The Art Marketer

Christine Alfery's Calendar of Upcoming Events - Fall & Winter 2019

From Miami to Montana, Wisconsin to San Diego and strategic locations in-between, Christine Alfery’s Art will be painting galleries, universities, towns and cities throughout the USA and beyond.

Following is a schedule of events, exhibitions, art fairs and galleries Christine’s work will be shown through the end of this year, along with the honors she’s received for competitions won.

If you are anywhere near any of these locations, do yourself a favor and go see her work. It is so much more vibrant and moving in person than through a computer screen.

Can’t get to one of the shows. You can purchase her work online at https://christinealfery.com.

 

 

CHRISTINE ALFERY

A Calendar of Upcoming Events

Art Exhibitions, Art Fairs, Studio Tours & Awards

 

 

 

 

STUDIO TOUR

OCTOBER 2019

Columbus Day Weekend

October 11^th, October 12^th & October 13^th   10am-5pm

Northwoods Art Tour

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRS

SOFA Expo, Chicago, Illinois

October 31^st thru November 3^rd 2019

Christine will be exhibiting with Artblend Gallery.

 

Spectrum Miami, Florida

Mana Wynwood Convention Center, Miami, Florida

318 NW 23^rd Street, Miami, Florida

Thursday, December 5^th through December 8^th

Christine will be exhibiting with Artblend Gallery during Art Basel Week

 

 

NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITIONS

August 19th through October 6th 2019

Northwest Art Center America's 2019 All Media Exhibition

Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, 500 University Avenue, Minot, North Dakota 58707

Rolling Stones & Moving Contraption (left), 40×30  Acrylic and watercolor on paper

 

 

 

September 13^th through October 18^th, 2019

39th Annual Juried Competition, A Sense of Place

Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Florida

Don't Fence Me In, 51 applicants accepted from 389 entries received

 

 

32^nd Annual Northern National Art Competition

Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, Wisconsin 54501

Creative Contraptions

40×60 Acrylic on Canvas

1 of 90 works chosen from 350 submissions

Opening Reception, September 26^th at 5pm at the Northwoods Center, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin 54501

Tickets may be purchased at Diane's Frame Shop, Trig's Service Desk, ArtStart or call Tom Winquist at 715-362-6988. Tickets can be pre-purchased and picked up at the door - No tickets will be sold at the door.

 

October 2nd through November 2nd, 2019

73^rd Annual International Exhibition

Spinning Plate Gallery, 5821 Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Gallery Hours, Wednesday – Saturday, 11am-4pm

Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Aqueous Open

52 works chosen out of 210

Pineapple, 22×30 watermedia on paper

 

 

 

 

 

October 4 - 26, 2019

SALI National Abstract Art Exhibition XV

Southside Art League SALI Ind. Midwest National Abstract

Coney Island, 16x16 watermedia on paper

www.SouthsideArtLeague.org
At The Garfield Park Arts Center, 2432 Conservatory Drive, Indianapolis, IN. 46203

 

 

 

October 4th through October 30th

San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition

Snake Charmer, 40x40 watercolor and acrylic on paper

 

 

 

October 3rd through November 14th

NorthStar Watermedia Society National Juried Exhibition

Lakeville Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota 

Roller Coaster

 

 

 

 

 

October 4^th through November 1^st 2019

Montana Watercolor Society National Exhibition

525 Electric Ave. Bigfork, Montana 59911

Entrapment, watermedia on paper

 

October 25th – November 15th

64 ARTS. National Juried Art Exhibition  

Buchanan Center for the Arts. 64 Public Square, Monmouth, IL   

Awards reception October 17th  

Dragon Kite

 

 

November 2^nd thru December 20^th 2019

Southern Carolina National Watercolor Exhibition

https://scwatermedia.com/2019-annual-exhibition/  

Eagles Nest, 40x30 watermedia on paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christine's Work may also be found: 

At The Evalyn Dunn Gallery in Westfield, NJ.

Artblend Gallery in Pompano Beach, Florida

Moondeer and Friends Gallery in Boulder Junction, Wisconsin

 

She is represented by  The Art Marketer of Shelter Island Heights, NY.

