Samuel Parker’s artwork is now hanging in our Inman Park store, and if you haven’t seen it yet, we invite you to come in and check it out. In fact, this Friday you can meet him from 7 to 9 p.m. at an opening and reception for his current show, which represents a period of synthesis in his work blending eastern and western aesthetics.

His career over the past thirteen years as a professional tattoo artist spawned an enthusiasm for Japanese prints. He studied western classic realism while working on a degree in drawing and painting. His work is very unique and interesting, so try to stop by and meet the artist.

Our current artist in the Flowery Branch store, Leigh Ann Adams, will host a reception this Saturday, October 14, from 4 to 6 p.m. Please stop by to meet her and check out her beautiful art.

Leigh Ann studied art at the Atlanta College of Art. Her major interest was printmaking, but she also works in watercolor, pastel and acrylic. She would describe her style as impressionistic. She has won several art awards, including first and second place awards at the Cedar Valley Arts Festival and an honorable mention at Satellite Gallery. She also has an opportunity to sell her work in Atlanta’s High Museum through the Atlanta College of Art.

We hope to see you at her reception this Saturday!

Atlanta-based artist Betsy Shank will be at Inman Perk Coffee’s Flowery Branch location this Sunday, October 1, from 1 to 4 p.m.

About her “Nature of Passion” series, she says:

The beauty of nature and the wonderful diversity of people and places are a constant source of creative inspiration for me in my paintings. Joy is the core of what I find when I create. I often celebrate this through bursting colors and a variety of texture!

The energy of life in our natural world and the creative energy that moves me to paint are somehow intertwined. I want life to move me as an artist. I want it to touch my heart so that I can let everything magical I find flow freely from my fingers onto the canvas. I’d like to share something good with the world around me through my art!

Please join us this Sunday to meet Betsy and check out her work!

Eula’s friends are fun, crazy, colorful, romantic, figurative, emotional and talented. Of course they are, they’re artists!

Eula Ginsburg, Julia Byrne, Eleanor Driver Post, Richard Solomon and Marco Frey are coming together in one show to exhibit their work. Fantastic on their own, fabulous together — don’t miss this show!

Join us for an opening reception on Sunday, September 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. at our Inman Park location.

We’re pleased to host the artwork of one of our very own baristas, Samuel Green. Come meet the artist at the opening reception for this show, this Saturday, August 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in several cities throughout the country (Milwaukee, Chicago, and Atlanta), Samuel Green is now a photography student at Georgia State University. At 21 years of age, he was born and raised during the age of technology and computing. More specifically, he was raised during an era when the effects of technology, computers, and computer-aided design (known by the more ubiquitous name of “graphic design”) could be felt in every aspect of life, from beginning to end.

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