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07/28/2006 "Cast your F8 to the Wind"

Austin Chronicle
Summary: It's truly the last picture show for F8 Fine Art Gallery as Amy and Richard Griffin close its doors after six years to pursue their creative careers as photographers

07/02/2006 RSVP

Austin American-Statesman
Summary: Weekly Arts Planner

04/10/2006 “Wimberley Artist Creates Painting for New Las Vegas Hotel”

Summary: Price recently was commissioned to paint a 4 foot by 4 foot painting by the new $295 million Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada. The painting by Price which the Red Rock Resort selected is entitled “Stars on the Water.” The Red Rock opens on April 19, 2006, and it will be one of the premier luxury hotels and casinos in Las Vegas.

04/10/2006 "Best Bets"

Austin American-Statesman
Summary: At F8 Fine Art, an intuitive exhibit

03/06/2006 "Mexico City in Black and White"

Austin American-Statesman
Summary: "With a new show at F8 Gallery comes a new book by Faustinus Deraet. Both satisfy black-and-white photo files, although in different formats. The show is part of an exhibition of three artists called 'Pulse.'"

02/24/2006 "Pulse: Oscar Riquelme"

Austin Chronicle
Summary: "Riquelme's paintings are attractive, accessible, well composed, and layered in subtle politics."

01/05/2006 Best Bets: Start the New Year with Art

Austin American Statesman
Summary: The new art collection opening today at F8 Fine Art Gallery is called "New Year, New Faces," but most of the nearly 50 works go beyond just the face

01/01/2006 "Best of the West"

Southwest Art
Summary: "New Year: New Faces" featurning work by Ethan Diehl, David Harouni, Kyla Shackelford, and Richard Griffin is featured as one of the "Best of the West"

12/07/2005 "The Fourth Season: Works by Ray Donley and Rosanne Olson"

Austin Chronicle
Summary: "The Fourth Season" emerges as an exhibition full of metaphor for both disguise and liberation.

12/01/2005 "Artists to Watch"

Southwest Art
Summary: Jennifer Balkan is noted as a young artist to collect by Southwest Art magazine.

10/06/2005 "Forgotten Tresures" and other compelling art
Austin American Statesman
Summary: "The stories of the artists behind the new collection opening today at F8 Fine Art Gallery are just as interesting as the art itself." The opening for the exhibition for Michael Kessler, Raymond Copley, Sky Patterson, and Piercarlo Abate is listed as Best Bet.

08/12/2005 "The Retro Show"
Austin Chronicle
Summary: "Now they're offering "The Retro Show," a retrospective of artists whose works have been previously featured in the tony space, and you needn't be of Scandinavian heritage to appreciate the variety and quality of this graphic smorgasbord."

06/01/2005 "Beyond Surface: Randall Reid"

Summary: Essay on Randall's work by Suzanne Deats

06/01/2005 "Bruce Tinch: New Work / May 14 - July 2, 2005
In the Galleries Austin ELetter
Summary: "Bruce Tinch: New Work"

05/19/2005 "Westside Stories: Jennifer Balkan"
West Austin News
Summary: Forrest Preece interviews Jennifer Balkan about her latest work.

11/04/2004 "West End Galleries Throw a Party for Art Lovers Every First Thursday"
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: Celebrating West End Gallery Night

10/22/2004 "Plastic Eyes"
Austin Chronicle
Summary: Faustinus Deraet "has a gift for examining reality in a meditative, universal sense, creating a sensation of existential awareness."

10/01/2004 Jennifer Balkan, Painting With a Passion
Austin Monthly
Summary: Interview with painter Jennifer Balkan

09/01/2004 "Spotlight on 3 West End Galleries: Wally Workman Gallery, F8 Fine Art Gallery and Austin Galleries"
In the Galleries Austin Eletter
Summary: Highlight of exhibit featuring work by M. Delos Reyes, Trish Biddle, and Peter Mitchev

07/29/2004 "A Creative Convergence"
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: Richard Griffin's photography studio at Guadalupe Arts Center

07/22/2004 "In Black and White or Color"
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: "Summertime Hues" at F8 Gallery juxtaposes the colorful work of two painters, Jennifer Balkan and Nathan Jensen, with black and white photographs by Richard D. Griffin, Sarah Lowe and David Verba.

06/19/2004 Best Bets
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: Pay homage to season with 'Summertime Hues," which features work by Nathan Jensen, Jennifer Balkan, David Verba and Richard Griffin.

06/18/2004 "A Piece of Work"
Austin Chronicle
Summary: "Donley is what is known as a New Old Master, newly uncovering the subtleties and mysteries of old-style oil painting method for a modern audience. And a master he is..."

05/04/2004 Best Bets
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: Find 'Inspiration' at F8 Gallery

"Inspiration: Stimulating the Senses" featured Bruce Tinch, Tim Howe, Charles Hedgecock, and Deborah Poisot.

04/30/2004 Articulations
Austin Chronicle
Summary: Fundraiser for the Friends of the David Powell Health Center

04/24/2004 Best Bets
Austin American Statesman
Summary: "Spring Fling: Falling in Love with Art" featured work by Joy Goldkind, Yuri Martinez, Dyana Walker, and Randall Reid.

04/01/2004 "City Life: Portrait of the writer as a nervous man"
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: Writer John Ratliff relays his experience of Jennifer painting his portrait while he is scrutinized by passers-by on the corner of Second and San Antonio Streets.

02/13/2004 "Exhibitionism: Local Arts Reviews"
Austin Chronicle
Summary: "This vigorous new body of work speaks well of Balkan's pleasant state of mind these days. Let's all hope she stays happy and keeps those rosy glasses on."

02/01/2004 "At F8, you'll find some body to love"
Austin American Statesman
Summary: "Breaking the Mood," featuring work by Jill Pankey, James D. Pendleton, Amy Griffin, Richard D. Griffin, and Steven Dale Oleson.

10/06/2003 "Inspired by Greats, Donley is still Unique"
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: Donley has created a style all his own, one that sets him apart from often hackneyed, dominant strains of contemporary art.

05/16/2003 "Brotherly Love"
Austin Chronicle
Summary: Book signing for Zack Carr by George Carr, powerHouse Books

04/24/2003 After a Fashion
Austin Chronicle
Summary: Booksigning for Zack Carr

04/23/2003 "SWT art instructor, alumna places 2nd at national art competition"
03/30/2003 "More than just snapshots of the World"
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: Review of "Exposure: Photographs from Central Texas and Southern France"

03/21/2003 "Turning the Lens on Us"
Austin Chronicle
Summary: "Exposure: Photographs From Central Texas and Southern France"

01/12/2003 "F8 adds some fresh talents to the roster"
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: A survivor of the 2002 freshman class of new Austin art shops, F8 Fine Art Gallery continues to showcase the high-sheen character portraits of Ray Donley and high-sheen photographic nudes of Richard Griffin.

10/03/2002 Last Word in the Arts
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: Ray Donley wins first place in the Biennale di Pittura in Sanremo, Italy

08/22/2002 Last Word in the Arts
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: Ray Donley & the Concorso Biennale Internazionale di Pittura in Sanremo, Italy

03/31/2002 "F8 Welcome addition to West Sixth Street Scene"
Austin American-Statesman
Summary: What a stupendous space! F8 Fine Art Gallery, just opened by Kerrville's Richard and Amy Griffin on West Sixth Street, is just the kind of classy room the expanding West Side arts district needs.