Artists’ Workshop Gallery showcases July events
Artists’ Workshop Gallery, 610-A Central Ave., has announced that Jim Heinley will be the featured artist for the month of July.
In addition, the gallery is hosting a special event of small works by its artists, entitled “6 x 6 for 36.”
Heinley and his wife, Ann, moved to Hot Springs Village four years ago, after having spent most of their lives in the Dallas area. “After a successful career in menswear, Jim redirected his talents to advertising and promotion. Jim is a self-taught artist who always enjoyed drawing but never took the time to tackle any major projects until after retirement. With encouragement from Ann and others, he took up painting. He enjoys taking real-life pictures and interpreting them in his unique style onto canvas. His particular areas of interest are urban scenes and unusual architecture, using an impressionistic style of painting. His current medium is mixed, using acrylics with pen, pencil, chalk and charcoal,” a news release said.
Featured miniatures artists for July are Dianne Morgan and Jim Reimer.
“6 x 6 for 36” is an opportunity for art enthusiasts to pick up original works of art by the gallery’s talented artists for an “amazingly low price,” the release said. Each original 6-by6-inch work of art is ready to hang or display, for the special price of $36 each.
“These works were donated by the artists as a fundraiser for the gallery, to help compensate for the loss of sales during the pandemic. All funds raised will go to Artists’ Workshop Gallery, a nonprofit organization and the oldest gallery in Hot Springs,” the release said.
The gallery continues to maintain limited hours due to COVID-19, noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Although the gallery will not be participating in a live gallery walk for the first Friday in July, it will offer a virtual gallery walk, featuring the works of all its artists, on its Facebook page.