Art Consultant
At the Radius paintings by Janis Marckstein
The Radius
106 Auditorium Circle
San Antonio, Texas
Opening Reception:
Friday, September 14, 2012
5:30 - 8:30 pm
The show will be on exhibit from
September 14th - December 7th
JANIS MARCKSTEIN
“PEPPERMINT STICKS”
OIL
36X48
JANIS MARCKSTEIN
“GOURDS”
Handmade brushes, a computer, a Dermal drill, hypodermic needles and tips of ball point pens are unusual additions to the more traditional tools utilized by artist Janis Porter Marckstein, whose oil and acrylic paintings hang in galleries and homes across the United States and Europe. Beginning September 14, Marckstein’s paintings will be featured in a show at The Radius curated by Joan Grona.
OIL
48X60
“I am excited about this show because it features an artist who began painting in the 1960s and has not only kept pace with changes in the art world, she blended her traditional art with 21st Century technology in a way that is unique, eye stopping and entertaining,” Grona said.
Always innovative and willing to take a risk, Marckstein recently added striping tape she found at an auto-body shop to her tool box. “I apply the tape to the canvas, melt it on and then coat it with a synthetic resin until it becomes a permanent part of the painting,” Marckstein said. Her upcoming show at The Radius will include a piece with the melted striping as well as computer-generated drawings that evolved into large paintings.
Lest the art lover should believe that Marckstein’s work would look best hanging in the Jetson’s futuristic house, she is also a master of realistic techniques. The Radius show will be her first abstract show; it will, however, featured some recent realistic paintings, such as those collectors have been buying and enjoying for decades.
Marckstein refers to her studio at Blue Star as her hide out where she paints six hours a day. She stops only to have lunch with close friends, whom she says she considers both her best advisors and most honest critics.
Teresa Curry, director of the Hurd La Rinconada Gallery at San Patricio, New Mexico called Marckstein’s work “vibrant and exciting.” Marckstein was the first non Hurd/Wyeth family member to show at the Hurd La Rinconada Gallery. Other artists and collectors have described Marckstein’s work as timeless and as having a magnetic quality that pleases the eye and touches the soul.
Her list of credits and awards would fill one of her large canvases. They include various awards from The San Antonio Art Leagues’ annual juried show, Annual Texas Fine Arts Association, Mid West Texas Art Exhibition, Hill Country Art Foundation and many others.
“I am excited about The Radius exhibit,” said Marckstein. “The paintings in the show reveal a new dimension to my work, which reflects the pasts, focuses on the presents and hints at the future.”
JANIS MARCKSTEIN
“ORANGE CRUSH”
ACRYLIC
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JANIS MARCKSTEIN
“LINE-UP”
ACRYLIC
60X48
LOUIS VEGA TREVINO
"Trapezoid series"
Oil on canvas
34" x 78"
2012
At The Radius Center
106 Auditorium Circle - San Antonio - 78205
New paintings by Ben Mata and Antonia Richardson
Opening Reception:
Friday, June 8th
5:30 – 8:30
For information email Joan Grona @ jgrona@satx.rr.com, Radius Center exhibition coordinator
June 8th thru September 7th
Office hours are 8:30AM to 4:30PM Monday – Friday and scheduled evenings.
Ben Mata in his studio
BEN MATA
“green path”
oil on aluminum 48 x 48”
$4,000.00
ANTONIA RICHARDSON
ANTONIA RICHARDSON
“Mercury Project II”
48x60
4000.00
ANTONIA RICHARDSON
“Mercury Project I”
48x60
4000.00
Jason Willome and Emily Fleister
Wesley Harvey
"afternoon delight"
"lipstick lovers"
porcelain, latex paint
$1,200
Left to Right: Eduardo Daniel Rodriguez and Jerry Cabrera
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EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ, PAINTER OF DYNAMIC SCALE AND COLOR
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Eduardo Daniel Rodriguez
'Silence Down In The Morning'
new paintings
