May 2 - June 1
Farewell reception - meet the artists:
Chris Malone
Saturday, May 31, 2 - 6 pm
Shelley Laffal
Sunday, June 1, 1 - 5 pm
Showing posts with label Shelley Laffal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shelley Laffal. Show all posts
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Drama Queens
Oil Paintings by Shelley Laffal & Sculpture by Chris Malone
May 2 - June 1
Farewell reception - meet the artists:
Chris Malone
Saturday, May 31, 2 - 6 pm
Shelley Laffal
Sunday, June 1, 1 - 5 pm
May 2 - June 1
Farewell reception - meet the artists:
Chris Malone
Saturday, May 31, 2 - 6 pm
Shelley Laffal
Sunday, June 1, 1 - 5 pm
Saturday, May 03, 2008
"Drama Queens"
New oil paintings by Shelley Laffal & Sculpture by Chris Malone
May 2 – June 1, 2008
Over at Zenith Gallery in Penn Quarter,Washington, DC... Pictures from last nights opening to meet the artists.
Chris Malone, The Kabalist, mixed media, 35" x 25" x 15"
Shelley Laffal, Teddy Bears Picnic, oil on canvas, 55" x 63"
Artist with model
Artist, Shelley Laffal
A Washington native, Shelley Laffal has been featured in 13 solo and group shows at Zenith since 1988, exhibiting her paintings in themed food shows, Humor shows, Anniversary shows, Gallery Artists shows and other exhibitions. An artist of intensity, she has shown her paintings in galleries in the Mid-Atlantic region, Florida, Illinois and New Mexico, and placed them in private collections in the Washington metropolitan area and beyond.
Laffal began her training at the Maryland Art Institute and studied at the California Institute of the Arts, and with Canadian painter Ernest Lindner and abstract artist Paul Brach, the husband of Miriam Shapiro. Laffal also spent a decade exploring sculpture as a way of extending her visual vocabulary. In her new work, she departs from depicting fictionalized characters and paints mischievous portraits, merging contemporary human experience with the primitive, hidden part of us that seems headed for extinction.
Chris Malone shows endearing, animated large-scale African and New Guinean soft sculptures whose eyes twinkle and bodies dazzle, decorated with beads and exotic material. This is Malone’s first showcase at Zenith Gallery, after taking center stage at the “Black Matter” show at 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, curated by Zenith.
Raised in Springfield, Ohio, Malone moved from Boston to Washington in 1992 to work at the National Zoo where he cared for the giant pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling, arguably the Zoo’s most popular residents. Serendipity, talent and a life-long fascination that started with doll-making soon led this self-taught artist into the art world and since then he has focused on his soft-sculptured creatures, which are in private collections and have been featured in galleries in New York, New Orleans, Baltimore and our area.
Zenith Gallery
413 Seventh Street NW
Washington DC 20004
202-783-2963
www.zenithgallery.com
art@zenithgallery.com
May 2 – June 1, 2008
Over at Zenith Gallery in Penn Quarter,Washington, DC... Pictures from last nights opening to meet the artists.
A Washington native, Shelley Laffal has been featured in 13 solo and group shows at Zenith since 1988, exhibiting her paintings in themed food shows, Humor shows, Anniversary shows, Gallery Artists shows and other exhibitions. An artist of intensity, she has shown her paintings in galleries in the Mid-Atlantic region, Florida, Illinois and New Mexico, and placed them in private collections in the Washington metropolitan area and beyond.
Laffal began her training at the Maryland Art Institute and studied at the California Institute of the Arts, and with Canadian painter Ernest Lindner and abstract artist Paul Brach, the husband of Miriam Shapiro. Laffal also spent a decade exploring sculpture as a way of extending her visual vocabulary. In her new work, she departs from depicting fictionalized characters and paints mischievous portraits, merging contemporary human experience with the primitive, hidden part of us that seems headed for extinction.
Chris Malone shows endearing, animated large-scale African and New Guinean soft sculptures whose eyes twinkle and bodies dazzle, decorated with beads and exotic material. This is Malone’s first showcase at Zenith Gallery, after taking center stage at the “Black Matter” show at 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, curated by Zenith.
Raised in Springfield, Ohio, Malone moved from Boston to Washington in 1992 to work at the National Zoo where he cared for the giant pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling, arguably the Zoo’s most popular residents. Serendipity, talent and a life-long fascination that started with doll-making soon led this self-taught artist into the art world and since then he has focused on his soft-sculptured creatures, which are in private collections and have been featured in galleries in New York, New Orleans, Baltimore and our area.
Zenith Gallery
413 Seventh Street NW
Washington DC 20004
202-783-2963
www.zenithgallery.com
art@zenithgallery.com
Sunday, April 27, 2008
DRAMA QUEENS
Nouvella by Chris Malone, soft sculpture / Teddy Bears Picnic by Shelley Laffal, oil on canvasShelley Laffal / Chris Malone
May 2 - June 1, 2008
Reception: Friday May 2, 6-9pm & Saturday, May 3, 3-6pm
Fantasy and phantasmagoria run through this exhibition featuring the dramatic work of two unique artists, exploring and expressing their mystical selves. Shelley Laffal and Chris Malone, the former a long-time Zenith artist and the other, new to the gallery, make a fine pairing in this imaginative show that will grab your attention even before you walk through the door.
In her new work, Shelley Laffal has painted Drama Queen portraits with her vibrant color and trademark heat, mixing beauty and irony with the darker side. A Washington native, Laffal has been featured in 13 solo and group shows at Zenith since 1988, exhibiting her paintings and sculptures in themed food shows, Humor shows, Anniversary shows, Gallery Artists shows and other exhibitions. An artist of intensity, she has shown her work in galleries in the Mid-Atlantic region, Florida, Illinois and New Mexico, and placed them in private collections in the Washington metropolitan area and beyond.
As for Chris Malone, his endearing, animated large-scale African and New Guinean soft-sculpture creatures’ eyes twinkle and bodies dazzle, all decorated with beads and exotic material. Raised in Ohio, Malone moved from Boston to Washington in 1992 to work at the National Zoo where he cared for the giant pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Serendipity, talent and a life-long fascination that started with doll-making soon led this self-taught artist into the art world and since then his pieces have been featured in galleries in New York, New Orleans, Baltimore and our area, and in private collections.
Zenith Gallery
202-783-2963
www.zenithgallery.com
art@zenithgallery.com
413 Seventh Street NW,
Washington DC 20004
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Shelley Laffal
29th Anniversary Exhibition
Until April 29th
Zenith Gallery Presents Washington DC artist
Shelley Laffal
Sunday, April 22nd
Artists Talk: 2 – 3pm
A certain kind of magic happens when you're lost in your work. Invariably, I am amazed and illumined by it. To be honest, I have no "mission" as an artist. The goal is to do that thing that I'm compelled to do. My new series of oils are essentially portraits to which I give myself license to do mischief. -Shelly Laffal
Zenith Gallery
413 7th Street NW
Washington, DC
www.zenithgallery.com
202.783.2963
Until April 29th
Zenith Gallery Presents Washington DC artist
Shelley Laffal
Sunday, April 22nd
Artists Talk: 2 – 3pm
A certain kind of magic happens when you're lost in your work. Invariably, I am amazed and illumined by it. To be honest, I have no "mission" as an artist. The goal is to do that thing that I'm compelled to do. My new series of oils are essentially portraits to which I give myself license to do mischief. -Shelly Laffal
Zenith Gallery
413 7th Street NW
Washington, DC
www.zenithgallery.com
202.783.2963
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