Louise Nevelson. North Floral. 1976.
Wood painted black, 1061⁄4 x 168 x 171⁄4 inches
The Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles
Photo Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York
©2007 Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
I haven’t been good about blogging recently– and I’ll admit it’s because I haven’t seen anything lately that really made me feel great about the [...]

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Bi-polar bunnies by Coralette Damme, a.k.a. the Crafty Hag, at Saturday Morning Art Market.
In addition to the largely food-based Saturday Morning Market (where you can buy assorted herbs, plants, soap, batiked garments, etc., as well as fruits, veggies, prepared foods, baked goods, and so on), downtown St. Petersburg now hosts the Saturday Morning Art [...]

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A detail of the installation of Rediviva by Tampa artists’ collective Experimental Skeleton last year at Miami’s Locust Projects. On Friday, the same project opens at Flight 19. Sculptures, clockwise from bottom right, by: Bob Dorsey, April Childers, Gregory Greene, Jeremichael Bonds, Brian Taylor, Joe Griffith and Paul Pisoni. Image courtesy Experimental Skeleton. [...]

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Dominique Labauvie. Arcas et Callisto. Pastel, charcoal and pigment, 2008, 29.5 x 42 in. Image courtesy Bleu Acier.
Since Dominique Labauvie moved back to Tampa from France a year or two ago, I’ve become a big fan of his drawings, prints and forged steel sculptures. Click here to read a piece I wrote for NY [...]

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Organizer Brandon Dunlap says this show’s a good one. With a line-up of more than 30 artists (!) and a chance to see what Pale Horse owner Chris Parks has done with his St. Petersburg space now that the business no longer includes tattooing– well, I’m thinking there are multiple reasons to check this show [...]

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Rebecca Sexton Larson
Ybor City Casitas -Study
Mixed Media on Black and White Pinhole Photograph
Image Size 5″ x 5″
Congrats to Rebecca Sexton Larson, who has been awarded a Florida Arts Council 2008 Individual Artist Fellowship! (As have Elisabeth Condon and Steven S. Gregory.)
If you haven’t checked out Becky’s blog, Boxfotos, she’s at the forefront of—dare I call [...]

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Friday night, join artists Theo Wujcik and Josh Pearson at Urban Outfitters in Centro Ybor to view their recent art installations. In March, the store’s windows will feature work by Kim Coakley, who will also be on hand Friday.
On Saturday, Coakley is a featured artist at the Tampa Artist Emporium’s monthly mixer in Hyde Park [...]

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Elisabeth Condon, Impending Fall, 2007, Watercolor, 11 x 15 in.
With few natural signals to indicate the passing of the seasons, Bay area residents are left to simulate the arrival of spring with a flowering of arts and cultural offerings. Dear friends, as we face a never-ending onslaught of oppressively sunshine-filled days in the coming [...]

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Robert Stackhouse, Indigo Way (1986). Watercolor on paper mounted on linen, 98-3/8 x 167 in. Courtesy of the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation.
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of speaking (via conference call from their studio) with Robert Stackhouse and Dr. Carol Mickett. Read the article in Creative Loafing.
Stackhouse is a [...]

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