Sunday, May 17, 2015

Final Show at Lounge Gallery/The Next Chapter

 L to R: Page Jones Davis duo, framed Anne McLeod, Caroline Chunn McCarthy abstract still life, framed Lue Svendson 

The opening reception for my final show at Lounge Gallery in Lafayette, LA, was last weekend. As Brooks Dufrene and I hung the show, there was a bittersweet feeling in the gallery space that I have curated shows for going on four years now. Brooks and I were hanging and tagging and photographing what is my final show at the gallery.  Being a part of the Lafayette art world since 2009 has been so very rewarding and through getting to know artists, putting together shows, running shows, and learning more about art, I am now at the next chapter in my life and career. This chapter which begins in August is the fulfillment of a long time goal of obtaining a Masters Degree in Art and Design History and that is what I will be doing for the next two years at Parsons/The New School in New York City!

L to R: Connor McManus Rorschach, framed Linda Moncla watercolor (SOLD), framed Brooke Hoogendoorn abstract, framed Chase Nelson, Caroline Chunn McCarthy abstract still life, framed Brooke Hoogendoorn abstract, framed Eric Svendson photograph, unframed Anne McLeod abstract, framed Chase Nelson painting 


Moving back to New York was not necessarily our plan. It has just worked out this way because of school. We will be going back to our old way of life of dividing our time between New York and Lafayette which serves as a great respite from NYC life.

L to R: Framed Lue Svendson landscape, unframed Anne McLeod seascape, framed Lue Svendson hanging above framed Chase Nelson, unframed landscape by Andrea Shellman


I am proud of the work I have done in Lafayette since 2009 and look forward to continuing the work with the six artists for which I serve as agent as I expand their world via the expansion of my own art world career.


 L to R: Anne McLeod unframed seascape, Andrea Schellman interior scene hanging above Connor McManus Rorschach


The show that opened last weekend will be up through 2nd Saturday Art Walk on June 13th. If you did not make the opening reception, please plan to attend the closing reception from 5:30-8:30 pm at LOUNGE GALLERY at 403 S. Buchanan Street on June 13th.


If you would like to see the show in person this week, please let me know. I would LOVE to walk you through this show and tell you about the eleven artists included in the show and the work by each.

A HUGE thank you to Lafayette for your incredible support over the last few years. I look forward to staying in touch with all of you and who knows what the future might hold for all of us. I wish everyone all the best.

Below are some of my personal favorites from the show. For more information on any piece featured in this post and/or to see additional photos of any piece, please let me know at jefferymccullough@hotmail.com

As always, click on photos to see them larger.




PAGE JONES DAVIS 
Spartanburg, SC, artist
Turquoise Sky Landscape and Blue Sky Landscape Duo
Acrylic on Canvas
12" x 30" each
$ 625.00 each 
$ 1,200 for duo



ANNE McLEOD
Metairie, LA, artist
Breaking Light I
Acrylic on Canvas
20" x 20"
$ 475.00




 CAROLINE CHUNN McCARTHY
Mobile, AL, artist
Weeping Tulips
Oil and Charcoal on Canvas
24" x 30"
$ 950.00



CONNOR McMANUS
New Orleans, LA, artist
PUCK
Acrylic on Canvas
24" x 24"
$ 600.00



 ERIC SVENDSON
Lafayette, LA, artist
Jackson Square, New Orleans
Photograph on Canvas, framed
12" x 18"
$ 160.00



 BROOKE HOOGENDOORN
Lafayette, LA, artist
Peachy Pieces
Acrylic on Canvas, framed
16" x 20"
$ 415.00


LUE SVENDSON
Lafayette, LA, artist
Glow Of Light
Oil/Stain/Wax & Gold Leaf on Canvas, framed
18" x 24"
$ 1,700.00



LINDA MONCLA
Lafayette, LA, artist
Morning Glow
Watercolor on Panel, framed
25" x 25"
$ 600.00





Sunday, February 22, 2015

BRIAN COLEMAN at ANNE IRWIN FINE ART

Brian Coleman
The Scapes in Which I Live 3
Mixed Media on Canvas
60" x 48" 
$2,300.00

After one too many lackluster show and gallery visits, I was beginning to be a bit disillusioned with the Atlanta gallery scene. I stopped by Gregg Irby Gallery and Anne Irwin Fine Art last week and my faith was restored. Both galleries had fantastic shows going on with really wonderful work on display. It was Brian Coleman's paintings at Anne Irwin that led me to say, "This is the best body of work I have seen in Atlanta in three years. This work is exciting. Shouldn't art be exciting?", to Anne Irwin and Emily West as I walked around the gallery several times taking each piece in.

My immediate reaction to the work was what I wrote to a client when I found the perfect piece for her bedroom. "There is a lot of energy and emotion in this piece", I said about "Even Though The Moment Passed Me By". And that energy and emotion comes through in every piece by Coleman.

When I began selecting images for this post and spent some time on Anne Irwin Fine Art's website, I found what Brian Coleman, Charleston artist, wrote about this body of work which he titled, "From The Head To The Heart To The Hands":

"Music helps me tap into my present, past and unknown emotions that flow throughout each canvas. Heading straight into the happiness and pain that exists or did exist creates the paintings and drawings. From the head comes my abstract drawings and knowledge of balance, color and line. The heart is a rage of passion, love, hurt, truth and the unknown. My hands are the tools that allow me to navigate around the surface and create goodness. These creations are environments where pieces connect or drift away like our surroundings and lives that are forever changing."

This post includes my favorites from the show. If you are in Atlanta, be sure to stop by Anne Irwin Fine Art on Miami Circle and ask to see all of Brian Coleman's work.

