Gallery Schedules

Current shows and events at our member galleries in the Scottsdale Arts District

Amery Bohling Fine Art

7038 E Main Street, 480-970-8837
www.amerybohling.com

Amery Bohling Fine Art boasts one of Arizona’s leading women artists.  Amery’s award winning work features a contemporary perspective of traditional western landscape.  Her paintings are known to vividly portray the beauty of West and the life that thrives here.  Functioning as a studio/gallery, Amery paints at the back of the gallery and enjoys visitors while she paints.  Amery also teaches at the Scottsdale Artists’ School and will schedule limited one on one instruction at her studio.

Check out Amery's video here!

Biltmore Galleries

7113 E Main Street, 480-947-5975
www.BiltmoreGalleries.com

Blue Rain Contemporary

4164 N Marshall Way, 480-874-8110
www.blueraingallery.com

Contemporary paintings, sculpture, glass & ceramics.

Blue Rain Contemporary Introduces J. Paul Fennell
January 19-February 9, 2012

Blue Rain Contemporary is proud to announce the first show of the 2012 will be with the artist J. Paul Fennell. Fennell is essentially self-taught with wood and his first introduction to the lathe was in 1970. He prides himself on his use of salvaged wood which he often gathers from the “urban forest” of his home city, Scottsdale. His vessel-like forms are often inspired by shapes in nature and serve as a structural launch-pad for the detailed designs and patterns he creates by carving away unwanted material with precision tools. The final pieces are both delicate and organic. Fennell’s work resides in museum collections of great prominence such as The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Museum of Arts & Design in New York, NY, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Blue Rain Contemporary will host a reception for the artists on Thursday January 19, 2012 from 6pm-9pm. New works from J. Paul Fennell will be on display from January 19th-Feburary 9th, 2012

New Paintings by Jim Vogel at Blue Rain Contemporary
February 2-18, 2012

Blue Rain Contemporary in Scottsdale is excited to display new works by New Mexico artist Jim Vogel. The shows start on February 2 and runs until 18th. The gallery will host a reception for the artist on Thursday, February 2nd from 7pm-9pm.

Several of Vogel’s new paintings grip a common idea: set nearly sixty years ago along the spur rail lines (narrow track rails connecting rural villages to the main line), Vogel paints a fictitious New Mexico, a New Mexico of his imagination. Each painting offers the viewer a “slice of life” as we visit characters as common as a Blacksmith in his shop, hearty men playing poker outside the local bar, or even a husband and wife sheering sheep while their child plays nearby. The paintings themselves are vibrant vignettes with narratives that pull compellingly at our heartstrings as we yearn for and remember a simpler time.

New Glass Sculpture by Shelley Muzylowski Allen at Blue Rain Contemporary
February 16-29, 2012

Blue Rain Contemporary is excited to display new works of glass by artist Shelley Muzylowski Allen.  The show starts on Thursday February 16th and runs until the 29th. Shelley Muzylowski Allen Blue Rain Contemporary will host a reception for the artist on Thursday February 16th from 7pm-9pm.

Bonner David Galleries

7040 E Main Street, 480-941-8500
www.bonnerdavid.com

Now one of Scottsdale’s largest galleries, Bonner David presents dual exhibition spaces, one representing the finest traditional paintings and sculptures while the other is devoted to the best in contemporary art.

“BFF- Best Friends Furever”
January 26-February 15
Special Reception: Thursday, January 26, 2011
Time: 6:00-9:00 pm

Bonner David Galleries Ron Burns is bark, or should we say, back at Bonner David Galleries! Ron started an art movement nearly 20 years ago and still leads the pack in capturing the heart and soul of cats, dogs and other animals in all their color on canvas. In this exhibit Ron focuses on the deep relationship we have with our pets, emphasizing the commitment we make as their best friend for their entire life. It was Ron’s dog Rufus that started him on this path. In search for just the right subject matter to paint, Ron, a self-taught artist, looked into Rufus’ eyes one day and knew at that moment where he would concentrate his artistic ambitions. Rufus has since passed on, but Ron continues to live up to his commitment to Rufus which is to paint with his whole heart and use his talents to support animals in need. Come see these paintings of people’s Best Friends Furever as well as other amazing works.

