On the First Friday of each month, the West + Main Homes team loves supporting local art by inviting creators to showcase their works in our popular storefront galleries.
This month, we hope you’ll join us for a little walk down memory lane each week, as we reminisce about all of the fun Artwalk events that we have hosted in our RiNo and Louisville offices.
We invite you to visit the online galleries and social accounts of these wonderful, creative + talented folks…and we will look forward to reuniting with you when this crisis has passed and our galleries are able to re-open.
Andy Schwartz
Artist Statement: ” I enjoy ‘capturing beauty’ around sunrise and sunset and my process to create an image, is to develop a ‘story’ that engages the viewer and moves the eye into and around the photo. My photos are meant to convey an emotion of that captured moment that I want to share with the viewer. My hope is that my viewers will make the same emotional connection to my work that I experienced when it was captured.”
Visit Andy’s website.
Zoe Tessier
About the artist:
“Tessier’s work has notes of humor that comment on society in its moments of innocence, pleasures, peace, havoc and love. Zoe represents figures and flowers in a way that words or writing simply may not. Tessier’s bright use of colorful paint and geometric shapes help to provoke emotion and construction of space.”
Visit Zoe’s website.
Molly McClure
About the Artist:
"Creating portraiture gives me purpose. My intention is to depict the unique appearance of the individual; highlight their distinctive character and beauty. Each person is remarkable, and my portraiture is an attempt to capture and convey that beauty. Painting portraits is my way of connecting with people, connecting with life, and connecting with the rich history of self-identification."
Visit Molly’s Facebook.
Mr. Melty
Mr. Melty (née Kevin Vigil) reigns from the colorful and historical "Land of Enchantment", otherwise known as New Mexico. His works often consist of mountainous and desert landscapes layered with his unique kaleidoscopic-like vision. Surrealist portraits and the human form also come to light regularly throughout his collection of works.
A firm believer that all energy is transferable, Mr.Melty is inspired by the beauty and powerful grace of our natural surroundings paired with the metaphysical elements of our inner being. Often starting from abstract strokes and images from his mind's eye, with time his works morph into a vision clearly influenced by these multiple components. Primarily working with oils and acrylics, rarely is an idea ever drawn before a piece is started; allowing him to dive in full force and revel in the progression of his works.
Visit Mr. Melty’s website.
Sue Barlow
Sue Barlow uses bright colors and shapes to turn ordinary everyday objects and scenes into the abstract and extra-ordinary. Sue’s vibrant lively paintings are mostly created with acrylic on canvas but also include other mediums such as oil pastel, charcoal, and silver/gold leaf.
Visit Sue’s website.
Tim Mooney
Join us for a brand new First Friday exhibition at West + Main, with fun works by Tim Mooney, who grew up in the central valley of California. Tim's paintings explore the soul’s landscape, attract and repulse the internal portrait, feel abstraction, simplify, or wonder at primary speech or gesture.
I am self-taught. Experiment and failure, enlightenment and disillusionment - happening constantly - continue to be my faithful teachers and companions. I have learned to trust them.