Brian Coleman
In the Silence of a Listen
Mixed Media on Canvas
48" x 60"
$2,500.00


Brian Coleman
Angels Among Us
Mixed Media on Canvas
48" x 72"
$ 2,750.00



Brian Coleman
Butterfly Kisses
Mixed Media on Canvas
60" x 48"
$2,500.00


Brian Coleman
Day Dreams
Mixed Media on Canvas
30" x 30"
$ 1,350.00



Brian Coleman
This is My Church and These Are My Sins
Mixed Media on Canvas
48" x 48"
$ 2,050.00


Brian Coleman
Living While Painting II
Mixed Media on Paper, framed
30" x 22"
$ 800.00

And this is the fabulous piece that will be heading to Lafayette, LA, to go above the headboard in a bedroom I am designing for long-time clients.

Brian Coleman
Even Though the Moment Passed Me By
Mixed Media on Canvas
36" x 48"
SOLD

Here are a couple of photos I took when I was at Anne Irwin Fine Art seeing the Brian Coleman show:



To see additional work, visit Anne Irwin Fine Art's website:


And don't forget to visit Anne Irwin Fine Art at 690 Miami Circle in Atlanta.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The Artists of Jeffery McCullough Art & Design Consulting Show-January/February 2015

Since 2009 Jeffery McCullough Art & Design Consulting has served as agent for artists by securing representation for them by galleries and including these artists in shows that I have curated. Opening this Saturday night in Lafayette, LA, at LOUNGE Gallery is the annual "The Artists of Jeffery McCullough Art & Design Consulting" show. The opening reception is from 5:30-8:30 pm. If you are in Lafayette on Saturday, I hope to see you and welcome conversation about each of the eight talented artist in this show. If you are not in Lafayette on Saturday but would like to see the show, please email me at jefferymccullough@hotmail.com to make an appointment to see the show.



As I wrote earlier this week in a biographical statement that I had to submit, "Helping artists develop and be successful has been profoundly rewarding." It has been rewarding and for as long as it continues to be, I will do what I do for and with artists. I am very proud of the eight artists in the show this year. Each artist has their own voice and communicates differently through the work they have completed over the last year. 

Here are three pieces by each of the artists. The show will have over 70 pieces so this is truly just a soupcon of what to expect.


LAURENCE YOUNG
Provincetown, MA
Gut Feeling
Mixed Media on Paper, matted
18" x 24"
$ 325.00



LAURENCE YOUNG
Provincetown,MA
In Repose
Mixed Media on Paper, matted
18" x 24"
$ 325.00



LAURENCE YOUNG
Provincetown, MA
Don't Cry
Mixed Media on Paper, matted
18" x 24"
$ 325.00


PAGE JONES DAVIS
Spartanburg, SC
Winter Field
Acrylic on Panel
24" x 24"
$ 725.00


PAGE JONES DAVIS
Spartanburg, SC
Swimming Lessons
Encaustic on Panel
11 1/2" x 14"
$450.00


PAGE JONES DAVIS
Spartanburg, SC
Blue Sky Landscape
Acrylic on Canvas
15" x 30"
 $ 650.00


CAROLINE CHUNN McCARTHY
Mobile, AL
The Shape of Things to Come
Oil, Graphite, Charcoal on Canvas
30" x 30"
$ 1,250.00


CAROLINE CHUNN McCARTHY
Mobile, AL
Pardon My French
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
$ 525.00


CAROLINE CHUNN McCARTHY
Mobile, AL
Lotus
Oil on Clay Board
app. 20" x 26"
$ 750.00


CONNOR McMANUS
New Orleans, LA
Meet Me at the Tree
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
60" x 40"
$ 1,800.00


CONNOR McMANUS
New Orleans, LA
Girl in Golden Gate
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
60" x 40"
$ 1,800.00


CONNOR McMANUS
New Orleans, LA
Leftovers
Oil on Canvas
42" x 36"
$ 1,200.00


LINDA MONCLA
Lafayette, LA
Beached
Watercolor on Paper
20" x 12"
$ 200.00


LINDA MONCLA
Lafayette, LA
Canal at Night II
Watercolor on Paper
31" x 28"
$ 700.00


  
LINDA MONCLA
Lafayette, LA
Fence in the Dunes
Watercolor on Paper
20" x 10"
$ 175.00


ANNE McLEOD
Metairie, LA
Transcendence I
Acrylic on Canvas
48" x 48"
$ 2,400.00

ANNE McLEOD
Metairie, LA
Air and Grace III
Acrylic on Canvas
30" x 40"
$ 1,250.00 


 
ANNE McLEOD
Metairie, LA
Golden Woods
Acrylic on Canvas
24" x 24"
$ 575.00


KELLI KAUFMAN
Lafayette, LA
Edge of Desire
Oil and Wax on Canvas
30" x 30"
 $ 1,850.00


KELLI KAUFMAN
Lafayette, LA
Garden Gathering
Oil and Wax on Panel
16" x 16"
$ 650.00


KELLI KAUFMAN
Lafayette, LA
Yellow Tulips
Oil and Wax on Panel
16" x 16"
$ 650.00

 
JACOB BROUSSARD
Carencro, LA
Fort Dupre Pulled Upstream
Oil on Canvas
35" x 36"
$ 1,125.00 

JACOB BROUSSARD
Carencro, LA
Trying on Sinkholes
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
$ 775.00 


JACOB BROUSSARD
Carencro, LA
Proving Up, Homesteading, Settling, Childbearing
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
$ 775.00