Frame Works - Events - San Luis Art Gallery

"Through the Trees" originals by Ken Christensen
Date: Friday - 2/7/2020
Time: 6pm-9pm
Solo show "Through the Trees" featuring local artist Ken Christensen, newest original oils and watercolors.
Ken Christensen is a classic, on-site landscape painter with influences filtered down from the French Impressionists and Fauves. Ken paints with an intensity and bravura that reveals the glory and beauty of even the most mundane scenes. Show begins on February 7th and runs through April 28th. Artist reception is March 6th, 2020 6-9pm come meet with Ken and enjoy his latest work!

Sue Dunker "Coastal Colors"
Date: September 6, 2019
Time: 6pm-9pm
Sue Dunker
"Coastal Colors"
Seascapes from Montana de Oro to Morro Bay
Sue's ongoing fascination is with the brilliant colors available through the use of soft pastels. When painting, Sue likes to enhance, or even abandon, the natural colors of her subjects and add emotional content with bright, intense colors.
"The impetus for this show was born out of my love of the ocean and my frequent walks near where I live."
Currently, Sue lives and works in Los Osos. She takes 2-3 trips a year, past trips include Machu Picchu, China, Italy, Malta, Tanzania, Morocco, and Mexico most frequently. Her award-winning art has been displayed in juried shows in San Luis Obispo, Scottsdale, Seattle, San Bernardino Art Museum, New Orleans, New York City, and New Mexico. She had a group show on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and her painting "Fire on the Mountain" was selected in the prestigious Top 100 Arts for the Parks exhibit in Jackson, Wyoming. This show toured across the nation.
Why pastel? I love the immediacy of it, to me it's like coloring but with a huge variety of "crayons" to chose from. No mixing required.
So what's with that little symbol in the corner? It's my signature block. I started using it back around 1996, with encouragement from my mentor, William Herring. Writing my name with the pastels looked messy and illegible. He encouraged me to come up with some graphic design, and this is what I came up with.

Artist reception 6-9pm September 6, 2019 at Frame Works 339 Marsh St. 805-542-9000 www,sloart.com Exhibit runs through November 28, 2019

"Here and There" Ken Christensen artist
Date: Friday 3-1-19
Time: 6-9pm
Artist Reception "Here and There" Ken Christensen's original oils inspired by California, New Mexico and France. 6-9PM March 1st. Show runs through May 28 2019 Frame Works 339 Marsh St. 805-542-9000

"Here and There" Ken Christensen original oils
Date: March 1, 2019
Time: 6-9pm
Artist Reception "Here and There" Ken Christensen's original oils inspired by California, New Mexico and France. 6-9PM March 1st. Show runs through May 28 2019 Frame Works 339 Marsh St. 805-542-9000

Ken Christensen paints with an intensity and bravura that reveals the glory and beauty of even the most mundane scenes. Rather than the standard post card views, Mr. Christensen seeks out the particular that his personal vision can raise to the universal. He is the founder of a bold group of painters, The New Fauves, committed to propagating the style of the great French Fauve painters.

"Here and There" Ken Christensen artist
Date: March 1, 2019
Time: 6-9pm
Artist Reception "Here and There" Ken Christensen's original oils inspired by California, New Mexico and France. 6-9PM March 1st. Show runs through May 28 2019 Frame Works 339 Marsh St. 805-542-9000

Ken Christensen paints with an intensity and bravura that reveals the glory and beauty of even the most mundane scenes. Rather than the standard post card views, Mr. Christensen seeks out the particular that his personal vision can raise to the universal. He is the founder of a bold group of painters, The New Fauves, committed to propagating the style of the great French Fauve painters.

"Interesting Times" Mark Bryan
Date: October 5 2018 6-9pm
Time: 6-9pm
Join us for an artist reception featuring local artist Mark Bryan, "Interesting Times" original oils reflecting political and surrealist satire. It has been 4 years since this local artist has shared his responsibility to make comment and expose the villains of the day. This realization combined with his early influences, Sci-Fi and horror movies, super hero comics, Mad Magazine, Salvador Dali, The Twilight zone, Zap Comics, etc…….. have come together in his work to create a unique and engaging brew. October 5th 2018 6-9pm at Frame Works 339 Marsh St SLO www.sloart.com
Show runs through Jan 23rd 2019 A must see show!

