at·mos·phere • ˈatməsˌfir/ noun For Immediate Release! What: ATMOSPHERE: A painting exhibition at Carmel Visual Arts Where: 3728 The Barnyard, Carmel, CA 93923 Exhibit Dates: Saturday, October 3–23, 2015 Reception: October 3, 2015, 4–6pm Atmosphere—expressed in art—is about aura, an appearance of light or mood that shifts the viewer to another place with its presence. Atmosphere bends not only light with its ambient qualities, but it...
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The Heart of Steinbeck Country art exhibit is a two-dimensional art exhibition with artwork inspired by quotes from any John Steinbeck novel. Carmel Visual Arts is holding this open call-for-entries competition and will be hosting a related free public exhibition, Oct 15 – Nov 13, 2014. It will increase the visual awareness of the author’s passion for the region as a setting for his stories and further increase cultural awareness for...
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Our two back-to-back workshops with the prolifically proficient painter and all around nice-guy Daniel Keys was attended by 16 students the first week and 12 the second. He placed brush-stroke limits on us and joked about how we would paint differently if he was charging $10 for each stroke. Smudging and blending and muddying the paint on the canvas was something that he showed would make weak images. Simple, bold, clean strokes that...
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