"Spring Showcase"

"Spring Showcase"

Featured Artists:

Joy Kroeger Beckner & E Melinda Morrison 

RS Hanna Gallery is proud to announce the opening of our Spring Showcase featuring contemporary original oils by E Melinda Morrison and sculpture by Joy Kroeger Beckner.  

This showcase is a nod to the contemporary color of affinity: the playful images of Joy Kroeger Beckner’s bronze series of dachshunds and the large sale dancers and eclectic personalities captured by E Melinda Morrison.  These two exceptional talents, winner of numerous national awards, including the prestigious Ellin P. Speyer prize from the National Academy and the Leonard J. Meiselman Award bring a lightness of being and a certain spontaneity to the stories they tell us, entrancing with expression of wit and affinity.  

At RS Hanna Gallery.... it's about art. The real thing.  That undefinable but very real commodity that quickens the senses, captures us in a moment and connects us somehow to what we consider beautiful, important, desirous.... enchanting us for a lifetime.

Proud to be a part of Fredericksburg's growing and vibrant celebration of the arts.  Proud to represent all of our fine "artist's artists" in our  beautifully restored, well lighted place a few steps off the beaten path.

Join us for a reception on Friday, April 6th from 6-8PM.

Discover a jewel box of fine art at RS Hanna Gallery, 208 South Llano Street, 830-307-3071

www.rshannagallery.com

As featured in the article "Paving the Way:  Collecting Cityscapes"
American Art Collector Magazine - February 2012 Issue
Pages 60 - 81

Artist Peter Fiore

"Late Summer, Red Barn" is a 16" x 20" Oil

"Late Summer Shed" is a 14" x 19" Oil

"Autumn Field" is a 9" x 12" Oil

"January Gold" is a 24" x 18" Oil

"Going Home, Winter Dusk" is a 18" x 24" Oil

"Distant Glow, January" is a 12" x 16" Oil

RS Hanna Gallery proudly features the beautiful work of Pennsylvania artist Peter Fiore.  His paintings are lovely... strong in dramatic light and rich in color.  Come see them in person!

Fiore was recently quoted in the November 2011 edition of American Art Collector magazine as saying "It's my vision of what I'm looking at.  I'm re-orchestating the entire landscape, changing how I perceive it.  I want people to see what I feel," explains Fiore.  "I look at the landscape as a jumping-off point...I think of the landscape as an abstract thought."

Here's a brief biography about Peter Fiore.

Peter Fiore is an american landscape painter who is best known for painting light and his striking use of color. His landscape paintings are widely collected and are in many corporate and private collections. He has won a number of awards and has been featured in an assortment of publications including Fine Art Connoisseur as an "Artist to Watch".

Peter was born in Teaneck, NJ in 1955. He studied at Pratt Institute and the Art Students League of New York. Previously, he worked as a professional illustrator where he collaborated on thousands of projects. He has been on the faculty at Pratt Institute, Syracuse University and presently teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Peter has given numerous guest lectures and workshops on painting. His work is represented in prestigious galleries across the country. Peter lives and works along the Delaware River in northeastern Pennsylvania.

RS Hanna Gallery - Artist Margi Lucena

Artist Margi Lucena's painting "Winter View, Highway 1"

12" x 16" Pastel on Board

Artist Margi Lucena's painting "Little Anna's Road"

8" x 10" Pastel on Board

I love paintings with snow. I especially love the ones that have lots of color and light in them like two paintings done by artist Margi Lucena. These two amazing little pastels can be found at the RS Hanna Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Here's some biographical information from the artist.    

"I've always drawn and painted. When I was little, I would watch my Dad at his easel. The smells of paint, turpentine, and linseed oil were as comforting as the smell of home cooking. In recent years, I have found the pure color and amazing versatility of pastels have made it my favorite medium."  The amazing and magical landscape of New Mexico keeps me simultaneously grounded and floating on air. The light, atmosphere and color in the southwest are constantly changing. Whether I am painting en Plein Air or in the studio, I try to express what I see and how I feel about the beauty of the natural landscape that surrounds me. My goal as an artist is to establish a connection between my expression of what is before me, and you, the viewer.

Professional affiliations include: 

Pastel Society of New Mexico, Signature Member

Pastel Society of America

Plein Air Painters of New Mexico

Women Artists of the West, Associate Member

National League of American Pen Women

Recent Honors & Awards: 

2010 -The Pastel Journal 2010 Pastel 100, Landscape Division, Honorable Mention, Judge Paul Murray

2010 - Fine Art Studios Online (FASO) Jan. 2010, Second Place Overall, Judge Brian Blood

2010 - FASO, Jan. 2010, Outstanding Pastel, Judge Brian Blood

2009 - 17th National Pastel Painting Exhibition, 2009, PSNM, Artisan Santa  Fe Award, Judge Colette      Odya-Smith; 

2008 - New Mexico State Fair Hispanic Arts 2008, First and Second Place,  Pastels.