Welcome to Bella Vista’s October 2009 Newsletter
Feeling the crisp cool mountain
air in October makes me want to grab my fish-eye camera, my backpack, the dogs
and of course Glenn, and explore nature before that last bit of color leaves us
for a while. Some of our favorite places
to go are those places we get lost finding.
Of course, we could never explain to anyone where we were or how we get
there; however, somehow we manage to make it back home safe and sound. Secretly, I think our truck knows the way back
home. At the end of the day from our
nature excursions, all the “animals” are content and sleepy.
October
in Asheville is
filled with wonderful art related events.
Some are for fun and some are for a good cause. There is a new art market that is in Pack Place
. There are all types of artwork that will be
exhibited. Also, another great art
market is the Southern Highland Guild exhibition at the Asheville Civic
Center
. These
highly regarded artists and crafters will have their work on display for one
weekend. How about dinner at Biltmore
Estate for Halloween? WNCAP is having
their annual “Raise Your Hand Auction” at Biltmore Estate on Halloween
. Two of Bella
Vista’s artists, Nathaniel Galka and Trinity St. James donated paintings for
the auction. There are lots of
collectables, artwork and valuables for the silent auction, and then the real
fun takes place when the fast talking auctioneer gets the crowd going with the
auctioned items………….I love to see the bidding wars, and it is for a good
cause………….We hope to see you there!
Patsy
Gilbert, a Knoxville
painter will debut her paintings at Bella Vista beginning in October. We are
excited to have this talented artist in our collection. Also, the “feature wall” artist for October
is Nathaniel Galka. Check out his new “Primate Series”. The eyes truly capture a deep emotion. (I
often wonder why I have such compassion for animals. Maybe that is part of
being human?) Anyway, I love his quiet
contemplative paper pieces too. Also, we
have a new oil painting by Nicora Gangi, titled, “He Said, She
Heard”. Nicora is an incredible still
life painter. If you get a chance, check
out her pastels; they are masterful little jewels. Other great news, Tracy Lynn
Pristas, recently had a few of her paintings featured in the Show time Series,
“Drop Dead Diva.” Go Tracy! Her paintings are vibrant and feminine, and
just plain make you feel good.
…Christin
I love going into galleries wherever
we travel. Last Sunday we went to the 5th Annual Bakersville Creek Walk Arts Festival it turns out that it had
rained all day Saturday and been a real muddy mess, but Sunday was nice.
Anyways across the street we checked out the Crimson Laurel Gallery. It has been over a year since I had been in
there. That’s the kind of gallery that really inspires me. They have some great
local ceramists and really put together a nice focused collection.
I mentioned their ceramic collection
because this year Christin and I began to talk about
focusing our ceramic collection. It started first with Jann Welch's fantastic hanging Raku Torsos, and Scott
Haines' decorative and very controlled Raku vases.
Then Steven Forbes-deSoule joined the mix with his
organic and exciting Raku pieces; that is when Christin and I started to think about focusing more on Raku. This year we were joined by Terry Hagiwara
from Texas,
whose geometrically decorated Raku vases compliment
the gallery nicely. Then around mid-year
the gallery began to work with Lorri Acott-Fowler whose inspirational Raku
Sculptural figures we are now fortunate to represent in our gallery.
Next month is the Weaverville Art
Safari and we are planning on checking it out. See ya there!
… glenn
