WEST 2018

Here at Strong Art Studios we are revving up for WEST again.  We are doing things a little different this year and hosting an Exhibition!

Strong Art Studios in addition to showing the work of Patricia Strong will be hosting SGA Pottery, Cameron Miller and Lumen Earth.  Dates and times for the event are May 12th and 13th from 2pm - 10pm.

If you are unfamiliar with WEST:

Big Medium’s West Austin Studio Tour (WEST) is a free, annual, self-guided art event spanning two weekends in May. WEST provides opportunities for the public to meet the artists and artisans of Austin in their creative spaces.

Dates & Times:
Free and open on May 12-13 & 19-20, 2018 from 11am-6pm.

Boundaries:
West of I-35
East of Mopac/Loop 1
South of HWY 183
North of William Cannon

Patricia Strong's studio is #29 on the West Austin Studio Tour map.  

Come on by and see us!


Nearly Mothers Day.  It's a great day for an open studio.  Heres a bit of Mothers Day Awwww...

Close in and FAR OUT

TWENTY FOUR ARTISTS IN OUR LOCAL 'HOOD!

I counted them.   

If you are ranging between #17 and 41 in the the WEST catalog, they are all within a bike ride in the BRENTWOOD and CRESTVIEW neighborhoods.

So, if you are south of ANDERSON LANE... north of HOUSTON.... east of LAMAR and west of BURNET there are 24 artists who have opened their spaces up for visitors.

Here is a link to the amazingness!

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zFIJaVXtAKxw.k5VIQ5lDEuE8

There are fabulous artists all over town, but I have to say we got at least weekend one covered just in the immediate area.... and think.... no fighting downtown traffic!

Go West!

Nothing makes an artist review their surroundings more than signing up to open the Studio to a public tour.

http://west.bigmedium.org/2014_about.html

Hope Springs Eternally, oil on board 9"x30"

I open my beautiful Studio to my friends, patrons and the curious.  Look for me at #31 on the Guide Map
 Available at Austin Public Libraries or HERE  

http://west.bigmedium.org/2014_catmap.html

Opening the studio to the public also makes me review the state of the pathway TO the Studio as well.  So, decluttering is underway which has the strange side effect of making room for more  creativity IN the Studio as well.

Apple Blossoms, oil on canvas, 12"x16"

Several new larger paintings and a slew of smaller oil studies are ready to see.  Prints, professionally printed with archival inks on thick, creamy, acid free paper are available in mats, ready to display as is or in frames.  I have enjoyed the process of framing actually, refurbishing vintage frames and building some new of my own.

Deborah, oil on board with Vintage frame, 17"x15"

I'm working hard to make sure that artwork is mostly ready to hang.  I'll have oil sketches from the AVAA figure study group, small oils and acrylics of florals, landscapes and figures, a few abstract acrylic.   Its such a treat to see it all coming together, finished and ready to find new homes...

Sisters in Autumn,  framed, acrylic on panel, 11"x11"

I hope to see all my friends soon, please come to share!  

Pat