Encaustics Galore – First Friday December!

Victoria Primicias

Victoria Primicias

 

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Lauri Arntsen

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Lauri Arntsen

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Lauri Arntsen

Starting on December 6th, we’ll be featuring the amazing encaustic work of Lauri Arntsen and Victoria Primicias. These two artists are masters of their craft and the show highlights the delicacy and the versatility of their medium.

Victoria Angelique Primicias is a 25-year graphic design veteran whose work has been recognized in the American Institute of Graphic Arts publications, Print magazine, Communication Arts magazine, and more. She holds a BA in Fine Art History from the University of Toronto and Graphic Design from George Brown College. She describes her work as spiritual, contemplative, tactile and, in subject matter, ordinary. Vast expanses of sky, water and barren fields can magnify feelings of loneliness but the highly textured, raised surfaces invite interaction.

Lauri Arntsen is an award winning Fine Artist whose creative wheels are constantly spinning. After a successful career in Graphic Design, she began painting vividly hued conceptual landscapes. While her oil paintings were readily accepted for corporate and private collections, she has, more recently, explored and captured attention for her encaustic and mixed media works. Pieces thought to be too eccentric or “outside the box” have proven otherwise and inspired a more abstract vision for the artist.

We’ll also have live music by singer, songwriter, keyboard Player, and electronic musician, John Worth Hansen (and his four-piece band).

Celebrate April First Friday with Blake Street Shops & Visiting Artists

Make Blake Street Shops part of your walk this evening in downtown Raleigh.

We’re excited to see the weather warm up and the night clear up for proper fun. While you’re busy working the 9 to 5, we’re bringing in a new crop of artists to showcase their work in our common areas and available studios.

Visiting Artists
Saba Barnard – Technicolor Portraits
Ryan Cummings – Venetian plaster paintings
Brandon Spence – Dynamic vintage collage

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Ryan Cummings – Venetian plaster paintings
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Saba Barnard – Technicolor Portraits
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Brandon Spence – Dynamic vintage collage

Live Music
Pisces Rising (by gypsy folk duo).

Facebook Event: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/560301423990015/

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