Art Spirit Gallery Presents: Earth Machines

The Art Spirit Gallery at 415 Sherman Avenue in downtown Coeur d’Alene will open EARTH MACHINES, a show of new work by Michael Horswill, on Friday, October 8 with a reception from 5-8 in conjunction with the Coeur d’Alene 2^nd Friday Downtown ArtWalk.  This show runs October 8 – November 6.  Everyone is welcome at this family friendly event!

On Saturday, October 9, Michael will give an encaustic demonstration from 1-3:00.

This show is sponsored by Creative Element and Spokane Art Supply.  We thank them for their support of the arts in our region.

NEW FALL HOURS: Tuesday-Saturday from 11-6.

Call (208)765-6006 or visit our website at www.TheArtSpiritGallery.com

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This will be an eclectic show of approximately 50 new works including drawings, wall hung sculpture (steel, encaustic, mixed media, etc) and some free standing steel and mixed media pieces. 

Michael is a tenured art professor at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene and has inspired students there for the past 12 years. We have had the pleasure of representing him since 2002.

He is also a featured artist this month in the Drawn to the Wall IV exhibit at the Jundt Art Museum. I highly recommend this exhibit if you have not already seen it.

This exhibition will be part of Art from the Heart, the annual fall arts celebration brought to you by The Coeur d’Alene Arts & Culture Alliance.

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Layers of Light and Lush Velvety Charcoal

The Art Spirit Gallery at 415 Sherman Avenue in downtown Coeur d’Alene will open a show of new work by Victoria Brace and Katherine Nelson on Friday, September 10 with a reception from 5-8 in conjunction with the Coeur d’Alene 2^nd Friday Downtown ArtWalk.  This show runs September 10 – October 2.  Everyone is welcome at this family friendly event!

On Saturday, September 11, Katherine Nelson will give a charcoal demonstration from 1-3:00.

This show is sponsored by 315 Martinis, Tapas and Dinner at The Greenbriar Inn.  We thank them for their casual fine dining and support of the arts in our region.

Hours through September: Open 7 days a week from 11-6.

Call (208)765-6006 or visit our website at www.TheArtSpiritGallery.com

Katherine Nelson

 

 

Victoria Brace

Sculpting with layers of light and shadow…that’s what Victoria Brace does in her oil paintings, which for Katherine Nelson happens in her lush, velvety charcoal drawings.

“I need to be able to improvise at any stage of the process,” explains Brace, a native of Russia who has been exhibiting in the Northwest since 2004. “I tend to work on the entire canvas, so it’s more like layers upon layers of alla prima paintings, where shapes keep shifting and re-adjusting and colors may change dramatically, until I hit the right note.”

For Nelson, the process begins with photographs, especially the architecture of Europe, like Brussels where she’d been living for several years before returning home to her beloved Palouse. Nelson is well-known for her vivid images of Eastern Washington’s wheat fields, which have enough mystery to "let the viewer complete what may be happening," said Nelson. It’s a similar approach to her new work, which she describes as a film noir approach that expresses "something to do with the mystery of the night."