Thomas Agran, working in his studio
I remember instructing Thomas Agran to look for a small, gray-haired woman at the Grinnell College’s Bucksbaum Center for the Arts opening for the summer of 2009’s exhibit.
I had a few pieces in the show, and I wanted to meet Thomas and visit his studio during the same trip to [...]
Category Archives: Announcements
Introducing Thomas Agran
July 8, 2010, 7:09 am
Steve Lauterwasser + Talk in the MUD
June 8, 2010, 3:14 pm
“… John Preston and Steve Lauterwasser who sometimes paint together on god-forsaken roads have the big sky thing down…” James Duncan, Des Moines blogger
Indeed, I know for a fact that Steve does have the “big sky thing down,” so to speak. When he lined his latest paintings up against the gallery’s baseboard, my first thought [...]
Summer hours!
June 1, 2010, 12:57 pm
Practicing expert customer service!
Craig and I spend a lot of time discussing what gallery hours should be; far more than you would imagine! Almost all of our “traffic” happens on Fridays and Saturdays and during events, but we also want to be available to you and open as much as we can be. We’re only [...]
Spring ephemerals
April 30, 2010, 9:06 am
…”springtime ephemeral –simply meaning it disappears back underground after its early display…”
Violet
“These will be so great for a Mother’s Day post!” Maggie crowed after I sent her my first drawings of some spring ephemerals that we hope to use for a collaborative project. In short, I’ve done the drawings and the plan is that Maggie [...]
An advent calendar of Campbell Steele artists!
December 1, 2008, 6:52 pm
So, it’s happened to me. My postings on my blog have become erratic and infrequent. Somehow the fast train that is the momentum of time between now and Christmas had hijacked a more meditative self.
That same self was jerked to life this past Saturday. Seventeen years has taught me that there is much wisdom behind [...]