Quickdraw on Harrison Street on August 15, 2009

Larry Joe Miller, The Comfort Zone Art Spa and the City of Hollywood is sponsoring a timed Art event called Quickdraw on Harrison Street. This event will be on Saturday, August 15 2009. Here is the events times and rules:

Artist and Audience information sheet

The Second – “Quick-draw on Harrison Street” Outdoor Painting Event

Presented by: The City of Hollywood - Larry Joe Miller - The Comfort Zone Studio & Spa

Time schedule
Saturday, August 15, 2009
1 pm check-in
2 pm Start of Paint out
5 pm Finish bell for paint out
5 – 6 pm artist framing of art for auction and art sale
6:30 – 7:00 judging of art for awards
7 – 7:30 pm awards ceremony
8 pm auction and sale at the Comfort Zone Spa
9 pm artist pickup of unsold art

For the artist:
o Participants will create their works of art right before the eyes of the audience!
o This will be a beautiful outdoor event in the Florida fresh air.
o Located in Hollywood on the Harrison Street downtown area..
o Each artist will have only Three hours to complete their creation and then display/frame it for the evening auction and sale. All art must be properly framed and displayed on the artist easels. If you work in 3d media (sculpture etc.) Then the piece must be properly displayed for public viewing.
o Artists are required to supply a display easel for the show or appropriate display stand for their art.
o Any style and media is welcome, just remember: artists will be painting and drawing out-of-doors throughout the event
o You do not have to be a professional artist to come out and enjoy the fun! There will be two categories: Amateur and Plein Air. Students and Children are welcome to participate with a reduced admission fee. All artwork from the Plein Air, Amateurs and student/children will be in the auction and eligible for prizes.
o Cash Prizes in both Plein Air and Amateur categories.
o The Plein Air category must paint a live scene of Harrison Street in Hollywood. The Canvas must be brought with you to the intake for marking. No advance preparation of the canvas allowed!
o Grand Prize Award: One Man Show at The Comfort Zone Spa Gallery in downtown Hollywood.
o Plein Air: Prizes valued at $100 1st, $75 2nd, $50 3rd place plus award ribbons.
o Amateur: Prizes valued at $75 1st, $50 2nd, and $25 3rd place prizes plus award ribbons.
o Other gifts and merchandise prizes included.
o Auction & sale profits: 50/50 split between the Artist & 25% to The Broward Art Guild and 25% to the Hollywood Art Guild. .
o This is the Hollywood art communities first annual fund raiser for 2009!
o Cash Awards/ and gift certificates.

If you need more information you can call:
The Comfort Zone 954 923-2030
Larry Joe Miller 954 257 6862 Or email Larry Joe Miller larryjoemiller@hotmail.com

The Art of Larry Joe Miller

Larry Joe Miller has been an artist and musician since 1960. He has fronted many bands including; The Thingies, and Larry Joe Miller and the Rockabilly Rockets. Larry Joe studied art at the University of Nebraska in the ‘60’s and then moved to Manitou Springs, Colorado where he opened his own gallery named “A Touch of the Bizarre”. This gallery specialized in Larry’s metal sculpture and jewelry designs. In 1975, he moved to Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, Florida area, where he did local art shows and taught jewelry classes at Nova High School and Broward Community College.

Larry opened his own gallery in Himmershee Village in 1978, under the name of “Quicksilver Jewelry”. At this shop he showcased his original art and metal sculpture, and had one of the most successful galleries in the downtown Ft. Lauderdale area.

In 1982, Larry decided to close Quicksilver and go back on the road with his rockabilly band and traveled extensively throughout the east coast area of the U.S. After several years on the road, Larry knew it was time to come home to Hollywood and settle down.

Since then he has been an active member of the Broward Art Guild– he is President of the Broward Art Guild, Board Member and chairman of the Exhibition Committee— his work and passion is to promote the arts in the South Florida area.

We are all equally cursed and blessed to see the world exclusively through our eyes only; my goal in linocut and my other art styles is to pass on my own perspective to viewers so that they may share in that same unique vision. How many ways can we see the minutiae of the simplest domestic scene, or the sprawling details of a rustic panorama? Whether at home in the studio or printing outside en plein air, I strive to illuminate this viewpoint via time-tested, traditional techniques. Modern tools and shortcuts simply cannot capture the purity of line and color, be it single/multiblock/reduction, with such exquisite clarity. I want to observe the observers, and to know my objective is truly accomplished when they smile and say, “I see it, I get it, I feel it.”