Tonight, Canvas Press is opening it’s doors to host the Annual Austin Polish Society Art Gallery Opening! Come by and enjoy original art from some of Austin’s most talented visual artists in the Austin area. Enjoy food and drinks and meet with the artists as they display their original works! Doors open at 6pm CST.
Nishi Kumar is an artist of a new generation. She uses a digital tablet and Adobe software to sketch her designs before ever touching a paint brush. Rare Austin Magazine likens her early work to Edgar Degas. A warm color palette unites her works. Like the artist herself, her subject is a blend of East and West. Ballerinas in motion are common in her work. When I asked if she had studied dance, she quickly responded “no”.
Canvas Press printed an 18″ by 24″ Gallery Wrapped print of Kumar’s Liquid Emotion, the original was 30″ x 24″ oil on canvas, for her March 26th show.
Any art work can be reproduced by scanning or photographing. If the original is larger than 8.5″ by 11″, it must be photographed by our photographer Caroline or scanned on a large bed scanner. Art reproducts are much less expensive than originals and custom-sized. Artists are not restricted to painting sizes that sell well. Reproductions free the artist to focus on their work and enable easier distribution. Canvas Press can ship to clients while the artist places the order.
To read more about Nishi Kumar, check out her blog. http://creativesolve.com/profile.html.
Read her January 2009 feature story in Rare Austin Magazine. http://issuu.com/raremagazine/docs/january2009.
Canvas Press is currently partnering with Austin Woman Magazine to provide each feature lady with a 16″ by 20″ Gallery Wrapped – Colored Border canvas. These canvases will be large duplicates of the magazine’s cover with black borders on all sides. The magazine can be found at merchants around Austin and is free. Find pick-up locations in your zip code,
http://www.austinwomanmagazine.com/distribution.html.
The March issue features Blues legend Marcia Ball (Sneak a peek on page 41 to find Canvas Press). Austin Woman Magazine’s Web site offers the following lead in to the article,
At six feet tall, blues singer and pianist Marcia Ball is hard to miss. Her height is only one of the things that make this Austin icon stand out. For 2009, her 60th birthday and fourth Grammy nomination are reasons to celebrate. Yet, she says there’s an even bigger celebration this year and it has her on fire and looking forward.
Story by Julie Tereshchuk
In addition to having ads in the magazine and gifting canvases to the cover women, Canvas Press will participate in Austin Woman’s monthly happy hour Tiara Tuesday. Please join us for a charity raffle, silent auction, discounted drinks, and food specials at Ruth’s Chris from 6-8pm on March 24, 2009. For more information on Tiara Tuesday, check out the following link
