Sunday, November 12, 2006

if ART Gallery Opening: November 2006

Odyssey, 2006
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in
$875

OPEN NOW: 


if ART Gallery

1223 Lincoln St.
Columbia, S.C.

Gallery Hours:
Most days, except Sunday, from 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
& by appointment (call 803-238-2351)


For more information, contact Wim Roefs at if ART
(803) 238-2351 – wroefs@sc.rr.com


On Nov. 10, 2006, if ART, International Fine Art Services, opened if ART Gallery. The gallery is at 1223 Lincoln St., Columbia, S.C., in the Vista district, across from the Blue Marlin restaurant. For more information, contact if ART’s Wim Roefs at (803) 238-2351 or wroefs@sc.rr.com.

If ART Gallery carries the work of South Carolina artists Leo Twiggs, Mike Williams, Carl Blair, Tom Stanley, Virginia Scotchie, Tonya Gregg, Peter Lenzo, Jeff Donovan, David Yaghjian, Anna Redwine, John Monteith, Christine Tedesco, Brown Thornton, Paul Yanko, Laura Spong, Steven Chapp, Katie Walker, Edward Rice, Aaron Baldwin, Bill Jackson, Herb Parker, Dorothy Netherland, Eric Miller, Mary Gilkerson, Matt Overend, Kim Keats and Phil Garrett. The gallery also carries work by Dutch artist Kees Salentijn, German artists Reiner Mahrlein, Roland Albert and Klaus Hartmann, and Washington Color Field painter Paul Reed.

The gallery also carries a wide selection of unframed and lithographs, silkscreens, etchings and other limited edition prints by such nationally and even internationally prominent artists such as Karel Appel, Richard Hunt, Bram van Velde, John Hultberg, Sam Middleton, Benny Andrews, Hannes Postma, Corneille, Lucebert and Alvin Hollingsworth.

Since March 2005, if ART, International Fine Art Services, has organized commercial gallery exhibitions in Columbia, mostly at Vista Studios/Gallery 80808. In addition to presenting gallery artists and special exhibitions at if ART Gallery, if ART will continue to organize exhibitions at Vista Studios/Gallery 80808. The company also provides curatorial and exhibition design services. 

Most recently, in September, if ART was hired by the Technical College of the Lowcountry to install dozens of art works at the college’s new building in Bluffton, S.C. Earlier this year, if ART installed two exhibitions of work from the South Carolina state art collection at the Sumter (S.C.) Gallery of Art. The if ART production “South Carolina Birds: A Fine Art Exhibition,” curated by company owner Wim Roefs, is at the Pickens County Museum of Art & History until Nov. 11, 2006. The exhibition opened in 2004 at the Sumter Gallery of Art and traveled to the Burroughs & Chapin Museum in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and the City Gallery at Waterfront Park in Charleston, S.C. Roefs wrote the essay for the exhibition catalogue, which he also edited.

In 2005, Roefs curated exhibitions of work by Leo Twiggs and Carl Blair for the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County in Camden, S.C. He also curated an exhibition of paintings by Marcelo Novo for HoFP Gallery in Columbia, S.C., and wrote the essay for the exhibition catalogue. Earlier this year, Roefs curated an exhibition with work by Dutch artist Kees Salentijn for the Center of the Arts in Rock Hill, S.C. In May, he curated an indoors/outdoors sculpture exhibition for the city of Dillon, S.C. 

Roefs contributed an essay to the catalogue for the exhibition “A Collection for Margaret: The Personal and Private Art of Carl Blair.” The exhibition is on view at Hampton III Gallery in Greenville until Nov. 11. Roefs teaches a course in African-American art at the University of South Carolina.

Since March 2005, if ART has published eight small exhibition catalogues. The catalogues featured short essays by Roefs about Aaron Baldwin, Mike Williams, Anna Redwine, Tom Stanley, Carl Blair, Janet Orselli, Matt Overend, Laura Spong, Leo Twiggs, Jeff Donovan, John Monteith, Dorothy Netherland, Herb Parker and Phil Garrett and Mary Gilkerson and the process of making monotypes.


Conversation, 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 in
$1, 600

Friday, November 3, 2006

Preview of Laura Spong: Still Screaming: February 5-17, 2009

For prices see Works of Art: Laura Spong on the right of this page.

It Was A Good Year, 2008
Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 in., SOLD


Maybe, 2008, oil on canvas, 18 x 18 in.















Unmasked, 2008, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in.















Remains Of 8's II, 2008
Oil on canvas, 8 x 8 in., SOLD














Dreaming Blue, 2007, oil on canvas, 14 x 14 in.

Jump The Fence, 2008, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in.
School’s Out, 2008, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in., SOLD

Remnants Of A Circus Dream, n.d.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in., SOLD
Beyond Bias, 2008, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in.

