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The two turquoise vases are from different potters at Chastain Art Center in Atlanta. One of which is my coworker Roberto Diaz. You can purchase his work at the Holiday Sale at the center that is taking place now. This painting is available at Anne Irwin Fine Art. Some paintings just fall into place and this is one of them. Happy Thanksgiving!
There is an article about buying art on page 43. One of my nest paintings is on the page. It's a free magazine and can be found at Whole Foods, different restaurants and coffee shops around town.
This Friday is the opening of The Small Works Show. It will be up for awhile so please stop by.
A few months ago Anne Irwin lent me a few objects so that I could use them in a painting. This is the result. The brush and the bowl that her son made when he was young. It's interesting painting things that people give you to paint. First its not about the objects, but of the light and the dark. The objects just happen to be in the painting. I know I interpreted the objects they way I wanted to, but not sure if this is the result she was expecting. This painting is available at the gallery and will be in the Small Works Show that starts November 22.
Thank you for purchasing these paintings. I haven't posted much lately, but have many paintings and workshops that I have recently taken that I will post about soon.
I am so happy to get to participate in this years
High Art's Day At the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. This goes
to benefit the museum, which is always wonderful.
This
year I believe it is on November 4th like last year. You can check out
their website for more information. Last year there was a page of all
the participants and their paintings, but they didn't do it that way
this year.
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A few weeks ago I purchased a new lighting system to help me take photographs of my paintings indoors. The lighting system is from Victor-Smith and I got it through Amazon. It comes with to lights with stands, 2 umbrellas and 2 strong light bulbs. The price was around $130 so I figured that was a good price for all of that. In fact I will be able to use the light stands when I am painting, but I will change the bulbs. In case you order this set order extra bulbs. One blew out after 20 minutes. So far its going okay. Hopefully with practice I can get a clear picture. Time will tell. The next purchase will probably be Photoshop Elements and maybe a new camera.
Now onto the painting this is a follow- up on the Black Vase with Cantaloupe. I wanted to try and paint the vase again using the same painting technique as I used before along with the fruit. After seeing the Dutch Paintings From The Mauritshuis at the High Museum I just had to paint more grapes. The exhibit is a fantastic traveling show and well worth the time to check it out. There were a few Rembrandt's with the wonderful brushstrokes and chiaroscuro, Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, and two paintings I remembered being tested on in Art History by Frans Hals. It was a great privilege to see this show. There were still life's, landscapes and genre paintings. I do think though my grapes are better then ones in the show, ( lol, I just had to say that). Thanks to David A. Leffel I really learned how to paint grapes.
