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Congrats to The Apple House

Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, Small Town Life, tagged , , , , , on June 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Apple House article 1It is always a surprise and a little thrill when I see my art on display either in the home of a collector or in a publication.  This week, when I was reading through the EDA Newsletter, I got that surprise when a painting that I did of The Apple House several years ago was featured in the article.  Katie had the piece commissioned for her dad’s birthday.  And they have used it on advertisement and websites since then.  Thanks EDA for making my day.  And many, many congratulations to George, Katie and the entire Apple House family for your 50 years in business!  If you haven’t been to The Apple House, off exit 13 on I-66, or The Apple House Deli on Main Street in Front Royal then you are missing a treat.  Get there soon.

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Acrylics for Painted Diamonds

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Acrylic Paints

Acrylic Paints

I am using acrylic paints for the baseball parks that I am doing for the Kickstarter project.  I chose acrylic for a couple of reasons.  First, they dry quickly which makes it easier to put in the details I need in the background scenery. And second, because acrylic dries quicker than oils I can store these paintings as I work on them.  Thirty 18″ x 24″ canvas are not easy to store so being able to stack them really helps.  🙂

As you can see from the photo there is quite a few different brands.  As I tell my students in art class, every painter has to explore different brands and colors and find their own favorites.  These are some of mine.  Here are the acrylics I am using:

Winsor & Newton Artists’ Acrylic: Graphite Grey, Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Buff Titanium, Naphthol Red Medium, Permanent Sap Green

Master’s Touch Acrylic:  Pale Blue, Warm Grey, Flesh Yellow

Atelier Interactive Artists’ Acrylic:  French Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber

Fundamentals Artist Acrylic:  Azo Red Deep, Red Ochre, Crimson

SoHo Urban Acrylic:  Burnt Sienna

Allen Montague Fine Non-toxic Acrylics:  St. Johns Blue

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Painting at Long Green

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air on June 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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My post is late this morning because I wanted to share what I am doing today.  I am at a Paint Out with a dozen other artists at Long Green, just north of Winchester.  This is my set up.  Now to get busy painting.

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Gustav Klimt

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , on May 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Gustav Klimt Mada Primavesi

Gustav Klimt
Mada Primavesi

Gustav Klimt is an artist that we don’t see often enough.  You may recognize his style.  His most famous painting “The Kiss” is one that many people know.  This painting is one I saw at the Met recently.  It is Mada  Primavesi, painted in 1912.  She was the daughter of a banker and industrialist and the actress Eugenia Primavesi whom he painted in 1913.  Click here to read more.

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Lexie’s Favorite

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on May 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Hydrangeas for LexMy niece Lexie graduated from high school yesterday and I gave her this painting as one of her graduation gifts.  She loves blue Hydrangea so I painted this one just for her.  It’s a 12″x12″ acrylic on canvas.

Congrats Lex!!!

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Kids Paint Little Boy with Dog

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Dogs, tagged , , , , , on May 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Kids with Chase Chase with RueYesterday at Kid’s class we had a great time painting something a little more challenging than usual.  But the kids jumped right in and did a great job.  We painted from this cute photo of my godson Chase with his dog Rue!  They are waiting at the door for their dad to come home.  Could he be any more cute?

Great job everyone!

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Paint Parties are Fun for All!

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Odalys Paint Party Odalys Paint Party 2Paint 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 , on May 19, 2013| 1 Comment »

Jackson Pollock "Number 19, 1948"

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"

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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More Degas Dancers

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , 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

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
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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Tiffany & Co. Magnolia Vase

Posted in daily painter, Little Known Facts, Travel, Trivia, tagged , , on May 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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

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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