The latest issue of New American Paintings, the Western Edition, is out now and offers a great selection of artists from the region who are pushing the envelope in amazing ways with paint, including Plus Gallery artists Austin Parkhill, one of the only artists to be selected this year from Denver proper. The issues juror was Bill Arning, the esteemed director at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. It's obvious from looking through the issue that the caliber is super high for this year's survey of the West, and also clear that Parkhill's work stands out like no other, eschewing the trends in recent contemporary painting for a style that seeks to depict people through realism in a bold and fascinating way. We congratulate Austin for his first acceptance into the national publication, one that has significantly marked the careers of some of Plus Gallery's most notable artists such as Jenny Morgan, William Betts, Karen McClanahan and several others over the years. Plus Gallery will present Parkhill's first solo exhibition with the gallery at the end of November in our final exhibition of 2012, stay tuned for more details next month.
