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Here is an article on the upcoming show at Gallery 1261 with a feature including two of my paintings.

POETSARTISTS @ GALLERY 1261 CONTEMPORARY REALISM EXHIBITION

 Bella Harris

 December 10, 2019

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Never short on inspiration, several members of PoetsArtists are participating in the Gallery 1261 Contemporary Realism Exhibition so mark your calendars because it’s fast-approaching. With a beautiful spectrum of artistic celebration, amble far beyond where the eyes linger and let your imagination take flight with each work of art.

Join PoetsArtists and Gallery 1261 this weekend and explore further this truly beautiful collection!

Press: Denver, CO. Leading the way in work by contemporary American realists, this December Gallery 1261 proudly presents the latest iteration of Contemporary Realism. This exhibition celebrates a wide range of ideas through the eyes of a multitude of artists, from those just starting out to the well-established. Contemporary Realism can be described as a straightforward approach to representation; it continues to be widely practiced in the contemporary post-abstract era. Realism within this exhibition is depicted in varying degrees, from hyper-real, which can be somewhat exaggerated, ironic and conceptual in its nature, to semi-abstract, enticing the eye with a more relaxed approach—each artist brings their own ideas and perspective to the table.

Contemporary Realists form a disparate group, but what they share is that they are literate in the concepts of Modern Art but choose to work in a more traditional form. Many Contemporary Realists actually began as abstract painters, having come through an educational system dominated by an professors and theorists dismissive of representational painting.

In this exhibit, no two artists approach their painting the same way, the subject matter is abundant and widely expansive, yet as a whole, the works seamlessly meld together within the exhibition.

Participating Artists: Daud Akhriev, Michael Bergt, Daniel Bilmes, Gregory Block, David Cheifetz, Robin Cole, Jennes Cortez, Valerio D’Ospina, Teresa Elliott, Zoey Frank, Scott Fraser, Patrick Kramer, Grant Gilsdorf, Tanja Gant, Nick Leibee, Jeff Legg, Susan Lyon, Stephen Mangum, Alexandra Manukyan, Joseph McGurl, Eloy Morales, Renato Muccillo, Patrick  Nevins, Judith Peck, Sara Scribner, Daniel  Sprick, Adrienne Stein, Anthony Waichulis, Jason Walker, Fred Wessel, Anne-Marie Zanetti, Elizabeth Zanzinger.

PoetsArtists at Gallery 1261 Contemporary Realism Exhibition

Opening Reception:

December 14, 2019 | 6-8 PM

Exhibition Dates:

December 14-28, 2019

Gallery 1261

1412 Wazee St | Denver, Colorado 80202 | 303.355.0950 | gallery1261.com

Judith Peck

I approach each new work with a point of view about the human experience and our common striving. Each element of the creative process shapes the expression of that idea: finding the right model and working with the way they emote that point of view; manipulating the paint in a way that captures its essence and shows the painter’s hand; and even finding a subject that will elicit the passion needed to invest in, struggle through, and complete a new piece. But it all starts with the germ of an idea that, with enough deliberate tending, might bloom into something greater.

– Judith Peck

Contemporary Realism

Reception Dec. 14, 2019 6-8pm
Dec. 14-28, 2019
Gallery 1261
1412 Wazee Street
Denver, CO 80202

WWW.JUDITHPECK.NET

Shows in 2019

Maryland Biennial Regional Juried Art Artists reception December 12, 2019 Dec. 1 - March 15, 2020 UMUC 3501 University Boulevard East Adelphi, Maryland 20783

Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition 2019
Oct. 1-Nov. 23
The Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center
4205 Victoria Boulevard
Hampton, VA 

Biggs Body 2019

Sept. 6th - Nov. 17th

Biggs Museum of American Art 

406 Federal St.

Dover, DE 19901

Painting the Figure Now

Juried by Sergio Gomez and Didi Menendez Oct. 18 - Nov. 13 2019 Zhou B Art Center

1029 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60609

Strokes of Genius Reception Nov. 10 3-5pm Nov.1- Nov. 27th Circle Gallery Maryland Federation of Art 18 State Circle Annapolis, MD

The Secret Life of Birds Sept.13- Oct. 27 2019 Visual Arts Center 340 High Street Portsmouth, VA 23704

Montgomery County Public Art Trust Purchase-Contemporary Works on Paper Collection, MD. 

