Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

As the Sun sets on 2010, I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

I will be blogging again the first of the year. Until then, please have a safe holiday season.

AN EVENING with SANDRA RAST

Friday Night was a wonderful night here at the gallery. Bountiful artist Sandra Rast was here with originals of her Florals.

Here she is pictured with two of the originals. They are wonderful vibrant paintings.

In addition to the floral paintings Sandra brought her newest painting "Miracle of the Quail". It of course is the story of starving pioneers. They were very poor people who were not as prepared as they should have been for the trip. They prayed to the Lord for food and they were blessed with flocks of Quail that actually flew into
their camps and saved their lives.

This is an actual documented account taken from journals of pioneers.

We will have some of her originals up for a while.

SANDRA RAST SHOW FRIDAY

Bountiful artist Sandra Rast will be in our Gallery this Friday from 6pm to 8pm.

We will have some wonderful originals and Sandra will be signing prints and cards for her fans. It is such a great opportunity at such a busy time of year to be able to meet the artist.

Stop by as you are out doing your Christmas shopping or on the way to dinner. It will be well worth your time.


Here is a picture which is very familiar to Bountiful residents....the Bountiful Temple.

See you Friday !

CHRISTMAS ART SHOWS - Dec 17th and 18th SANDRA RAST and LIZ LEMON SWINDLE

SANDRA B. RAST - Friday the 17th of December from 6-8pm


Come and visit with Sandra Rast on Friday the 17th. A local artist, Sandra is well know for her wonderful portrayals of the pioneer heritage here in Utah.

I took this picture in her home, the original of course is just stunning, my photograph does not do it justice. Sandra is now painting some wonderful florals. We will have some originals in the gallery.



LIZ LEMON SWINDLE - Saturday DEC 18th 6-8pm

This is Liz's latest painting, " Come Follow Me". It is such a calming and wonderful painting.

Liz Lemon Swindle, also a Utah artist is well known for her series of paintings on the life of Joseph Smith and her more recent project on the life of Christ "Son of Man".

Her newest project is painting the Parables. Come and meet Liz on Saturday.

The gallery location again is 255 N. 500 W. Bountiful. We are between the Mikado and 5 Guys restaurants in the Bountiful Commons shopping area.

Liz Lemon Swindle - SHOW - Dec 18th - BOUNTIFUL

Liz Lemon Swindle will be here in the Bountiful Gallery on Saturday the 18th of December from 6pm-8pm.

Liz is well known for her inspirational art. The picture to the left is titled "I am the Resurrection", the story of Christ raising Lazarus from the dead.







Currently Liz is doing a project painting the Parables in the Bible. Here you see "The Good Samaritan". This version represents the old world version, but her project includes a modern depiction as well. The project is quite an undertaking.

We hope you come to meet Liz. We will have her books, ornaments and some of her latest works available.

The gallery is located between Mikado and 5 Guys Restaurants in the Bountiful Commons complex.....255 N. 500 W., Bountiful, Ut.

If you are not able to come and want to purchase her art, you can call the gallery at 801-296-0718, or click on the tab at the top of the blog.

Hope to see you on Saturday the 18th!!!!

The SHOW with Scott Gustafson

What a great night we had. Some of our young art students came to see and talk to a real artist. For those of you who have not met Scott, he is very gracious and spent time with each fan.

At the end of the show I received a call from a Grandmother of one of Scott's fans. She mentioned that her grandson has come to the show, met Scott, then went home and told his grandmother he had seen a " REAL ARTIST". She thanked us for having Scott, and thanked him for being so nice to a young boy.

Here Scott is explaining his creative process to a young family. It is fascinating to hear the details of creating these wonderful paintings.

The young girl was quite the artist herself. She and I drew a picture of a garden (complete with worms) while her parents decided on which books to purchase.

Scott did sign some extra books which we have in the Repartee Gallery.

Davis High with Scott Gustafson

Scott started his day with us in Utah at Davis High School. He gave a lecture accompanied with slides of the evolution of his career.

He was the guest of Mr. Atkin and had another class join the lecture.



The visit to the High School was coordinated by Brent Severe, Executive Director of the Davis Education Foundation.



In this picture Scott ( on the left) and Brent show their excitement and enthusiasm for returning to work with students, and I'm sure having me take their picture.



Scott was at the High School for a little over an hour. We hope the students enjoyed seeing the samples of his art and learning a little about the time and dedication needed to produce high quality art.











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Scott Gustafson AT DAVIS HIGH - This Friday

I know I have gone back and forth on this information, but Davis High School is the location where Scott Gustafson will be talking to a combined group of Art classes. He will be there for the class which starts at 12:50pm.

Scott is well known as an illustrator and this will be a great opportunity for students of art to ask questions of a successful artist.

Later that evening he will be at Repartee Art Gallery to sign books, prints, and limited edition prints. We will also have a few originals here in the gallery.

The Gallery show starts at 6pm and goes until 8pm. We hope to see you then.