Land Scape Land: The Plein Air Painter's Amusement Park

                                                                                    On Sunday we traveled down to Hot Springs AR.

Here Kendric and I are getting our act together,
for a day in the hot hot sun.

Hometown to President Bill Clinton, and one of the top 100 small art towns in America.

On Monday we visited Garven Woodland Gardens : The University of Arkansas Botanical Garden. 

 It was a very beautiful place to get to visit, and we all really enjoyed painting out there. My only regret is that we ended up only about 15% into the gardens before we each found our spots, and didn't get the visit the rest of the Gardens before going. 

Ellen's setup

Ellen with setup

Random Creek

Monster  Coy Fish!

I was painting around here roughly 

Anthony Chapel

Kendric working hard

Where is Waldo?

My first landscape painting...

Kendric's Landscape

Ellen's finished painting will be coming soon.....

Interview!!!

Eariler this week Ellen, Kendric and I (Maggie) were interviewed by Jacqueline Froelic from Ozarks at Large  at KUAF radio (91.3FM for the Northwest Arkansas Area).  It aired today! At 12pm and again at 7pm. 


Listen to the interview HERE!

D-D-D-Demo!

Hear are some photos taken during visiting artist Kendric Tonn's oil painting demo.

We had a really great crowd come in for the demo.

Everyone taking notes.

2 hours of standing takes it's toll.

Here is a shot with the still-life setup.

The final product!

I'll mention this again later in the week.

On the 16th from 9am-12pm in the Revolver Gallery, We will be putting on another demo, Featuring Ellen Barkin Soderholm! Please come by and check it out!

The Contemporary Classicists Show

Postcard Front with
"Bear Offering"
By Per Elof Nilsson Ricklund

The Fayetteville Underground, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is hosting an art exhibit with recent graduates of the Florence Academy of Art. The art exhibition is scheduled for July 7 - July 30, 2011.
Opening Night will be on Fayetteville's First Thursday, July 7th from 5pm to 9pm

Students of The Florence Academy of Art are trained in the classical style with a strong emphasis on realism and figure painting. Six of these graduates will display a collection of recent works in the Contemporary Classicists show.

• Maggie Ivy (USA)
• Kendric Tonn (USA)
• Ellen Barkin Söderholm (Sweden)
• Amelia Meredith (England)
• Per-Elof Ricklund (Sweden)
• Zacheriah Kramer (USA)

Each will share a variety of their artwork inspired by old world masters and influenced by their own personal experiences.

If you enjoy realistic, traditional art forms, you will enjoy the fresh, new work of these young artists.