Stray Images

Here is an image that I took while shooting a wedding a couple of weeks ago. I spent a little time collecting things that I thought were about the place itself. It turns out that I didn't get to use them for the couple, but I think that sometimes it is good to have these images around. It reminds me to always be looking for something, anything.

What I've been up to...

Red Barn, Carter's Valley, Tennessee 2006 © jw lawson

I don't blog enough. That's a fact. I guess at times I don't blog so that the last blog (usually gallery announcements) can be seen as bulletin items. Blogs for me seem to be updates as to what I have been doing or what's going on here at the gallery.

I am learning to use the blog as a tool for communicating things. How I feel about my work, photography, art, cars, whatever. I am careful to not throw everything on the table so that I don't just bore the pants off everyone. I suppose at times that is the point, inform people.

So what I have been up to is working with some of the newer images from my Southeastern View porfolio to get them ready for my upcoming show in March 2008. The image above is the newest of the new. The fomat is something that I have been toying with and I think that there is a real future for this in my work. I like the length and the depth of these new pano-style images. I hope you agree, there is something pretty great about the landscape and it never hurts to embellish it.

I have also sent out some work to galleries outside of my usual circle, NYC and SFCA in particular, hoping to get my work on some walls in the big show. The printer has been running a lot lately as well so the investment was well worth the my doing. If you need a print, gimme a call.

I think that is about all the updating I feel comfortable with, I hope you don't mind if I go rogue again for a few days.

Brian Fahr: New Work | Oct 11 - Nov 17

Beginning this week, Brian Fahr’s paintings will be our last exhibition for 2007. Be sure and come see us for Gallery Night (October 19th) for a celebration of this truly unique Milwaukee painter. In Fahr’s work, images and found objects connect the past and present. Spirit-like painted figures become vehicles to connect the real and the surreal. Loose paint and vibrant color provide a harmonious landscape for those two worlds to co-exist.

GALLERY NIGHT RECEPTION | OCTOBER 19 | 5 - 9P

Milwaukee painter, Brian Fahr has spent the last 10 years studying and creating paintings. After studying in Italy and Ireland, Fahr returned to Milwaukee and earned his BFA in painting and drawing from MIAD in 1997. He has since shown extensively and created commissioned work throughout Milwaukee.

Bobby Spillman @ Freya Salon

Bobby Spillman's paintings will be on view for a limited time at Freya Salon in Bay View. Freya opened it's doors less than two weeks ago and have chosen us to fill their walls with beautiful art. First up to bat is Spillman's unique and exciting paintings. If you didn't get a chance to see this work when it was at the gallery in April, then stop by Freya for a look.

Freya Salon | 2318 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Milwaukee WI 53207 414.747.9712 | www.freyasalon.com