Art News and Info

New Art Show at Community Center in Smyrna

There is a new art show up at the Community Center in downtown Smyrna, sponsored by the Smyrna Arts Council.  I have four recent paintings in this show. It’s a new show that will continue until the end of November,

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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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Toss Out the Rules in Your Watercolor Painting

The article excerpt below is from American Watercolor, and it’s for all my watercolor painting compatriots out there. I started out as an acrylic painter but grew to love watercolor as time went on. I learned techniques just like anyone else, and sometimes I use what I learned and sometimes

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MOCA Pin Up Contemporary Art Show Returns for 2023

The annual  pop-up PIN UP show returns to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Atlanta this Thursday, May 11th, (hours are 7-9 pm). This is a very brief show so don’t blink or you’ll miss it. See more about this contemporary art show here. I will have one painting

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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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Why Impressionism is So Important in Contemporary Art

Impressionism is my favorite art style (after abstraction) for so many reasons. This video helps to explain why it’s an important art movement, but it’s also important to know it’s still an important art movement and is enjoying a resurgence right now.     There is a big resistance to

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