Monday, December 16, 2013

KRAMPUS Holiday Sale - 30% off the Shop

Holiday Sale - 30% off the Shop
Midnight Tonight through the end of the Year
Discount Code: KRAMPUS

Happy Holidays everyone!
We're offering 30% discount on orders from our online Shop starting at Midnight tonight.
Just enter the discount code KRAMPUS when you place your orders.
The Shop is filled with fabulous fine art prints and books for budding and seasoned collectors alike.
Place orders by Wednesday to receive them in time for Christmas.

Now you can follow us on Instagram @varnishfineart for images of new items and specials.




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16 Jessie Street, #C120, San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)433-4400
                       

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Preorder "Bone China" and Meet Laurie Lipton

Friendly Reminder:
Laurie Lipton Print Release & Book Signing
Saturday December 14th, 5-7pm
We are so excited for this rare Bay Area visit by master artist Laurie Lipton!
She will be here at the gallery for a special event to celebrate the release of her new print combined with a fabulous Last Gasp book signing.


Bone China
Giclée Print on on Archival Paper
22" x 22"
Edition of 50
Signed by Laurie Lipton
2013
(This limited edition is based on the original 2009 charcoal & pencil on paper.)

Online orders will be shipped after the print release December 14th.

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16 Jessie Street, #C120, San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)433-4400
                       

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Holiday Season Art News

The Varnish Vault:
Holiday Season Exhibition
We welcome you to join us this holiday season in celebration of art. The Varnish Vault features various media in a rich range of works from the deceased master sculptor Stanislav Szukalski to the contemporary pop icon painter Ron English in collaboration with Warhol's screen printer Alexander Henrici. Other featured artists include local celebrity tattooer and painter Mike Davis, social surrealist painter Chris Mars, and bronze sculptor and film industry character designer Jose Ismael Fernandez.

Image Shown at Left:
Ron English
Marilyn with Mickeys #61
Acrylic on Canvas
2005
36 x 22 inches

Artwork from this rotating exhibition may be shipped immediately upon purchase. Check back often for new artwork by additional artists. If you don't see what you're looking for, we will find it for you.

Featured artists:

Ron English
Chris Mars
Mike Davis
Ron Garrigues
Stanislav Szukalski
Jose Ismael Fernandez


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Now Showing:

Nicomi Nix Turner
We are very pleased to announce that Nicomi Nix Turner is now showing at Varnish. Take a look at her beautiful, detailed drawings on our website, or meet us at the gallery by appointment for a private viewing.

Nicomi is a featured artist in our upcoming exhibition at the LA Art Show in January 2014 along with artists Dan Quintana, Ransom & Mitchell, and Lucien Shapiro.

The pieces I create reflect subject matters pertaining to biological deconstructionism, nature’s legacy, alchemy, fables and counter-religious belief. In an orchestra of hyper-textured saturation, each piece is a cacophony of silent movement and erratic soliloquies. I work with a pencil in attempts to “paint” with the graphite, and with paper because of the unforgiving quality it possesses. - Nicomi Nix Turner

Image Shown at Right:
Nicomi Nix Turner
Under the Pressure of Layered Shadows
Graphite on Archival Paper
2013
23 x 16.5 inches

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16 Jessie Street, #C120, San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)433-4400
                       

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

It's Black Friday All Weekend with Free Shipping

Black Friday Weekend - We Ship for Free!
Friday Nov 29th - Sunday Dec 1st
Discount Code: FREEBIRD

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
We're offering Free shipping for orders placed on our online Shop this FridaySaturday and Sunday.
Just enter the discount code FREEBIRD for shipping at no cost within the US.
The Shop is filled with fabulous fine art prints and books for budding and seasoned collectors alike.
Now you can follow us on Instagram @varnishfineart for images of new items and specials.


Nightmare
by Winston Smith
2012
Giclée Print on Somerset Double-Weight Velvet Archival Paper
Vintage Collage Series
18" x 12"
Edition of 100
$150.00
Image Shown Above


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16 Jessie Street, #C120, San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)433-4400
                       

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Laurie Lipton Print Release and Book Signing

Laurie Lipton Print Release & Book Signing
Saturday December 14th, 5-7pm
Don't miss this rare Bay Area visit by master artist Laurie Lipton.
It's been years since Laurie Lipton visited San Francisco. She will be here at the gallery for a special event to celebrate the release of her new print combined with a fabulous Last Gasp book signing.

The Drawings of Laurie Lipton is a comprehensive survey of Lipton’s fantastical, meticulously-detailed pencil drawings. Featuring more than 70 works, this is the most conclusive and ambitious publication about the artist to date, and it is brought to you by the publisher Last Gasp.

Bone China
Giclée Print on Archival Paper
22" x 22"
Edition of 50
Signed by Laurie Lipton
2013

This limited edition is based on the original 2009 charcoal & pencil on paper.
Release Date: December 14, 2013

Here is a picture of an elderly lady surrounded by chattering skeletons. Everything is decaying, except for the Twinkies and cupcakes on the table (which are made up of non biodegradable synthetic chemicals). This is not a morbid English tea fantasy, but an encroaching reality. I'm getting older--& the number of dead I know is growing exponentially. - Laurie Lipton

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16 Jessie Street, #C120, San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)433-4400