I've spent many, many hours at Artomatic this year and I've toured the eight floors several times. What follows is my "Top 10 8" list of sorts (in no particular):
Rachel Thern - 2nd Floor
Margaret Dowell - 2nd Floor
Pat Goslee - 6th Floor
Laura Peery - 7th Floor
Johanna Mueller - 7th Floor
Megan van Wagoner - 8th Floor
Rania Hassan - 9th Floor
Jessica Van Brackle - 9th Floor
I wanted to mention a few more artists who caught my eye:
Jennifer Bishop - 5th Floor
Claudia Minicozzi - 6th Floor
Rosina Teri Memolo - 7th Floor
Erica Riccardelli - 8th Floor
Teague Clare - 9th Floor
And then I wanted to mention an artist who demonstrated a lot of potential but needs seasoning (I look forward to seeing what she does in the future):
Victoria Vu - 2nd Floor
After I finished compiling my list I noticed something interesting. Of the 14 artists named, 13 are women. I'm surprised by the outcome since as I was putting the list together I had no idea that the sex of the artists was so biased. Wonder what this means, if anything...
Note: I intentionally left out some of the more well-known artists who make obviously exceptional work (i.e. Tim Tate, Michael Janis, etc). They don't need to be identified on Top 10 lists.
Wow, thanks for mentioning me. I have pictures of your work on my (much less organized) blog:
http://oilpastelproject.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/artomatic-floor-2/
I never did get to cover every floor this year even though I was there multiple times - I wanted to look at everything that caught my attention and it was just impossible.
Posted by: Rachel Thern | Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Thank you for the tip o' the hat. I'm a frequent reader of your blog and I'm delighted that you enjoyed my work.
I was intrigued by your wall at Artomatic. Most exhibitors' first impulse was to patch and cover up that "ugly" plywood, but you embraced it.
I gave my wall one coat of flat paint, decided that patching the copious knots and holes would take too much time, gave up, and hung paintings on it. My typical half-assed approach to displaying art. I was sort of taken aback when a woman walked by and said she liked the "naturalness" of my plywood. Uh, ok, I must have meant to do that ;)
Posted by: Jennifer Bishop | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 01:52 PM
Your blog is superb.I didn't understand of real feeling of art.But Now I understand that art is like profession and depth feeling of artist.
Posted by: Danis lilly | Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 05:51 AM