Calvin Charles Gallery

4201 N Marshall Way, 480-421-1818
www.calvincharlesgallery.com

Calvin Charles Gallery has proven to be a prime destination in the Phoenix metropolitan area for art collectors around the world. The gallery blends together international artist living and working in China, Vietnam and Japan, nationally recognized and emerging modern artist from Europe and the America's. Calvin Charles also offers select Asian antiques.

The gallery presents a unique perspective on the state of the world of art. The works of kyoko Ibe, Jeffrey J. Gluck, Pascal, John Palmer, Pham Luan, Jennyfer Stratman are included in our collection of contemporary global works of art. Beyond our collection, The Calvin Charles has participated in traveling exhibitions highlighting work by Fernando Botero, Aurora Canero and Ju Ming.

Colores by Wilde Meyer

7100 E Main Street, 480-947-1489
www.wildemeyer.com

A colorful mix of fine contemporary art, chic Asian antiques, beautiful contemporary jewelry, and an eclectic mix of other items for our beautiful Southwest lifestyle.  Featuring vivid Southwest landscapes by Albert Scharf and Alix Stefan; equine art by Chaille Trevor and playful canines by Connie Townsend.

Vintage Cars and Country Classics
January 5, 2012-February 1, 2012

Colores presents “Vintage Cars and Country Classics,” celebrating cars of all types including collectible and nostalgic “in your grille” classics to late model trucks puttering along rural roads. Dogs joyride in Jeeps through canyons in Connie Townsend’s paintings. Relive the age when chrome was king in Bill Colt’s mixed media paintings of classic Cadillacs and Buicks and 1950s street scenes. Vintage cars pull up into Motels and drive thru cinemas that rise out from desert plants in Stephen Morath’s modern Western scenes. Leigh Gusterson creates scenes of pastoral beauty painted in contrasting bright and muted colors of country roads stretching along fields, a barn, or, spanning a canyon river.

In the Company of Horses
February 2, 2012 through February 29, 2012

"In the Company of Horses" features art about equines, from gentle pastoral scenes to crisp renderings of the equine in motion. This exhibition presents interpretations, and examines visual and emotional aspects of these stunning animals.

Esses Rare Objects D'Art

7169 E Main Street, 480-945-8153

Expressions Gallery

7077 E Main Street, 480-424-7412
www.expressionsgalleries.com

The mountains, deserts, people and history of the West have inspired artists for generations. Celebrating our 16th season, Expressions Gallery offers contemporary and traditional works capturing the unique lifestyle of the American West.

"Spirit of the Horse"
February 20 - March 12, 2012
Artist Reception 7-9pm, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012

We are very excited to have Jim Rey, Ken Peloke and Fran Kievet painting for our "Spirit of the Horse" show. A percentage of the sales from the gallery and artist from the exhibit will go to benefit the non-profit organization Horse Sense Equestrian Youth and riding camp.

Donna Howell-Sickles
March 1-12, 2012
Meet & Greet 7-9pm, Thursday, March 1, 2012

Artist's Reception & Unveiling of "The Battle of Bear Paw"
March 22, 2012, 7-9pm
More info: 480-424-7412

Join internationally acclaimed bronze artist, Dave McGary at his artist's reception dedicated to the release of his anticipated bronze sculpture depicting Chief Joseph.

Femmes Fatales & Fantasies Art Museum & Gallery

7013 E Main Street, 480-429-6800
www.fffmovieposters.com
www.sherrygoldbergart.com

Original, vintage movie posters as wells as the original art of Sherry Goldberg.

French Designer Jeweler

7148 E Main Street, 480-994-4717
www.frenchonmain.com

A collaboration of ideas, talents, passion and skill is what makes French Designer Jeweler a most unique collection of fabulous, wearable works of art. French Designer Jeweler has beautiful selections of one-of-a kind pieces from more than 20 designers from around the world, including Alex Sepkus, Carolyn Tyler, Atelier Zobel, Sarah Graham and more. French Designer Jeweler is located at 7148 E. Main Street in the heart of the gallery district in downtown Scottsdale. Store hours are from 10 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday and are extended through 9 pm during every Thursday evening's ArtWalk.

