{"id":8142,"date":"2011-11-03T02:38:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T02:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=8142"},"modified":"2023-11-15T21:43:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T03:43:57","slug":"slusser-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/slusser-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Slusser Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ready to prove that Salt Lake City does have a thriving art scene and that art sales really are turning around, Mark and Sherrie Slusser, have opened the doors to Slusser Gallery in a split-level office-building on 100 South. |1|<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a brand new business venture for the couple, who also owned and operated a studio gallery in La Jolla, CA for three years. And it takes full advantage of the large open space in a building they\u2019ve owned for a decade.|2-3| <\/strong><\/p>\n

With more than 1,200 square feet of gallery space in a large room with track lighting and a grand piano,|4| <\/strong>the Slussers look forward to hosting monthly receptions on the 3rd Friday Gallery Stroll (The October 21 Gallery Stroll marked their official opening as a full participant in the Salt Lake Gallery Association\u2019s monthly art stroll). The current exhibit features Mark Slusser\u2019s contemporary realism paintings \u2013 plein air landscapes and still life paintings. |5-6|<\/strong> The November stroll will feature oil paintings by Jonathan Fairbanks, a Utah native and award-winning landscape painter based in Boston. |7|<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Slussers are also eager to work with local artists and welcome emailed proposals followed by a visit. Mark says, \u201cI\u2019d like to be the kind of gallery owner I\u2019ve never met \u2013 a nice one. I don\u2019t want to put on a big show of \u2018I\u2019m untouchable and you can\u2019t talk to me.\u2019 I want a rapport with artists. I want to be approachable. And the same thing with buyers and investors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the business is new, the Slussers are no strangers to Utah. Mark is a Utah native and graduated from Olympus High School. Though he has always painted, he made a mid-career decision to go to the University of Utah to earn a B.F.A. degree in painting and drawing. There, he studied with Paul Davis, Dave Dornan, John Erickson, and Doug Snow, before graduating in 2005.<\/p>\n