Local boy makes art prints

Segura Publishing thrives in topsy-turvy business:

"The print art world can be a risky place to invest your dollars. Sometimes you win and sometimes you can be financially devastated. Joe Segura, a master printer, artist and owner of Segura Publishing Co. of Mesa, has experienced both the ups-and-downs of the print art industry."

Segura attended SIU in Carbondale.

Dimensions and Dreamscapes for June

Christa Barnell is the First Friday artist for June. Opening June 2 (5:30 - 8:30 pm) at Art Lovers gallery at 201 E. Main St., Barnell's show "Dimensions and Dreamscapes" offers clever and colorful paintings that take her viewers on an "out of body experience" or regress them into the magical state of childhood.

Christa is an established fine artist who holds a BFA from the School of Creative Arts in Fort Wayne. Growing up in the woods of rural Indiana, Christa tuned into her spiritual connection with nature, and turned to painting as a relief from chronic headaches.

Christa has been displaying her whimsical art at juried exhibitions and galleries across the Indiana state and winning various awards. After taking Second Place in a National Contest, her painting, "My Life on a Shelf" was exhibited at the John Hancock Building in Chicago. "Post Angel" took Best Work, First Time Exhibitor, Contemporary, at the 80th Annual Hoosier Salon
in Indianapolis. Recently Christa's story and her art was featured in Angels On Earth magazine, a Guidepost publication. The artist is at the beginning of her career and currently lives here in Carbondale, Illinois with her husband Todd and their two cats.

Her web site is ChristaGallery.Com

Makanda Fest Success

Reported in The Southern Illinois:
Makanda Fest Success: "Tom Horn, a sculptor from Cobden, said Makanda's mellow atmosphere makes for a perfect way to soak in the season.

'It's nice to kick off the spring with some good music and food,' Horn said. ''I just love it here.'"

Friendship Plaza Sculpture

Statue unveiled at Friendship Plaza.

Christler's Mother

If the face looks familiar, that's Christa Barnell's mother pictured at left. If the foot on Christa's painting looks familiar, it's because mom's feet provided the model for the painting. 

OOps

The recent show of prisoner art at the Carbondale Civic Center by Carbondale Community Arts resulted in one piece being removed, since there were some complaints about the subject matter. This is it. We at Art Lovers understand the need to keep exposed breasts out of public buildings. At this writing, no paintings of exposed breasts can be found on the walls of Art Lovers gallery either, but it might be fun to hang this one on the wall for a week or two, or put it up for auction on the new Ebay store.

Make Way for Jane Plain

  

Mr. Sandman

 

Who is Jane Plain?

Art Lovers Trading Company, 201 E. Main St. Carbondale, is proud to present "Jane Plain" Eclectic Accessories to wear with blue jeans and boots. Jewelry, hand bags, and clothing for any ho who dares to design their own style.

Jewelry is created by using silver, natural stone and beads. Clothing and purses are made with natural fabrics.

Who is Jane Plain? Here's a clue: Jane attended school in Silverton, Oregon and is a self-taught artist.

Jane says "if you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun."

What's New?

Some new items were added to the Art Lovers inventory today. To the left, Fran Jaffe's gourd masks; in the middle tapestry by Sue Spurlock, and some audacious female dolls. Also, some ceramic pieces by Dan Johnson, on view at Dan's Art Lovers' web page.

Poster post

Art Lovers is pleased to announce the additon of Poster artist Robert Hunter. You can view Robert's work posted on his Art Lovers' artist page.

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As you can see, the Art Lovers Trading Company web site has been developing slowly . . . like a masterpiece created by one of you! -- except in a different medium. Thanks to Patrick Barnes at MidnighTech for slowly but surely making the desires of Art Lover #1 a reality. Currently, a new home page is being developed by web mistress Martha Worrell to make it even warmer and friendlier than it already is.!

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Artists Christa Barnell and Larry Bernstein join sand painter Victor DeGraff at Art Lovers on the First Friday of April. Bernstein, former chairman of the SIUC Art Department, is himself scheduled to be a First Friday artist, as is Barnell. 

Boy sticks gum on valuable painting - Yahoo! News

Boy sticks gum on valuable painting - Yahoo! News: "DETROIT (Reuters) - Painter Helen Frankenthaler's landmark abstract work 'The Bay' just got a little more abstract. . . . A 12-year-old boy visiting the Detroit Institute of Arts with his school group on Friday stuck a wad of chewing gum on the painting, which is worth an estimated $1.5 million, the Detroit Free Press said."

Mandala Sand Painters on Campus

As part of International Week at SIU, a group of Tibetan monk sand painters (from India) are creating a mandala for the occasion. Better look fast, because the creation is only temporary and the sand will be returned to the river by the monks in a religious ceremony over the weekend. (That's the Dalai Lama in the photo).

Art Lovers own sand painter Victor Degraff will be visiting the monks and exchanging sand painting strategies. 

Love-themed works on display on annual art show

Love-themed works on display on annual art show: "The dress code was open for interpretation at the 'Love at the Glove' art show Saturday night, with attendees dressed in everything from drag to regular street clothes.

'Love at the Glove' is an annual anti-Valentines' day art show where SIUC art students, as well as the general public, can submit their love-themed works. It is sponsored by the League of Art and Design and the Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers."

Leather on the Walls, Music in the Air

Leather artist and songwriter Daniel Cooper, from Nashville, Tennessee, graced the Art Lovers gallery, last night for a new opening on the First Friday of February. Art patrons were treated not only to Daniel's tactile art, but also the sax and keyboard jazz stylings of 5th generation Carbondalean, Shadi Frick, as well as a song by Daniel called "Cockroaches, Keith Richards, and me." Among the other artists in attendance was Victor Degraff, whose cave paintings in sand bear a striking resemblance to Cooper's oil on leather renditions. 

Versatile artist; Versatile musician

Throughout the month of February at Art Lovers Trading Company in Carbondale, Daniel Cooper, a leather artist, knife maker, and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee will be the featured artist, beginning on the First Friday of the month.

Mr. Cooper attended college in Southern California, in the early 1970's, studying sculptural ceramics, before moving to Hawaii, where he taught ceramics, pottery, stained glass, screen printing, jewelry, silver and gold fabrication, and casting, lapidary, leather, advanced woodworking. His work has received many prestigious awards, including "1998 Best of Show" at the Mountain Artist Rendezvous in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Daniel currently produces one-of-a-kind hand-made sculptural items made from deer and elk antler, hand painted leather wall art, leather bags, cell phone cases, and other custom leather accessories.

Daniel Cooper has also been a performing musician, and songwriter for over 35 years. He moved to the Nashville area in 2002 to write music for the country/rock market, and continue producing his art, which can be viewed at www.danielcooperart.com

A versatile musician, Shadi Frick, will perform his jazzy, bluesy musical stylings at the opening.

Lecture series

"Organizers of a new lecture series aim to expose SIUC students to contemporary, line-blurring art.

Sponsored by the college of Mass Communication and Media Arts, the lecture series 'Tactics and Critics'"Read more.

Fran Jaffe, Artist: spiritual image art using gourds and other mixed media

One of the Art Lovers gallery most creative artists has joined the ranks of the world wide web -- Check out: Fran Jaffe, Artist