Tuesday, April 17, 2012

New Arrivals

 Tomatoes and Leeks
Eric Jacobsen
Oil
12x16
$1600
 Peaceful Landscape I
Eric Jacobsen
Oil
14x24
$2500 SOLD!
 Blue and Gold
Eric Jacobsen
Oil
20x24
$2800
 Unique Aviation
Michael Lindstrom
Oil
9.5x21.5
$450 SOLD!
 Near Maryhill
Harry Wheeler
Oil
11x14
$475
Up Dalles Mt. Road
Harry Wheeler
Oil
11x14
$475

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

New Gallery Artist Carrie Vielle

 Define Me
Carrie Vielle
Mixed Media
20x16
$625
 Awakenings
Carrie Vielle
Mixed Media
11x14
$495
 No Ordinary Muse
Carrie Vielle
Mixed Media
14x11
$495
 Deciding Moment
Carrie Vielle
Mixed Media
14x11
$495
 Monument
Carrie Vielle
Mixed Media
14x11
$495
 Listen
Carrie Vielle
Mixed Media
14x11
$495
 Moonlit Bather
Carrie Vielle
Mixed Media
14x11
$495
The Spell of Beauty
Carrie Vielle
Mixed Media
11x14
$495 SOLD!

We are very proud to welcome our newest artist to the gallery, Carrie Vielle.

Carrie has chosen the figure as her principle artistic subject.
“I feel the nude is the most essential, meaningful way to represent the human form.  It is when we are the most raw, vulnerable, beautiful and readable.” 
Carrie views the role of art as one of communication and connection.  “My work explores the universal expressive language of the human body. Each of us has felt joy, sensuality, loneliness, melancholy, etc. I want viewers to see these expressions in my work and engage in a dialogue with the figures. By identifying with an image, and perhaps creating a personal story around the figure, the viewer might better understand that the human condition is shared, that we are never really alone.” 


Carrie Vielle has been drawing and painting her entire life.  She was born in Victoria, B.C. into a family and community immersed in the arts. Her family members include fine artists, photographers/film makers, actors, writers, musicians and composers – all of whom enriched Carrie’s arts education.

Carrie holds a BA in Studio Art and a BA in Art History from Eastern Washington University. During her last year of her undergrad coursework, Carrie took a life-changing trip to Europe and was able to experience the incredible art and architecture she had been studying for so many years. Shortly after finishing her Bachelor degrees, she started teaching art and design classes at a college in Spokane, Washington. Carrie fell in love with teaching and found it a talent she didn’t know she had. She returned to EWU and earned a MA in Art History in 2003. This time, her coursework took her to Nice, France, where she lived for two summers studying the language, culture and art.

In addition to art, Carrie works very hard to ensure that traveling will always be a part of her life. For the past nineteen summers, Carrie spends several weeks working as a tour guide for custom art and cultural workshops in Europe. One of Carrie’s most thrilling accomplishments came in 2004 when she was one of two Washington state college instructors awarded teaching positions in Florence, Italy, where she taught Art History and Drawing classes to American study-abroad college students. While living in Italy, Carrie toured the country studying the works of the Renaissance and Baroque Masters. “Walking past Michelangelo’s David everyday was the most magical, surreal experience of my life.”

Throughout her education, traveling and teaching career, Carrie has been creating and exhibiting her work - developing the artistic process and style she creates with today. Her heavily textured and collaged backgrounds are intriguing complements to her fluid, graceful figures. Each work reveals a moment in time, figures seemingly at rest, yet filled with many potential stories.

Two years ago, after a very rewarding fifteen-year teaching career, she decided to pursue her artistic passions full time. Carrie’s work has been warmly accepted into national galleries and been included in international exhibits and collections.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

"Birds and Blooms" April 6th - May 26th

 Going Up
MaryJane Larson
Watercolor
14x11
$375 SOLD!
 Something To Crow About
Denise McFadden
Watercolor
12x16
$375
 White Diamonds
MaryJane Larson
Watercolor
21x15
$660
 Greatness
Denise McFadden
Watercolor
12x16
$295 SOLD!
 Anticipation
MaryJane Larson
Watercolor
40x30
$2460 SOLD!
 Woven Wings
Denise McFadden
Watercolor
18x21
$600 SOLD!
 Solar Flare
MaryJane Larson
Watercolor
14x11
$375
 Brown
Denise McFadden
Watercolor
20x14
$525
 Heaven Sent
MaryJane Larson
Watercolor
11x14
$375
 Egrets in Flight
Denise McFadden
Watercolor
11x29
$550 SOLD!
 Beat of a Wing
MaryJane Larson
Watercolor
11x14
$375
 Blowin in the Wind
Denise McFadden
Watercolor
15x22
$550
 Social Climbers
MaryJane Larson
Watercolor
15x21
$660 SOLD!
 Solitude
Denise McFadden
Watercolor
18x21
$575
Purple Haze
MaryJane Larson
Watercolor
14x11
$375
Take Off
Denise McFadden
Watercolor
18x21
$575 SOLD!


"Birds and Blooms"
MaryJane Larson and Denise McFadden
April 6th - May 26th

Birds and Blooms is a watercolor duet featuring Denise McFadden and MaryJane Larson.  Denise paints impressionistic birds from her travels throughout the Northwest while MaryJane paints beautiful blooms from her garden in a traditional, realistic style.

To preview all 30 paintings in the show please visit our website www.artontheboulevard.org and click on "Upcoming Events" then click on "Visit the Exhibition".

Opening Reception, First Friday April 6th, 5-9 pm.