(Featured Image: Nina Weiss landscape)
The Grove Gallery in Evanston, IL is seeking Contemporary Landscape paintings that reflect artists’ unique perspectives. Color is an expressive tool which illustrates emotional depth and subjective responses. We are looking for Painterly Landscapes with evidence of brush strokes, texture, and bold colors that push beyond green. Rather than copying nature, contemporary artists respond to it through Impressionistic mark making, subjective color and abstract shapes. With the advent of the camera in the 19th century, painters began inventing forms and interpreting scenes rather than striving for photorealism. Expressionistic color is an evocative tool that conveys the essence of a place, whether it is real or imagined. How do you use color to represent your true emotional response to nature?
Exhibition Dates: September/October 2025
Deadline: 08.22.2025
Link: https://truecolors.artcall.org
Juror: Nina Weiss, a nationally renowned artist, is fascinated by the landscape genre. Her strong connection to nature and the environment is evident in her work. Thus, she paints scenes from her travels abroad and through Europe and the Midwestern landscape. Nina is inspired by the rhythm, form and color of landscapes. She exhibits her work at Alma Art and Interiors (Chicago), J.Petter Gallery (Saugatuck, MI) and and more. She teaches at the Evanston Art Center and holds a BFA from the Tyler School of Art.