October 2013: The Still Life

This month we're featuring our annual still life group show called, "The Still Life." Check out some of the work included in the show:

Elizabeth Barlow  -  Sisters  -  Oil on canvas

Leigh-Anne Eagerton  -  Meyer Lemons  -  Oil on canvas

Teresa N. Fischer  -  Zap!  -  Oil on board

Todd Ford  -  Rush  -  Oil on canvas

Judy Nunes  -  Roses & Tangerines  -  Oil on board

Alvin Richard  -  Life in Delft, Gifts For Griet  -  Acrylic on gessobord

Christopher Stott  -  Bulls-Eye & Starlet  -  Oil on canvas

Joanne Tepper  -  Three Red Pears  -  Oil on panel

Kathrine Lemke Waste  -  White Pitcher, Dutch Iris  -  Watercolor

September 2013: Samantha Buller & Randy Brennan

This month we're featuring landscape painter Samantha Buller and mixed media artist Randy Brennan. Check out some of the pieces featured in the show:

Structure In Simplicity  -  oil on canvas  -  30 X 40

Glimpse Of A Barn  -  oil on canvas  -  36 X 36

Hicks Valley  -  oil on canvas  -  20 X 20

Marina Blue  -  oil on canvas  -  24 X 24

West Country Back Road  -  oil on canvas  -   24 X 24

Bunny Girl  -  mixed media  -  48 X 36

Citizen  -  mixed media  -  12 X 12

Home Sweet Home  -  mixed media  -  24 X 60

Temptation  -  mixed media  -  37 X 49

Thank You  -  oil on board  -  16.5 X 30.75

New Paintings By Stock Schlueter!

Northern California landscape artist Stock Schlueter just sent us six new plein air paintings, check them out here:

Lone Valley  -  oil on panel  -  9 X 12

Eel River Valley  -  oil on panel  -  9 X 12

Valley Truck  -  oil on panel  -  9 X 16

Elk River Barn  -  oil on panel  -  9 X 12

Tractor  -  oil on panel  -  9 X 12

Mountain Ranch  -  oil on panel  -  9 X 12

Gary Pruner: Decades of Color

Now showing: Gary Pruner - Decades of Color

This month we are featuring the work of local painter, Gary Pruner. "Decades of Color" consists of paintings from the 1960's to early 2000's, spanning Gary's long career as a successful colorist. With his juxtaposed subjects, hyper coloristic palette, and gestural application of paint, these pieces express a masterful understanding color and its emotive capabilities.

From The Top, 1964

Matrix, 1972

Peony, 1977

Gewgaw II, 1983

Bucolic McCalls, 1993

Prelude No. 7, 2005

Now Showing Chuck Seerey at EFG!

EFG is excited to announce that we are now showing the work of Sacramento artist Chuck Seerey! Chuck is a fulltime artist living and working in Sacramento, California for the last 18 years. He is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma but has lived in New York, Texas and New Mexico before moving to Northern California. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Studio Art with an emphasis in Painting and Drawing, from Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas.

Check out the work we have on display:

November No. 3  -  35" x 30"  -  Oil on canvas

Network fragment 7  -  45" x 45"  -  oil on canvas

Unchained #1  -  53" x 63"  -  oil on canvas

Segmentation No. 10  -  45" x 45"  -  oil on canvas

November No.17  -  30" x 35"  -  oil on canvas

American Art Collector - April 2013

Roland Petersen: A Journey Through Time

Roland Petersen "Interior Figure With Still Life"  1997  |  Gouache On Paper  |  22 X 29.25

With an art career spanning more than five decades, Roland Petersen has honed his craft into a distinctive style that melds vivid colors, abstract patterns and an extensive understanding of light and shadow. Twenty paintings from throughout Petersen’s career will be on display at Elliott Fouts Gallery in a solo exhibition, April 6 to May 2.

Petersen began his career as an abstract artist. After receiving his master’s degree in 1950 from the University of California at Berkeley, he studied with Hans Hofmann for a year. Petersen then dabbled in printmaking in Paris and was an art history teacher in Pullman, Washington. His studies and jobs led him on a path from abstraction to realism. In 1956 he was hired as a professor at the University of California, Davis, where he taught for more than 35 years. During this time he was introduced to the region’s figurative artists who worked with big, blocky forms. This infused a more expressionistic style into Petersen’s paintings, leading to the work he has created since the 1960s.

Roland Petersen  "Picnic Day" 2011  |  Acrylic on canvas  |  24 X 48

Picnics have been a common subject in Petersen’s artwork. Born in Denmark, his family moved to San Francisco when he was a child. “My parents were members of a Danish club...and annually they would have Danish picnic parties,” recalls the artist. “One of my earliest picnic scenes was titled Danish Picnic.”

Color also plays a large role in Petersen’s paintings. He pieces together sequences of varying shades to create logical, bright compositions.

“In putting my paintings together I start first with a monotone layout...to work out the general dark and light pattern, and gradually add colors to that. I set up a kind of sequence of colors that I keep repeating and making variations of,” explains Petersen.

Roland Petersen  "The Hot Tub" 1999  |  Acrylic on paper  |  25.25 X 29.25

He reworks the colors throughout the painting, forming as many different combinations as he can while still keeping the theme logically in a particular order.

“I hope that the compositions and various combinations would be intriguing to each collector,” says Petersen. “...if one sits down and examines the construction of the paintings—apart from subject matter— I would hope they could figure out what the colors were doing and think of it more as a game of how the color is put down and how inventive I’ve become doing so.”

- American Art Collector, April 2013

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EFG Grand Opening 6.9.12

We're very excited for the grand opening of our new space at 1831 P Street in Midtown, Sacramento. Please join us on June 9th from 6:00 to 9:00 PM to view our new space along with our latest show featuring Christopher Stott and other new work by EFG artists.

"Deluxe Model 5"  |  oil on canvas  |  20" X 30"

"Rotary Phone, Off The Hook II"  |  oil on canvas  |  16" X 24"

"The Boy Next Door, The Girl Next Door"  |  oil on canvas  |  18" X 36"

"What Next? Only The Stars Know II"  |  oil on canvas  |  24" X 24"

John Tarahteeff, Gale Hart, and Gary Pruner are new to EFG, check out their work below:

John Tarahteeff  |  "The Artifact"  |  acrylic on canvas  |  36" X 48"

Gale Hart  |  "We The..."  |  paint on panel  |  15" X 22"

Gary Pruner  |  "Mime"  |  oil on canvas  |  36" X 48"

New work by other EFG artists:

Terry Pappas  |  "Avila Sunrise"  |  oil on canvas  |  30" X 40"

John Karl Claes  |  "Peaceful"  |  oil on canvas  |  16" X 25"

Kathrine Lemke Waste  |  "Dahlia and Kimono"  |  watercolor  |  18" X 22.25"

Gregory Kondos  |  "Lake Tahoe, 2012"  |  18" X 21.5"

Kari Tirrell  |  "Game Over"  |  pastel  |  9" X 12"

Sandy Delehanty  |  "Crimson Cactus Flower"  |  oil on canvas  |  24" X 30"

Micah Crandall-Bear  |  "Postage"  |  Acrylic and modified oil on canvas  |  60" X 72"

Jennifer Balkan  |  "81 Degrees, Chance of Rain 20%"  |  oil on panel  |  36" X 30"

Maren Conrad  |  "Cement Swimmer"  |  resin, acrylic, metal leaf on wood panel  |  36" X 36"

Michael Hockenbury  |  "African Jewel"  |  oil on panel  |  4.74" X 4.75"