Gallery Russia

7103 E Main Street, 480-596-9533
www.galleryrussia.com

American painter, Kevin Beilfuss solo exhibition
Opening Thursday, Jan. 26, 7-9 pm
 
Russian/American painter, Regina Lyubovnaya solo exhibition
Opening, Thursday, Feb. 16, 7-9 pm
 
American painter, Marci Oleszkiewicz solo exhibition
Opening, Thursday, March 8, 7-9 pm

Hatuma African Gallery

7033 E Main Street, Ste. 104, 480-947-3810

Joan Cawley Gallery

7135 E Main Street, 480-947-3548
www.jcgltd.com/gallery

The Lawrence Gallery

7036 E Main Street, 480-443-5575
www.thelawrencegallery.com

The Lawrence Gallery proudly represents original paintings, fine art limited editions graphic and sculpture of some of the most sought after artist in the country today. Offering the works of nationally and internationally acclaimed award artists, we are a highly respected fine art gallery whose professional staff offers decades of experience. A family friendly gallery for the young or young at heart, we are also the exclusive Scottsdale representative of "The Art of Dr. Seuss".

Legacy Gallery

7178 E Main Street, 480-945-1113
www.legacygallery.com

Traditional Western fine art gallery.

Richard Schmid’s Putney Painters
January 19-February 12, 2012
Opening and Artist Reception January 19, 7-9PM

We are excited to announce that our first show of 2012 will be with the admirable group of artists called the Putney Painters. The Putney Painters were founded in 1998 by artist Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik in Putney, Vermont. This group encompasses still-life, figurative, and landscape artists that all have a passion for painting and camaraderie. Our show will represent 17 of the Putney Painters and 7 friends of Putney’s, including Richard Schmid, Nancy Guzik, Rosemary Ladd, Kathy Anderson, Stephanie Birdsall, Carol Arnold, Daniel Keys, Molly Schmid and Casey Baugh. As much as 50 paintings will be on display from January 19th to February 12th.

In addition to our show, artists Kathy Anderson and Stephanie Birdsall will be doing a dual painting demonstration in the gallery on Thursday, January 19th from 4:00-6:00 pm. Nancy Guzik will also be giving a presentation at Legacy Friday, January 20th in the gallery that evening. Event tickets may be purchased through Scottsdale Artists’ School by calling 480-990-1422 or visiting their website www.scottsdaleartschool.org.

2nd Annual Salon Show
April 20-May 20, 2012
Submission Deadline January 27, 2012

Mainview Gallery

7137 E Main Street, 480-990-1515
www.mainviewgallery.com

Mainview Gallery features paintings by Pino, Dale Terbush, Kent R. Wallis, Ed Copley, JD Challenger, Peter VanDusen, Linda Lee-Kinman, Dusty Kinman, Richard Weers and sculptures by Elie Hazak, Rodd Ambroson, Melvin Johansen, Jamie Burns, E.C. Wynne and Mathew Placek. These artists represent a mix of genres from landscape and figurative to still life to Western-themed work. Please check website for upcoming artist receptions.

Marshall-LeKAE Gallery

7106 E Main Street, 480-874-2624
www.marshall-lekaegallery.com

The Marshall | LeKAE Gallery has the pleasure to announce three exciting events for Scottsdale ArtWalk, February 16th, 2012 at 7:00pm:

Celebrated activist artist Pat Berger: “No Place to Go – Homeless in America”
February 16, 2012, 6-9pm

The Marshall~LeKAE Gallery is pleased to announce an upcoming art exhibit by Los Angeles based artist Pat Berger, whose poignant paintings of homelessness have raised awareness and consciousness about this avoided topic. This art show was originally inspired by Pat’s visit to a food and shelter outreach in LA around 1985. This experience was followed by at least five years of activism, interacting and getting to know her subject, which then transpired into a series of 35 paintings and lithographs intended to spread knowledge and hopefully influence action to be taken to encourage change for this worldwide problem.

Artisan Thomas Markusen: “New Works in Copper”
February 16, 2012 at 7pm

Guest Lecture: Mr. Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
February 16, 2012 at 7pm

May Gallery

3922 N Scottsdale Road, 480-922-1801
www.maygallery.com

May Gallery offers fine original art in downtown Scottsdale. The avid collector can choose paintings, art glass and wonderful bronzes from most variety of any galleries in Scottsdale.

The Gallery represents over 50 award winning fine artists, many of whom live in the western United States. They are eager to share their four decades of passion for art with you. Their goal is to offer an exciting and pleasant art shopping experience in one of the most beautiful multi-level settings anywhere.

