The Alabama Artists Exhibition

It's an art lover's paradise! 

It's the 15th annual Alabama Artists: Roots and Wings Art Exhibition

 at Charlie (Tin Man) Lucas' Studio. The diversity of works from 55 artists

 is amazing and features photography, acrylics, oils, works on paper,

 3:D and mixed media.

Two of the winning works are shown above: "Winter Forest," 

1st place Acrylic by Jeff Hughes; and "Soul, Cotton and Van Gogh,"

 Best in Show, an acrylic by Mary Ann Casey.

  

Sponsored by ArtsRevive, the show and sale opened for a members' reception 

Saturday night and will be open free to the public every Friday and Saturday

 from 11-4 through April 29. The studio is located at 7 Lauderdale St.

 Come see!

Linking to Our World Tuesday

PAINTINGS by Joanna Nichols

Joanna Nichols' love of nature sparkles through her PAINTINGS of flowers,

fruit, landscapes and animals.  A Selma artist since the turn of the century,

 she is Artist of the Month at the Selma Art Guild where her works

 will be on display through this weekend. Nichols began drawing and painting

 as a young girl in Northumberland, England, and she later married

 and moved to the U.S. where she spent more than two decades

 as an art student and art guild leader in Stamford, Conn.

 In Selma, she says she has been intrigued by the old buildings,

 vehicles and "remnants of the past"

 which she enjoys capturing on canvas. 

Linking to ABC Wednesday

where the Letter of the Week is P.

Signs, Signs, Take a Break

Selma artist Clayton Cogle's "Take a Break"  painting takes us back to the early 1900s

 when Coca-Cola Bottling was located in a building near Water Avenue

 and Lauderdale Street. The mural on the side of the building was refurbished,

 and you can view it HERE. 

Cogle's colorful painting is on display

at the Alabama Artists: Roots and Wings Art Exhibition

 and Sale at Carneal ArtsRevive. The show ends Saturday. 

Linking to Signs, Signs & City Daily Photo Blogs

Calling Alabama Artists

Here are a few pieces of art shown at last year's Arts Revive juried exhibition. Now, the call is out for Alabama artists to participate in the seventh annual show.

The show begins March 13 and ends March 22, coinciding with Spring Pilgrimage the second weekend. To enter, artists, sculptors and photographers have until February 18. Selections for the show will be made by a committee from photo and CD entries. The judge, Jessica Ingram, teaches at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

For more information, call 334-872-4672.