Glenn Merchant

Glenn Merchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com Contemporary landscape artist creating oil and acrylic paintings outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:05:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png Glenn Merchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com graphite on paper, 30×22, 2011 http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/graphite-on-paper-30x22-2011-2/ http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/graphite-on-paper-30x22-2011-2/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:36:03 +0000 glennmerchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/?p=236 ]]>

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2011, 24 x 18 inches, oil on canvas

]]> http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/223/feed/ 0 glenn merchant springlandscape-1 Aura Lounge in downtown Murfreesboro opened this week – included in the festivities are eight paintings – landscapes completed last fall and this spring. The paintings will be on the walls through the 4th of July weekend. http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/aura-lounge-in-downtown-murfreesboro-opened-this-week-included-in-the-festivities-are-eight-paintings-landscapes-completed-last-fall-and-this-spring-the-paintings-will-be-on-the-walls-through-the/ http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/aura-lounge-in-downtown-murfreesboro-opened-this-week-included-in-the-festivities-are-eight-paintings-landscapes-completed-last-fall-and-this-spring-the-paintings-will-be-on-the-walls-through-the/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:42:06 +0000 glennmerchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/?p=218 ]]> ]]> http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/aura-lounge-in-downtown-murfreesboro-opened-this-week-included-in-the-festivities-are-eight-paintings-landscapes-completed-last-fall-and-this-spring-the-paintings-will-be-on-the-walls-through-the/feed/ 0 glenn merchant Show at Blackstone in Nashville closed this weekend. Off to paint for the summer ! http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/show-at-blackstone-in-nashville-closed-this-weekend-off-to-paint-for-the-summer/ http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/show-at-blackstone-in-nashville-closed-this-weekend-off-to-paint-for-the-summer/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:30:34 +0000 glennmerchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/?p=215 ]]> ]]> http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/show-at-blackstone-in-nashville-closed-this-weekend-off-to-paint-for-the-summer/feed/ 0 glenn merchant Nice posting at the Murfreesboro Post about the show at Blackstone – http://www.murfreesboropost.com/blackstone-exhibits-contemporary-landscape-paintings-cms-22761 http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/nice-posting-at-the-murfreesboro-post-about-the-show-at-blackstone-httpwww-murfreesboropost-comblackstone-exhibits-contemporary-landscape-paintings-cms-22761/ http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/nice-posting-at-the-murfreesboro-post-about-the-show-at-blackstone-httpwww-murfreesboropost-comblackstone-exhibits-contemporary-landscape-paintings-cms-22761/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:36:46 +0000 glennmerchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/?p=212 ]]> ]]> http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/nice-posting-at-the-murfreesboro-post-about-the-show-at-blackstone-httpwww-murfreesboropost-comblackstone-exhibits-contemporary-landscape-paintings-cms-22761/feed/ 0 glenn merchant Ten paintings now up at Blackstone Restaurant and Brewery, West End Ave in Nashville. This Friday is the Pancakes and Booze event at Open Lot in East Nashville. Three recent paintings will show there….and it promises to be an interesting evening ! http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/ten-paintings-now-up-at-blackstone-restaurant-and-brewery-west-end-ave-in-nashville-this-friday-is-the-pancakes-and-booze-event-at-open-lot-in-east-nashville-three-recent-paintings-will-show-there/ http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/ten-paintings-now-up-at-blackstone-restaurant-and-brewery-west-end-ave-in-nashville-this-friday-is-the-pancakes-and-booze-event-at-open-lot-in-east-nashville-three-recent-paintings-will-show-there/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:32:49 +0000 glennmerchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/?p=209 ]]> ]]> http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/ten-paintings-now-up-at-blackstone-restaurant-and-brewery-west-end-ave-in-nashville-this-friday-is-the-pancakes-and-booze-event-at-open-lot-in-east-nashville-three-recent-paintings-will-show-there/feed/ 0 glenn merchant Spring is in full bloom….the sky is clear with forsythia, tulips, redbuds, pears and daffodils….and this studio is full with the aroma of oil and turps! http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/spring-is-in-full-bloom-the-sky-is-clear-with-forsythia-tulips-redbuds-pears-and-daffodils-and-this-studio-is-full-with-the-aroma-of-oil-and-turps/ http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/spring-is-in-full-bloom-the-sky-is-clear-with-forsythia-tulips-redbuds-pears-and-daffodils-and-this-studio-is-full-with-the-aroma-of-oil-and-turps/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:09:45 +0000 glennmerchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/?p=206 ]]>

