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Dear Friends and Clients,
As contemporary art advisors, we aim to introduce you to new artists and keep you updated on the latest art market trends, exhibitions and happenings.
This month we feature flow paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Suzan Woodruff.
Walking the thin line between control and chaos, Woodruff creates
elegant abstractions that seem to capture the dynamism of natural
phenomena. Read about her inspiration and process in our interview with the artist.
Also this month, Trudy leads a workshop
for arts educators as part of the Arts Education Program run by the San Francisco Arts Commission, the City Agency that champions the arts in
San Francisco.
We look forward to helping you find just what you're looking for, and to hosting you at our gallery space in SOMA San Francisco.
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Picasso.
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Suzan Woodruff
Natural Flow
 Suzan Woodruff creates elegant abstractions that seem to capture the dynamism
of natural phenomena. Her work ranges in imagery from Turneresque
sunsets to sedate sunsets to turbulent tornadoes, but each piece
appears to reveal the meteorological or geological mysteries of nature.
The
extraordinary effects Woodruff achieves are testament to her process.
By controlling the direction of the paint on the surface, and at the same
time working with mistakes, Woodruff allows gravity and physical force
to make mysterious patterns.
"I control the direction [of the
paint] just by spinning it, flipping it, tipping it, spraying it, using
gravity. It separates the heavier pigments from the light pigments. It
looks like something made in nature, the same way you watch water from
the ocean pull back sand with the waves, or when you look at the sky
and see the clouds being pushed by the wind."
Read our interview with the artist. To view more of Suzan Woodruff's work, please visit our website.
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SFAC Workshop for Arts Educators
Creative Inspiration for Teaching Artists
 The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC), the city agency that champions the arts in San Francisco, has invited Blue Tangerine Art's founder, Trudy Montgomery, to participate in its Arts Education program. In a workshop designed to inspire and re-energize arts educators, Trudy will support teaching artists in identifying how to invigorate their personal art practice and help them excel as both an artist and in their teaching career.
The event takes place at SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 on May 14 from 5:30pm-7.30pm. Please register here if you are an arts educator and would like to attend the session.
This Arts Providers Alliance event,
part of the Conversations in Community Arts and Arts Education
Professional Development Series 2009, is hosted in collaboration with the San Francisco Arts Commission and sponsored by the Zellerbach
Family Foundation and Intersection for the Arts.
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Using Works of Art to Secure Loans
Fine Art as Collatoral
The art market has
stood up reasonably well in the current financial turmoil, while the
value of other asset classes has fallen dramatically. It is, of course,
the value of those other assets that is at the centre of the credit
crisis. It is therefore perhaps unsurprising that unprecedented numbers
of works of art are now being used as security for loans. Reports
suggest that lending in this area is up between 40% to 50% in the past
six months.
People
from every stratum of society who need liquidity are looking to see
what cash value their assets may have. With traditional forms of
investment income from property and stock markets in the doldrums, art
is becoming an increasingly viable option to use as collateral for
loans.
Read on...
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Art Diary Dates
Upcoming Art Events
2009 Art Fair Calendar:
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Blue Tangerine Art provides art advisory services to private and corporate collectors, specializing in contemporary painting and sculpture.
Our art consultants work with you to find the perfect art pieces for your collection. We source many styles of original contemporary art by emerging and established artists to fit your taste, budget and collecting goals.
We look forward to helping you find just what you're looking for. Please feel free to email or call us on (415) 515-6094.
Happy Collecting!
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Trudy Montgomery
Art Advisor and Principal, Blue Tangerine Art
237 Clara Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Open by appointment
www.BlueTangerineArt.com
trudy@bluetangerineart.com
(415) 515-6094
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