LUCKY 13: Expedition & Beyond Opening this Friday Evening

13 is a significant number (lucky, too), at the Principle Gallery this Friday. Not only is the date April 13th, but also 13 artists are featured in a group show called Women Painting Women: The Expedition & Beyond. I'm honored to be part of this group, and excited to be in this show.

The 13 artists are: Diane Feissel, Linda Tracey Brandon, Terry Strickland, Rachel Constantine, Sadie Valeri, Alia El-Bermani, Shannon Runquist, Mia Bergeron, Catherine Prescott, Kate Stone, Stefani Tewes, Cindy Procious, and I.

Each artist will be exhibiting three paintings: one small study done on location during our original week-long painting trip to Charleston, SC, and two paintings completed since the expedition.

The only distinction I can claim is of having the only painting of a 1) man and 2) an elderly woman in the entire show. Here they are:

Elemental Balance, oil on linen, 46" x 42"

Hot Enough, oil on linen, 36" x 36"

Hot Enough, detail

My third painting is a plein air study, painted at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston SC. I became fascinated with the southern plants, especially live oak trees--their forms, and the colors and textures of bark and mosses growing on them.

Live Oak and Monument, Magnolia Cemetery, oil on paper on board, 9.5" x 11.75"

You have probably already seen some of the work by these artists online, but I encourage you to come see the show if you are able to get to Alexandria. I saw some of it when it was being delivered, and it is VERY DIFFERENT (much better, IMO) in reality. The impact of the size alone is unexpected, and the color is often quite different, plus the paint quality and texture are usually invisible in an image, but significant when you see the real painting.

All the artists in the "Expedition" hope you can make it to Principle Gallery on Friday!

I'll be on the Faculty at the Portrait Society of America Conference

I'm happy to announce that, this year, I'll be on the faculty at The Art of the Portrait, the annual conference of the Portrait Society of America.

This means that you will see me around a lot, participating in several events:

1) Face-Off: A unique program in which fifteen leading artists gather to paint from models. Attendees will vote on their favorite artist, who will then demonstrate on Saturday afternoon for the plenary session. Second, the completed paintings will be part of a silent auction during the weekend, so you will have a chance to collect a painting by an artist you admire. Participating artists: Casey Baugh, Ryan Brown, Ellen Cooper, Michelle Dunaway, Stephen Early, John Ennis, Rose Frantzen, David Jon Kassan, Robert Liberace, Bart Lindstrom, Susan Lyon, Tony Pro, Alexandra Tyng, Mary Whyte, and Lea Wight.

2) Beyond the Face: New Works by Daniel Greene, Alexandra Tyng, and Mary Whyte I will be showing examples of my figurative portraiture and discussing my process and the way in which I develop the ideas and symbolism of each work. Mary Whyte and Daniel Greene will also show their amazing new work--this should be awesome!

3) Lunch and Learn If you want a relaxed, informal time to ask questions and discuss art with me (or certain other faculty members), and you don't mind if we're all chewing while we talk, sign up ahead of time for this event.

4) Portfolio Critiques You don't need to sign up for this, just show up at the critique session with your portfolio.

The Annual Art of the Portrait Conference will take place in Philadelphia this year, on Memorial Day Weekend. Come see the winning paintings and sculpture on display at the conference. The weekend is packed full of events--painting demonstrations, panel discussions, talks, and power-point presentations. Art vendors will be selling a dazzling array of products. You might even win a top-of-the-line, super-duper easel!

The Portrait Society of America, founded in 1998, is a national 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization to further the tradition of fine art portraiture and figurative art.

For more information, or to register, click here.

You can also read about the Conference and participating artists on the Portrait Society's blog.

Watch my Interview on Sketchbook Live

Here's my taped interview with artist David Kassan. We had such an interesting conversation last Thursday. Many thanks to David for inviting me to contribute to his series of conversations with artists.

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Sketchbook Live on March 22

Tune in at 1:00 p.m. E.S.T. on Thursday, March 22 to Shetchbook Live, artist Jon David Kassan's interactive dialogue with the representational art community.

David will be interviewing me as the latest chapter in his series of informal artist interviews. The interview will take place at his studio in Brooklyn, NY, and it will be streaming live.

To watch it, here's what to do: Start a little before 1:00 to give yourself time to get on. First go to http://sketchbooklive.com/ and log in. You will then be able to listen to the webcast and type in questions while it's going on.

Later that day, from 5-7 p.m., please join me at the Fischbach Gallery, 210 11th Ave (corner of 25th St. and 11th Ave.) in Chelsea, NYC, for the opening of my one-person show of my recent paintings of Maine.

Rocks II, Indian Island, oil on panel, 9" x 12"

Announcement in Fine Art Connoisseur

The Expedition and Beyond has been listed in the exhibitions section of the current issue of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine! Take a look:

Expedition and Beyond Catalogs available!

The opening date (April 13) of The Expedition and Beyond group show is fast approaching, and I'm delighted to report that show catalogs are now available for online purchase. Click here to order, or to preview. The 29-page book includes lots of color photos of our "expedition" in Charleston, SC, images of the 13 artists' work, and an essay by John O'Hern. The show opens April 13 at the Principle Gallery in Alexandria, VA.

ALEXANDRA TYNG: MAINE coming soon to the Fischbach Gallery

Rocks II, Indian Island, oil on board, 9" x 12"

A little bit of Maine will be coming to NYC soon, in the form of my new solo show at the Fischbach Gallery. This will be purely a landscape show. If you are curious about my work process, this exhibition will give you some idea of how I work, because you will see small plein air oil sketches right on up to very large studio paintings including some aerial panoramas. For those of you who missed seeing Right Here in Maine last August, this will be a good opportunity to see at least some of that work, and if you did make it up to Rockland, there will be some new work in this show.

The Errand, oil on linen, 40" x 50"

Hope you can make it to the opening! Lots of Chelsea galleries are open on the third Thursday of every month, so you can visit several, go out to dinner, and make an evening of it.

ALEXANDRA TYNG: MAINE

Reception: Thursday, March 22, 5-7 p.m.

The Fischbach Gallery

210 11th Ave., at 25th Street, NY, NY 10001

212-759-2345

info@fischbachgallery.com

www.fischbachgallery.com