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mEveryday LifeA new show spotlights figurative paintings by Jeremy Lipking

Nf w YoRK n A solo show of recent paintings byJeremy Lipking is on view this monthat Arcadia Fine Arts. Lipking, who resides in California, is best known for his award-winning figurative paintings and a realistic painting style in which he uses broad, loosestrokes. The show takes place June i0-25 and features paintings of u,omen and chil-dren, as well as scenes from everyday life, such as a man riding the subu'ay. A paintingdemonstration by Lipklng ls held on Saturday, June 12, at 2 p.m. For more information:212.965.1387 or www'a rcad i afi nearts.com.

ExposedPlillE RIBGE " The 43rd annual Red CloudIndian Art show opens June 6 at theHeritage Center at the Red Cloud IndianSchool. "We hope to create a supportiveenvironment where emerging and estab-lished artists can not only be recognizedfor their work, but also gain national ex-posure as they move forward in their ca-reers," says Peter Strong, director of theHeritage Center. More than 150 pieces

of art are featured in the show includingu,orks by this year's poster artist, FloydNez. The show is on display through Au-gust 15 and admission is free. For moreinformation: 605.867.5491 or www.redcloudschool.org/museum.

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lndian Market &FestivallNDlAN,{POLIS ' Art enthusiasts inter-ested in collecting Native art should planto attend the l8th annual Indian Marketand Festival at the Eiteljorg Museumof American Indians and Western Art,where more than 130 Native Americanartists from over 60 tribes showcase theirwork. The event takes place the weekend of June 2627. For more information:3L7.636.9378 or www.eiteljorg.org.

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Distinction: Lipking is a younS leader in theresurtence of traditional art in California.What are some of the biggest changesyou've seen in the art world during yourcareer? Since I started about l0 years ago,

there are many more figure painters, and thefrgure in art has become much more popular.Where do you find inspiration? | can frndinspiration in almost anything and almostanywhere, from light reflecting in a puddleof mud to a big Sierra peak. Sometimes an

idea for a painting starts with a color orthe way two colors harmonize. l't[ design a

whole painting around those two colors.The subject isn't always the "spark," it's just avehicle to say what I want to say in the visuallanguage of representational art.What do you hope to accomplish in thenext l0 years? I hope to keep growing as an

artist and maybe paint some masterpieces,

atthough the perfect painting always seems

to be a little out of reach. But that's whatkeeps us painting with passion. lf we ever dida painting we thought was a masterpiece, wecoutd quit painting and relax.How do you define success? Success in a workof art is when l've said what I want to say al-

most perfectly. lt's when the work is almost as

good as it looked in my mind when I started.Describe yourself in one word. lndescribable.How do you think you have helped contrib-ute to a revival of interest in traditiona[ artin California? Maybe I have inspired some-

one to take up painting who witl becomea modern-day master. I have always been

Senerous with my knowtedge. Hopefulty. bysharing information l've learned from years

of trial, lcan save a person who is just begin-ning a lot of time in the [earning process.

People would be surprised to learn that...I started as a landscape painter.

How has Southwest Arf contributed to

your career? I think the first magazine

articte I was in was Southwest Art's 2l Under3l story. It might have even been the frrstof those annual stories. Or it might havebeen the Artist to Watch cotumn. Eitherway l'm pretty sure Southwest Art was thefirst ptace I ever saw my art printed in a

magazine. So I guess you can say that my artcareer started in Southwest Art.

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