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AT&T Park

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, AT&T Park, impressionism, MLB, San Francisco Giants, Virginia Artist on May 21, 2013| 1 Comment »

San Francisco Giants
AT&T Park

This is number 8! I finished the home of the San Francisco Giants, AT&T Park. This one is so different from all the others as it has water behind it instead of skyscrapers. I loved working on this one.

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Paint Parties are Fun for All!

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, painting parties, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on May 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Paint Parties are a great way to enjoy some time out with the girls. And everyone has a great time learning to paint. I love the comments from the painters at these parties. Coming into the art room they always say, “I can’t paint. Maybe I’ll just watch”. And then at the end of the evening it’s, “Wow, I can’t believe I did that.” And “That was so much fun, I’m amazed at how great it turned out!”

I’m not sure who has more fun, the painters or me! To learn more or schedule your own party for adults or for kids click here.

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Pollack and Lichtenstein Sells for Record Amounts

Posted in daily painter, tagged Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein on May 19, 2013| 1 Comment »

Jackson Pollock
“Number 19, 1948”

A record $58.4 million was paid for a Jackson Pollock drip painting on Wednesday at Christie’s in New York. Featuring a mixture of silver, black, white, red and green, “Number 19, 1948″ was expected to bring about $25 – 35 million but instead set a new auction record for a Pollock. This painting is often recognized as a point when Pollock’s drip style really took off. It was made during a three-year period when he had a burst of creativity that helped to change the history of 20th Century art.

Roy Lichtenstein
“Woman with Flowered Hat”

At the same auction Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein’s “Woman with Flowered Hat” sold for $56.1 million. This work, not typical of the comic-strip style paintings that he often did, is his parody of the cubism of Picasso.

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Come for the Festival!

Posted in Small Town Life, Travel, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Front Royal, impressionism, Virginia, Virginia Artist, watercolor, Wine Festival on May 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Be sure to stop by Delilah’s when you come down to Main Street Front Royal for the Wine Festival. All day today! Too much fun to miss. Come on down.

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More Degas Dancers

Posted in daily painter, tagged Dancers, Degas, Edgar Degas on May 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago I posted about Degas’ Little Dancer sculpture that I saw at the Met. I mentioned that the gallery was a dancers dream. (Read that post here.) Here is a closer look at the other dancers in the room – some wonderful dancer paintings.

Edgar Degas
Dancer with Fan and The Dancers

Dancer with a Fan, 1890-95, pastel and charcoal on buff-colored paper, was a study that he did for the Dancers in the Wings painting that is at the St. Louis Art Museum.

The Dancers, about 1900, pastel and charcoal on paper, is thought to be a second painting that he did of this composition that was done as he was making revisions to the original painting.

Dancers Practicing at the Barre
Edgar Degas

Dancers Practicing at the Barre, 1877, mixed media on canvas, gives you a glance at the open door of a dance studio.

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Target Field

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, MLB, Target Field, Virginia Artist on May 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Minnesota Twins
Target Field

Twins Target Field, acrylic on canvas, 18″x24″.

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More from Munch

Posted in Little Known Facts, Travel, tagged Edvard Munch, Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Woman in Blue against Blue Water
Edvard Munch

We have all seen “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, the Norwegian artist (you can see a post I did earlier about its record sale here) but I’ll bet you aren’t as familiar with these paintings that he did. I saw them recently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Woman in Blue against Blue Water is an oil on canvas painted in 1891.

Cypress in Moonlight
Edvard Munch

Cypress in Moonlight is also an oil on canvas. This one didn’t have a date and while I searched to find more I didn’t find anything because both of these pieces are part of “Private Collections”, meaning they are on loan to the museum but owned by a private party.

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Tiffany & Co. Magnolia Vase

Posted in daily painter, Little Known Facts, Travel, Trivia, tagged Magnolia Vase, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tiffany & Co. on May 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Magnolia Vase
Tiffany & Co., ca. 1893
Metropolitan Museum of Art

I finally took a little time to edit some of the photos that I took on my recent visit to the Met in New York City so that I can share some of the wonderful things that I saw. One thing I enjoy is just wandering from gallery to gallery in large museums and seeing what appears. While doing just that I came across this marvelous Tiffany Vase on display. It was designed by John T. Curran (1859-1933) in New York City in 1893. And it made of silver, gold, enamel and opals. Here’s what the description card said: The Magnolia Vase was the centerpiece of Tiffany & Co.’s display at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago – a display Godey’s Magazine described as “the greatest exhibit in point of artistic beauty and intrinsic value, that any individual firm has ever shown.” The design of the vase was a self-conscious expression of national pride. The vegetal ornament refers to various regions of the United States: pinecones and needles symbolize the North and East; magnolias, the South and West; the cacti, the Southwest. Representing the country as a whole is the ubiquitous goldenrod, fashioned from gold mined in the United States. The work was heralded by the editor of the New York Sun as “one of the most remarkable specimens of the silversmith…art that has ever been produced anywhere.” You can read more about the vase here.

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Help with my Blog

Posted in daily painter on May 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »

We have had company the last few days. Ordo and Luke came to stay with us last Wednesday and boy have things been lively. They love playing with my two smallest, Lincoln and Mamie. Jed just tries to stay out of the way. So this morning when I sat down to write a post this is what it looked like. It was so cute I decided it warranted a post of its own.

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Kids Paint Abstract Flowers

Posted in Art Class, tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, flowers on May 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »

We had a terrific class this week where the kids painted representational abstract flowers. Great job everyone. If you have a young artist don’t forget about Art Camp coming up this summer. You can learn more about it here and download the PDF file with schedule and registration form.