WOLFGANG ERTL ART

Here is a selection of paintings available at various holiday shows this season:

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery (NHAA), Portsmouth, NH: Tis the Season of Art, Dec. 4 – 29:

Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA: Members’ Holiday Show, Nov. 21 – Dec. 22:

Kittery Art Association, Kittery, ME: Holiday Show, Nov. 21 – Dec. 21:

Thornhill Art Gallery, Portsmouth, NH: Intimate Impressions; A Small Works Show, Nov. 29 – Jan. 4:

Lane House Arts Center, Hampton, NH: Magical Mystery Tour, Hampton, NH, Dec. 4 – 22:

“Marshland in March” (Pastel, 11″ x 14″) was selected for the 2024 Members’ Fall Juried Show, which runs Oct. 25 – Nov. 16.

The New Hampshire Art Association’s exhibit  Alchemy at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH runs Sept. 5-29, 2024. These are my 2 contributions to the show:

The New Hampshire Art Association’s May exhibit is called “Lush”. It runs May 1 – June 2 in Portsmouth, NH. Here are my two contributions:

The Great Bay Stewards hold their 18th Annual Art of Great Bay Show at the Great Bay Discovery Center in Greenland , NH, April 5-7. “White Crest Beach” and “Tumbling Down” are two of my paintings in the show. Pleased that “Tumbling Down” found a new home.

The exhibition We Share One Sky runs April 5-28, 2024. These are my two contributions:

Two new exhibits in Newburyport, MA, in March 2024. My abstract pastel “Arabesque” is available at the “Thank You” show and the oil on canvas “Sylvan Profusion” at “Colors of March.”

This year’s Fundraiser Auction to benefit the New Hampshire Art Association runs Feb. 1-25, 2024. Here are my contributions:

New Hampshire Art Association’s Frost & Frame: An Artful Gift Gallery at Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, Nov. 29 – Dec. 31:

Newburyport Art Association’s Members’ Holiday Show, Newburyport, MA, Dec. 7 – Jan. 14:

Kittery Art Association’s Annual Holiday Show and Bazaar, Kittery, ME, Nov. 30 – Dec. 17:

Lane House Arts Center’s Magical Mystery Tour, Hampton, NH, Dec. 6 – 22:

The Newburyport Art Association’s Journeying Well: Artistic Pathways exhibition, Newburyport, MA, runs Nov. 17 – Dec. 3. These are my two pieces in the show:

Two pastels now available at the Kittery Art Association’s  Natural Wonders show. Kittery, ME, Nov. 2 – 26.

The 15^th Annual National Juried Exhibition “It’s Pastel!” at Discover Portsmouth Center, Portsmouth, NH, runs Oct. 28 –Nov. 18. Pleased that “Deep Blue” was juried into this show.

Happy to report that it sold.

“Stormy Day” (Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 12″) and “Stormy Day 4″ (Pastel, 9″ x 12”) at the New Hampshire Art Association’s Light and Dark III Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH, Oct. 4-29, 2023.

“Below the Falls” (Pastel, 12″ x 9″) at the Pastel Society of Maine’s  23^rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition “Pastels Only”, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME, Sept. 1 – December 19.

Two Plum Island scenes in the special exhibit “Scenes of Newburyport” , Newburyport, MA, July 27 – Aug. 6.

“Sand Beach, Acadia” (Pastel, 12″ x 16″) at the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod’s National Juried Exhibition “For Pastels Only” (June 27 – July 22, Cape Cod Cultural Center, South Yarmouth, MA). I’m honored to have received the Barbara Stone Memorial Award for the painting. Many thanks to the Juror of Selection, Corey Pitkin, and the Juror of Awards, Christine Ivers, for her thoughtful comments, as well as the wonderful team of show organizers. Happy that it sold.

The River Tree Arts’ Highlight – A Community Art Show in Kennebunk, ME, runs May 26 – June 16, 2023. Here is my piece in the show:

The 18th Members’ Exhibition at Bass Hall, Peterborough, NH, runs June 3-24, 2023. Here is one of my entries:

The Newburyport Art Association’s Master Artist Exhibition in Newburyport, MA, runs March 31 – Apr. 23, 2023. Here are my two contributions to the sale:

First stay in Treasure Island near St. Petersburg, Florida, after 3 years. First series of paintings, all done on location. A windy day on the beach.

A visit to Sawgrass Lake Park in St. Petersburg on a warm sunny day. A smaller square version of this park scene series:

The New Hampshire Art Association’s Holiday Exhibition “Miracle on State Street” runs Nov. 30 – Jan 1, 2023.

Happy that “Summer Marsh” received the People’s Choice Award.

“Floral Pastels & Miniatures” is an exhibition to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the NAA Hills Gallery and honor its namesake, Newburyport Art founder Laura Coombs Hills. Newburyport, MA, Dec. 6 – Jan. 15, 2023.

