Robert Jackson Opening Night Exhibition

"Poker Night" Oil 24" x 36" by Robert C. Jackson

I attended the Opening for the Robert C. Jackson exhibit at the Arden Gallery on Newbury street and it was spectacular as expected.  I did get a chance to chat with Bob (I was he goes by Bob) for 20 minutes or so and he shared some helpful tips on his painting techniques. 

He also shared his story about painting and hanging out with John Morra at his studio which is a converted church.  I saw photos of it in Workshop magazine and it's unbelievably beautiful.  I guess John invited a bunch of artists to his place for a weekend and Bob attended.

The pieces on exhibition were great and there were a few new subjects that I've never seen such as some milk containers, a wooden table and there was even a painting of this huge stack of oreo cookies that was about 3 feet tall.  Very whimsical paintings indeed!  If you ever get a chance to view his work, you will not be disappointed and you'll certainly get a chuckle.

Also, I'm not very big on spending lots of money of books unless I really, really like them, but Bob has a new book out that features tons of his work in full-colored plates and I'm going to purchase it myself.  I viewed it a the opening and for some stupid reason I didn't purchase it there.  Why?  I have no idea why because I could have saved $10 shipping and had him sign it while I was there.  Lesson learned I guess.  Click on this link to order his new book:

http://www.robertcjackson.com/pages/book.html

Paul Beliveau Art Opening Exhibition

"Vanitas 11.12.15"  (acrylic 48"x48") by Paul Beliveau

I attending the opening exhibition of Paul Beliveau's new works this past Friday at the Arden Gallery on Newbury Street and although the artist wasn't present, which was highly disappointing, I was able to spend some uninterrupted time viewing the paitings up close.  The gallery was pretty much empty due to the fact that the gallery mistakenly didn't include a date for the opening night exhibiton but it did work out in my favor because it was not crowded.  This is a great gallery and one of my two favorite galleries on Newbury Street - the other being Newbury Fine Arts.  If you're on Newbury Street please visit them and say hello and view some of their artist's works.  Paul's exhibition runs until March 31st if you want to take it in.

You can view all of Paul's work on his website: www.paulbeliveau.com .

Their next exhibit is coming from April 3-28 is another favorite artists, Robert Jackson, who paints these whimsical paintings with performing balloon animals to apples flying airplanes.  Opening reception and book signing for Robert Jackson is Friday, April 13th from 5-7pm.