New Artist Jeff Sterns -Featured Artist Feb 12

GALLERY WALK NIGHT FRIDAY FEB 12 5-8 PM. FEATURED ARTIST: JEFF STERNS OIL PAINTER OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SCENES. WINE AND CHEESE SERVED. COME AND MEET JEFF. BE HAPPY BUY ART!

Partnering with The Yahara River Grocery Cooperative

The Bradley Art Gallery is partnering with The Yahara River Grocery Co-op here in downtown Stoughton! We are featuring one of our artists Bruce Fortney( from the Blue Mounds Area) at the co-op! The Bradley Art Gallery will donate 10% of all sales from the paintings shown on display there until April1 to the co-op! Co-op address and hours:

229 East Main Street, Stoughton, WI 53589 Phone: 608-877-0947

HOURS Monday to Saturday– 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com

Yoga coming to the Bradley Art Gallery! Jan 20!! Sign up NOW!!

Yoga Starting at The Bradley Art Gallery!!

Anne Adametz of Organic Healthcare will be leading Yoga for 6 week sessions starting Jan 20th! Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 PM. Yoga in a beautiful setting among inspiring artwork!

Pre- registration is required- Limit 15 people

80.00 for a 6 week session. Please call The Bradley Art Gallery or Anne at 608-577-YOGA for questions or to register.

Participants are asked to bring their own mat and a blanket. Also helpful is a belt strap or similar stretch device.

Stoughton Madrigal Singers

Yesterday, for the Victorian Holiday Event we had the Stoughton High School Madrigal Singers in full costume singing beautiful Christmas music! Thank you!

New artist coming very soon to The Bradley Art Gallery!

Carol has had artistic interests since early childhood. She began her college career as an art major at the University of Minnesota, but ultimately graduated with a scientific degree in medical technology. It is in the past few years that she has finally had the time to seriously pursue her artistic endeavors.

Her formal art training has been mostly in the form of workshops with various regional and national art teachers including (the late) Zoltan Szabo, Stephen Quiller, Nita Leland, Tim Deibler, Frank Francese, Louise Cadillac, Desmond O’Hagan, Ken Velastro, Jill Soukup, and the Art Student’s League of Denver.

As an active member of the Colorado art community, Carol's work has been recognized with numerous awards. She has given several demonstrations and workshops to artist organizations in the Denver area. Her work can be seen at Spirits in the Wind Gallery, Golden, CO, West Southwest Gallery in Denver, Columbine Gallery in Frisco, as well as various art shows, exhibits and festivals in Colorado.

In the past few years, Carol has focused her painting primarily in oils or acrylics. Her work is characterized by strong emphasis on light, shadow, and, most of all, color. Her acrylic works are more experimental in nature, and she often uses acrylic gel mediums to build up the substrate of the painting giving a three dimensional effect. Her abstract paintings are a relatively new venture into the the realm of collage, design, and composition.

“As an artist living in Colorado, I am inspired by the incredible beauty we find all around us.. In each painting, I seek to capture a moment in time, a certain essence of light, or a scene of natural beauty. My hope is that the viewer can be transported visually, if only for a moment, to that same place I am representing on canvas.

My abstract paintings, I feel, are pure exercises in the creative process. Each one is like undertaking a journey, with no map and no destination. The finished painting is not something I can envision at the beginning, which is what makes the process so challenging. I think working in both abstract and representational styles keeps my work fresh and exciting."

Carol D. Nelson

Cristmas shop at The Bradley Art Gallery for the best ARTful giving!

So, Here I am being an ELFIN FOOL just so you think of The Bradley Art Gallery when you do your Christmas shopping this season! Those of you who have met me know this is soooo ME! Although I am not really short or from the North Pole but a tall Norwegian from Stoughton, WI ! Also, I KNOW MY HEAD IS TOO BIG!!! Enjoy and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours! Laura Bradley -Owner of The Bradley Art Gallery