Ease Out, 2007, oil on canvas, 14 x 14 in.

Dispelling The Gloom, 2007, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in.
At Sea, 2008
Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in.















































Still Screaming, 2007
Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in















245 Days = 8 Cycles Of The Moon, 2008
Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in., SOLD















Murky Entrance, 2008, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in.














My Mom Sent Me Over, 2008
Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in.
















A Chance Reflection, 2008
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in., SOLD














In The Distance Was Singing, 2008
Oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in.















Pigs In A Blanket, 2008, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in.














The Costs Are Mounting, 2008, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in.














Game Time, 2008, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in., SOLD















My Kid Can Do Better, 2008
Oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in.














Yellow Vapors, 2008
Oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in., SOLD















Grubby Storks, 208
Oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in.















Limbo, 2008, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in.















Yes We Can, 2009, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in.















Eagle Gone, n.d.
Oil on canvas, 18 x 18 in.













Well, Anyhow, 2008, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in
















Beyond Gravity, 2008
Oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in., SOLD















Finger Friendly, n.d., oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in., SOLD














Watching The River, 2008, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in.
















Soup, 2008, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in.












Mostly It’s A Journey, 2008
Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in.











Thursday, November 2, 2006

Laura Spong's Work in Drop Dead Diva

The following works by Laura Spong appear on Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva:






My Wave Length, 2006
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in.
$ 2,700














Murky Entrance, 2008
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900













Wind On The Highway, 2003
Oil on canvas
58 x 48 in.
$ 6, 250














Still Screaming, 2007
Oil on canvas
58 x 48 in
$6,250














Obscure Lamentation, 2007
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in.
$ 2,700













Duality Of The Heart, 1996
Oil on canvas
58 x 96 in. (triptych)
Two outside panels: 58 x 24 in. each
Center panel: 58 x 48 in.

$ 11, 500






Beyond Bias, 2008
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900













8 Squared, 2008
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
$ 2,025

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Works of Art: Laura Spong

All works of art by Laura Spong are available at if ART Gallery, 1223 Lincoln Street, Columbia, SC.
Contact Wim Roefs at wroefs@sc.rr.com or (803) 255-0068 or (803) 238-2351.


                                                                        


Once In A Green Moon, 2010
Oil on canvas
40 x 90 in.
$ 8,000









Study The Stones As You, 2010
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900













Stop And Go, 2010
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
$ 2,000






Pay Attention To The Birds, 2010
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
$ 1,625














Untitled, 2009
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875















Untitled, 2009
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875















Untitled, 2010
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875















Untitled, 2010
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875

















The Pumpkin Speak One Time Only, 2009
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
$ 2,000
















Spring Undercurrent, 2007 – 2009
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in.
$ 2,700
















Sunless Riddle, 2009
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900












And Don't Come Back, 2010
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900















Speak For Myself, 2009
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
$ 2,000


















Shake And Pour, 2009
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 900














Send In The Clowns, 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in.
$ 1,300














Restored, 2010
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900















Refreshed, 2010
Oil on canvas
48 x 48 in.
$ 5,200
















Just Before Spring, 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in.
$ 1,300













Redo, 2009
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900
















Equal Goby, 2009
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 900















At The Banquet The Skull Grins, 2009
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900















Untitled, 2009
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875
















Untitled, 2009
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875














Untitled, 2010
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875















Untitled, 2010
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875















Untitled, 2009
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875


















Through A Spider's Eyes, 2009
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
$ 2,900













The Rainbow Children, 2007-2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches
$ 1,625











Smelling Of The Cave, 2006-2009
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
$ 2,900














Out The Door, 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
$ 1,300
















Not A Mountain, 2007-2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches
$ 1,625











My Mom Sent Me Over, 2008
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
$ 2,900















Look Across The Meadow, 2009
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
$ 2,900















Dune Changes, 2009
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
$ 2,900















Broken Ladders, 2008
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
$ 1,300














Antidote For The Blues, 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
$ 1,300






No Face, 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in.
$ 1,300
















Refocus, n.d.
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in.
$ 2,700









Here Come The Squirrels, 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in.
$ 1,300

















Head Of The Desert God, 2004
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in.
$ 1,300














Fifty-fifty, n.d.
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in.
$ 2,700












Falling The Line, 2006
Oil on canvas
24 x 24
$ 1,300
















Embarking, 2008
Oil on canvas
36 x 24 in.
$ 1,950
















Deep Down, 2006
Oil on canvas
36 x 18
$ 1,400














Cave Image, 1993
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 in.
$ 1,625











Breaking Point, 1997
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 in.
$ 1,625











Arise, 2001
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in,
$ 1,625















Audacious Redo, 2007
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in,
$ 1,625















Almost Over, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 in.
$ 725
















A Lighthearted Gem, 2006
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in.
$ 1,300















