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| Gallery MAR continues to expand and grow in just one of our many missions to promote Park City Arts. It is my goal to bring one non-profit’s benefit or event to the gallery each month and I hope that you will join me in giving back to your own local community. Do you have ideas and ways to help us with this mission? Let me know!
In that spirit, I’d like to share Pinpoint SLC with you, a radio broadcast group that is new to the Utah
arts scene. They pick “the sweetest fruit from the blossoming Salt Lake City art and culture scene and delivers it directly to your ears in weekly delectable doses.” You can easily subscribe through I-Tunes. Visit the Gallery MAR Blog for more information.
I hope to see you for WINE Wednesday tonight!
Kind regards,
Maren Bargreen
Owner
Debbie Fowler, “Copper Vase,” 20″ x 16″ Oil
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Presenting New Artists Ron Russon
and Shawna Moore
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Ron Russon, Wildlife Painter
Ronald D. Russon was born and raised in a rural area outside of Salt Lake City. He was surrounded by the Wasatch Mountains, many farms, and acres of cultivated ground. Raised in a family of five boys in an agrarian area, Ron was taught, and expected, to work hard
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As a youngster, he never took art too seriously, or considered it as a viable career. He attended Utah Valley Community College and took a basic drawing class, and something about it felt right. He was accepted into the Illustration Design program at Brigham Young University and, as he puts it, “didn’t get fired, so I kept going.”
Listening to bluegrass or space-pop, Ron paints in oil employing a loose brush and pallet knife to varied scenes, from a serene resting tractor in a windrowed field of hay to an explosion of geometric colors creating luminescent bison. Through both abstraction and realism, his art reflects his relationship with nature and his communication with the outdoors.
 Ron Russon “His and Hers” Oil 12″ x 24″
Shawna Moore, Encaustic Artist
The soothing scent of beeswax is floating through the gallery and a new abstract artist’s work hangs on our walls. Welcome to encaustic artist Shawna Moore, Gallery MAR’s newest artist. An ancient art, which is believed to have been originally used in Egyptian tombs, encaustic utilizes beeswax mixed with resins and varnishes in layered effects on board or canvas. Moore paints up to 20 or even 30 layers on her boards. The wax is heated, planed and scratched, and reworked to create intriguing depth.
She is currently exploring the idea of “line”– what makes a mark, and how that is related to the past and our landscape. For Moore, making art is a quest to make sense of the world, both materially and conceptually, though the observance of nature, line, and color, and how they entwine with the flow of thought and creativity. Trust me, you really need to see these pieces in person.
Drop by the gallery soon to view these new pieces by both artists. Welcome to Gallery MAR!
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October Gallery Stroll
Friday, October 31st, six to nine p.m.
Join us this night for our Young Artists Spookin’ Art Show
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A Different Side of Art Investment: Art Hedge Funds
September 6th, 2008
It is my belief that collectors naturally gravitate towards, and should only buy, what they truly love. That said, there are always great buys and steals in the emerging art market on both local and national levels. As well, there are many investment opportunities in the high-end contemporary sector, but most of those are out of the average collector’s reach and beyond their art educations. As there is a continued demand for both contemporary and historically important works, fine art can now be treated as an alternate asset class and a way to diversify wealth. If you can afford to research the markets and buy and sell with the appropriate tides, by all means forge ahead…
For those of us with a little less dough to invest in stratospherically-priced contemporary art, there are other ways invest. The Mei Moses Annual Art Index shows that art delivered an annual compounded return of 12.06 percent between 1953 and 2003. The indexes are based on databases of more than 12,000 artworks bought and sold at auction more than once. These indexes are then compared to the S&P 500, government bonds, and gold to decipher relative performance. My advice? Start small, set annual amounts for art investment, and talk to galleries about their top emerging artists. If you start your collection in 2008 with a $1500 investment, and you invest 25% more in your art collection each year for 20 years, in 2028 you will have a $37,500 art collection. Match that to return of the Mei Moses index and you’ll have a $42,022 art collection!
Another art investment idea that fascinates me is the art hedge fund. Both the Fine Art Fund (FAF) and the Art Trading Fund (ATF) are based on the idea that private collectors don’t rely on credit (and thus are not affected by the credit crunch). The FAF and the ATF have differing ideas of where and when to invest, with the ATF (established in 2007) trading on average every 4 months. Investors in both hedge funds aren’t necessarily art lovers; they just know a good fund when they see one… read the rest of this blog entry HERE.
I am thrilled to be able to share Gallery MAR’s internet space with you and I encourage your feedback and insight into the world of fine art! Who knows? Maybe your art expertise, latest collecting story, or details on your own collection will be in our next blog! Email info@GalleryMAR.com anytime with your feedback, inspiration, and ideas. Click HERE to view the latest blog.
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WINE Wednesdays at Gallery MAR |
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WINE Wednesdays at Gallery MAR
Tonight, Wednesday, October 1st: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Join us for a mid-week respite to help you make it through to the weekend.
Stop in for a glass of wine and artful conversation
every first Wednesday of the month.
This is a private event for Gallery MAR friends and collectors only.
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Announcing Gallery MAR’s first Winter Exhibition Line-up |
“Winter Grand Opening and Miniature Show”
Utah artists - December 26th, 2008.
Local Utah artists present new miniature works for this holiday season, in all styles and media, for all art lovers and their unique tastes. Artists include Ryan S. Brown, Debbie Fowler, Shirley McKay, Aaron Memmott, Penelope Moore, Jan Perkins, Kathleen Peterson, and Brooks Yates. Contact the gallery for a private preview of the artworks.
The Winter Grand Opening and reception for the artists will be Friday, December 26th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. All are welcome to join us for delicious eats and artful conversation. This exhibition runs from December 19th through January 4th. Our Winter Grand Opening will be followed by a lineup of exciting artist receptions, all of which will start at Gallery MAR at 6 p.m. and include gourmet eats, beverages and illuminating chats with the artists.
“As Nature Unfolds”
New works by Brooks Yates and Sharon Jackman - January 30th, 2009.
This exhibition runs from January 26th through February 9th.
“Alternate Reality”
New works by Ginger Bowen and Fred Calleri - February 27th, 2009.
This exhibition runs from February 23rd through March 9th.
“A Conscious Balance”
New works by Brad Stroman and Lisa Lamoreaux - March 27th, 2009.
A portion of sales from “A Conscious Balance” will benefit the Swaner Nature Preserve and Eco Center, which proudly protects 1,200 acres of high-altitude wetland, stream corridor, and upland habitat for wildlife, water quality, and recreation in Park City, Utah. This exhibition runs from March 23rd through April 13th.
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Children’s Spookin’ Art Show October 31st– Enter Today.
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Young Artists up to age 13 are invited to join Gallery MAR in presenting our Spookin’ Art Show. Stop by the gallery beginning October 1st to receive your blank canvas. Possibilities await! Using the Halloween theme, paint or decorate your piece in a “Spookin’” fashion and deliver your work back to the gallery by October 20th.
$10 entry fee. Proceeds benefit Arts Kids. Limited to 40 young artists.
The Spookin’ Art Show and sale runs October 24th through November 3rd. Reception for the artists is on Friday, October 31st from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Costumes encouraged! Call 435-649-3001 for more information or email the gallery.
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