 

For more information, please visit her website at: https://christinealfery.net 

Should you wish to purchase any artworks, visit: https://christinealfery.com

 

*All rights reserved on content & images. Permission must be granted to reproduce either and/or both.

Christine Alfery - Art Reflecting Life Reflecting Art

Christine Alfery wears many hats. Living an inspiring life that inspires her art, her work reflects her life.

And might I say she seems to excel in everything she endeavors to do. Wife, Mother, Artist, Writer, Poet, Teacher, Outdoorsman, Adventure seeker...

On a recent trip to the Northwest Territories of Canada, including Eagles Nest River and Kasba Lake (left), Christine looks right at home catching a Trophy 18# Lake Trout as she does painting in her studio!

The trip inspired her newest series on Rivers. All of which relates to so many of the other themes we find in her work - Traveling, Journeys, Nature...

One thing is for sure, she brings a positive and passionate spirit to everything she accomplishes, which might well explain why she does excel in everything she engages in, not to mention the extraordinary energy, momentum and vision she brings to everything she touches - which is never more apparent than as it is reflected through her art work.

 

Following are just a few of the paintings inspired by her recent adventures.

Snowshoe River, 14x14, Watermedia on Watercolor paper

Eagles Nest River and Terns : Kasba Lake, Canada, 14x14, Acrylic on Paper

 

Fishing, Fishing, Fishing (above left); Terns Diving for Fish (above right)

each 14x14, Watermedia on Watercolor paper

Spirit of the Land, 14x14, Watermedia on Watercolor Paper

Spirit of the Land II, 14x14, Watermedia on Watercolor paper

 

Rain, Sun, Fog (above left) and Rocks, Rocks and More Rocks (above right)

each 14x14, Watermedia on Watercolor Paper

Inukshuk - Spirits That Have Lingered, 14x14, Watermedia on Watercolor paper

 

Christine's work is available as originals or prints. To inquire about her work, visit her e-commerce site: https://christinealfery.com/

To read about her adventures, musings, travels, and thoughts about art and life, you may visit and subscribe to her blog, https://christinealfery.net/blog-posts/

 

 

ABOUT CHRISTINE ALFERY

Christine Alfery has been creating and selling her art since the 1960’s. In the 1990’s she was a creative force on the national interior design scene. As her style has evolved, so has the interest, intrigue and demand for her work. Christine’s paintings have been widely exhibited in museums, galleries and in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and the world.

Her artistic style shows a maturity that comes from a lifetime of creative exploration. Christine’s “experimental abstractions” are filled with playful iconic symbols which enable her to “integrate the real with the abstract.” Christine is deeply influenced by the abstract expressionists, including: Hans Hofman, Mark Rothko, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler and Cy Twombly, to name a few, yet her style is uniquely her own.

Christine earned her Bachelors of Science degree, her Master’s degree in Education, her MFA degree and her Ph.D in Contemporary Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She shows her contemporary, conceptual watercolor and acrylic paintings nationally and internationally. She competes in watercolor competitions around the world. Christine has won over 100 national awards and is a signature member of 10 national watercolor societies throughout the United States. She has been in more than 65 publications.

*All rights reserved on content & images. Permission must be granted to reproduce either and/or both.

Christine Alfery featured in The Lakeland Times

International Award-Winning Contemporary Conceptual Artist, Christine Alfery, is featured in her hometown newspaper, The Lakeland Times (above), earlier this month. The photograph was taken by Dean Hall of The Lakeland Times on Sunday, July 28th 2019 at Christine's Art Studio on the last day of the Northwoods Art Tour. It pictures Julie Near, a visitor on the tour, contemplating the purchase of a painting Christine has just created during the tour. Julie is touching the painting to confirm the paint is dry as Christine looks on. 

The Summer Northwoods Art Tour was a great success. Christine welcomed over 50 visitors on each of the three days during the tour. Visitors were able to visit her beautiful studio in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, watch her paint, hear about her process and enter to win a number of paintings she gave away to a few lucky winners at the end of the tour. 

