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| | In what isa very impressive display of creativity and artistic talent representingcountries from all over and ages ranging from pre-teen to over 50, Ride's1st Annual Graphic Competition in association with the Small Works Galleryin Steamboat Springs, Colorado, is nothing less than extraordinary!,RideAnnounces Winners of Snowboard Art: A Graphics Competition, article publishedat The Local, Ridewebsite, and artlinksteamboat,2003. | | As I'm sure you're wellaware, artists come from every walk-of-life. Some artistshappen into this vocation, as evidenced by my interview withJohn S. Moon.And more often than not, most artists have a full-time gigthat may notreadily denote ''artsy.'' Such is the subject of today's column.I firstmet Athens artist Robin Fay on the business end of a job interview.She made me sweat then, butnow I get to turn the tables., Whenyou see the world through art, Athens Banner Herald, 2002. | | The show includes RobinFay's glittery and beaded paintings of swirling, jewel-toned ribbon shapes......Ashow of thanks, Athens Marquee, 2002. | shimmerof dreams, Robin Fay. Sponsored by University Union. Athens residentRobin Fay combines layers of acrylic paint, metallic flake and paint, glassbeads, and sand to move away from representational art while exploringtexture, movement, and color. Opening
reception on Tuesday, May7 from 6-7 PM. Through Friday, June 14, 2002. Tate Student Center Art Gallery.-UGACalendar | Local artists Robin Fayand Meredith Ré are included in The University of Mobile's 11thannual ''Art With A Southern Drawl,'' which features the best in visualarts from seven Southern states, on display at the Donald Gallery at theUniversity of Mobile through April 30.The annual juried exhibition andcompetition represents a wide range of media, styles, themes and techniques.To enter, artists must be either born in or currently live in Alabama,Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee or Texas. During theApril 2002 show, 89 pieces of artwork were selected for the exhibit frommore than 670 entries,LocalArtists exhibit, Athens Banner Herald, 2002.
| In ''cattales & otherdeeds,'' her show of paintings in Watkinsville's Krimson Kafe, her portraitsof cats -- most reflecting qualities of her own
pint-sized house mates -- are brilliantly colored and sometimes dramatically textured. Thoughthey hang alongside some of Fay's earlier work -- equally bright and warmstill lifes -- it's the cat paintings that people seem to ask the mostabout, she says."Somethingfor cat and art lovers, Athens Banner Herald, 2001. | | Fay stresses the importanceof quality design, mentioning the struggle of formatting her paintings.Deciding on resolution quality of the work is a struggle: ''with lowerresolutions, more people (with mid-range computers) can see it, but itloses a lot of detail,''Athensartists find Web sites are ideal gallery spaces..., Athens Marquee, 2000. | | Excerpt from the AthensBanner Herald article, 2/25/99, Stroke of spontaneity... "Under the brushstrokes of artist Robin Fay, suggestion becomes a powerful tool to transportthe winter weary to the tropics for a mental vacation... Fay, whose trademarksare bright, intense tropical colors that move across the canvas anda quirky, humorous way of viewing the world... | | Shortreview from the modernartsite.com, "The paintings on this site havea strong leaning towards children's books.Their dark, unreal quality smacksof Paula Rego and the surrealist Giorgio De Chirico. " |
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