Who Do You Send Art News to at Green Bay Press Gazette?

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Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre laughs with reporters prior to his induction to the Mississippi Hall of Fame in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. ane, 2015.

GREEN BAY — If you are opening a fine art gallery in Greenish Bay, what better way to get-go than with a show continued to Brett Favre?

Dg Clearing opened his namesake "Dg Immigration, a fine art gallery" earlier this calendar month with 23 paintings that were deputed past the Pro Football Hall of Fame and former Green Bay Packers quarterback.

Clearing acquired the paintings, including a serial commemorating Favre'southward (at the time) NFL record 421 touchdown passes, through a 3rd-party seller. The series consists of portraits of the receivers who defenseless each 50th pass, such as Robert Brooks at l, Edgar Bennett at 100, Antonio Freeman at 150 then on. The pieces are 48 inches past 36 inches.

"It's a nice wall," Clearing said of the 421 series.

The artist was painter James Hartel. He'due south done commissions for the likes of Ariana Grande, Reggie White, Fleetwood Mac and others.

"I think for sports fans and for art fans, James Hartel is a pretty well-known portrait artist. The Racine Art Museum just did a buy of one of his pieces," Clearing said.

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The paintings were displayed in the private dining room at the now-gone Brett Favre'south Steakhouse near Lambeau Field, the Greenish Bay Press Gazette reported.

A native of Seymour who now lives in Menasha, Clearing is both an artist and poet. He attended the University of Wisconsin and University of Minnesota, and in the 1980s and 1990s was known for his large-calibration photographs that were exhibited with the works of Andy Warhol, George Morrison, Peter Dean, and others.

His family was from Door County originally and he operated a gallery in that location called Settlement Images almost xx years agone. His work was shown at the Trout Museum of Art in Appleton, amidst other venues.

Clearing chose his Main Street location because it'due south in an surface area that is slowly becoming an arts district. Non far away are the Art Garage and the Northeastern Wisconsin Technical College Artisan and Business organization Middle.

Dg Clearing, possessor of Dg Clearing, a fine art gallery, poses in front of "Retro Favre" a painting by James Hartel depicting sometime Green Bay Packers quarter Brett Favre in a throwback uniform with the 1919 Packers in the groundwork.

"Arts actually assist to give stability to an area," he said. "It's exciting. I look frontwards to when the gallery walks showtime in the summer."

In addition to the 421 serial, Clearing has a painting commemorating Favre passing for iii,000 yards, and more than on other career highlights, including 1 based on the iconic photo of Favre jubilant victory by property his helmet above him equally he runs across the field.

There also are well-nigh a dozen paintings produced by students when Brett and Deanna Favre asked them to paint the number 4, which was Favre'due south compatible number.

"For young artists, that was pretty heady, being displayed in the restaurant," he said.

Clearing would prefer to sell the 421 series equally a grouping, but he'll take bids on private items.

"As a group, it is history. Once information technology'southward cleaved up, they would never come back together," he said.

The largest painting, too by Hartel, is "Retro Favre," showing the quarterback in a throwback compatible with the 1919 Packers in the background. Information technology'due south 122 inches by 80 inches. The student pieces range from xviii inches past 22 inches to 28 inches past 34 inches.

Clearing declined to disembalm the selling toll for the paintings. He said prices are available to prospective buyers by request.

He expects to have iii or four shows a year highlighting different artists or themes.

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