Christine will participate in the Autumn Northwoods Art Tour, October 11th-13th 2019 during Columbus Day Weekend. If you missed the Summer Tour you will certainly want to visit during the Fall Tour when the Northwoods of Wisconsin are ablaze in a painter's palette of Autumn Colors galore! http://northwoodsarttour.com/

 

 

Two of the paintings Christine created during the Summer Tour: 

Bittersweet Mountain, 20x60, Watermedia on paper

Breakers, 30x40 Watermedia on paper

 

 

 

ABOUT CHRISTINE ALFERY:

Christine Alfery has been creating and selling her art since the 1960’s. In the 1990’s she was a creative force on the national interior design scene. As her style has evolved, so has the interest, intrigue and demand for her work. Christine’s paintings have been widely exhibited in museums, galleries and in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and the world.

Her artistic style shows a maturity that comes from a lifetime of creative exploration. Christine’s “experimental abstractions” are filled with playful iconic symbols which enable her to “integrate the real with the abstract.” Christine is deeply influenced by the abstract expressionists, including: Hans Hofman, Mark Rothko, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler and Cy Twombly, to name a few, yet her style is uniquely her own.

Christine earned her Bachelors of Science degree, her Master’s degree in Education, her MFA degree and her Ph.D in Contemporary Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She shows her contemporary, conceptual watercolor and acrylic paintings nationally and internationally. She competes in watercolor competitions around the world. Christine has won over 100 national awards and is a signature member of 10 national watercolor societies throughout the United States. She has been in more than 65 publications.

For more information about Christine, visit her website: www.christinealfery.net.

To purchase original paintings or prints by Christine Alfery, visit her e-commerce site: https://christinealfery.com/

*All rights reserved on content & images. Permission must be granted to reproduce either and/or both.

Christine Alfery's 'Creative Contraptions' Selected for Inclusion in the 32nd Annual Northern National Art Competition

International Award-Winning Contemporary Conceptual Artist, Christine Alfery's painting, Creative Contraptions was recently selected for inclusion in the 32nd Annual Northern National Art Competition.

The judge for this competition is Scott Stulen, Director/President of Tulsa, Oklahoma's Philbrook Museum of Art. Scott chose 90 works of art from nearly 350 submissions - and those who were involved remarked on how difficult narrowing down those selections were, as all of the art submissions were 'absolutely stellar!'

The work will be shown at the Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, 54501. There will be an Opening Reception at 5pm on September 26th at the Northwoods Center at Nicolet College.  

 

Earlier this Spring, Christine posted a blog highlighting Creative Contraptions. https://christinealfery.net/creative-contraptions-2/.

As prolific a writer as she is an artist, Alfery's blog posts expand on her creativity by putting words, thoughts and concepts to her images.

 

Following is what she wrote about Creative Contraptions in her blog:

Science and technology share many surprising connections to art: they were parallel fields of experiment and invention, creativity and construction, matter and energy. -MOMA Curator, Michelle Kuo.

 

I am looking forward to examining the new exhibition at the MOMA with my daughter Holly in June called 'New Order: Art and Technology in the Twenty-First Century.' When I listen to the short video about the exhibition one sentence stood out for me, "Art is always a form of experimentation. By experimentation artists don't know what the result is going to be." MOMA Curator Michelle Kuo.

Art like science and technology is about discovery and experimentation. And I believe, like Kuo, that experimentation does mean not knowing what the end result will be. One thing to think about is what the experiment is about? For artists it should be somewhere in the whole order of things, about the idea the concept? And that idea, that concept should be the artists. It should be a different way to see and look at an object a concept. It should be fluid. The same applies to the scientist. 

The question becomes when technology enters the playground of art does the artist lose the self? Where is the self in this machine? Wasn't the machine created by another self? What happens to the self, the soul of the artist? I look forward to the exhibition.

Want to read more of Christine's Blogs? Visit: https://christinealfery.net/blog-posts/.

To purchase originals and/or prints of Christine's work, go to her e-commerce site: https://christinealfery.com/.

