The Power of Symbolic Color. Hi! It’s the Fourth of July! And, here in the United States, it’s red, white and blue day, mixed with stars and stripes. Color and the American Flag. As an aside, and while we are on the subject, I’ll describe the official version of the meaning of our flag. You […]
Symbolic Color, “Kitty Kitty Red, Gold And Blue” Read More »
Hi and Happy “Festive Friday!” I have been taking on-line classes through The Art Students League of New York lately. And, though I’ve been working, I’m not ready to share the new stuff. For example, this month has been a watercolor figure class and the results are rough. So, what I decided that I would
Festive Friday: TopsyTurveyTulipLand Read More »
Hi! By the time the decade hit the middle years, cell phones and smart phones where everywhere. And, today’s paintings for my mini review are all about cell phone conversations. Cell Phone Conversations And The Cat. Starting off with “Hang Up And Pet Me” from 2014, we have a woman sitting on a couch in
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Greetings! Meet Regal Kitty, and, if you’ve met her before, then how about a peek into her design? Purpose. The purpose of this article is to give you some insight into how I designed my painting Regal Kitty. More specifically, I would like to share with you three composition features that I purposely included in this
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The Value of Color Studies. Greetings! I am going to give you a short introduction about why I do color studies, then outline how I devised my own color study project. Finally, I’ll share with you some of the lessons I learned by doing the studies. And, I might add, it is the “doing” that
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In drawing and painting there are “rules” or suggested conventions that help artists organize their creations. I find many of the rules useful, though I find it helpful to remember that rules change with time. Also, not everyone agrees on the rules. In this small painting, I have broken a rule that I generally follow.
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About the Video This is a video of an art show presentation I gave on 1 July, 2015 to the residents of the Rogue Valley Manor (RVM). Location was the Deschutes Gallery, Skyline Plaza Building. In this video, I give the audience a brief outline of my background, including such classical influences as Picasso
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My husband and I used to have a cat that was way-too-cool…at least sometimes. He’d look at you and not look at you. He was a great cat.
Cool Kitty – Watercolor in Blue Read More »
I’m starting to get ready for an art show this summer. My intention is to feature some of my kitty and toy pony paintings. I’m going through my inventory and selecting some for framing. I thought I might select a few and start sharing them, regardless of whether they end up in the show.
Say What? Three kitties, six faces? How? You guessed it, Cubism. Cubist Influences I would like to tell you a little about my Cubist-style cat paintings. So, lets begin at the beginning.
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