Poplar Springs Gallery will be opening soon!

We haven't posted on this art blog in a while.  Unfortunately, our art studio burned
and was a total loss.  We have been rebuilding since October and have our new
gallery almost completed.  We have a new email address....poplarspringsgallery@gmail.com.
So, if you're interested in any of our art or have any questions, you may contact us
at this address.

Below is a photo of our studio, as we are now setting up and decorating.  We should be
in full swing soon and ready for visitors.

At Work in our Studio

"Backstreet Blues"

                                       "Backstreet Blues"  by Phyllis Gooche   30" x40" oil  $400

Reflections in Steel

                               "Reflections in Steel" by Phyllis Gooche  24"x36" oil  $300

Reflections in Steel

Minor Hill, Tennessee

  Painting by Phyllis Gooch or a landscape in Minor Hill, Tennessee....16"x 20" Oil on canvas.  $300

Still Life.....Teapot With Apple

                                         12" x 12"  Still Life,,,,,, Oil on canvas board   $50

W. C. Handy

A painting of W C Handy, father of the Blues,  whose birthplace is Florence, Alabama.

"Marbles in Glass Bowl" By Phyllis Gooche - SOLD

This painting was sold by Kennedy-Douglas Art Center this week.

 

"Bluegrass Pickers" by Phyllis Gooche

    This is a painting I did which represents by dad (who passed away in 2005)

He was a bluegrass musician who could play practically any instrument.
He was a champian harmonica player and was also very talented at hand carving his own
instruments; including violins, mandolins, and a bass fiddle.  The painting below
is how I remember him best, bluegrass picking with his musician friends.

Get Your Nick Saban/Bama Prints!!

Richard is offering prints of the Bama painting below.  If you are interested in buying
one of his prints for $20, please contact us at thegoochegallery@gmail.com.  These
prints would also make great Christmas gifts.

Award Winning Drawing

Richard took First Place in the 2012 Members Show at the Kennedy-Douglas Center
for the Arts in Florence, Alabama, with his drawing, "The Chief."

The Gooches Are Versatile - In Other Words, We Can Paint Anything on Anything

Richard specializes in detailing cars, motorcycles....or any other surface you wish to
have painted or customized.  Below, are examples of paintings he did on a car hood
and on a motorcycle.

We Paint Murals

Here is an example of a mural painted by Richard and Phyllis for a client who loved
white tigers. This mural was about three feet by four feet wide.  They can paint a mural
of any subject of any size from your photos or from an idea you might have.

Rolllll Tide!!

No painting today. It's game day! Richard is watching the Alabama vs. Texas A&M
football game....getting ideas for another "Bama" painting.

Rogers & Rogers Gallery on Facebook

One of Richard's paintings is featured today as Rogers & Rogers' Facebook avatar.
"Stalking Tiger"

Photos From Rogers & Rogers Art Gallery

These photos were made opening night of the Rogers & Rogers Fine Art Gallery on

Court Street, Florence, Alabama.  We feel very honored to be included among the great artists

who are represented in this exhibition. 

Today's Work in Progress

I hope to post on this blog not only our finished works and artwork on exhibit, but also to
show some of our works in progress.  Here is a painting I have been working on this week.
I am working on a series of paintings that I like to refer to as my "BFF's"...or Best Friends
Forever.  I did a painting (now on exhibit at Rogers & Rogers Gallery) of a little girl
fishing with her grandfather...showing the love and friendship between grandparents and
their grandchildren.  The painting I'm working on now depicts the friendship between a
child and their pet.  I hope to complete this painting this week.

"We Have a Bite" by Phyllis Gooche  24"X30" oil

Goddess In Flight...by Phyllis Gooche

This painting may be purchased at the Rogers & Rogers Art Gallery.  It is currently on exhibit there.
This is an abstract I recently finished.  It's a little different than my normal style of painting, but I think it's good to challenge yourself and try different things.  I was inspired by my husband's more
abstract style in his "sheet" paintings and began to imagine....."what if" there were a person beneath that sheet.  After a few sketches, the "Goddess in Flight" appeared and I began creating her on
canvas.  Below, is the result.

"Goddess in Flight"  36"x48"