Friday, August 1, 2008

Davenport chosen for official Blues Festival Poster


Congratulations to our own Tony Davenport, one of ARTichoke's featured artists, for winning the 2008 poster contest for the Delta Blues & Heritage Festival. Tony was selected from over 20 participating artists from around the country to design the official poster for the 31st annual festival, which was only recently unveiled.
Observers describe many of Tony's paintings as having "movement". It's easy to see why his work would be used to depict the raw undulating beat of the delta blues. Learn more about Tony on this blogspot below. See the winning official poster and learn more about the blues festival at http://www.deltablues.org/.
Among Davenport's paintings currently hanging at ARTichoke are pieces from his "After Hours" collection, including "Stella's Groove", Holiday Portrait", "Satchmo", "Panoramic Pool Hall" and "Gallatin Jazz". Other works include "Rapture", "Headliners", "Mayflower Nights", "At the Alamo" and more. Davenport's star just keeps getting brighter and brighter, as we knew it would.