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Two Umbrellas
by Mark Nesmith
Oil on Canvas
24" x 24"
2015
On display at the Texas Artists' Museum |
I believe in creating your own momentum, and sometimes the
universe lends a helping hand. Not long ago I contacted the local museums and
art spaces about possible exhibition opportunities. This past Saturday I received
a call from the Texas Artists Museum. TAM is a non-profit art space in Port
Arthur that exhibits and promotes local and regional artists. They usually
feature three artists each month, but one of the artists scheduled to show in
November wouldn’t be able to participate due to recent health concerns. They
had received my email and viewed my work online and were wondering if there was
any possibility I could step in and be part of the November exhibit. Ordinarily
a couple of days notice wouldn’t be enough time to put a show together, but I’d
recently brought back some work from my two-person show at Davis Gallery in
Austin and from my summer shows in Galveston at Third Coast Gallery, most of
which hasn’t been shown in SE Texas before. Altogether I had more than two
dozen pieces I could show, so Monday afternoon we loaded up the cars and trucks
and headed off to Port Arthur to hang the show.
I’d like to invite you all to the artists’ reception on the
second Thursday of November, 11/12/2015, from 6 – 8 PM. It’ll be a fun filled
night with lots of art and refreshments. TAM was hit hard in the last few
hurricanes and is coming back strong. Let’s all help support this great institution
in Port Arthur.
That was quite a whirlwind start to my week, but I have more
breaking news too! I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been accepted to exhibit
online with Ugallery.com. Ugallery.com is a curated online gallery that
promotes work in 45 countries worldwide. Ugallery.com has an impressive sales
record and garnered lots of great press, including reviews in the Wall Street
Journal and a feature on This Old House. They curate every piece shown on the
site and take great care to present professional artwork. They also participate
in some art fairs and host exhibitions from time to time. It’s a great
opportunity for me to expose my work to a wider audience. My work should be
available starting Thursday, November 5, 2015 at marknesmithart.ugallery.com.
A while back I announced that I was negotiating a contract
with a large Austin based art publisher interested in producing and selling
prints of my paintings. Unfortunately that seems to have fallen through, but as
luck would have it I was contacted by a different publisher based out of
McKinney, TX. Orisons Décor is a smaller company that sprang to life out of
their already successful and long running gallery. They are very artist
centered and offered very favorable terms with their contract. They offer
reproductions through their online service and also partner with several
leading interior design firms. I’ve just completed editing the first batch of graphic
files and descriptions we’ll be offering and they should be available through
www.orisonsdecor.com
soon.
Thank you all for your continued support and interest in my
art. You make it all possible!
Mark
P.S. Don’t forget, if you’re anywhere near SE Texas on
Thursday, November 12, 2015 stop by the Texas Artists’ Museum in Port Arthur to
see my exhibit and say hello!
