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"Fruit of the Vine" at Yoshida's
April 18, 2006
I am participating in a new exhibit at Yoshida Gallery in Portland called "Fruit of the Vine" together with 18 other gallery artists. I hope you can come to the First Thursday Artwalk at The Pearl District in Portland on May 4th to see my newest pieces for this show, which will hang until May...
Newer pieces/Artwalk at Scott Milo Gallery
April 2, 2006
\n \n \n Sommelier\n \n \n \nThis Friday, April 5th, will be the second artwalk at\n \n Scott Milo Gallery\n \nwhere I am showing as the featured artist. I will have two new pieces from the Italy series "Sommelier" and "Near Siena" in addition to pieces now showing at the gallery.\n \n \n \n \n...
New Gallery on Orcas Island
March 15, 2006
\n \n \n \n \nI am very pleased to announce that I am now showing at Crow Valley Pottery, Orcas Islands' most venerable and finest venue for visual artists in all mediums. Presently, I have 5 pieces at the gallery (from the Italy series and some from the islands) with plans to add more over the...
A painting in progress
March 9, 2006
I have photographed the piece "\n \n Grape Harvest\n \n" (click to see finished piece) in various steps as I worked from sketches and photos taken during the fall grape harvest in Manarola, one of five villages in Italy's Cinque Terre. Because the terrain is so steep there, grapes are hand-picked...
New works at Scott Milo Gallery
March 8, 2006
\n \n \n \n \nI have 8 new pieces showing at Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes, Washington through April 25th. The opening reception was during the first Friday artwalk that drew a crowd of several hundred people to the galleries in Anacortes. I'm posting two of the images (one from the Italy...
The pastels I use
January 17, 2006
I've had several inquiries about my work at Macy's Gallery in Seattle - asking what kind of pastels I use and what fixatives, etc.\n \n \n \n \n \n Unison pastels\n \n \nI use a mixed bag, but primarily, Unison, Schminke and Sennelier brand soft pastels. I use Nu Pastel sticks for underpainting...
Steve Hill Exhibit at Macy*s Seattle Store
January 6, 2006
I am having a special one man show at Macy*s downtown Seattle store through January 31, with 16 original pastels. Work is from my Pacific Northwest and Italy series of plein air paintings. Macy*s Gallery is located on the 6th (skybridge) floor of the store.\n \n \nAll paintings have been captioned...
New works showing at Macy*s Store January
December 30, 2005
\n \n \n Macy*s of Seattle.\n \n \nSteve Hill's Art Newsletter, December 2005\n \n \nSPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT\n \n \nJANUARY SHOW\n \nAT MACY*S IN SEATTLE\n \n \nThis exhibit opportunity just came-up last week. I will be having a solo show at Macy*s downtown Seattle store in their gallery which is...
New year, new web site.
December 26, 2005
\n \n \n Seattle Space Needle celebrates the new year.\n \n \nComing in time for the new year is my very own web site!\n \n \nAlthough, not 100% finished, you will find images of my artwork, listings of my upcoming events and my new Blog! I hope I can keep up with my blog as much as I try to...