"What's the Hurry?" by Patti Russell

Inman Perk Gainesville welcomes the artistic stylings of Patti Russell for the month of August.

From Patti Russel:

My artistic style is “expressionistic”. I do not strive to make a sunflower look just like the real flower but rather my “feeling of the flower and its attitude” at that particular time. If I am painting a landscape I don’t copy my photo reference, but rather I use several photos – taking the sky from one, the land from another, a tree from another, and then putting all the photos aside – finishing the painting in whatever way it seems to work best for me. Thus my landscape paintings are not of a specific place – but a place in my mind that is totally unique.

For more information visit www.PattiRussellFineArt.com!

Nephesh

Tell Me A Story: Finding Your Way Through Abstract Art
“Artwork allowing for inner exploration and to encourage sharing with others to promote community.”
by Rachel Q. Landers

June 2009 @ Inman Perk Gainesville

More about Rachel:

Rachel Q. Landers earned a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, with a concentration in Scientific Illustration from the University of Georgia in 2006. She currently lives in Gainesville, Georgia.
Rachel’s artwork, by moving away from realism, acknowledges that viewers bring a lexicon of experience and concurrent emotion to a painting. She would like her artwork to encourage discourse – facilitating storytelling and a sense of community. This holds a significant place in her art and philosophy.

Tying together aspects of life and nature with spirituality, Rachel creates mystery, in essence – pos sibilities. When creating her art, she feels it is challenging as well as freeing to accept change and adapt to what emerges. By layering perhaps unusual combinations of shapes and colors which contrast and resolve, her work represents life with its undulating tensions– and sometimes surprising beauty. She wishes to broaden her outlook visually as well as in day to day interactions. It is an optimistic process.

The Gainesville Roots Project

Welcome to The Gainesville Roots Project: A neighborhood effort to revitalize and regrow the Gainesville Square through community-based music, art, and events.

The G.R.P. is a grassroots effort of local business owners, artists, musicians, and general do-gooders that are interested in creating a better Square.  We believe our community is stronger than the current establishment — and by banding together, we can turn the Square into the central art district of Gainesville.

Our goal is to create a free event network that aligns music performances, art shows, and many other types of events with local venues.  These events in turn drive traffic by providing a regular reason to visit the Square.

Participating in the G.R.P. is and always will be free.  We believe that our entire community benefits as a whole from the participation of each individual venue/artists/performer.  The more events that are thrown, the more people will be exposed to what we have to offer.

Advertising with the G.R.P. is also free.  This website functions as the central event calendar and information site.  Participants are welcome to post as much information as they like.  The more you post, the more people will see.

If you have a venue, please visit our venue sign up page for more information about becoming a participating venue.  Participating is free and easy.  You tell us what kind of events you would like to have at your place and we help you line up artists and performances.

If you are an artist/performer, please visit our event sign up for more information about creating an event.  Participating is free and easy.  You tell us what kind of event you would like to have and we help you line up a venue.