A group of local Danville/Boyle County artists in coordination with the Boyle County arts Commission will be opening up their studios to the public and would like to meet you and show you their work. The open studio tour will take place on Saturday and Sunday Oct 26th & 27th from 10:00AM to 5:00PM. There will be four stops on the tour featuring six local artists, offering a unique oportunity to meet the artits, see demonstration and discuss their work.
For additional information and the latest updates on the tour follow us on the Boyle County Artist Tour Facebook page. For any questions please contact us at tour@russbarragan.com.
Links & Resources
Official PageAbout the Artists:
David Ray Farmer
A prolific oil painter whose work can be seen practically everywhere in Central Kentucky, has been sold in many galleries throughout the US and can be found in private collections all over the world. His style, which could be described as a mixture of impressionism and realism feature beautiful landscapes and nature and sometimes contain well known old buildings and stores that were prominent in days gone by. One of his many commissioned paintings is installed at the Danville City Hall. David is an Artist-in-Residence at the Art Center of the Bluegrass where you can meet him in his studio and discuss his work during the tour.
Katherine White
Katherine is also a superb oil painter and also an Artist-in Residence in the 409 building at the Art Center of the Bluegrass. Her studio is right next to David's. The stairs leading upstairs to their studios are just to the left of the entrance to the Murrini Cafe. Some of her gorgeous landscape and wildlife paintings can be seen in her photo album on this site. More of her work and more about Katherine can be found on her website here.
Connie Beale
Connie Estes Beale, a Danville native, has a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Drawing and painting since a kid, she chose interior design as a career. First based in Houston, and then the northeast, she has worked with clients with exceptional art collections. A great privilege for her was to create homes with Muppet creator and craftsman, Jim Henson. Crafts have always interested her, a natural gene handed down from her quilting and rug-making grandmothers. Her hand-cut paper collages have sold in Nashville, Chicago, Omaha, and other cities across the country.She says, “There’s something satisfying in creating something out of nothing, seeing something no one else sees. Good composition and color balance make all parts of life better.”
Paul Muth
Paul is well known in Danville and surrounding areas for his excellent pottery which he has been creating and selling around here for many years. Paul has moved most of his production to the family farm in Bowling Green and for those his many friends that have been missing him, he will be very happy to see you at his former home studio in Danville along with his son Joseph Eastham. If you have been wanting to pick up more of his work this is an excellent opportunity and if you are not familiar with his work this is a great opportunity to get introduced to it.
Joseph Eastham
As mentioned above, Joseph, who has obviously been inspired by his father's passion for pottery will also be showing his own unique work at his studio. His pottery is growing rapidly in popularity as he shows it at events and art shows throughout the Bluegrass. He can be seen frequently also at his regular booth at the Danville Farmer's Market. Meet both artists at one stop and talk to them about their creative process.
Russ Barragan
A sculptor for most of his life, Russ has worked in many different mediums and currently is working mainly in clay and carving in stone. Early in his career he was creating models for a mold manufacturer in Florida and then later worked for nearly ten years creating sculptures and fabrications for Imagivations in Sun Valley, California. Some of his work was used in magazine ads and TV programs such as the Flintstone cars for a Chinese Honda commercial, the 7 foot "Pizza Guy" for a Toyota ad and and the Halloween pun "50-Centipede" for Jimmy Kimmel Live. Currently he is creating birds, fish, frogs and other creatures as well as different types of vessel forms in his own unique style. His commissioned wood sculpture, "Regeneration" can be seen in Young Hall at Center College in Danville.