Local Color
Date: Friday - 2/02/2018
Time: 6-9pm
"Local Color" local artist Ken Christensen exhibits new original oils One Man Show Feb. 2nd - April 25th Artist reception March 2nd 6-9pm.

Ken Christensen is a classic, on-site landscape painter with influences filtered down from the French Impressionists and Fauves. He paints with the vision, color, and verve of such painters as Van Gogh, Vlaminck, Marquet and Derain and with the American perspective of Hopper and Benton.

Christensen lives in Los Osos, CA, mixing plein air and studio work. He returns regularly to Santa Fe and Paris, his former homes, which he loves dearly. Changing locations provides fresh inspiration and he also visits the many wonderful friends that live there.
Ken Christensen paints with an intensity and bravura that reveals the glory and beauty of even the most mundane scenes. Rather than the standard post card views, Mr. Christensen seeks out the particular that his personal vision can raise to the universal.

Ken Christensen is exhibiting at Frame Works February 2nd through April 25, 2018. We will be hosting a meet and greet artist reception March 2nd 6-9pm at 339 Marsh Street San Luis Obispo 805-542-9000 www.sloart.com Gallery hours are M-F 10:00-6pm, Sat 10:00-4pm and other hours by appointment.

Once Upon a Dream
Date: Friday - 9/02/2016
Time: 6-9pm
A collection of oil paintings by local artist Leslie Balleweg, exploring the roles of perception and imagery in the creation of stories.

Please join us for the opening reception, in conjunction with Art After Dark, on Sept 2nd at Frame Works. Show runs through Dec 28th 2016.

Free Range
Date: Friday - 3/06/2015
Time: 6-9pm
Frame Works is excited to host Free Range,

“Images of animal life outside my studio window”

Paintings by internationally known cartoonist and emerging oil painter, Jerry Scott.

Artist Reception: March 6th from 6-9pm at Frame Works
In conjunction with Art After Dark

Show runs Feb 16th through May 27th

If you are interested in scheduling a preview of the show

or have any questions please contact

Ali Jansen at 542-9000 or Ali@sloart.com

Día de los Muertos
Date: Friday - Oct 7th 2014
Time: 6-9pm
Frame Works is excited to host Dia de Los Muertos
An group exhibition inspired by the traditions of creating elaborate altars,
decorating skulls, compiling memorabilia, and offering food and
flowers to welcome our beloved spirits home.

Please join us and meet the artist at the Artist Reception
on Nov 7th from 6-9pm at Frame Works.

If you are interested in scheduling a preview of the show
or have any questions please contact
Gallery Director Sara Semmes at 542-9000 or Sara@sloart.com

Call to Artists: Día de Los Muertos
Date: Submissions due Sept 15th
Time: frameworks
We invite you to make art inspired by the traditions of creating elaborate altars, decorating skulls, offerings of food and flowers, and compiling photos and memorabilia to welcome our beloved, departed spirits home.

Show will run Nov 7th through January 14th.

If you are interested in participating or have any questions please contact Frame Works at 542-9000 or Sara@sloart.com, for the complete Call to Artists.

Opening Reception 'The Great Republic'
Date: Friday - 3/1/2013
Time: 6-9pm
Join us for our Opening Reception of 'The Great Republic' an exhibit featuring rare flags, maps and Americana from the late 18th century through the early 20th century. Show runs through April 12, 2013

Call For Entries for the 9th Annual Art Eco
Date: Submission deadline is January 7th
Time: frameworks

Attention San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Kings, Ventura, Fresno, Tulare and Kern county Artists!

