Art at the Cultural Center
There is a new floral art show at the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center in Marietta, and I am one of the lucky artists who had work accepted. The show is called “Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking”. Go see this art show until May 25th, 2026, and the address is on the poster. Garden of […]
New Art Show “Dreaming” at the Acworth Art House
The “Dreaming” Exhibit is here – Don’t miss it! A new art show called “Dreaming” is now on display at the Acworth Art House. I currently have 2 paintings in this art show and one in the member gallery. The next reception for this art show is June 14th, 2025. Overcast Waves is 9″ […]
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,
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 (and Archive) of art, Fine […]
Decision Making in Painting
Our New Year’s Art Sale continues on Fine Art south through February! Art is more than an interesting thing to look at. Any finished painting – of any genre – is the culmination of a series of decisions, big and small. Artists read and write articles about how and when they decide a piece of […]
How Color Affects Us
I’m not an expert on formal color theory, but I do know how color affects me and makes me “feel”. Color is tied closely in our psychology with certain feelings and moods. A piece of art that focuses on color can have a very primal connection to the person viewing it. Colors can, at their […]
On Artists Having a Style
Do you know artists who have a recognizable “style”? Many artists paint the same way, or in a similar way, using the same type of tools and materials, for most of their professional artistic life. They probably do this because they have been told that having a consistent look to all their art work will […]
Collecting Art You Value
It’s not always easy to know what art you should collect. Should you buy something you don’t like? Is the art “high quality” enough to pay a lot for it, and what does that mean? Are “quality” and “value” a measurable thing in art, or should other factors be involved? Many people buy art because […]
Sewell Mill Out and About Atlanta Art Show
“Out and About” at Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Arts Center is a new group art show running now through January 7, 2020. This is an exciting art display sponsored by the Atlanta Artists Center. Fine Art South’s artist Shelly Leitheiser has a painting in this show titled “Out There”. Here statement on this artwork […]
Small Works Show
You can find two of my paintings from Fine Art South at the Grandview Gallery in Atlanta in their current Small Works and 3D art show. The show runs through August 15, 2019. Both are acrylic paintings the same size, 12″ x 12″, framed in black floater frames. The first is Bocawina Falls, which is […]