All 16 small wonders are ready and hanging. These are numbers 17 and 18 and will serve as replacements. I think I will continue to work in this small exploratory fashion for awhile. They are opening my mind to new possibilities.
If you are in the vicinity come by and see these little sweeties.
The show at the Waverly Street Gallery opens on Tuesday (December 4) with a reception the following week, Friday December 14th 6-9.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
memory painting is like making a pizza
Painting from memory is like making a pizza. All the stored knowledge you possess is the dough... that all important part you use every time. The toppings are the manipulations- the new ideas you bring to the pizza to make this one unique. In painting we manipulate color, value and shape. With pizza it's the sauces, cheeses and toppings. One time it's heavy in roasted
garlic and basil and another time the sauteed onions and sun dried tomatoes sing
the song.
So in order to use your memory you have to work at that dough and spend time in the field studying, drawing, painting. Then the dough recipe is solid. You can now focus on the toppings...the real fun.
This one (above) has the sun dried tomatoes, artichokes and onions on a chickpea garlic paste.
I end today's crazy blog post with a quote from a most amazing painter, George Inness and a recipe for pizza dough.
"The purpose of the painter is simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene has made upon him. A work of art does not appeal to the intellect. It does not appeal to the moral sense. Its aim is to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion." -- George Inness
pizza dough
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon instant yeast
1/4 cup olive oil (optional)
1 3/4 cups water, ice cold (40°F)
Semolina flour OR cornmeal for dusting
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
jennie's view (plein air) and thanksgiving quote
For Thanksgiving I share with you a quote from the book "The Noticer"
by Andy Andrews.
“Remember, whatever you focus upon, increases...When you focus on the things you need, you'll find those needs increasing. If you concentrate your thoughts on what you don't have, you will soon be concentrating on other things that you had forgotten you don't have-and feel worse! If you set your mind on loss, you are more likely to lose...But a grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.”
That quote works in so many ways...life (as shown) and painting.
Happy Thanksgiving!
by Andy Andrews.
“Remember, whatever you focus upon, increases...When you focus on the things you need, you'll find those needs increasing. If you concentrate your thoughts on what you don't have, you will soon be concentrating on other things that you had forgotten you don't have-and feel worse! If you set your mind on loss, you are more likely to lose...But a grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.”
That quote works in so many ways...life (as shown) and painting.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Labels:
a painting a day,
Loriann Signori,
pastel landscape
Monday, November 19, 2012
the freedom of memory
After reading Lisa's comment on Saturday I realized that, for me, watching this series unfold has been enlightening and fun. Who knows what will happen next. She (the series) now has a life and body of her own. She directs me in bolder, and previously (for me) unseen ways. All I have to do is show up. It's akin to what Elizabeth Gilbert says in her Ted talk about genius, that fickle and wonderful thing.
Check out Lisa's blog Seaside Studios here and Elizabeth Gilbert's Ted talk here.
I close with a quote from Whistler
"I wished to indicate an artistic interest alone, divesting the picture of any outside anecdotal interest which might have otherwise attached to it. A nocturne is an arrangement of line, form, and colour first. The picture is throughout a problem that I attempt to solve. I make use of any means, any incident or object in nature, that will bring about this symmetrical result." --
Friday, November 16, 2012
distilling an idea
I continue with finding variations of colors and ways to express and idea. This time I looked at one of my plein air paintings, shown below. I know it really doesn't resemble the painting...but it was simply a springboard from which to jump.
To me it says, when removed from the scene and allowed to distill the important information I tend to have more success.
To me it says, when removed from the scene and allowed to distill the important information I tend to have more success.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
jennie's views
I am beginning to work on a commission. These are two explorations of color, also working 6x6" wonders.
Monday, November 12, 2012
nocturnes, georgetown at night
georgetown at night |
georgetown twilight |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
red sky at night, sailors delight
Here are two more small paintings that I am framing for the small wonders (holiday) show.
PS Remember to vote.
Monday, November 5, 2012
studies of color
Thursday, November 1, 2012
twilight no. 157 and no. 158
no. 158 6x6 pastel |
no.157 6x6 pastel |
My favorite field, done from memory. I keep struggling to get that unique vibration that is evening twilight. Lasting for about 4 minutes, it is elusive. These are just two (of many.) I switch papers and methods. I try different colors under and on top.
Upon returning from Sedona, I am settling back into my normal life- a balance between studio and plein air.
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