Art News and Info

New Website for Buying Shelly’s Art and Prints

There is a new website for buying my art! It offers original, ready to hang artwork and the opportunity to get that artwork in the form of prints. The website is Fine Art by Shelly.  There is still going to be new art here, the site of my primary Gallery

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Art Collecting Site Highlights Fine Art South

Art Collecting.com is a wonderful art resource website that highlights all kinds of artist websites, artist events, galleries, museums, and affiliated websites. Fine Art South and artist Shelly Leitheiser recently joined Art Collecting and are featured on the artist page and this page. Below is a screenshot of the website

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Mystery and Imagination in Painting

Mystery and Imagination are important in my artwork and in the artwork of millions of artists. Many people think that painting from life requires you to follow exactly what you see in front of you, but there is no reason to do that. Artists with imagination (hopefully most of us)

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AI-Created Art Is Art in Our Minds

Recently the online art news world was subjected to viewing the printed image below,  and many people concluded it’s not art. I completely disagree! This computer-generated art won a first place ribbon at the Colorado State Fair. More traditional artists were pissed off. I don’t understand why. I have seen

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Last Chance to See Smyrna Arts Council Fine Art Exhibit

LOCAL ARTIST EXHIBIT AT SMYRNA CITY HALL This exhibit is ending this month!   The Smyrna Arts Council and the City of Smyrna welcomed six local artists to the newest fine arts exhibit at A. Max Bacon City Hall in Smyrna.  The exhibit, which is available to view from May

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Seen at an Art Fair

It’s Art Fair Season Again

It’s Art Fair season! It’s almost summer and with summer comes art fairs, craft festivals, music festivals with art, and everything in between. Are you someone who likes to buy art but are frustrated with the outdoor art festival scene? I understand, and I think I know why many people

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Highlighting Artists in the Ukraine War

Though I’ve been an artist my entire life, I have never been an artist in a war zone. It must be unimaginably horrible to endure, as is the wartime life for everyone who lives or once lived in Ukraine. My heart goes out to everyone there, and in other war-torn

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