RoMoLoCoGroupShow preview

The Rowan Morrison Low-Commission Group Show (aka RoMoLoCoGroupShow) is happening right about... now! That is, today, Saturday, December 15th, from 5pm until 10pm. Get your ass over here.

The show is up in our recently renovated (new track lights, a coat of paint on one wall) studio next to the gallery tonight and then next weekend. 31 artists with over 50 works of art. And 85% of the sales dollars go to the artists directly (we normally take a 40% commission). Plus, we got a case of champagne on ice, some sparkly water, and Narangkar baked no less than six types of cookies! And if that isn't enough for you, Brian and Alice are having their annual potluck Holiday Party upstairs, so we can crash that later.

Here are some preview pics of the show I took last night. The artwork is available to take home right away so this is probably the only time we'll see it all together. Please excuse my quickee photoshop compositing of 2 pictures...

There is so much art that we had to use a bit of the north wall as well. All the artwork is by folks who have shown with us in the past 2 years, are showing with us in 2008, have prints in the portfolio, or are awesome supporters from day one. Every artist came through with great work. Some of the art is really, really affordable as well. I'm really proud and stoked on this show and a little sad it is only for one night (plus next weekend with whatever is still up). Here are a few details:

This oil on canvas on birch panel by Carl Auge is only $240! It is 24"x24", too. That is a freakin' deal! Carl rules. His band (Drain the Sky) rules, too.


One of Jen Siska's gorgeous color photographs. She was our only photography show so far. $70 with the frame.


Kathryn Glover shipped this framed oil on canvas all the way from icey-cold Connecticut for the show. Only $350 bucks. Get collectin'.


RoMo regular Nic Gauthier threw his hat in the ring with this psychedelic masterpiece. I didn't know what Nic would come up with and I'm stoked he came through with a solid effort. Nice frame, too. Trip out, man. Only $50.


Mitsy Ávila Ovalles has a solo exhibition with us coming up in January 2008. She contributed 7 small Owl "Pyrographies" (wood burnings) to the group show for only $40 each. We sold 3 of them (including the one in this photo) already and the show hasn't even officially started yet.

The whole show looks great and I'm so proud of everybody involved. We'll have complete photos of every piece over at rowanmorrison.com soon (I'm planning a whole extra photo album for it), and if you are interested in purchasing anything send us an email at info-at-rowanmorrison.com and we'll let you know if it is still available.

Big "hooray" to Narangkar who planned this whole party, created an awesome vintage Mexican holiday music mix, baked so many yummy cookies, took the care to find those cool plastic champagne glasses, and totally scored the track lights for free (see blog about it here). She also created two new oil paintings for the show as well.

Oh yeah, as part of the party we are offering 10% off all art books, zines, and papergoods for tonight only. And we are gonna sell our final copy of the Found Paper Journal.

Thanks for checking it out. And, now it's time to party!
Happy Holidays.