Dear Family, Friends, and Collectors,
I am happy to send you my first newsletter from Roger Alderman Fine Art. This newsletter is published on a quarterly basis and will bring you new pictures, insights and career milestones.
I am pleased to announce that Jane Hamilton Fine Art now represents my work in Tucson, AZ. Jane has a great gallery and is carrying my contemporary landscapes. Jane and I are both happy that my new work has been well received and she has sold two paintings in my first thirty days at the gallery. OK, I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Here are a couple of examples of the work she is carrying. These are also the two paintings she has sold. You can check out her gallery and my other available work at Jane Hamilton Fine Art Gallery.
Many of you who know me and have followed my career know that I have a history of painting outdoors en plein air (fancy French term for painting outside in the open air) in an impressionistic style and then exhibiting that type of work in art galleries and show venues.
What many of you don’t know is that in the past few years, I have added a new dimension to my plein air work and I am now producing in my studio a large scale, contemporary impressionistic style of work, that sometimes borders on abstraction. I do these paintings on gallery wrap canvas. This is a canvas that is 1 ½ inches thick and the painting continues around the edge of the canvas and is ready to hang unframed.
These paintings are bright, colorful and are done in a more modern style. I paint them with a palette knife in lieu of brushes and they are heavily textured. I tend to work in a series and right now I am focused on aspen trees. I began to take a serious approach to painting aspen trees while living in Northern Nevada in the 90’s. The Ruby Mountain Range was a great source of inspiration and the subject of many plein air landscapes. Many of the paintings that I am producing today come from those days in the Ruby Mountains and also trips to Nevada’s Great Basin National Park.
Also, I would like to announce that I am exhibiting work in the Pima Arts Council Open Studio Tour on November 8th and 9th. This is an annual event where artists living in the city limits of Tucson are opening their studios for a weekend. It is a great tour with food, entertainment and lots of great art. You can log onto their website for more details at Tucson Pima Arts Council. I’ll be exhibiting work at Acacia Alder’s studio (my sister whose is also an artist). Every family needs at least two artists, or was it a doctor and a lawyer?
If I have your postal address, you will receive and invitation to the studio tour in the mail. I will also send out an email reminder as the time approaches. However, if you would like to receive an invitation and to be sure that I have your address, please go to my website and sign up for the newsletter, or send me an email with your address.
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I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. I am trying to build a larger audience for my work. My success in this adventure will be helped if you would please forward this newsletter to family and friends on your mailing list. I would greatly appreciate it and thank you for your interest and support.
Roger Alderman
