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National Portrait Gallery: Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2022

October 20, 2020

The National Portrait Gallery is now accepting entries for the sixth triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. Artists are invited to submit portraits in any media for consideration in the competition. As with past editions, the competition seeks to broaden the definition of portraiture and highlight the genre’s relevance in society and contemporary art. Artworks may … More National Portrait Gallery: Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2022

Gilbert Gorski: Pixelation & Pointillism

October 17, 2020

Welcome back to Principle Art Talk! Today, we’re going to revisit a topic/technique that we’ve touched on before: Pointillism! We’ve written two previous blogs about the technique itself and how it appeared in art history; click here to view those two posts. Pointillism is a neo-impressionist painting technique. Each composition consists of tiny dots of … More Gilbert Gorski: Pixelation & Pointillism

Final View: Jill Basham & Kim VanDerHoek

October 8, 2020

We are in the final week of From Above, Jill Basham & Kim VanDerHoek’s two-person exhibition! To close out this show, we’ve decided to share an interview with the artists. We provided Jill and Kim with a set of nine questions pertaining to their careers and creative processes. Please enjoy each interview below! Interview with … More Final View: Jill Basham & Kim VanDerHoek

A Collaborative Painting

September 17, 2020

By Jill Basham & Kim VanDerHoek What happens when two artists realize that they have a similar interest and compatible styles of painting? Kim and Jill decided to see what would happen if they attempted to combine their two styles into one painting. Having met one another originally through Plein Air Easton years back, the … More A Collaborative Painting

VanDerHoek and Basham

September 15, 2020

“From Above” Two-person exhibition opening Friday, September 18th | 6:30-9pm What happens when we look at the familiar from an unexpected point of view? This is the question posed by Principle Gallery’s upcoming two-person exhibition called From Above, and the answer comes to us in the form of 40 entirely new paintings by artists Jill … More VanDerHoek and Basham

Technique Tuesday: Gilding

August 4, 2020

What is it? Gilding is known as the application of extremely thin sheets of gold in a layer on a surface of wood, metal, glass, or various other objects for decorative purposes. Artists have also been known to use silver, palladium, and other metals for gilding surfaces as well. This technique is achieved by first … More Technique Tuesday: Gilding

Jeremy Mann’s “Epiphany”

July 5, 2020

In April of 2020, amid the global pandemic shutdown, Jeremy Mann sent the following newsletter with an image of this new, now available, painting. Morning Shut-in buddies, Here’s hoping you’re finding the best way to handle your situation, because no matter who or what you are, we’re each and all affected by this. Even million … More Jeremy Mann’s “Epiphany”

The Ever Ascending Journey

July 1, 2020

Originally posted on Redtree Times:
“Climb Ever Higher”- Now at the Principle Gallery ********************* Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging,…

September 20th: The Night of Artist Galore

October 5, 2019

14th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibition After all the crazy and time consuming preparation for the International Guild of Realism’s 14th Annual Reception Exhibition it opened on the eve September 20th, 2019. The night turned out to be a fun filled and jam packed array of art loving viewers and fabulous artists to boot. … More September 20th: The Night of Artist Galore

Realism, Wine, and a Brushstrokes!

August 16, 2019

We are happy to announce that we will be holding the 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for the International Guild of Realism (IGOR) on September 20th 2019 from 6:30pm- 9:30pm! It is open to anyone who wishes to look at art! The International Guild of Realism is an international group of artists that took off in … More Realism, Wine, and a Brushstrokes!

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