New Fall Inventory

TRA ART NEWS

New Fall Color Trends

We are please to present our new line up for the kick off of the fall season.
My personal favorite time of year in Michigan. The weather cools off and the Interior Design Business heats up! All the vacationers are back in town. All the new furniture lines are in, and all of the new color trends are on the market.

Artist Melanie Boone grew up in California. You can sense the California sun in the work with her use of gold, auburn, and red. Even her still life pictures have a sense of the outdoors, with a rich color palette that evokes the last few moments of a sunset, or the dry golden colors of wine country. You need to see these in person to get the full view of her collage of different items onto the canvas.

M. Boone "Floral 137" oil and collage on canvas 60x48 inches

M. Boone "Floral 127" oil and collage on canvas 51x37 inches

A few surprises from little known artist Eileen Roth from the Cleveland area. The landscapes are dark and rusty with blacks seeming to run right off the picture plane near the bottom. The scenes look as if they are back-lite by the blue sky which is behind and on top of the scene. This definitely is not Cleveland...

E. Roth "New Earth V" acrylic on canvas 50x60 inches


E. Roth "New Earth II" arcylic on canvas 30x30 inches



Nancy Dendy is trying a new approach. A brighter palette and looser brushwork liven up her landscapes. Form and color are still the basis for these works, but less is more for Nancy lately. Let us know what you think?


N. Dendy "Open Sky" oil on canvas 48x48 inches

Her palette looks richer and richer these days. Nice to see an artist stretch out a bit...
The titles evoke the end of something or moving on to something else; a snapshot of the seasons on the verge of change.



N. Dendy "October Oaks" oil on canvas 50x50 inches

N.Dendy "October Passing" oil on canvas 60x48 inches

Some nice abstract work from artist Durate. Was the landscape on his mind too?

Durate "Untitled" acrylic on canvas 50x50 inches




T.L.Lange is always surprising, and a bit unsettling. His work gives us a glimpse into a troubled soul. We will miss him. One thing about being an artist: you can leave something behind that continues to provoke and inspire.

This one is interesting because of it's sculptural quality. The work is 5 inches deep with the canvass stretched and stapled to the plywood backing, which gives it a hulking presence. The cartoon like waif of a figure floats toward us out of the darkness.



T.L. Lange "Untitled Figure" oil and mixed media on plywood and found material


Enjoy the new work. More to come. Let us know what you think.
Hope to see you soon.
Jeff Haefner TRA
248-816-1691

New at TRA...

Untitled by Mark Wolack 33"x40" oil on canvass

Presenting new works by Mark Wolack

Mark just keeps cranking them out. We are always happy to see new work from our friend here at TRA. Mark always seems to have the landscape in the back of his mind while he works. The forms emerge from a smokey background and fight their way to the front of the canvass. His trademark action painter's brushwork takes the stage while his muted backgrounds set up the tonal variations in his frantic/thoughtful brushwork. Keep it up Mark!

Untitled by Mark Wolack 36" x 80" oil on wood panel

Also New to TRA Art Group:

TRA welcomes Jeffrey Haefner to the family. He wil be taking over as gallery director at the end of September. Ann will be moving to Los Angles after she and her companion Keith trip around Europe for a while. We will miss her. She single handedly got TRA Art Group on the web and into the Detroit art community by seeking out and promoting as much local talent as she could find.

Jeffrey is a fellow College for Creative Studies grad and local artist. He is the former Regional Manager for the Marshall Field's art galleries in Michigan. Jeff worked closely with the Marshall Field's Interior Design Department, and brings years of experience as an art consultant and an artist. Jeff will be running day to day operations at the gallery while branching out to work with corporate accounts.