The Big Easel Preview-Part 2

Too often I hear someone say "I don't like contemporary art" or "I don't like landscapes"...the list of  don't likes seems to outweigh the likes.  What I love about constantly being around art and being introduced to work I haven't seen before is the range of great art that I am exposed to.  And maybe at some point I have been known to say "I don't like people in paintings..the faces freak me out" but that is really my only definitive "don't like" that I can think of. I strive to be an open observer of art..one who will not make a quick like/don't like vote on an artist until I've seen enough of an artists work to feel secure in passing a judgment.

The 2009 Big Easel at Town Square in River Ranch will give collectors the  best as vetted by the committee (Hope Hebert, Lue Svendson, Kim Mallia, Karen Daigle, and myself), Louisiana artists all in one place for one day. So rather than seeing just one or two pieces by an artist, attendees will be able to see 5, 10, even up to 20 pieces by artists all in one place in their own 10 x 10 foot "gallery" tents allowing those who attend a chance to see a broad range of work. There will definitely be something there for everyone. 

For this preview of artists who will be showing their work at The Big Easel, I am presenting you the work of:

Mallory Chastant (www.mallorypage.com), Sidney Creaghan, and Eric Svendson, three very different artists. Mallory, queen of abstracts, Sidney, master of pastoral still lifes and landscapes, and Eric, the perfectionist shutterbug are three of my favorite Louisiana artists.

I have purchased pieces by Sidney and Eric from Rue du Pont Galerie et Studio in Breaux Bridge, LA (sorry to say neither  the artists nor the gallery have their websites just yet) and I was lucky enough to be able to use two of Mallory's paintings in the master bedroom I did in October at the Lafayette Symphony Show House.   

      

In the Master Bedroom at the 

2008 Symphony Show House I used

two of Mallory Chastant's oil on wood

paintings from her Contemporary Tie Dye 

Series

A fantastic acrylic on wood painting from Mallory Chastant's

Editions 25 Series

La Vie en Rose by Sidney Creaghan

at Rue du Pont Galerie et Studio

A fabulous painting by Sidney Creaghan..this

one NFS (Not for Sale)--Pretty please, Sidney!?

Two of Eric Svendson's photographs from his Atchafalaya Basin series.  The way Eric captures the light in these pieces is incredible.

Don't forget.Saturday, May 16th, 2009.River Ranch Town Square, Lafayette, LA.The Big Easel! For more information on The Big Easel, please contact me at jefferymccullough@hotmail.com.