art-solo.org, show #2, Denis Gaston, Florida Artist with an Interesting World of Characters ! Our Interview with the Artist!
An exhibition of his art is currently on view at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd. in Dunedin, Florida, 727-298-3322, Mo-Fri 10-5:00 pm, Sat 10-2:00 pm.
Denis Gaston's work is on display through December 23rd, 2024.
I have known Denis Gaston as fellow artist and friend for
over twenty five years. Today I would like to share our conversation for
Art-Solo , the podcast of special interviews with truly unique artists with
you.
Denis Gaston, originally from West Virginia, grew up in
Florida and received a BA in Art and Design from the University of Florida. He
began his career working as a graphic
designer in Atlanta.
Denis Gaston returned to Florida in 1984 and embarked on a
full time fine art career. He con tinues to make art and exhibit it. His studio
since 1986 has been in the Gulf Coast cities of Dunedin and Clearwater.
Gaston’s mixed-media paintings and drawings are rendered in oil, acrylic, wax, collage, and other materials. His spontaneous and intuitive style draws inspiration from many world cultural traditions. Masks and indigenous art hold special attractions for him.
See his art this month at the Dunedin Fine Art Center in Dunedin, Florida.
For more information, please go to: https://www.denisgaston.com/ and https://dfac.org
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The Florida Orchestra invites you to its Pops/MasterWorks and coffee concert series from September to May.
Order your season or single tickets early, choosing your location in one of the three concert halls: Fridays Tampa's Straz Center for the Arts, Saturdays St. Petersburg's Mahaffey Theater, and Sundays at Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall. Under the baton of Maestro Michael Francis, associate and guest Maestros, the full-time professional orchestra performs concerts each weekend and gives added special programs during the week such as its coffee concert series, two annual free concerts in the park and special performances with guest stars. The MasterWorks concert series is free for under 18 year olds accompanying an adult. Listen to “pre-concert conversations” with the Maestro.
Tickets can be purchased online at floridaorchestra.org or ordered by phone at 727-892-3337 or in person at the box office.Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m., parking is easy, and beverages make intermissions a pleasant time at each of the three halls in Tampa bay, Florida.If you have never heard this wonderful orchestra before, want to get a little taste of classical music or classical Pops, you've come to the right place.
I can tell you from experience that we are lucky to have a full-time orchestra of this quality here in West Florida.
Call the orchestra, subscriptions or individual tickets, or just go to the box office an hour before each performance. Details online or speak to the courteous staff, all are ambassadors of your Florida Orchestra, call 727-892-3337.
I have known Denis Gaston as fellow artist and friend for
over twenty five years. Today I would like to share our conversation for
Art-Solo , the podcast of special interviews with truly unique artists with
you.
Denis Gaston, originally from West Virginia, grew up in
Florida and received a BA in Art and Design from the University of Florida. He
began his career working as a graphic
designer in Atlanta.
Denis Gaston returned to Florida in 1984 and embarked on a
full time fine art career. He con tinues to make art and exhibit it. His studio
since 1986 has been in the Gulf Coast cities of Dunedin and Clearwater.
Gaston’s mixed-media paintings and drawings are rendered in
oil, acrylic, wax, collage, and other materials. His spontaneous and intuitive
style draws inspiration from many world cultural traditions. Masks and
indigenous art hold special attractions for him.
Ken Rollins, past Director of the Tampa Museum of Art, has
said that “Denis Gaston is an important Florida artist whose paintings address
the human spirit in all of its manifestations." And Lennie Bennett, art critic for the St.
Petersburg Times, described “Gaston’s paintings (to ) have the primal,
evocative feel of ancient cave drawings.”
The Tampa Tribune’s Jenny Carey called Gaston “A dedicated artist whose
mixed media paintings are distinguished and thought provoking.”
We agree, and would like to add Jean Dubuffet as art ancestors
to his way of seeing and recording his characters!
In 1990 Gaston was honored with a State of Florida
Individual Artist Fellowship, and his art is included in the Florida Art in
State Buildings Collection. He has participated in hundreds of exhibitions and
one can find his work in private and public collections throughout the United
States. In Florida Gaston’s art works are included in the Polk Museum of Art,
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Raymond James Financial Corporation, Holland and
Knight Law Firm, Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg College and
Eckerd College.
This current body of work represents a natural progression
of my image making. Over time, there has been a gradual shift from surface
flatness toward textural complexity and a broader use of materials and
substrates. Works on paper have been joined by oil, acrylic and mixed-media
pieces on canvas, paper and wood panels.
For more information, please go to: https://www.denisgaston.com/ and https://dfac.org
Below the article in Tampa Bay Magazine, September/October 2024.
Please visit the exhibition at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd. in Dunedin, Florida, 727-298-3322, Mo-Fri 10-5:00 pm, Sat 10-2:00 pm.
Denis Gaston's work will be on display through December 23rd, 2024.
See you in the arts!
This has been art-solo.org - our conversation with artists one-on-one!
I'm your host, Susanne Nielsen, and I thank Denis Gaston for sharing his life , his art and his insights with us.
Many thanks to producer Bill Davidson for the creation of this show, and for all the years of support since 2011.
Wishing you a wonderful, safe , and creative week!
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SARASOTA OPERA, sarasotaopera.org
A series of beautiful concerts and related events open each wonderful Sarasota opera season:
Spend musical evenings on Broadway, an evening in Paris or one in Italy. Listen to arias from operas by famous composers as Verdi or Puccini. Attend the first major opera event in the fall, meet the artists and their Maestro Victor De Renzi, and enjoy great arias on stage at the magnificent Mediterranean Opera House in the heart of the city of Sarasota, Florida.
The season opener is then followed by an annual children's opera production as the Sarasota youth opera performers show off their talents.
Come to evening performances or afternoon matinees; meet the directors and welcoming opera family, performers and audience members and guests from around the world. You are invited to mingle with Director Richard Russel, Maestro De Renzi, and many of the artists, as you spend time in the beautiful lobby, the romantic courtyard or the sponsors’ opera club setting.
The Winter Opera Festival begins in February and runs through the end of March. Experience four different operas in only three days, which means you can truly spend a wonderful opera weekend in Sarasota, Florida!
Order your tickets immediately as each season sells quickly. Call
941-328-1300 or online, please find details at sarasotaopera.org
Find the opera house at 61 N. Pineapple Avenue in Sarasota, FL 34236
And you, too , will join in standing ovations and a vote of BRAVI very soon!
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