Method Art

4200 N. Marshall Way, 602-326-9622
www.methodart.com

Method Art is a gallery dedicated the art at of photography, contemporary art and local artists. Method Art houses a total of 11 artists with 4 of those artists working in-house in their own open studio space. A slightly different gallery where patrons enjoy interacting with artists while submerging in the art!

Perfect Storm
January 19-February 25, 2012

Method Art is excited to announce an exhibition showcasing the results of their latest national juried photography contest. From time to time, we experience our planet's naturally occurring disturbances. We have challenged the entrants of this juried contest to submit images they consider to capture The Perfect Storm. These images range from the subtle to the dynamic, the ethereal to the astonishing, the dream-like to the stunning.

Nature Exposed Photography

6909 E Main Street, 480-398-3108
http://www.natureexposedphotography.com

Photographer Tony Freeman is excited to expand from his original gallery in Flagstaff, Arizona to this fantastic gallery on Main Street to share his photographs of wildlife and landscapes from Alaska to Africa including our great Southwest.

"Out of the wild from Alaska to Africa"
Artist Reception 7 - 9 PM, Thursday, January 26, 2012
 
"Celebrating land marks and features in Arizona"
Artist Reception 7 - 9 PM, Thursday, February 16, 2012
 
Stunning Print Techniques shown on New Petroglyph images by Tony Freeman
Artist Reception 7 - 9 PM, Thursday, March 1, 2012

Occasions! by Design

7077 E Main Street, 480-423-0506
www.occasionsofscottsdale.com

Where contemporary art meets the art of tabletop! Now located on Main Street in the heart of the Scottsdale Arts District. We offer paintings, photography, sculptures and glass, ceramics, jewelry and the latest in gifts and decorative accessories. We are open 7 days a week. Come join us Thursday evening for Scottsdale's weekly Artwalk. Gift certificates. Corporate gifts. Bridal registry. ASID partner.

“In Depth”
February 23-March 14, 2012

Occasions! by Design welcomes back fiber artist, Susan Klebanoff for “In Depth”, a show dedicated to her new body of work and the continued exploration of depth, dimension, space, light and shadow in her three-dimensional tapestries. Klebanoff’s collection will be on display February 23, 2012 through the month of March, with a reception for the artist on Thursday February 23, 6-9pm.

Klebanoff’s new body of work further builds on her ever present concepts of depth, space and light, through an increased complexity of components and layering. Working on the loom with hand-dyed yarn and painted thread, Klebanoff creates unique, original and sculptural three-dimensional tapestries. Her vibrant color palette, multiple layers and the use of space and the absence there of, compel her viewers to become active participants--moving from side to side and around her tapestries are not meant to be seen from one angle. A ‘woven sculpture’, each piece is as multi-faceted as the process and the concepts she builds while creating her tapestries.

Klebanoff explains, “The inventory of forms constantly alters as the eye moves across and through the three-dimensional works or the viewer changes his position. Here, the sum of the parts is made whole when the viewer completes the image.”

Image: "Stardust" by Susan Klebanoff

Overland Gallery

7155 E Main Street, 480-947-1934
www.overlandgallery.com

Overland Gallery features the works of artists such as Gary Ernest Smith, Ed Mell and Martin Grelle.

Paul Scott Gallery

7173 East Main St, 480-874-3000
www.paulscottgallery.com

American painters, Angus Wilson, Jeanie Tomanek, Heather Barron exhibition
Thursday, Feb. 9, 7-9 pm.
 
Latvian/American painter, Larisa Aukon's 3rd solo exhibition
Thursday, March 1, 7-9 pm.
 
American Joshua Meyer and Russian/American Olga Porter exhibition
Thursday, March 22, 7-9 pm.

River Trading Post & Traditional Pueblo Arts

7033 E Main Street, Suite 102, 480-444-0001
www.rivertradingpost.com

9th Annual Arts of Native America Show and Sale
Thursday, March 1-4, 2012, 6-9pm

In what has become one of Scottsdale’s top events, River Trading Post is set for its 9th Annual Arts of Native America Show and Sale on Thursday, March 1st, from 6-9 pm. The show will continue through Sunday, March 4th. Our Thursday evening event will feature award-winning Native American art, great food, and live entertainment by Hopi drum group, Spirit Clan. Present will be top Native artists, including Cliff Fragua - sculptor from Jemez Pueblo, Caroline Carpio - potter and sculptor from Isleta Pueblo, Melissa Lewis-Barnes – Navajo hat maker, Mark Fischer - Oneida sculptor, and many more.

