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Review: Art looks at divide, compromise
April 12, 2018 - John Brandenburg
An abstract artist attempts to reflect the issues of a “Divided” country in one of three new shows at JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N Walker. The artist is Janice Mathews-Gordon, whose acrylics are on view with mixed media paintings by Carlos Tello.
Art review: Swirls of graphite envelop apparent animals in exhibit
March 22, 2018 - John Brandenburg
Animals seem to both inhabit and come out of clouds, waves, objects or merely swirls of graphite, in the large drawings of Haley Prestifilippo.
Prestifilippo has a show of her “Powdered Graphite” drawings, with an exhibit by Douglas Shaw Elder, at JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N Walker.
Art review: Well-known and emerging artists each featured in JRB show
January 18, 2018 - John Brandenburg
“Past, Present and Future” is the title of a show that looks back, as well as to the here and now, and future, in work by well-known and emerging artists.
Art review: 'Memories' are made of this
November 9, 2017 - John Brandenburg
Small “Objects of Desire” are made larger, and materials are used in novel ways to challenge our imaginations, in three new exhibits. The three “Memories Explored” shows by Jose Rodriguez, Beatriz Mayorca and David Phelps are at JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N Walker.
Contrast Found in Show of Paintings
October 17, 2017 - John Brandenburg
There is a nice contrast between the more downbeat film noirish oils of George Oswalt and the “decidedly positive” acrylics of Elizabeth Hahn. Their paintings and photos by G. L. August Loessberg are on view in a show by the three “longtime friends” at JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N Walker.
From Funky to Functional, JRB Show Offers Much
September 14, 2017 - John Brandenburg
Visitors have a superb choice between jazzy abstractions, primitive landscapes, and organic yet functional vessels, in a 3-person exhibit at JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N Walker.
Variety of Nudes on View in JRB Exhibit
July 13, 2017 - John Brandenburg
“Each civilization has a different way of looking at the human body,” and this also applies to many of the artists in a new show. More than 30 artists are showing in the “Art of the Nude” exhibit through July 30 at JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N Walker.
Art show celebrates the 'Best of the West'
June 9, 2017 - John Brandenburg
Works by three artists in the “Best of the West 2017” show are almost heroic, while still life oils by the fourth are magically realistic. The exhibit by Paul Moore, Mike Larsen, Allen Birnbach and James Andrew Smith is at JRB Art at The Elms gallery, 2810 N Walker.
JRB show features abstract acrylics
May 11, 2017 - John Brandenburg
Layers cover up elements in the mostly abstract acrylics of Beth Hammack and photographed collages of Andy Mattern. Hammack and Mattern are exhibiting work at JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N Walker, along with three landscape artists.
Art and theater notes, April 2
April 2, 2017 - Oklahoman
JRB Art at The Elms welcomes figurative painters Sara and Shane Scribner's show, “Reverie!” and never before seen etchings from the estate of D.J. Lafon. The exhibitions open with a reception from 6 to 10 p.m. April 7 during Paseo's First Friday Gallery Walk, and run through April 30.
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