Green Exhibition November 17th Robert Berman Gallery

I made a bold move into color with the clay pigments on this piece called "Flower of the Root". You can't see much detail here but the piece attempts to approach being at the center of life and finding renewal that inspires discovery as a result of the rough root of experience. The bird draws nourishment hovering just above the future and for one moment, harmony. On the left is the past, caverns that hold personal solitude, while entangling with personal history. On the right hangs the enduring leaf of individual spirit, defining moments that require imagination, reverence and beauty.

If you want to view more images from this amazing group show go to:

http://murphydesign1.blogspot.com/

Or come visit me at the show:
Green Art Exhibition : Nov 17 : 7:30 PM : Exhibit Opening :
The Robert Berman Gallery is pleased to present GREEN, curated by Mark Murphy, an exhibition that will showcase the inspired talents of over 40 artists including: Jeff Soto, Andrew Brandou, Robert Hardgrove, Mars-1, Kathie Olivas, and many more. Artwork features an eclectic mix of visual storytelling as artists hope to reveal nature’s delicate balance with
humankind. Exhibition will be on display from 11/17-12/22, please contact www.robertbermangallery.com for more information. Sponsored by www.murphydesign.com and featuring the live music performances of SSI and the Modlins.

Robert Berman Gallery
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Avenue / C2 / Santa Monica / CA / 90404

310.315.1937 / www.robertbermangallery.com

Cleveland "Hometown" Exhibitions

Cathie Bleck : "Fate and Fables" Solo Exhibition and book signing for
"Open Spaces", artist limited edition monograph

Meet the artist 6-8 pm
November 1, 2007
Continues through December 3rd.

This new gallery exhibition will feature affordable works for the new collector as well as a book signing. A talk on November 15th will feature a technical primer on scratchboard and other printing techniques. Show runs November 1 thru December 3.

Free and open to the public

Loganberry Books/Annex Gallery
13915 Larchmere Blvd.
Shaker Heights, OH 44120
216-795-9800
http://www.loganberrybooks.com

also:

Intown Club, “Time Lines” : Exhibition + Book Signing
November 2nd : Opening Reception 5:30-7:30pm
By Invitation only
Exhibition continues through November 26th
To arrange an appointment to view the show, email: fern_intown@yahoo.com or call 216.621.0422
Event location : 1375 Euclid Ave., Suite 301, Cleveland, OH 44115

This show is comprised of a combination of pieces from the recent NY show, “Elemental Stories” and new works including the 2007 U.S. Earth Day commission entitled, “Nature’s Myth”. Sizes range from 2”x3” to 30”x60”.

NY "Elemental Stories" closing reception

Curator for the Durst Organization : Lannie Powers

Artists : James Yang, Yuko Shimuzu, Cathie Bleck, and American Illustration : American Photography executive director Mark Heflin, and Designer Robert Priest
+New York : August 8 through September 21st, 2007, "Elemental Stories" in NY (extended) located at 4 Times Square on 42nd Street and 6th Ave. This show ran from May through June and special thanks to the Durst Organization for sponsoring the show. It featured 21 paintings and 4 etchings. Thanks for the celebration!

Exhibition schedule for 2007-2008

If you are in NYC Thurs. Sept 20th I hope you can make it to my closing that night (info below). There should be a lot of wonderful friends, great art directors, collectors, artists and some family there to share in the art : food : spirits. Thanks for all of your support!

•Robert Berman Gallery + Murphy Art Books present “Green” Artist Exhibition : Opening November 17th, 2007 7pm-10pm : Exhibition continues through Dec. 20th : Robert Berman Gallery : Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave. C2 Santa Monica, CA : 90404 : 310.315.1937

•Know Exhibition and Art Books : Art Now Fair : Art Basel Miami : Murphy Art Books : December 6-9, 2007 : 10am-8pm : Claremont Hotel : 1700 Collins Ave. (17th St.), Miami Beach, FL

•New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT : Solo Exhibition February 8 through April 27, 2008

•The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH : Solo Exhibition
September 14 through October 26, 2008

It is going to be another big year of shows. After the NY show this September I plan to hole in to the studio and get a lot of new work done for The Butler show especially.

East Coast diaries 7/28-8/9, 2007

This summer I ventured around the east coast with my youngest daughter Ana after spending a week at a family reunion near Bath, Maine. My whole family are talented artists so we had a gallery show of all our works from the vacation. My parents and six of my siblings made it to the reunion. My daughter Ana and I continued our travels afterwards traveling across Mass. to N. Adams where our first stop was Mass MOCA. If you have not been there yet, put it on your list of art museums to visit. All of the exhibits are curated and contemporary...13 acres of museum. We ventured down to Stockbridge, caught a Shakespere Play in the Berkshires, Norman Rockwell Museum and then made our way to the Catskills to visit friend and incredible artist, Laura Levine, where she can be found at The Mystery Spot most weekends. We stayed at Kate's Lazy Meadows, owned and operated by Kate Pierson from the B-52's, slept in an airstream trailor down by the river. The trailer was a bit cramped, but really appreciated the beautiful design of an Airstream, which is a bit like imagining what it would be like to live in a doll house or doll trailer.