friends! It’s free! If the main room gets busy with photography, we have the back conference room dedicated for the painters. We have watercolors and acrylics on hand, or bring your own if you wish.
Mirror / Reflection Photography 10am-noon Come play with mirrors and reflections! Discover fun new ways to create photos using reflections and copies of images.
Photoshop Q&A with James Hunt 1-3pm Having trouble getting the most from Photoshop and Lightroom? Bring in your Photoshop questions and problems for discussion with James Hunt. James is an experienced Photoshop and Lightroom user, trained at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts. If possible come with an image or two on a thumb drive to illustrate the issue/question. Feel free to bring your along your laptop if you wish. James will have his laptop with the most recent releases of Photoshop and Lightroom.
If the weather is nice out, visitors can also embark on an Uxbridge sketch walk. We have the maps all ready.
When: Saturday, March 16, 2019 10am – 3pm
Where: BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery 5 South Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569
Our Saturdays at the gallery include an open paint session where all styles of art are warmly welcome. Whether you’re 12 or 102, whether you’re a new beginner or a seasoned artist, we would love to have you. It’s completely free to participate in the open paint. You can bring your own paints or we’ll have watercolors and brushes to share.
There is a TON of free parking immediately next to this building. It is fully and easily handicapped accessible.
Feel free to show up for some or all of the day to paint. Some come for just the morning, some for the afternoon, and some for the entire time. There are several options on the same block to grab lunch if you’d like. We also bring in a pizza and those who want slices chip in a few dollars.
Our Saturday events are free, casual, relaxed, and fun! All levels are welcome.
Ask with any questions – we’d love to have you join us!
