Interview with The Fiddleback

October 12, 2012

Interview with S.V. Medaris
Interview with The Fiddleback, “an independent, online arts & literature magazine edited by a reclusive band of poets, writers, and audiophiles from across the country.”


Collaborations show at Artisan Gallery

October 12, 2012

hand-colored, linocut asian beetlesNow showing at Artisan Gallery: Collaborations. Here’s some in-progress and final (detail) shots of the piece I did with Kay Myers, below. Collaborative Metamorphosis features hand-colored, cutout linocuts of insects I did, plus (seen in the last photo below) some of Kay’s insects–exquisitely detailed paper sculptures.

The Collaborations show is up through October 28, 2012 at Artisan Gallery in Paoli, WI.

Gallery hours:
Tuesday – Sunday 10a.m. – 5p.m.

Extended Holiday Hours:
Open Seven days a week Thanksgiving through Christmas 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Open Late Thursdays: 10 a.m. – 7p.m.

relief printed insects, some hand-colored, some not

Insects printed (lino cuts printed on etching press), with some hand-colored…. (size: asian beetles approx 1/4 – 1/2 inches)

cut-out, hand-colored, relief-printed insects

Insects printed, hand-colored, and cut out, ready for assembly…. (size: asian beetles approx 1/4 – 1/2 inches)

mixed media insects

Detail from “Metamorphic Collaboration” 20in x 16in, mixed media. Those are Kay’s 3-d paper sculptures of insects.


“Quality Control” poster available this weekend!

October 5, 2012

Posted JAN 14, 2013: Poster now available online at the Mount Horeb Spring Art Tour site. BUY NOW

Available this weekend at the Mount Horeb Fall Festival, the new Mount Horeb Spring Art Tour benefit poster, featuring Quality Control.

Poster of cows in barn being kept in line by little terrier

16in x 20in poster, above, features: ‘Quality Control’, oil on canvas, 72in x 60in, © S.V. Medaris (click image to enlarge)

Stop by Saturday, Oct. 6, 9-5 or Sunday, Oct. 7, 10-4 and pick up one of these beautiful posters for only $15!! You’ll be benefiting our non-profit Spring Art Tour event held every June (2013 tour will be June 7-9, 2013: Fri-Sun, 10am-5pm daily).

And guess what?! We’ll be at booth #216 in the street in front of Olson’s Christmas House (near the corner of Main St & Third St.), which is right next to–get this–SJOLINDS CHOCOLATE HOUSE!!!

If you want your poster signed by the artist, I’ll be there. So come visit us (and Sjolinds of course), support The Mount Horeb Area Arts Association (that’s us Spring Art Tour artists), and get some awesome art for only $15!!


Gallery Night tonight: Artisan Pop-Up Gallery on State St!

October 5, 2012

Artisan Pop-Up Gallery window features work by Kelli HoppmanArtisan Gallery Pop-up

For two days only, Artisan Gallery is setting up a gallery in Madison to participate in MMOCA Fall Gallery Night.

125 State Street. Friday 5-9 and Saturday 11-5.

See work by some of your favorite gallery artists.

They’ll be showing some oils, including one of my favorites from The Lives of Farm Dogs exhibit:

oil painting of Great Dane by S.V. Medaris

‘Not From Around Here’, oil on canvas, 36in x 36in