The Call for Entries for the 9th Annual Art Eco is out! Mark your Calendars, the deadline for submissions is January 7th. The show dates are March 22 - June 9, 2013

If you are interested in participating or in receiving additional information, please send your name and contact information to Sara Egerer at: sara@sloart.com

Art Eco is an annual art exhibition featuring art created from reclaimed and natural materials. It is hosted by San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden and sponsored by Frame Works. This show is a unique opportunity to experience a synergy of art and garden on the Central Coast. Every year Art Eco evolves as it draws more participating artists and as the diversity of appropriated materials broadens. Viewers are delightfully engaged by the ingenious transformation of natural and cultural remnants into captivating sculpture.

Time Space Place Shape
Date: Opening Reception: August 3rd
Time: 6-9pm

Frame Works is excited to host this whimsical collection of 2D and 3D explorations in patterns, numbers, secrets and stories by local artists
Beryl Reichenberg, Meryl Perloff, Julie Frankel, and Deb Spatafore.

Artists’ Reception:
August 3rd from 6-9pm at Frame Works
In conjunction with Art After Dark
Show runs July 30th through Sept 27th

Jewelry Artists- Call for Entries
Date: Sept 17th
Time:
Frame Works invites you to participate in our
winter exhibition of unique and imaginative jewelry.

Indulge your creative inclinations with inventive one-of-a-kind designs!
Exhibition: Nov 1st 2011 – Jan 13th 2012
Entry Submission Deadline Sept 17th

Please view the attachment for full details.
If you have any questions please email sara@sloart.com

Feel free to pass this call along to any artists you know that may be interested.

OUTSIDE THE PANEL
Date: Friday 4/61/2012
Time: 6-9pm

Frame Works is excited to host
OUTSIDE THE PANEL,
everyday images of life on the other side of my cartoon studio window.
Paintings by internationally known cartoonist and emerging oil painter, Jerry Scott.

Show runs March 26th through June 15th

8th Annual Art Eco in the Garen
Date: March 16th-May 24th
Time: 12:34pm
The 8th Annual Art Eco - Connections with Nature at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is just around the corner. Mark your calendars for the opening reception at the garden on March 16th from 5-7pm. This exciting event features numerous talented local artists working in reclaimed or natural materials. Frame Works is proud to sponsor this event and we hope you will enjoy viewing the art in this unique environment. The show will run through May 24th.

Reception for Circle of Life at the San Luis Botanical Garden
Date: Thursday - 11/10/2011
Time: 4-6pm
Sabrina Rouse's collection, Circle of Life,is a stunning photographic collection capturing intimate glimpses into the life of flowers, from the glory of their full bloom to their inevitable fading.

Sabrina's personal project and artistic obsession of growing unique flowers and photographically documenting the beauty of their growth is a natural fit to show at a botanical garden. We hope to see you there!

Circle of Life will be showing at the SLOBG October 27th through January 30th.

Art Eco 2012 - Call for Artists
Date: submission deadline is 12/10/2011
Time:
Attention artists!

The 8th Annual Art Eco at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is right around the corner!

This exciting event features 2D and 3D art made out of reclaimed or natural materials and has both indoor and out door display space.There is NO entry fee and artists may submit up to 3 pieces each. Submission deadline is December 10th, so mark your calendars and start creating. Art Eco will be showing March 16 through May 24 of 2012, that's over 10 weeks! The show will be highly publicized and coincide with numerous other well attended SLOBG events.

This will be the 8th Art Eco that Frame Works has sponsored, every show has gained new artists and a larger audience. We invite you to become a part of our growing Art Eco community.

Art Eco is sponsored by Frame Works and curated by Sara Egerer.
For complete submission information contact Sara Egerer directly at Frame Works, 542-9000 or sara@sloart.com
www.sloart.com

Circle of Life
Date: Friday - 7/01/2011
Time: 6-9pm
Frame Works is excited to host this stunning photographic collection capturing intimate glimpses into the life of flowers by local artist Sabrina Rouse.

Circle of Life is Sabrina’s personal project of growing unique flowers and photographing them from their first signs of life, into the glory of their full bloom and to their inevitable fading.