Scottsdale Art Auction

7176 E Main Street, 480-945-0225
www.scottsdaleartauction.com

Third annual Scottsdale Art Auction (located upstairs from Legacy Gallery in Legacy Contemporary's Space)

Scottsdale Exhibition Gallery

7100 E Main Street, 480-990-9988
www.scottsdaleexhibitiongallery.com

Pastel Show
February 2012
Opening night: Thursday, February 2, 7-9 pm

American pastel artists including Liz Kenyon, Judy Spitz, Jennifer Cavan, Joe Verdoorn and Terri Ford.

Scottsdale Fine Art

7116 E Main Street, 480-990-3100
www.scottsdalefineart.com

Showcasing original representational art with works in impressionistic, traditional and contemporary styles. Oil paintings, bronze and ceramic sculpture, watercolor and pastels adorn this spacious Main Street gallery. Scottsdale Fine Art represents nationally and internationally acclaimed as well as emerging artists. Whether an avid collector of original art or simply an interested art lover, Scottsdale Fine Art offers an opportunity to view and enjoy exceptional artwork in a relaxed, viewer-friendly environment.

Fresh Faces - Artists New to the Gallery featuring Deborah Bays Troy Doyle Stuart Dunkel Albin Veselka
January 21-February 4, 2012

Peter Holbrook - Canyons
February 13-24, 2012
Artist's Reception: Thursday, February 16, 7-9pm

Two Wild – Featuring Julie Chapman and Carol Swinney
March 4-17, 2012
Artist Reception: Thursday, March 8, 7-9pm

Scottsdale Fine Art’s “Two Wild” show includes the work of two talented western and wildlife artists. Julie Chapman and Carol Swinney come together in this exciting show which features paintings of western landscape by Swinney and equine and wildlife paintings by Chapman. It can be said that Chapman and Swinney both create for the viewer a profusion of reasons to return to their stunning paintings over and over just to view their own individual accomplished styles.

Annual Local Artist Show
March 25-April 7, 2012
Artist Reception: Thursday, March 29, 7-9pm

Three talented artists participate this year in one of Scottsdale Fine Art’s most anticipated annual shows. Douglas R. Diehl, David Gordinier and Michael Maczuga have come together to create a spectacular show for our collectors. This diverse show will include local and non-local landscape and figurative work. Each of these gifted artists approaches their work with an eye for the qualities unique to their particular talents, with a distinctive style recognizable as their own.

Signature Gallery/Charles H. Pabst Gallery

7141 E Main Street, 480-949-7003

Charles H. Pabst has been showing in exclusive Scottsdale, Arizona art galleries for almost 30 years. In 1997, he opened his own Gallery, The Charles H. Pabst Gallery, which enjoyed immediate success. The Gallery moved as there became a need for a larger show room, finally settling in its present location in 2004, under the name The Signature Gallery.

Since then, The Signature Gallery Laguna, and Santa Fe opened in Laguna Beach, CA and Santa Fe, NM to serve the needs of art collectors and visitors throughout the Southwest. All three of the galleries are premier galleries, offering high quality art that is highly collectible and will appreciate in value, providing an investment that can be enjoyed for generations.

touchstone gallery

4168 N Marshall Way, Ste. 2, 480-874-8385
www.touchstone-gallery.net

touchstone gallery affords each visitor a personal view into the astounding world of nature’s art through a world class selection of museum quality fossils, outstanding minerals, stunning contemporary jewelry that showcases elements from both the mineral & fossil worlds, and unique home décor and art items.

The “Dawn” of Horses Seen as Fine Art
September 25–January 31, 2012

Touchstone Gallery features an exact replica of “Dawn,” the 52 million-year-old fossil of the earliest known horse species. The original is kept in a vault in Wyoming for sale to those who want to consider acquiring it for $2.25 million. Meanwhile, our replica is one of just six, and it’s simply a magnificent thing to see…a crowning example of the kind of nature-meets-art that we feature at Touchstone.

