Lisa Congdon - Five Sails

It's a clear sailing day today, so I thought I would share Lisa Congdon's lovely Five Sails here with you! It's fresh in the shop and ready to sail away to you. Happy blue skies!

Lisa Congdon - Humpback Whale

I have to single out this beautiful painting today as not only is it in the front window of our gallery, but in the forefront of my mind as well. I think the deep dark color of the background really highlight the fantastic rendering of the whale and give it a lot of emotion as well. It is just my favorite in the show I guess. Oh you like it too? It's available here!

While Lisa was here we did a little podcast and if I can manage to finish the editing - I hope to load it up here before we go to NYC on Friday!

Spring!

Happy Monday from super sunny NH! Lots of yardwork done this weekend (see our forsythia we are forcing?) along with much painting and work on a variety of projects. We are prepping the studio for our next show with Lisa Congdon and Kim Westad so will be leaving you with these links to peruse the work and at 5 tonight you can go to pre-purchase your favorite pieces! A few are already spoken for so don't lallygag!

What April brings ...

happy happy birthday mom! her cake we celebrated last night... recipe at http://www.weekdayfood.blogspot.com

i just adore scaffolding. no idea why. rusty metal perhaps?

plaster disaster!

Kim Westad's spring green vase

from Lisa Congdon
Oh April, how we have waited for you! Through the rains and pains of March we (not so quietly) waited. Boo hiss March -- yay! April. We are in the construction mode at the moment at the gallery. Repairs on the old girl (she's 106 now) are underway before our new exhibit opens next week: Fragmentary Blue by Lisa Congdon and new porcelain by Kim Westad. It's also my mother's birthday today so there is just so much to celebrate. Remember to go out and enjoy the sunshine, be happy and plant a flower. It's time!

Lisa Congdon + Lisa Solomon (on deck)

Lisa Congdon designed the announcement card above - so beautiful!
We are thrilled to share with you a sneak peek of our next exhibition: Pigmentary Portraits with Lisa Solomon and Lisa Congdon from the Bay Area. You are all invited and we really hope to see you at the gallery on July 18th from 5-8 p.m. This is going to be a wonderful exhibit and we are so happy that they BOTH are coming out to attend the opening.
Here are their own words surrounding the exhibition:For their joint exhibition artstream in Rochester, NH, Bay Area artists Lisa Congdon and Lisa Solomon are exploring a selected palette.

In their own ways they will research and investigate the historical origins of Indigo and Cobalt blue, Indian and Ochre yellow, Verdigris and Malachite green, Vermillion and Alizarin red, Cadmium and Realgar orange, Tyrian and Mars Violet purple, Gofun Shirayuki white, and Ivory/Bone black.

Their hope is to create a portrait of each pigment - through which they may somehow reconnect with the alchemy of colors' past.

Firm believers in the idea that one's materials can only enhance and contextualize one's work, both are interested in exploring where these pigments come from and how to present their findings in a visually rich language.

Lisa Congdon at etsy!

I saw earlier over at design*sponge that Lisa Congdon has a new esty shop! I hopped right over (thanks Grace!) and found a set of cards made from the beautiful ink drawings we had at artstream earlier this summer. Can't wait to get them in hand. I missed them on the wall, when we took them down to ship, but know they went to good homes... Now I can see them again !

a shot of the Lisa Congdon wall we had in May.

Hint #2 from the post earlier:
They are the same color which they are in their "natural state"

Lisa Congdon + {un}Limited

More goodness as promised from the upcoming exhibition! Lisa Congdon has produced some beautiful ink on vintage book pages framed out in black vintage frames for this exhibition. They are all in the shop - so be swift! Beautiful and elegant they are timeless images fashioned in her own unique way. She is one powerhouse artist and we are thrilled to have her in this "blockbuster" show! Friday marks the opening, but the work is ready to buy in the shop now. Go ahead. You know you want to. The exhibitioin has a great range of works from each artist, so there is REALLY something for EVERYONE!
On a personal note:
Thank you all for your kind wishes about my opening last Friday. We had a blast and the show looks really great. A few bad photos are over at my flickr pages. I have another show, coming up this weekend down in Provincetown, MA at the Bowersock Gallery. Nine new paintings to go up there. Happy Monday everyone!