Exhibition : Stacey Street and Donna West

Donna West

This large,  dramatic floral has a hint of danger.

 - almost as if the flowers were carnivorous 

and  reaching out into the galley to grab you.

I like it.

Stacey Street

All the other paintings shown on this page  are by Stacey Street

 - one of my favorite Palette and Chisel artists.

In addition to being quite talented at  arranging things.....

her pieces feel true to her life -- rather than to any 

antiquated or provocative or popular

notion of what paintings

should or should not do.

And she seems to be celebrating a healthy mind and ordinary life -

which does make her rather eccentric in the world of art.

Palette and Chisel at the 2019 Conference of the Portrait Society of America

Mary Qian

Tim Rees, "The Bribe"

Of the 32  artists invited to paint demos at the 2019 Conference of the Portrait  Society of America in Atlanta, three have Palette and Chisel connections:  Rose Frantzen, Tim  Rees, and Mary Qian.

As shown above,  two were among the 24 finalists who won  awards at their 21st Annual International Portrait Competition.

Those who were here ten years ago might recognize Brittany, who once modeled at the Palette and Chisel.