November 18, 2009 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Art Shows, Life, Our Artwork
My long time friend Annalisa and I are having a show here in March. We needed some reference photos.
Today we were crazy and brave, we took two babies in the rain to the spectacular Carl Sandburg Home in Flat Rock, NC. It was terrible and beautiful, wet muddy children in cold rain and a landscape so deep and green it could make a poet out of anyone. (even a frustrated mother?)
Gentle, sweet goats. . . bright yellow gingo leaves scattered under thick bamboo. . . wet pines by a dark lake. . .
Mud puddles, goat poop and toddlers don’t mix well with camera’s, I didn’t get many good photos, but we did get a little goat!
November 12, 2009 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Art Shows, Our Artwork
Not sure why I hadn’t thought of this sooner. . . they are still in the works. . . for the White Whale Christmas show. . .
what do you think? dangling off thin silver chains (nice but more expensive) or from silky palest of pale shades of ribbon. . .
either way, I think they would look fabulous with a slouchy white shirt and black leggings . . . but I don’t have thighs made for leggings. . . it’ll have to be a black pencil skirt instead.
November 9, 2009 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Art Shows, Artist Love, Life, Our Artwork
Open Studios went well, considering the state of my bones. . . I suppose if there had been too much of a crowd I would be a bit more tired than I am now. It was slow then steady, met lots of nice new people and finally met one of our (Chris and I) favorite local artist, Kent Ambler.
The weather was splendid, I had an excuse to resume garland making. . . haven’t made one for over a year since Mollie and I had a show at Christmas. That’s where the fishies came from. I love them.
November 8, 2009 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Art Shows, Life
My favorite time of year. Why not?
Open studios this weekend, this week, my ribs, the last post I wrote was afore I realized the pain pill dosage was a little too much for me. Streams of crazy pictures through my dizzy head that couldn’t move without losing everything, a day in bed is not always a good thing.
Thank you Christopher for taking care of me, thank you Erin for keeping my baby, thank Mom for worrying and fixing my dinner, thank you Cory for the lovely card. Thank you little bits of Greenville that came out to see me pillowed in a chair at my studio this weekend, it helped to forget the ow-ie.
October 6, 2009 | Posted By: Chris
Filed Under Annie, Art Shows, Chris, For Sale, Friends + Family, Life, Our Artwork
The Grand Opening of White Whale Studios & Gallery was so much fun!!! A HUGE thanks to everyone who came out to show your support and love and make it such a memorable opening night, to all our friends and family, we love you so much. It was really great to meet so many people we’d never met before, and Annie and I were so happy to just meet and greet and hang out with old friends and new. And of course, ginormous thanks and congrats to Caroline and Dan, as well as all the WW resident artists for doing so much hard work to get everything ready for the public (but ESPECIALLY Caroline and Dan…!!!) And so many other friends and family who helped in little and big ways… THANK YOU, EVERYONE! Annie and I are so happy to be a part of such a great studio collective and gallery (we’re just so excited about our studio that’s big enough for the both of us (and even Marshall too!))… and with so much more goodness to come, if the Lord wills…
Anyways, some of these pics are from the opening night (when the crowds were a bit more dispersed) and some are just other pics of our studio post-opening-night and whatnot.
If you’re in the Greenville area, get in touch if you want to make a visit!
September 24, 2009 | Posted By: Chris
Filed Under Art Shows, Chris, Friends + Family, Life, Our Artwork
Got the stamp made, and Caroline liked it so much she volunteered to get arthritis from cutting all these strips and stamping them for our artwork tags (we’ll write our names, titles, and prices on them by hand). I made the little rearrangement after she was done. Tee hee.
Mark your calendar! October 2nd!
September 22, 2009 | Posted By: Chris
Filed Under Art Shows, Chris, For Sale, Our Artwork
ARTCRANK Portland 2009 is set for Thursday, October 1 at The Cleaners at The Ace Hotel, located at 403 SW 10th Avenue in the Pearl District. Admission is free, all posters are priced at $30 and ARTCRANK will donate $5 from every poster sold to Bikes To Rwanda.
Please check the site for updates, and follow ARTCRANK on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news.
I’m thrilled to be a part of the Portland show! My poster is a remix of a drawing from Sweet Ride, a tad bigger than 11″x17″ signed and numbered in a limited edition of 35 prints. After the show I will have any remaining copies for sale at the Sweet Ride shop!
September 22, 2009 | Posted By: Chris
Filed Under Annie, Art Shows, Chris, Friends + Family, Life, Our Artwork
I recently designed this logo for White Whale Studios & Gallery (OBVIOUSLY!) in conjunction with promoting the Grand Opening, coming up next Friday (October 2nd) from 6-9pm. And yes, I know that whale is black. It’s called artistic license, people.
If you’re in the Greenville/Spartanburg area (and even if you’re not), you are most cordially invited to join us and the rest of the Resident Artists for a fun evening of food, drink, being merry, and of course, lots and LOTS of art!
For more information, links, and images of the artists’ work, check out the Facebook event page. And while you’re at it, become a Fan of WWS&G on Facebook if ye feel so inclined.
Press Release:
Unbeknownst to most of Greenville, a greatly neglected piece of the Historical Monaghan Mill Village has been undergoing an amazing transformation. A beautiful old home built circa 1890 has been restored and repurposed as the White Whale Studios & Gallery.
The Studio’s name hearkens back to Melville’s infamous tale of a determined white whale outwitting the relentless Captain Ahab, just as the artists, within the walls of this old white house, battle the odds to pursue their work and life’s calling.
The two-story house features a large welcoming front porch, a main gallery downstairs and seven individual working studios upstairs and down. Located three miles from downtown Greenville off 183, it is only one mile from the flourishing Pendleton Arts District.
Friday, October 2, 2009 from 6 pm to 9 pm, the White Whale Studios & Gallery will have its grand opening and the artists, whose work ranges from fine art and pottery to illustration and photography, will have their work displayed and their studios open for exploration.
Resident Artists:
Chris Koelle (artist / illustrator)
Annie Koelle (painter)
Caroline George Lott (portraitist)
Zane Logan (photographer)
Sara Dise (potter)
Carrie Creech (potter)
Jason Waggoner (multimedia artist)
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