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Wild Interiors: The Work of Patrick St. Clair
December 16th, 2019
By Veronica Vale : In recent years, St. Clair’s work focuses less on the figure and more on the exploration of interior spaces. He explains how this transition has opened up his process: “I wanted to make work that was as much about light, color, and form as the idea behind it. Making interior paintings with signifiers (paintings, guitars, records, etc.) still allows for an identity or human presence in the painting… [but] in a more organic way now.”
The Sketchbook Diaries: Shawna Moore
December 9th, 2019
By Veronica Vale : Montana- based encaustic artist Shawna Moore began using sketchbooks “as a way to chronicle thoughts and practice drawing” when she began architecture school in 1983. Since then, she’s used sketchbooks “to keep the creative wheel moving forward when out of the studio.” Occasionally, her sketches serve as studies for future paintings, but more often, they serve as visual diaries of her travels.
Among the Trees Exhibition for Bridgette Meinhold
December 7th, 2019
By Victoria Slagel, Fine Art Consultant Friday, November 29th marked the start of our winter season in the gallery with a snow storm and incredible artwork by our own Park City artist, Bridgette Meinhold. “Among the Trees” explores and celebrates the nature of forests, through layers of wax and paint, Meinhold expresses her love […]
Vacation, Art I Ever Wanted
November 26th, 2019
By Veronica Vale : There’s an art to buying art on vacation, so we turned to our local experts – a few of our favorite Park City interior designers – for their guidance and tips.
Jonathan Julien at UMOCA
November 18th, 2019
Jonathan Julien, local Utahan and Gallery MAR artist, is currently featured at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA). The show is titled “Abstraction is Just a Word, but I Use It.” The selected pieces are from Julien’s series: “Collaboration with Pico de Gallo, and feature painting and collage elements from a charismatic fruit vendor’s hand-written signs.
Yoga is Art!
November 17th, 2019
By Victoria Slagel, Fine Art Consultant and Spiritual Warrior A creative life is fully embraced through total surrender and allowing the collective consciousness to flow through you. May it be through a paint brush, welding bronze or steel, a fresh linen canvas, or a large empty room, art is life. I finished by second […]
Full Circle
November 15th, 2019
By Veronica Vale : If this year’s Milan Design Week showed us anything, it’s that circles and rounded forms are having a major moment in the world of interior design. Here we’ve curated a few of our most soothing circular works of art to add a touch of grace and unity to your home.
Park City Hosts the Budweiser Clydesdales
November 4th, 2019
The first Utah event for the Clydesdales was Wednesday night, October 30, with a ghoul-escorted casket parade walking behind the Budweiser wagon in downtown Salt Lake City. Epitaphs with “R.I.P. 3.2 Beer” lays to rest the Utah law enacted in 1935 after Prohibition when heavier beers could only be purchased in the state-run liquor stores. By midnight October 31, all beer had to be sold or disposed of in the liquor stores.
Shawna Moore Art Talk: MY PRACTICE
October 31st, 2019
Join nationally-recognized encaustic artist Shawna Moore in the Gallery MAR Art Lounge on 11/23 from 2 to 4 pm for her talk. The topic of her Art Talk will be artist-focused: how to have a successful creative practice and “show up” as an artistic person — and have balance in work and life.
MARigold
October 18th, 2019
By Veronica Vale : Synonymous with the Gallery MAR brand is the signature yellow-orange-gold and black colors that comprise our logo. This fresh and bold color combo echos the always fresh and bold work artwork within the gallery walls.