The Modern Male

Bowersock Gallery

July 2019

Provincetown, MA

Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art International Biennial Portrait Show

April - June  2019

309 McClellan St. 

Wausau, WI 54403

Risk

Awarded 2nd place

May 2019

Gallery Underground

2100 Crystal Drive

Arlington VA

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition

Juror: Eric Key

Awarded Best in Show 

Panel of Artist April 7th 3:30-4:30

February 3 – April 7, 2019
401 Museum Drive, City Park

Hagerstown, MD 21741

Art on Paper

Alida Anderson Gallery Booth 121

March 7-10 2019 Pier 36 NYC

CATHARINE LORILLARD WOLFE ART CLUB, Inc.
January 8, 2019– January 25, 2019 
at the National Arts Club 
802 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
Cataloged Exhibition January 2019

Shows and information for 2018

Small Works Exhibition -Rick Pirozzolo, curator
Main Street Arts 
December 1, 2018 – January 4, 2019
20 W. Main Street, Clifton Springs, NY 14432



Beyond 
Opening Nov. 16  7pm

TIAC 
Via Luna 8R
Florence, Italy


Pulled Over and Pendulum were both granted a purchase award by the DC Commission on the Arts.  Now they are part of the Washington DC Art Bank.  I am so very honored!!

One of my paintings is being displayed at the Alexandria City Hall for three months and was granted a Alexandria Art Purchase Award. 

Alexandria City Hall
301 King St
Alexandria, VA 22314
2nd floor

June- September 2018

Small Works Big Hearts Nov. 27- Dec 22 Atlantic Gallery547 West 27th Street Suite 540 New York, NY 10001

Legacy: William Woodward and Students 
Curated by Lenore Miller
Arts Club of Washington

Washington DC, 20006-Oct

https://theheroinejourney2016.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/the-heroines-journey-of-judith-peck/



I did a little interview by Peter Kuster for his project The Heroines Journey.

Exhibition 280
Huntington Museum of Art    
July 14th -Sept. 16th 2018

2033 McCoy Rd
Huntington, WV 25701


Full Sun:
American Woman Artists Illuminate the Haggin Museum
August 2 - September 16, 2018
Haggin Museum
1201 N Pershing Ave, Stockton, CA 95203
Cataloged

Judith Peck -Memory's Reflection
oil and plaster on board- 40x30

My painting Memory's Reflection finds inspiration in and dialogue with Bouguereau's The Nymphaeum. His nymphs frolic naked by the water, beckoning the viewer to lose themselves in a fantasy born of classical Greece. Memory’s Reflection offers a modern retelling as allegory. My figure is unable to look away from the oncoming current while balancing herself precariously. Non-idealized and in modern dress, she denies our own attempts at escapism, demanding we face our history as she does. The canvas itself is affected by rending the classical idealism of The Nymphaeum into modern day – its surface is cracked with shards of broken plaster, evoking not only the modern condition of ancient Greek pottery, but also the conditions of living in a broken world. 

Midyear Juried Show
Phil Desind Award Winner
July 1st- August 26th, 2018
Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502
Cataloged

www.judithpeck.net

Hope and History

Six page feature article in the art magazine The Guide Artists!  Issue 10. December.

https://theguideartists.com/

A new Buzzfeed article is out! It features my painting as well as 99 other portraits that are worth a look!  

https://www.buzzfeed.com/didimenendez/100-facebook-portraits-1tyzr?utm_term=.nuA3Bo8xvO#.dnxnGywbEN

100 Facebook Portraits

I think if Picasso were around today, he'd be painting his Facebook friends. From time to time we have all been inspired by our Facebook Friends. Some of the portraits highlighted on this list are traditional head and shoulders and some are just wild like the portrait of the guy with an octopus on his head! There are over a billion users on Facebook. Here are 100 professional artists who from time to time have found the time to render a likeness of their Facebook friends. Maybe one of these will someday be at an auction. Some have already been exhibited. Follow these artists on Instagram and check out all of their work and maybe you will find one to immortalize you in a portrait. One thing I forgot to mention is that these artists are all members of our very strong PoetsArtists community platform. 

Honored to be selected for this Buzzfeed.com article!

https://www.buzzfeed.com/didimenendez/collectors-corner-a-look-at-what-art-collectors-1tyzr?utm_term=.ntxvRnZkj6&ref=mobile_share#.wewvm5y2oA

Collector's Corner: A Look At What Art Collectors Are Shopping For

For this article the publisher of PoetsArtists asks art collectors to look through new work posted on the Community tab of the platform. The art collectors remain anonymous and give feedback on the works they like from the selections. Please keep in mind that this platform centers on Figurative artworks. In some cases the same artwork was chosen more than once since all the collectors participating were selecting from the same works.

Posted on November 20, 2017, at 6:51 a.m.

didimenendez

Community Contributor

Collector #1 | California

Collector #1 selected works by Judith Peck, Lesley Thiel, and Anna Wypych.

Judith Peck

Expecting Magic | oil and plaster on board | 11x14 inches

Judith Peck’s little portrait titled Expecting Magic offers some things we love in a portrait. First, it captures an intimate mood and a feeling of atmosphere beyond simply recording a portrait. The heavy attention to interesting texture makes this a painting about painting, and the balance between accuracy and loose paint demonstrates the kind of fun you can have when you aren’t a slave to realism.