A Child's Escape, n.d.
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
$ 1,625
















Robin Fly By, 2008
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in.
$ 2,700









Red Hot, 2007
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in.
$ 2,700










One In Three Is Blue, 2001
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in.
$ 2,700










Ode To The Engineer Linda, 2000
Oil on canvas
36 x 24 in.
$ 1,950
















Obscure Lamentation, 2007
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in.
$ 2,700
















Now Red, n.d.
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 in.
$ 1,625










Not Sure, 2006
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in.
$ 975















My Wave Length, 2006
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in.
$ 2,700

















Let's Go, n.d.
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in.
$ 1,950








Into (First Light), 2001
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in.
$ 2,700










I Have Come As Far As Here, 2007
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
$ 1,625















Homage To Mike, 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 in.
$ 1,625












Winter, 2007
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
$ 1,625














Whimsical, 2000
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in.
$ 1,950











Want To Play?, 2006
Oil on canvas
16 x 16 in.
$ 600














Untitled, n.d.
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
$ 2,000















Untitled Red, 2002
Oil on linen
20 x 16 in.
$ 725

















Unseen Site, 1997
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
$ 2,000















Underwater, 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in.
$ 1,300














Treed, 2006
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in.
$ 975
















Time Is Taking Its Time, 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in.
$ 1,300














The Moon Has Lost Her Light, 1995
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 in.
$ 1,625











The Color Of A Dream, 2006
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in.
$ 2,700











Spring Undercurrent, 2007
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in.
$ 2,700
















Maybe, 2008
Oil on canvas
18 x 18 in.
$ 725














Unmasked, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875
















Has Anybody Been Here?, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875
















In The Distance Was Singing, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875














Pigs In A Blanket, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in
$ 875















The Costs Are Mounting, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875















Game Time, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875
















My Kid Can Do Better, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875














Grubby Storks, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875















Limbo, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875















Yes We Can, 2009
Oil on canvas
40 x 40 in.
$ 3,600















Eagle Gone, n.d.
Oil on canvas
18 x 18 in.
$ 729
















Well, Anyhow, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in
$ 875















Ease Out, 2007
Oil on canvas
14 x 14 in.
$ 500















Dreaming Blue, 2007
Oil on canvas
14 x 14 in.
$ 500


















Watching The River, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875















Soup, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875












Mostly It’s A Journey, 2008
Oil on canvas
48 x 60 in.
$ 6,500














At Sea, 2008
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900














Beyond Bias, 2008
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900















Jump The Fence, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
$ 875


















Dispelling The Gloom, 2007
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900













Murky Entrance, 2008
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in.
$ 2,900
















When The Shadow Departs, 2006-2006
Oil on canvas
48 x 58 in
$6,250












Still Screaming, 2007
Oil on canvas
58 x 48 in
$6,250















Time Is Short And The River Rises, 2006
Oil on canvas
50 x 40 in
$4,500
















Time Takes Flight, 2008
Oil on canvas
40 x 50 in
$4,500
















Countdown to 10, 2008
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 in
$3,000













Playground, 2007
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in
$2,700











Paradoxical, 2006
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in
$2,700









Lights Of The Night, 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in
$1,950










Conversation, 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 in
$1,600












Have I Already Told You This?, 2007
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in
$1,600















Antoni, 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in
$1,300















Amiable, 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in
$1,300
















Odyssey, 2007
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in
$875













Doubtful, 2008
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 in
$725















3 X's, 2007-2008
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 in
$725












Karel's Green Apples I, 2007
Oil on canvas
12 x 12 in
$400
















Karel's Green Apples II, 2007
Oil on canvas
12 x 12 in
$400















Karel's Green Apples III, 2007
Oil on canvas
12 x 12 in
$400















Untitled, 2008
Oil on canvas
8 x 8 in.
$ 300















Untitled, 2008
Oil on canvas
8 x 8 in.
$ 300















Wind On The Highway, 2003
Oil on canvas
58 x 48 in.
$ 6, 250














Duality Of The Heart, 1996
Oil on canvas
58 x 96 in. (triptych)
Two outside panels: 58 x 24 in. each
Center panel: 58 x 48 in.

$ 11, 500






8 Squared, 2008
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
$ 2,025













Disavowed, 2010, Oil on canvas, 14 x 11 in.
$450
Discussions Are Better, 2010, Oil on canvas, 18 x 18 in.
$725
Entic, 2010, Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 in., $400
Fish Pond, 2010, Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in., $1,625
For the Day Shift, 2010, Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.
$2,000
A Light Sketch, 2010, Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in., $2,000
In The Midst Of A Long Fall, 2010, Oil on canvas
36 x 36in., $2,900
Red Squares, 2010, Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in.
$1,625
19 1/2 Years of Painting, 2010, Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.
$2,000