February opening announcement

In anticipation of Valentine's day, Jennifer Young Studio & Gallery will be holding an exhibit entitled "Flowers and Candy". The show will feature Jennifer's floral still life paintings and scenes of flower gardens. Please join us for an opening reception on Friday evening, February 2nd from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibit continues through March 1st.

Jennifer Young Studio & Gallery is located at 16 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219; two blocks east of the Jefferson Hotel. The gallery is currently open during the First Fridays Art Walk, and at other times by appointment. For further information please visit the website or call 804-254-1008, or toll free 1-877-DIAL- ART.

Also, as a special Valentine's day promotion, we are offering a complimentary gourmet chocolate bar with purchase, through February 14th. The chocolate won't last, but the flowers will last year after year! ;-)

Art Opening tomorrow night at Jennifer Young Studio & Gallery

If you're in Richmond stop by to see some of my recent paintings of the American South. We'll host an opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m.  The exhibit will continue through the end of January. Jennifer Young Studio & Gallery is a participating venue in the First Fridays Richmond Art Walk. The gallery is located at 16 E. Main Street, just two blocks east of the Jefferson Hotel. Click here to see a map and get driving directions from your location. For more information please call 804-254-1008. Hope to see you at the show! 

"Albemarle Morning" Oil on Canvas, 24"x30"

New Gallery Photos

I thought I'd post some photos of the new gallery space, which officialy opened last Friday night. We were swamped the entire night so I did not get ONE picture of the actual event! It turned out well--hectic but fun. We're both still recovering from total exhaustion, but at least we made it through "phase one". Phase two is still to come--moving my art studio part into the building. We hope to have that accomplished by mid January at the latest. Front room:

This is the wall to the right as you walk in the front door. The flowers on the table are from our new landlord!

This is the left wall of the same room--A great spot for the paintings in my mini collection:

This is a view of the right hand wall as you continue on into the middle room.

Here's a shot of the same wall looking back into the front room:

Here is the opposite wall in the second room. The picture to the far left is an original oil painting of Tuscany. The pictures to the right are canvas prints on the walls, and paper prints in the rack. People were amazed at the quality of the canvas prints, which looked so much like paintings that I had to tell them they were prints and not originals.

   

Heading out from the 2nd room and into the third room. This is where the band played opening night:

Rounding the corner into this third room, here is my wall of Key West paintings:

   

   I had these paintings framed differently from the usual gold because I felt like the solid gold was too formal for this subject matter. I like the linen liner and the platinum colored frame with the bamboo motif for these sunny Key West pieces.

   This last room will undergo some changes. The front two rooms with the hardwood floors will remain gallery space, but we'll use this area more for work space (to be determined), though we'll still hang some art here. Down that hallway is a fourth small room and a bathroom with a utility sink.

   Jennifer Young Studio & Gallery is located at 16 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA, 23219. Currently we are open from 6 to 9 p.m. during the First Fridays Art walks, and other times by appointment. Please call 804-254-1008 (1-877-DIAL-ART toll free) to visit the gallery or to inquire about the paintings you see on the website.

Opening night

Well, tonight's the night! The doors to the new gallery will open at 6 p.m this evening and we are pretty much ready for it. Last night the band did their final soundcheck for tonight's music too, so it should be a fun time. There are a lot of happenings in town tonight besides my opening, and lots of good reasons to come downtown. There is, of course, the First Fridays Art Walk and all of the art openings that are associated with that (inclucing mine). The art walk is in its 6th season now and the momentum has really built over time.

Tonight is also the night for the Grand Illumination downtown at the James Center, and the open house for the newly restored historic Main Street Train Station.  There are some good restaurants right along the Broad Street Corridor of the Art walk too, so a lot of people make a night of dining and then gallery hopping. If you are in Richmond and plan to come downtown this evening please come on by and see the gallery!

I've had too much running around this week to take photos and post them here, but will post follow up pictures after the event.

Countdown to the Grand Opening

Only two days to finish up preparations for the gallery grand opening. Yesterday I was interviewed by a writer from Brick Magazine, a fairly new weekly magazine put out by Media General/Richmond Times Dispatch. The timing is great, as the article is due to come out on Thursday, a day before the opening!

The lighting is in, but we had to go with a temporary option because our more permanent solution wasn't able to be shipped on time. It will be just fine, but there was a period of momentary mayhem trying to determine an alternate solution for those 11 foot ceilings.

About 90 percent of the show is hung, which consists just under 30 paintings and a number of small minis as well.  I'll take some pictures later today and post them here on the blog.