A Visual Feast in Denver This Weekend
The American Art Invitational show happens every other year, and it opens this Friday at Saks Galleries in Denver's Cherry Creek North neighborhood. Works by 42 prominent artists are featured, including figurative, landscape, and still-life subjects (that's "Fall" by Mary Qian above). "There is currently no other showcase that is as far-reaching when it comes to the top representational artists in America," says gallery co-owner Catherine Saks.
Click here to read all about the American Art Invitational in the December issue of Southwest Art.
Go Inside the Artist's Mind
Have you ever wished you could see how artists work? A new book, Sketchbook Confidential, offers some insight. It features sketches of all typeseverything from quick figure drawings to elaborate compositional diagramsfrom 40 artists, along with their musings about how and why they sketch.
Click here to order Sketchbook Confidential from North Light Books for just $16.49, a 34% savings off the cover price.
High Times at Waterhouse Gallery
Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA, puts on quite a show. The weekend before Thanksgiving, owners Ralph and Diane Waterhouse (shown above with artist Amy Lind) hosted the fifth annual Great American Figurative Exhibition, and received rave reviews from artists and collectors alike. Our senior editor, Bonnie Gangelhoff, was there to experience the excitement.
Click here to read about the Great American Figurative Exhibition on the Southwest Art blog.
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