Stacey Evangelista

This Saturday the Washington Pavilion will host it’s annual event “Arts Night.” The event is a fundraiser for the Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center. Regional Artists participate by donating work that first goes on display in the Visual Arts Center, and later is sold either ‘live’ or in a ‘silent’ auction. Click here to view the catalog of art for 2012′s “Arts Night.”The Public is invited to purchase tickets to the event, and if not attending there is the option of place an ‘Absentee Bid.’

For more information about this event click on the following link. https://www.washingtonpavilion.org/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=71BE2BC7-C113-494B-A4B1-F3D53791F639&sessionlanguage=

“My Daughter in the Blue Hat,”

by Stacey Evangelista

oil on canvas, 2011

Stacey Evangelista resides in Sioux Falls, SD. Her studio is located in downtown Sioux Falls at 8th & Railroad. Drawing since the age of four, she has steadily been developing her skills as an artist. Today, her subjects are primarily—but not limited to—the human figure. In 2010, Ms. Evangelista had her first solo show at the Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center.

Of late, I have been inviting local artists to my studio each week to practice drawing portraits. My daughter, Elly Evangelista, has been one of the frequent models. On November 18th, 2011, Elly posed for the group wearing this beautiful velvet blue hat.

Because I was so moved by the attitude, lighting and colors present during this pose, I could not resist the urge to depict it in paint. Based off material from that night, this painting came together rather fast. The hat and eyes were all laid in with a few simple strokes of the palette knife, while the rest of the painting remained loose. This is probably my most expressive representational portrait to date.

standard selling price: $450

WASHINGTON PAVILION ~ LIVE AUCTION, MAY 5, 2012

In the evening of March 2nd, if you went strolling around downtown Sioux Falls, you would’ve found several venues still open serving wine and displaying work by local artists. In fact, a number of them invited artists to paint in their shops for the public to watch. Stacey Evangelista & Nancyjane Huehl were two such artists who you could ‘visit with’ or ‘watch at work’ in the main lobby of “8th and Railroad.”

“Art & Wine Walk” is a reoccurring event downtown Sioux Falls.  The next “Art & Wine Walk” will be the first Friday of October 2012.