Category Archives: Oils/Acrylics
UCM Student Artist Coalition Fundraising Art Exhibit
I was an art professor at the University of Central Missouri for 22 years. This May faculty, emeriti faculty, and students will be exhibiting and selling artwork as a fundraiser for the Student Artists Coalition. Works are 6″x 9″. Student work will be priced at $15 per piece or two for $25. Faculty work will be priced at $50 per piece. All proceeds are donated to SAC. April 23 to May 3. If you are near Warrensburg, come in and buy some art, support a cause. Here is my piece — a landscape of Marr Park in early spring.
Mark Creek, Early Spring, oil, 6×9, ©Chris Willey
We Had a Great Acrylic Workshop!
I taught a two-day acrylic workshop this weekend. What a great bunch of students. They all came with enthusiasm, and ready to work. I was impressed at how good they got at mixing colors and thinking about design. We saw a lot of growth in just two days. To Loreta, Jean, Amy, Susan, Bev, Paulette, Linda, and Lana — I enjoyed you all.
Blue Patterned Fabric, acrylic, 10×10, ©Chris Willey
Chris (pink hoodie) demonstrating how to block in a painting
Painting block in. Acrylic on loose, primed canvas. Watch for the finished painting to follow later.
Everyone did a small copy of a portion of a painting. without knowing what it was. or how it fit together.
Loreta & Bev
Jean, Linda, Lana, and Paulette
Amy and Bev
Linda, Lana, Paulette, Bev, Amy, and Susan. Jean’s arm.
Jean
Linda, Lana
Paulette and Bev
Susan and Amy
2nd Still Life.
Paulette’s radishes
Lana and Linda’s Paintings
Paulette at work
Lana and Linda’s Paintings
Susan’s Painting
Amy’s painting
Bev’s painting.
Paulette’s painting. She is deciding how to crop the painting with blue tape. She decided on a standard 9×12 size.
March Show, Noyes Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Cassie Reclining, acrylic, 24×36, ©Chris Willey
Red & Green, acrylic, 18×24, ©Chris Willey
Bikini Girl, acrylic, 30×18, ©Chris Willey
I have three works exhibited as part of the collaboration with Les Femmes Folles, the group show, Femme Qui Bercent “Women Who Rock”, which debuted March 1st, at The Noyes Gallery in Lincoln, and moved to Top Shelf Wine Club for the month of April
In celebration of Women’s History Month, ten talented female artists created an event depicting not only the strength of the female artist, but also the beauty of the form, and power and integrity of the gender.
Artists Include:
Chris Willey
Sally Deskins
Rachel Mindrup
Amy Nelson
Pamela Conyers-Hinson
Sondra Gerber
Polly Plain
Jennifer Ghormley
Hope Dendinger
and Chairwoman Susan Woodford
Our featured Guests included: Fran Higgins and videographer Greg Higgins with an intimate portrayal of the artistic process behind the collaborations by Fran, Sally Deskins, and Rachel Mindrup.
Also, Les Femmes Folles Poetry Reading featured special guests: Sally Deskins, Rebecca Faber, Fran Higgins, Connie Spittler, Marilyn Coffey, Denise Brady, Deborah T. McGinn, Laura Madeline Wiseman, Rachael Wolfe and Cat Dixon to preview Les Femmes Folles: The Women, 2012, the second anthology of art, poetry and interview excerpts from femmesfollesnebraska.tumbl
Work moved from Noyes Gallery to Top Hat Wine Club, Lincoln, NE
Two works accepted into the 2013 Heartlands Juried Show
Kansas Giverny and Swope Park Winter were accepted into the Heartland National Juried Show. The show is at the Tim Murphy Gallery, Merriam Community Center, Merriam, KS.
Show runs March 2 through April 3, 2013
Juror: John Roush
Reception: March 2, 2013, 5-7pm
Kansas Giverny (Overland Park Arboretum), oil, 16×12, ©Chris Willey
Swope Park Winter, acrylic, 12×24, ©Chris Willey
Recent Work
One of the joys of being an artist is being able to visibly see change. It feels like a good period right now. Carmel Gardens was an unresolved painting that sat in my studio for over a year. One day parts of it were cropped from view by stacks of other paintings — and there was the painting that it was meant to be. I unstretched it, and restretched it into its newer, smaller, better composition.
The markets are companion pieces, although one of the companions sold, so they are separated.
Summer Flower Market(1), oil, 24×24, ©Chris Willey. SOLD
Summer Market, oil, 24×24, ©Chris Willey
Summer Storm, oil, 24×24, ©Chris Willey
Carmel Garden, oil, 16×20, ©Chris Willey
Flint Hills Fall, oil, 18×24, ©Chris Willey
Summer Sales
Well the weather has been dreadful, but painting continues on. Four paintings sold this summer. I’m happy.
SOLD! Brush Creek Sanctuary, oil, 12×16, ©Chris Willey
Brush Creek Sanctuary won an Honorable Mention from the Brush Creek Art Walk Juried Show, now showing at the UMKC Art Gallery. It sold that night. Yay!
SOLD! Paris Gossip,24×24, ©Chris Willey
Paris Gossip sold through Strecker-Nelson Gallery. Thanks Jay and Barbara.
SOLD! Farmers’ Market, oil, 12×12, ©Chris Willey
Farmers’ Market was created at the Overland Park Farmers’ Market and finished in my studio. It was purchased by Pat from Hastings Greenhouse — thanks Pat.
SOLD! Fall Evening Vista, pastel, 18×24, ©Chris Willey
Fall Evening Vista was the first place winner for Symphony in the Flint Hills. It was auctioned off and purchased that evening, and I was very pleased. What a wonderful event. Posters of this work are available through the Symphony in the Flint Hills website.
Three Works Accepted into “Kansas City Seen” Show.
- Swope Park Winter, acrylic, 12×24, ©Chris Willey
Loose Park (March), acrylic, 24×36
Kansas Giverny, oil, 16×12, ©Chris Willey
Three works were accepted into the “Kansas City Seen” juried show at the Buttonwood Gallery Space, 3013 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64108.
The show runs from August 1 to Sept 28, 2012.
The receptions are:
First Friday, Sept 7, 2012, 5-9pm
Saturday, Sept. 8, 10am to 3pm
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