Please join us and meet the artist at the Artist Reception on July 1st from 6-9pm at Frame Works.

If you are interested in scheduling a preview of the show or have any questions please contact Gallery Director Sara Egerer at 542-9000 or Sara@sloart.com.

From Field to Plate
Date: Friday - 4/1/2011
Time: 6-9pm
Join us for an artist demonstration on print making with the Central Coast Printmakers during April's Art After Dark.

From Field to Plate is a group show by the Central Coast Print Makers showing through May 20th.

Call to Artists for the 2nd Annual Connections with Nature: Art Eco in the Garden
Date: 1/11/2011-2/14/2011
Hosted by the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden and sponsored by Frame Works.

This show is a unique opportunity for local artists to show their work in the beautiful and natural setting of the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden.

Opening reception: March 18th 7:30pm
Showing through May 28th

Show Details:
Artists must reside in San Luis Obispo County
Art must be made of reclaimed materials
Each artist may submit up to 3 entries
Each entry must include: title, price, materials list, & 1-3jpgs
Please include an artist statement and bio

Please apply via email to Sara@sloart.com
For questions please call Sara @ 542-9000

5th Annual Art Eco
Date: Nov 5 2010 through January 14th 2011
Time: 6-9pm
Frame Works is proudly hosting our fifth annual Art Eco exhibition of art made from reclaimed materials.

This year twenty talented local artists are participating in the show, each of whom brings his or her own unique vision and creativity.The high level of craftsmanship and ingenuity is sure to impress.

Frame Works will be donating 15% of all proceeds from Art Eco to the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden in support of their efforts to honor and preserve our connections with nature.

The Opening Reception for Art Eco will be on
Friday November 5th from 6-9
in conjunction with Art After Dark.

The show will continue through January 14th.

Call to Artists for your 5th Annual Art Eco
Date: Friday - 9/24/2010
Art Eco
An Exhibition Featuring Art made from Re-Appropriated Materials

Frame Works is preparing for our 5th annual Art Eco this coming winter. It is our hope that you will bring your creativity to this endeavor.

All pieces are to be made from recycled, reused or reclaimed materials. As previously, we will be donating a percentage of sales to a local environmental organization.

If you are interested in participating please contact me to schedule an appointment to review your submissions.
Appointments will be held September 24th, 25th and 26th.

Please bring one to three submissions with a written description of each entry, materials used, title and pricing. Only submit work that
has not previously shown in the county.

Thank you!

All of My Favorite Things
Date: 7/1-9/24/2010
We are excited to host this playful collection of vibrant watercolors by local artist Tracy Taylor. This enchanting series "All of My Favorite Things," reflects Tracy's love for the whimsical.

Join us for the Artist Reception on September 3rd in conjunction with Art After Dark.

Art Eco
Date: Friday - 11/06/2009
Time: 6-9pm
Join us for the opening reception of our fourth annual Art Eco, a group exhibition featuring art made from reclaimed materials.

A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Land Conservancy.

Art Eco will be showing through January 16th.

Extended Application Deadline for Call to Artists
Date:
ART ECO
Frame Works is preparing for our fourth annual Art Eco: An Exhibition Featuring Green Design Through Re-Appropriation. All submissions are to be made from recycled, reused or reclaimed materials. Submission appointments have been extended to October 1st, 2nd,and 3rd. Please contact Sara to schedule an appointment. Eah artist may bring up to three submissions with a written description of each entry, materials used, title and pricing. Only submit work that has not previously been shown in the county. The opening reception will be on Friday November 6th.

Sara Egerer

Gallery Director
542-9000
Sara@sloart.com

Artist Opening Reception
Date: Friday - 7/3/2009
Time: 6-9pm
Frame Works is proud to host this selection of paintings exploring the relationships between line, form, color, and texture.

Greenetz’s abstract minimalist painting style reflects an
architectural aesthetic while illustrating a natural and
systemic design philosophy.

Holland’s abstract expressionist painting style features improvisation through quick gestural strokes that draws from muscle memory and an expanding visual vocabulary.