Mark Hines Reception
January 19, 2011, 7-9pm

An exhibition of the modern slump glass designs of Arizona glass artist Mark Hines will be featured in a special reception on Thursday, January 19th from 7-9 p.m. Mark’s contemporary designs encompass vases, clocks, wall sconces and other art vessels with a strong organic feel to each signed piece. Guests will be able to meet the artist during Art Walk that evening.

Image: Mark Hines - Gordon Clock

Trailside Galleries - on the Mall

7330 E Scottsdale Mall, 480-945-7751
www.trailsidegalleries.com

A tradition of excellence since 1963, Trailside Galleries is proud to be the collector's first choice for classic 20th and 21st Century American art. Specializing in works by today’s leading American western artists, the gallery features an unmatched collection of traditional oil paintings and bronze sculpture including landscape, impressionism, figurative, still-life and wildlife art. Represented artists include nationally recognized members of the Cowboy Artists of America, the National Academy of Design, the American Watercolor Society, and the Prix De West. Please visit our gallery locations in Scottsdale, Arizona and Jackson, Wyoming. Open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:30 p.m.

Bruce Cheever and Michael Malm Show
February 13-25, 2011
Artists Reception Thursday, February 16th, 6-8pm

Trailside Galleries is proud to present a show of two Utah artists, featuring new oil paintings by tonalist landscape artist, Bruce Cheever and figurative artist, Michael Malm. The show will be an interesting complement between Cheever’s style, a dramatic blend of tonalism, luminism, and realism and Malm’s style, a loose romantic impressionism. Both portray rural scenes throughout America. The artists reception will be Thursday February 16th from 7-9pm.

Western Classics Show and Ernest Berke Showcase
March 19- 31, 2012
Artists Reception: Thursday March 29, 6-8pm

Trailside Galleries is pleased to present its annual “Western Classics Show”, an exhibition of new works of traditional western paintings and sculpture by more than 30 of the nation’s leading western representational artists. Also featured will be a showcase of fifteen Western bronze sculptures by deceased artist Ernest Berke. The show opens on March 19th and will remain on exhibit through March 31st. The artists’ reception is Thursday March29th from 7-9pm as part of the Scottsdale ArtWalk.

East Meets West Show
April 16-28, 2012
Artists’ Reception Thursday April 26, 6-8pm

Trailside Galleries is pleased to present the seventh annual “East Meets West” group show featuring seven renowned Chinese artists: James Jiang, Bi Wei Liang, Calvin Liang, Huihan Liu, Tang Wei Min, Mian Situ, and Jie-Wei Zhou. These Chinese painters have enjoyed great success in the American art market. Their superb academic training and dedication to their craft is readily apparent in their art. The show will feature a variety of subject matter, including landscape, seascape, still life and figurative oil paintings depicting Chinese, Tibetan and Native American cultures.

Wilde Meyer Gallery

4142 . Marshall Way, 480-945-2323
www.wildemeyer.com

Wide Meyer Gallery is ABOUT THE ART. In business for 27 years, in Arizona, Wilde Meyer presents eclectic contemporary art. Whether clients need a subtly sophisticated abstract painting to relax with, or a dynamic figurative work to energize them, we have the perfect selection. OUR ART IS A SENSORY EXPERIENCE. Notable artists represented include Linda Carter Holman, Sherri Belassen, Barbara Gurwitz and many others. The art is presented in a contemporary setting amid chic Asian antiques.

New Year, New Beginnings
January 5, 2012 – February 1, 2012

Wilde Meyer Gallery is bringing in the new year with selections of our favorite art and new artists in our show "New Year, New Beginnings". Master glass artist Tom Philabaum’s Precarious Rock glass sculptures and blown glass vessels merge texture and form. Josiane Childers, a recent addition to Wilde Meyer's artist roster, creates abstract mixed media paintings as artistic journey to understand ideals like perfection, harmony and order. Deb Komitor’s paintings read poetic in scenes of flittering birds dancing in the moonlight. Deb "dances with her paint brush and plays with her paint". Also showing will be new work by contemporary abstract figurative painter Sherri Belassen, portraits of meditative, deep thinking chimps by Jeff Cochran and Fauvist colored landscapes of the Southwest by Barbara Gurwitz. Merlin Cohen’s carved stone sculptures will also be featured, along with other artists.

Variety
February 2-29, 2012

Wilde Meyer presents "Variety" with four artists who masters explore various subjects in forms and materials.

