Alfred Gockel is the featured artist at Seabreeze Jazz Festival World renowned abstract painter Alfred Gockel will be the featured artist at this year’s Seabreeze Jazz Festival, slated for April 13-17 in Panama City, Fla., said Baterbys Art Auction Gallery.
Mr. Gockel’s selection as the featured artist for this year’s Seabreeze Jazz Festival was a hand-in-glove fit, as he approaches his canvas the same way a musician approaches his or her compositions. For centuries, philosophers, artists and musicians have pondered the relationship between the aural (musical) and visual arts. Alfred Gockel simply lives it in his day-to-day life.
In 1910, the Russian abstract master Wassily Kandinsky, one of Gockel’s artistic heroes, wrote, “Color is the key. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many chords. The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.” Mr. Gockel applies this philosophy to his every creation, using rich, primary colors in a unique style.
For more information about Alex Gockel and Baterbys Art Auction Gallery, you may log on to www.baterbys.com/featured_artists/gockel. To learn more about this year’s Seabreeze Jazz Festival, you may log on to www.seabreezejazzfestival.net. To learn more about the event’s yearly jazz cruises, log on to www.thesmoothjazzcruise.com. Updates for all are posted often.
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Last year, Baterbys was named 2010 Best of Show for Advertising and Public Relations by the National Auctioneers Association. The firm was selected out of a field of 1,000 entrants. Baterbys was also honored in several sub-categories. This year, they won for the second straight year Orlando Style Magazine's prestigious Best Art Gallery award. The magazine said of them, “Baterbys has good taste. If you are an art lover, you can expect a great opportunity to bid on some beautiful pieces.”
For more information on Baterbys Art Auction Gallery, Alfred Gockel, and the upcoming Seabreeze Jazz Festival, please log on to www.baterbys.com. The firm is always accepting quality consignments for future sales. To consign a single piece of art, an estate or a collection, you may call them toll-free, at (866) 537-0265. Or, you can e-mail them at press@baterbys.com.
