Blog Posts and Press Releases

Chicago-based artist "Marksy," also known as Sam Stoiber, made a stop to Carnelian Art Gallery this week to demonstrate his process for creating his ethereal, dreamy, and even melancholy figurative works. That's because Marksy is one of five artists participating in...

Katie Hogan put the finishing touches on an oil painting depicting her mother one morning as she described for Carnelian Art Gallery her process as an artist who creates portraits and figurative pieces. "She was visiting from out of town and agreed to sit for us,...

It was Steve Swagerle's late grandfather's sign shop that ignited Swagerle's passion for creating his surreal, yet humorous, pop art. His grandfather didn't paint "Stop" signs, rather lettering on glass windows. Swagerle could be seen painting in his grandfather's...

Madison area artist Kevin Kiley, who creates landscape representations on canvases using a variety of mediums, now has four pieces on display inside a newly opened apartment complex on North Fair Oaks Avenue. Kiley exhibited with Carnelian Art Gallery during its early...

Olivia Eis considers a lot of her works self portraits. She finds inspiration for much of her art through introspection. The Madison artist and recent University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate said this as she touched up a sister piece to one of the works Eis currently...

Carnelian Art Gallery has been making some moves this last month. Generally, we want to position ourselves in Madison's arts and culture scene as more than just an independent art gallery, but a force that elevates independent art locally and nationally. We are...

 Jen Dunlop has seen dark days, but has always found light in her art. She wants her viewers to find the light within themselves when observing her pieces. "My purpose as an artist is to transmute darkness into light and bring light into dark places," she said. The...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 16 (Updated Oct. 29) - Carnelian Art Gallery is pleased to announce its fifth show, entitled "Figure." This show will be focused on the intricacies of the human figure, featuring works by Wisconsin artists Marksy, also...

Independent artists and their distinctive talents aren't celebrated enough these days. But organizations and businesses across Madison area are trying to change that. Carnelian Art Gallery owner and painter, Evan Bradbury, has a collection of pieces that adorn the...