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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Saturday Portrait Class starts in October!

Friday, May 13, 2011

new paintings by Gregory Mortenson

Gregory Mortenson, who studied at the GCA from 2006-2010, has been busy working on commissions and painting on his own since he left us. Here are a few recently finished pieces:

Gethsemane, 40 x 50" oil on linen, by Gregory Mortenson

John, 9"x11", oil on linen, by Gregory Mortenson

Mother With Child, 36"x26" oil on linen, by Gregory Mortenson, 2011

Sunday, May 1, 2011

GCA alumni place in the Salon International 2011

The Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio, TX has announced the results of their "Salon International 2011" competition. Among the winners are several GCA alumni:

One of three "Top Award" winners: Self Portrait by Gregory Mortenson , Oil, 10 x 9 inches

"Top 50 Award" winner: Acorn Squash by Todd Casey, Oil, 9 x 14 inches

"Top 50 Award" winner: Sailor's Tribute by Danny Grant, Oil, 16 x 24 inches

Friday, November 13, 2009

ARC Scholarship Awards

The Art Renewal Center just announced the winners of their Scholarship awards, which go to students at ARC approved ateliers around the world to help them continue their studies. $30,000 in prizes were awarded to students this year! Congratulations to all the winners. Below are the winning pieces from GCA students.

First Place: $5,000 to Elisabeth Ehmann

Santiago (2009) Graphite and Colored Pencil on Toned Paper, 20x18 inches

First Place: $5,000 to Angela Cunningham

Cast Painting (2009) Oil on Canvas 22 x 18 inches

Second Place: $4,000 to Amelia Landes Taylor

Satyr Hanging From A Nail(2008) Graphite on Paper, 20x16 inches

Second Place: $4,000 to Amelia Landes Taylor

Dancer (2009) Graphite and Chalk on Toned Paper, 20 x 16 inches

Third Place: $2,500 to Gregory Mortenson

Juan Michael (2009), oil on linen, 9"x8", by Gregory Mortenson

Purchase Awards:

Maria (2009) pencil on paper, 8x6 by Angela Cunningham, sold for $1,800.00

Alexandra (2007), graphite on toned paper with white pencil, 20x18, by Elisabeth Ehmann, sold for $2,200.00

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

end of the year student work, part 2

by Gregory Mortenson

by Brandon Beckstrom

by Connie Netherton

by Angela Cunningham

by Connie Netherton

by Sean Russo

Saturday, May 30, 2009

end of the year student work, part 1

Yesterday was the last day of class for students in the core program before summer break and the workshop schedule which starts right away on Monday. Each student has submitted their 3 best pieces of the year for a student exhibition which is open to the public June 8-12. I'll be posting images of all the submitted work here on the blog, which will take several installments, so stay tuned!