 

 

ABOUT CHRISTINE ALFERY:

Christine Alfery has been creating and selling her art since the 1960’s. In the 1990’s she was a creative force on the national interior design scene. As her style has evolved, so has the interest, intrigue and demand for her work. Christine’s paintings have been widely exhibited in museums, galleries and in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and the world.

Her artistic style shows a maturity that comes from a lifetime of creative exploration. Christine’s “experimental abstractions” are filled with playful iconic symbols which enable her to “integrate the real with the abstract.” Christine is deeply influenced by the abstract expressionists, including: Hans Hofman, Mark Rothko, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler and Cy Twombly, to name a few, yet her style is uniquely her own.

Christine earned her Bachelors of Science degree, her Master’s degree in Education, her MFA degree and her Ph.D in Contemporary Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She shows her contemporary, conceptual watercolor and acrylic paintings nationally and internationally. She competes in watercolor competitions around the world. Christine has won over 100 national awards and is a signature member of 10 national watercolor societies throughout the United States. She has been in more than 65 publications.

For more information about Christine, visit her website: www.christinealfery.net.

painting shown, top left, Creative Contraptions, 40x60 acrylic on canvas

*All rights reserved on content & images. Permission must be granted to reproduce either and/or both.

 

 

 

Lisa Sage

Communitander, WI 54501

[email protected]

715.365.4533

For Christine Alfery, The Honors & Awards Just Keep On Coming!

For International Award-Winning Contemporary Conceptual Artist, Christine Alfery, the well-deserved honors and awards just keep on coming! In this past week alone, two of Christine's paintings have been accepted into National Juried Exhibitions, and one was awarded 3rd prize in an existing juried exhibition. 

 

Don't Fence Me In (left) was accepted in the 39th Annual National Juried Exhibition, A Sense of Place, to be held at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art in Augusta, Georgia from September 13th through October 18th 2019. The Awards Presentation and Opening Reception for this event will be held on Friday, September 13th 2019 from 6-8pm. 

After careful deliberation, Juror Anne Marchand chose 51 works of art by artists from 31 different states. In total, the Institute received 389 entries from 121 applicants representing 39 states.

This is not the first award this painting has received! Following are other distinctions this piece has been awarded: 

The Wisconsin Watercolor Exhibition Members will be showing their artwork at Gallery 110 in the Plymouth Art Center, Plymouth, Wisconsin. Christine will be showing Don't Fence Me In andTree House. 

Don't Fence Me In was accepted in the Northwest Art Center at Minot, North Dakota National America Exhibition. It was also accepted for the Adirondack's National American Watercolor Exhibition in New York. 

_____________________________

As if that news isn't exciting enough, Christine was also notified that her painting, The Song The Wind Sings was given a merit award at the Manito Art Leagues Regional Exhibition. Judge Ken Bloom, curator, artist from Duluth, Minnesota made these comments about her work:

A highly abstracted and exploding composition, layered of quantitative forms superimposed upon an ambiguous landscape suggesting a tectonic cleft, as a storied map of describing evolution and transcendence.

 

 

 

The Song The Wind Sings

The song the wind sings
The tears the rain cried
white waves
blue against the shore
seeds sown
Footprints.

 

 

 

 

 

 

_______________________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

And To The Moon and Back (left), received 3rd place in The Ilinois Watercolor Society's Small Works Exhibition. 

 

 

 

Interested in purchasing Christine's Original Artwork or a print? Visit Christine's website to inquire about availability and see the full range of Christine's other work. https://christinealfery.net/

 

 

ABOUT CHRISTINE ALFERY:

Christine Alfery has been creating and selling her art since the 1960’s. In the 1990’s she was a creative force on the national interior design scene. As her style has evolved, so has the interest, intrigue and demand for her work. Christine’s paintings have been widely exhibited in museums, galleries and in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and the world.

Her artistic style shows a maturity that comes from a lifetime of creative exploration. Christine’s “experimental abstractions” are filled with playful iconic symbols which enable her to “integrate the real with the abstract.” Christine is deeply influenced by the abstract expressionists, including: Hans Hofman, Mark Rothko, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler and Cy Twombly, to name a few, yet her style is uniquely her own.

