New Art Gallery opening features super sale

The new EJ ALPS Studio at the Grove Art Gallery on Bird Avenue is having a holiday super sale on Thursday, December 18.

The studio features works by Austria native Peter Johann Studl, who lives in Coconut Grove. Stop by where you can find a one-of-a-kind holiday gift at great prices. Enjoy complimentary wine, soda and water, also cheese and crackers. Peter has an awesome collection at the studio; this massive 12-hour art sale is from noon to midnight on Thursday. The opening reception with goodies starts at 7 pm.

Don't let modesty and true affordability fool you, this is great art by an artist who just wants to get it on many walls. 'Tis the season to be jolly with gifts for friends and family, plus it's the artist's daughter's 9th birthday Thursday (her wonderful works are also offered), and and artist always needs paint, food and drink, "And, yes, my children are looking under the tree....wondering, praying," says Peter.

“How do you do that?” almost everyone asks.  Well, Peter never really tells all the secrets of his Bellezza Stratificato methods. He whispers that those secrets are for his children and their children after that.  

Peter says, “Sell it all. No reasonable offer refused! I'll hole up at a beautiful hidden mountain lake or in a magical forest or a decaying urban neighborhood, well, or maybe my studio, and make more art next year.  

This is the year of this gilded layered beauty.”  

I know he means what he says. He wants you to have this amazing art. Thursday is a time to say hello, enjoy a treat and leave with something very unique that will last for generations.

This is the first opening event for the gallery. Stop by and enjoy. Additional works will be released for the evening reception. Come before or after your other parties that night.

The Grove Art Gallery is located at 2809 Bird Avenue, 2nd floor, a few doors down from Flanigan's.