Christine Molitor Johnson, Sue Ferlazzo, Wanda Blanchard, and Jamie Yalla, four members of the Newburyport Garden Club, have contributed to the show by creating interpretive floral arrangements to accompany select artworks.

Happy that “Tundra Flowers 2” was one of the selected pieces.

This year’s holiday show in Newburyport, MA, runs Nov. 23 – Jan. 15. One of my latest Fall scenes is my entry.

Our exhibit moves on to York, ME.

The exhibition Nature’s Kaleidoscope: Our Animals Great and Small at the Newburyport Senior Center runs Aug. 2 – Nov. 12, 2022.

Two abstract pastels from my Mind’s Eye series at the New Hampshire Art Association’s exhibit “Melt” in Portsmouth, NH, June 29 – July 31.

“Sabbaday Falls 3″ (Pastel, 7″ x 10”) and “Marconi Beach 3″ (Pastel, 9″ x 12”) at Pastel Society of New Hampshire’s 17th Members’ Exhibition, Wolfeboro Public Library. July 2-30.

Pleased to be included in the 26th National Juried Exhibition “For Pastels Only” with “Tumbling Down.” Cape Cod Cultural Center, South Yarmouth, MA, June 21 – July 17.

The Newburyport Art Association’s Master Artist Show, Part 1 runs April 22 – May 1.
These are my 2 contributions. Happy that “Alpine View” found a new home.

Replacement piece added to the exhibit:

“Tumbling Down” at the New Hampshire Art Association’s 36^th Annual Omer T. Lassonde Open Juried Exhibition “Ritual”, Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, March 30 – May 1. Pleased that it received an Honorable Mention Award.

Here are 3 of my paintings in the New Hampshire Art Association’s exhibition “Awakening” in Portsmouth, NH. The show runs March 2-27.

This year’s “Holiday Artisan Faire” at the Woodman Museum’s Thom Hindle Gallery, Keefe House, Dover, NH, runs Dec. 8 – 23. Pleased to be included with a number of pastel paintings, such as “Sylvan Rhapsody” and “Fall Colors,” and note cards with reproductions if my work.

Two winter scenes in pastel will be for sale at the Spurling Infinity Center’s show Wintery Maine Through Artists’ Souls, 1 Alewive Park Rd, W. Kennebunk, ME, Dec. 6 – 24.

Three examples in different media (pastel, oil, acrylic) of my work are on display at the 2021 Holiday Exhibition in Portsmouth, NH, which runs Dec. 1, 2021 – Jan. 2, 2022. Also available for sale: smaller unframed paintings and notecards with reproductions of my work.

The holiday show in Newburyport, MA, runs Nov. 27 to Dec. 23. Here is my painting in the exhibit:

This special exhibit at the Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH, runs Nov. 20 – Dec. 18. Pleased that “Walchensee, Bavaria 2” found a new home.

The Art Guild of the Kennebunk’s annual Awards Show at the Community House in Kennebunkport, ME took place Oct. 9 – 11. Happy to report that “Monhegan” received the First Place Pastel award and that it found a new home. Also sold two unframed pieces (“Winter Marsh” and “White Crest Beach 2”):

I’m honored and excited to have my painting “Foss Mountain” juried into the Pastel Society of America’s 49th Annual “Enduring Brilliance” exhibit (2021). Many thanks to the jurors Richard McKinley, Colette Odya Smith, and Otto Stürcke. The show opened online September 7, 2021.

Happy to be included in the 22nd Annual Joan L. Dunfey Open Juried Exhibition “Portals” with these two pastels:

Here are my two paintings juried into this exhibit in Newburyport, MA, which runs Oct. 22 – Nov. 20, 2021. Happy to report that both found a new home.

Pleased that these works are available in N.W. Barrett Gallery, Portsmouth, NH:

Dewdrops is a special small group show in the Gift Shop of Newburyport Art Association, which runs June 11 – July 11. Happy to be included with 12 paintings.
Pleased that “Loisach River” found a new home:

Both of my submissions have been juried into this exhibit in Newburyport, MA, which runs February 26 – March 27:

Pleased that “Fantasia” (Pastel, 11″ x 14″) was selected to be included in this exhibition in collaboration with the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, MA. Like many of my abstract or semi-abstract pieces it is based on observed landscapes that are expanded and transformed into an imaginary world in the process of painting.

These are two pastels, based on a view from the cliffs of Monhegan Island in Maine, which I transformed in various paintings of my “Looking Down” series. Most of the pieces in this series, which encompasses works in pastel, oil, and acrylic, are in private collections, but some are still available. These are my first paintings fresh off the easel this year, framed and ready to go to the New Hampshire Art Association’s “Perfect Pairings” show, which runs February 3 – 28. They can be purchased separately or with a 10% discount as a set.

Also available at this exhibit: a pair of abstracts in acrylic:

This exhibit in Newburyport, MA, runs February 3 – 28. A scene in the White Mountains, which I painted several times. This is a recently revised version in acrylic.