Christine earned her Bachelors of Science degree, her Master’s degree in Education, her MFA degree and her Ph.D in Contemporary Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She shows her contemporary, conceptual watercolor and acrylic paintings nationally and internationally. She competes in watercolor competitions around the world. Christine has won over 100 national awards and is a signature member of 10 national watercolor societies throughout the United States. She has been in more than 65 publications.

For more information about Christine, visit her website: www.christinealfery.net.

paintings shown, top left, Don't Fence Me In, 40x30 on #300 watercolor paper; Middle, The Song The Wind Sings, 60x40 on canvas; Bottom, To The Moon and Back, 8x8 watercolor 

*All rights reserved on content & images. Permission must be granted to reproduce either and/or both.

This Weekend, July 26th, 27th & 28th – Visit Christine Alfery’s Wisconsin Art Studio on The Northwoods Art Tour

What an incredible opportunity for those of you able to take advantage of it this weekend, Christine Alfery's Wisconsin Art Studio will be open for you to visit and meet with the artist from 10am thru 5pm Friday, July 26th, Saturday, July 27th & Sunday, July 28th 2019 as part of the Northwoods Art Tour.

Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the Artist, view the many award-winning paintings she has exhibited nationally, learn about her process, the countless themes that inspire her and to better understand her philosophy on creating art. 

Visitors will also have the unique opportunity of purchasing Christine's original paintings and prints, viewing her art books, enjoying the landscape she lives and works on the Chippewa Indian Reservation, and seeing where the magic happens when Christine puts paint to paper or on canvas!

You will not believe the shelves of paint colors Christine has collected, the scores of paint brushes and palettes and the canvases that contribute to creating the masterpieces that Christine generates through each work of art!

As well, every visitor coming through Christine's studio this weekend will have the opportunity of entering a drawing to win (any one of) 3 original works of art that this Award-Winning Artist will be giving away! 

   

It's all happening this weekend through the Northwoods Art Tour, where Christine is one of 35 participating artists in this, the 20th year of the tour. You will want to plan your weekend around it, and The Northwoods Art Tour has created a special brochure with an easy-to-follow self-guided map of all the artists and galleries participating, as well as restaurants and other attractions within the area. The tour is free, but you will want to bring your wallet for all of the wonderful art you will want to take home with you! 

For more information, visit Northwoods Art Tour! 

 

ABOUT CHRISTINE ALFERY:

Christine Alfery has been creating and selling her art since the 1960’s. In the 1990’s she was a creative force on the national interior design scene. As her style has evolved, so has the interest, intrigue and demand for her work. Christine’s paintings have been widely exhibited in museums, galleries and in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and the world.

Her artistic style shows a maturity that comes from a lifetime of creative exploration. Christine’s “experimental abstractions” are filled with playful iconic symbols which enable her to “integrate the real with the abstract.” Christine is deeply influenced by the abstract expressionists,  including: Hans Hofman, Mark Rothko, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler and Cy Twombly, to name a few, yet her style is uniquely her own.

Christine earned her Bachelors of Science degree, her Master’s degree in Education, her MFA degree and her Ph.D in Contemporary Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She shows her contemporary, conceptual watercolor and acrylic paintings nationally and internationally. She competes in watercolor competitions around the world. Christine has won over 100 national awards and is a signature member of 10 national watercolor societies throughout the United States. She has been in more than 65 publications.

For more information about Christine, visit her website: www.christinealfery.net.

 

ABOUT NORTHWOODS ART TOUR

The Northwoods Art Tour was established as an educational, interactive event, taking place primarily at artists’ studios. This year marks 20 years of offering free annual art adventures with a record number of northern Wisconsin’s finest artists opening the doors to their galleries and private studios from 10am-5pm daily, July 26th, 27th and 28th. For more information and a self-guided tour map, visit: http://northwoodsarttour.com 

Circus Diva, Acrylic on Canvas, 60x48 by Christine Alfery

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

*All rights reserved on content & images. Permission must be granted to reproduce either and/or both.

Can't make the tour, but would like to purchase Christine's Art, visit: https://christinealfery.com/, where you may inquire to see if a work is still available.