Erik Scalavino

Well, it’ s been a busy summer, but I finally have some new images to share with everyone. Please check out the new Photography section in the Gallery. There, you’ll find several of my snapshots from Italy, Egpyt, and my hometown of Providence, Rhode Island. There’ll be some new paintings up there later this year as well.

Football season’s back, which means I’m even busier than ever traveling with the Patriots again, but I’ll soon be shopping around for more galleries in which to exhibit, hopefully in time for the new year.

Just want to say a quick thank you to the hundreds of people who attended the show on the Cape earlier this month, where I was displaying with a handful of other very talented artists. I enjoyed meeting those of you who took the time to stop and admire my paintings and photography, and for all your kind words.

I’m currently in the middle of about 10 new paintings, which I hope to complete before the end of the summer. And in the near future, you may see a bit of a new look to the website, to reflect the new directions I’m taking with my work.

I’ve just returned from a most adventurous trip to Egypt, my first anywhere in Africa or the Middle East. Many of the photos I snapped will now enter the pipeline of new paintings I’ll be starting soon.

The Pharaonic pyramids, towering temples, proud palm trees, haunting hieroglyphs, and, of course, the life-giving Nile River are all subjects in my latest collection. 

As an aside, many of you have asked me if I sell prints of my photos, and yes, I do. The demand is becoming great enough that I’m seriously considering re-designing the site to accommodate a section for photography.

I’ve been invited to exhibit in a pair of upcoming shows, the first of which will take place during the month of May at the Chabot Fine Art Gallery in Pawtucket. I’ll be displaying at least a dozen or more paintings there from May 2nd through the end of the month. Chabot is located at 595 Mineral Spring Avenue (Suite 11), directly behind the Lorraine Fabrics building.

Immediately after that show, I’m privileged to be participating in the first annual Cape Cod Food & Wine Festival. Only a handful of other artists were asked to exhibit at this event, which will be held Sunday, June 1st at the Rectrix Aerodrome in Hyannis, Mass.

Hope you can stop by either or both shows.

Exciting news!

By popular demand, I recently started a series of full color paintings (my first foray into colors other than black and white) of famous places around the globe. I’m starting with sites and locations where I’ve already been (like Italy) and will soon be visiting, including Egypt.

For portraits, I’ll continue to create them in my signature black and white, which I find much more dramatic than color when it comes to faces. So, I think the juxtaposition between these two vastly different bodies of work will offer a compelling contrast of attention-grabbing images.

Thanks again to everyone who showed up to see my first exhibit at the Providence Art Club last month. I should have some news about upcoming shows very soon.

I also have some new subjects lined up, in various poses and lighting. Very excited about these, so keep an eye out for them as well.

Welcome to my new and improved website, and my first-ever entry on my new blog.

I recently returned from the Super Bowl (working for the Patriots is my day job), so I was unable to attend the opening of my group show at the Providence Art Club. Thanks to everyone who came on that first day, and everyone else who’s been since. The Open Painting exhibit runs until Feb. 22. If you’d like to go, here’s a link PAC’s website: http://providenceartclub.org/hours.php

I’m waiting to hear back from some other galleries to which I’ve submitted my work. When I do, I’ll let you know right here on the blog when and where the next show(s) will be.

Meantime, enjoy the site, and please check out the film if you haven’t already. It gives you the backstory on how I got started as an artist.