]]> http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/spring-is-in-full-bloom-the-sky-is-clear-with-forsythia-tulips-redbuds-pears-and-daffodils-and-this-studio-is-full-with-the-aroma-of-oil-and-turps/feed/ 0 glenn merchant 310 The painting Blue Bounce is on exhibit at Association for Visual Arts in Chattanooga. The space is an excellent resource for south east Tennesse and northern Georgia. www.avarts.org http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/the-painting-blue-bounce-is-on-exhibit-at-association-for-visual-arts-in-chattanooga-the-opening-last-night-was-packed-the-space-is-an-excellent-resource-for-south-east-tennesse-and-northern-georgia/ http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/the-painting-blue-bounce-is-on-exhibit-at-association-for-visual-arts-in-chattanooga-the-opening-last-night-was-packed-the-space-is-an-excellent-resource-for-south-east-tennesse-and-northern-georgia/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:02:08 +0000 glennmerchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/?p=202 ]]> ]]> http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/the-painting-blue-bounce-is-on-exhibit-at-association-for-visual-arts-in-chattanooga-the-opening-last-night-was-packed-the-space-is-an-excellent-resource-for-south-east-tennesse-and-northern-georgia/feed/ 0 glenn merchant “From the artist there is no conscious effort to find universal truth or beauty, no effort to analyze other men’s minds in order to speak for them. His act in art is an act of personal conviction and identity.” sculptor, David Smith http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/from-the-artist-there-is-no-conscious-effort-to-find-universal-truth-or-beauty-no-effort-to-analyze-other-mens-minds-in-order-to-speak-for-them-his-act-in-art-is-an-act-of-personal-conviction-an/ http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/from-the-artist-there-is-no-conscious-effort-to-find-universal-truth-or-beauty-no-effort-to-analyze-other-mens-minds-in-order-to-speak-for-them-his-act-in-art-is-an-act-of-personal-conviction-an/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:01:09 +0000 glennmerchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/from-the-artist-there-is-no-conscious-effort-to-find-universal-truth-or-beauty-no-effort-to-analyze-other-mens-minds-in-order-to-speak-for-them-his-act-in-art-is-an-act-of-personal-conviction-an/ ]]> ]]> http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/from-the-artist-there-is-no-conscious-effort-to-find-universal-truth-or-beauty-no-effort-to-analyze-other-mens-minds-in-order-to-speak-for-them-his-act-in-art-is-an-act-of-personal-conviction-an/feed/ 0 glenn merchant The next generation will define the significant. The art of the present is always dynamic….it always help to prioritize contemporary work by having a thorough understanding of the art of the past… art is never created in a vacuum but clearly reflects/expresses the spirit of the present http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/the-next-generation-will-define-the-significant-the-art-of-the-present-is-always-dynamic-it-always-help-to-prioritize-contemporary-work-by-having-a-thorough-understanding-of-the-art-of-the-past/ http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/the-next-generation-will-define-the-significant-the-art-of-the-present-is-always-dynamic-it-always-help-to-prioritize-contemporary-work-by-having-a-thorough-understanding-of-the-art-of-the-past/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:54:40 +0000 glennmerchant http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/?p=199 ]]> ]]> http://glennmerchant.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/the-next-generation-will-define-the-significant-the-art-of-the-present-is-always-dynamic-it-always-help-to-prioritize-contemporary-work-by-having-a-thorough-understanding-of-the-art-of-the-past/feed/ 0 glenn merchant