Sherri Belassen divides and shapes her stylized figure silhouettes with lines, texture and layers, dissolving foreground with background. She pinpoints a feeling, idea or emotion to represent iconic figures and animals of the Southwest such as cowboys, steers, horses. In other subjects, she represents activities like skiing, Pilates a pair of dancers or moods like a couple romantically leaning into each other to a figure relaxing in a hammock.

Merlin Cohen’s sculptures are gem stones carved into fluid forms which are interpretations of the Mobius strip, an infinite ribbon that twists into itself. In other works, Cohen balances the natural pattern and fissures he discovers in the stones with simple, geometric shapes.

Much like the water carving canyons that often appear in her paintings, Acacia Alder molds thick brush marks that have a sculptural relief effect. Alder leads viewers on a pleasing journey into her own canyons, river beds and fields.

A quick and spontaneous painter, Karen Bezuidenhout draws from her memories of her childhood home in rural South Africa. Using an earthy palette, Bezuidenhout animals and farm scenes convey energy. "Variety" opens on Thursday, February 2, 2012 and continues through February 29, 2012

Associate Members

Art of Merlot

7021 E Main St, 480-945-1108
www.artofmerlot.com

Art studio

Framer's Workshop, Inc.

4161 N Craftsman Court, 480-945-4261
www.framersworkshop.net

Since 1998, Framer's Workshop has been Scottsdale's premier custom picture framing studio, serving Arizona's top museums, galleries, artists and discerning collectors with the finest in custom frame design.

Frank & Lupe's Old Mexico

4121 N Marshall Way, 480-990-9844
www.frankandlupes.com

Malee's on Main

7131 E Main Street, 480-947-6042
www.maleesthaibistro.com

Scottsdale Artists School

3700 N Marshall Way, 480-990-1422
www.scottsdaleartschool.org

Putney Week

“Outside the Box,” Art Marketing Lecture
Featuring Lori Woodward and special guest speakers including: gallery owner Jason Horejs and author Barney Davey.
Thursday January 19 - Friday January 20, 2012, 9 a.m - 4 p.m.
In studio at SAS/$200 - advanced registration required
This lecture will present both traditional as well as non-conventional ways that artists are making a living today.

Swinging Brushes- Team Painting Demonstration with Stephanie Birdsall and Kathy Anderson
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 4 p.m.
Legacy Gallery/$25
Two brushes, one canvas. The finished painting will be auctioned off after the event with proceeds benefitting the SAS Scholarship Fund.

“My Journey of Learning and Discovery” Slide Show and Lecture with Nancy Guzik
Friday, January 20, 2012, 7 p.m.
Legacy Gallery/$25
Co- Founder of the Putney Painters, Nancy Guzik will take audiences through her career and her experiences working with the masters and talk about how they have influenced her work today.

Figure Painting Demonstration with Master Figure Painter Casey Baugh
Friday, January 20, 2012, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
In Studio at SAS/$40 lunch included
This demonstration will give audiences a glimpse into the artists’ process from start to finish. Casey will demonstrate his technique painting from a live model in studio.

Portrait Demonstration with Master Artist, Robert Liberace
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 7 p.m.
$25 per person, Upstairs at Legacy Gallery
Rob will demonstrate his technique, painting from the live model in the upstairs space at Legacy Gallery. The demonstration will have live video streaming on a projector, allowing attendees to see every brush stroke.

“Working South” Presentation and Book Signing with Mary Whyte
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7 p.m.
Legacy Gallery
$25 per person (part of proceeds will go toward SAS Youth Academy Scholaships)
Mary Whyte spent three and a half years travelling the south creating 50 works of folks from vanishing industries. Join Whyte as she discusses the idea behind the work, how she found her models, the book, and the challenges and gratifications of a large-scale project. Books will be available for purchase

iPad Portrait Demonstration & Lecture with New York artist David Jon Kassan
Sunday March 25, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
In studio at SAS, $25 per person
In this presentation, Kassan will discuss how to use the iPad as a presentation portfolio, a full-color sketchbook, and a painting tool.

Scottsdale Cultural Council

7380 E 2nd Street, 480-874-4610
www.sccarts.org

Su Vino Winery

7035 E Main Street, #110, 480-994-8466
www.suvinowineryaz.com

Switch Studios

1835 E 6th Street

Ultimate Art Tours

www.ultimatearttours.com