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Larry Preston, Sangria,
oil on panel, 18 x 24"
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Jeanne Rosier Smith,
Sea Thunder, pastel on
paper, 20 x 40"
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Kathy Anderson,
White Hollyhocks,
oil on canvas, 20 x 12"
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Dan Brown, Lady Rodney
and the Lacemaker, oil
on panel, 13 x 12"
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Deborah Chabrian,
Shiny Reindeer,
watercolor on paper,
4¼ x 7"UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / SUSAN POWELL FINE ART
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his holiday season, the walls of Susan
Powell Fine Art will be decked with a
whopping 70 oils and pastels by 25 award-
winning artists for its Annual Holiday Show.
“This is one of our most popular shows,
and offers exciting choices for everyone,”
says gallery owner Susan Powell. Subjects
featured in the exhibition include still lifes,
landscapes, seascapes, florals, Trompe
l’Oeil works and more. Participating artists
include Kathy Anderson, Del-Bourree
Bach, Dan Brown, Deborah Chabrian,
Anne McGrory, Leonard Mizerek, Larry
Preston, Cindy Procious, Jeanne Rosier
Smith, Kyle Stuckey and George Van
Hook—to name a few.
Among the more festive works featured
is Chabrian’s Shiny Reindeer, which, as
the name suggests, shows a shiny rein-
deer ornament posed in front of a box of
classic round ornaments. “In my painting
Shiny Reindeer, I decided to paint the boxof vintage Christmas ornaments in their
whimsical packaging, because it felt like
it was a visual time capsule of the holiday
spirit,” says the watercolor artist. “I added
more ornaments and the silver reindeer tofurther this narrative thread and increase
the amount of reflective surfaces. I played
with the light to enhance the mood, using
both window [light] and artificial light in
a darkened room. My intent was to createVariety Show
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