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 Thursday, September 02, 2010
Tip File: How watching a film may help you focus
Roxanne Dyer shares her tip on how to keep the flow of painting going in your studio.
While I enjoy my workshop space, sometimes I feel very isolated and need a little encouragement to get in there. Usually I will run a favourite film on my computer while I work, instead of playing music. When my gaze wanders to the computer monitor, the distraction allows my
mind a moment to relax and then return fresh to my painting. From time
to time, in such an instant, I regain perspective and renewed energy
and can easily resolve a troubling passage in my work.
My selection of film is often based on light and mood as well as the soundtrack, which influences my choices, the development of my painting and the final result. For example, with my paintings L'Habilleuse (below) or Dress Rehearsal VI (below), I might have watched "The Tennant of Wildfell Hall" or "Girl With a Pearl Earring." Both of these films are magnificent are demonstrate extraordinary lighting and mood.
Rollo May discusses the importance of such an exercise in his book, one of my favorites, "The Courage to Create."
L'Habilleuse (oil on canvas, 36x18)by Roxanne Dyer was The Artist's Magazine's Competition Spotlight in the November 2009 issue.
 Dress Rehearsal VI (oil on canvas, 40x30) by Roxanne Dyer
By Cherie Haas | Tips
Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:50:32 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Cool Exhibitions this month!
 Fatimah Tuggar, Turntable (work on which Fai-fain Gramophone, 2010, is based), 1996. Record player, raffia discs with labels, music by Barmani Choge, entertainment center; dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
The Nasher Museum of Art in North Carolina will celebrate the
connection of art and music in it's new exhibition "The Record:
Contemporary Art and Vinyl" open September 2 through February 6, 2011.
Artists' Posters from East Germany: Exhibition in NY
This month the Grey Art Gallery in New York will open "Kunstlerplakate: Artists' Posters from East Germany, 1967-1990." The exhibition will be open September 7-December 4, and is accompanied by a fully illustrated color catalogue.
By Cherie Haas | Exhibits
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 6:24:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Simply Divine: Colorado Plein-Air Event
Ron Hicks with his winning painting, Musings, at Quick Draw event in Evergreen, CO.
(photo by Annie Pettibone)
Taos-based painter Clive Tyler took home the Best of Show award at the Windows to the Divine Invitational Paint Out and show held at Evergreen Fine Art near Denver on Saturday. Clive’s winning piece, Colorado Flow, also received the Collectors’ Choice Award. Other top awards went to Colorado painters Ron Hicks, Robert Spooner, and Pem Dunn.
The weekend event included a Quick Draw and a unique component, Dueling Paintbrushes, which featured Kathy Anderson from Connecticut and Arizonan Stephanie Birdsall painting on the same canvas. The “dueling duo” finished their jointly created still life depicting a vase brimming flowers within an hour, while collectors and other artists watched and dined on a champagne brunch.
More than 40 top artists from 10 states participated in various painting events, and the fruits of their artistic labors are now on view at Evergreen Fine Art through September 24. The gallery teamed up with Southwest Art and the organizers of Windows to the Divine to present the festivities. Windows to the Divine is a biennial art show and sale that takes place in the Denver area, and encourages dialogue between people of different faiths about art and spirituality. –Bonnie Gangelhoff
Dispatches from the West
Monday, August 30, 2010 9:11:31 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tip File: What to paint?
From Martha Newfield's "The Right Subject" article in a previous issue of The Artist's Magazine:
Decide what subject means the most to you and consider how it makes you feel. Peaceful? Tense? Poetic? Then find a way to evoke that feeling in your paintings and you'll have all an artist could want.
To read more and purchase the full article, click here.
By Cherie Haas | Tips
Thursday, August 26, 2010 2:34:22 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Pennsylvania artists coming together
The Daily Painters of Pennsylvania is a group of artists who share at least two things in common—corn and college football.
Okay, not really (but maybe)...
Members of this grassroots organization are artists who live in Pennsylvania. Their blog connects people across the state, and boasts a proud motto: "We believe working together is a win-win opportunity." Currently, 29 juried members are involved, and their first group exhibit will open next month at the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Penn.
If you're a Pennsylvania artist who is also on Facebook, visit them here. For now, enjoy the following image by Daily Painter Bertie Brown:
 Musically Inclined (watercolor) by Bertie Brown, Lancaster, PA
By Cherie Haas | Cool Web sites | Shows and Events
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 7:17:41 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
World Peace Day art project - what's your vision of peace?
The Peace Project is an international collaborative art competition. The goal? To share peace and raise awareness of the plight of those in Sierra Leone. The following images are various submissions. View. Think.  Pierre Paul Pariseau, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (collage and digital)
James Pelton, Seattle, Washington (digital photo)
 Kelly Drew, Berkeley, California (colored pencils and Sharpie marker)
Mark Acetelli, Los Angeles, California (mixed media)
 Wolfgang Karl, Friedrichshafen, Germany (traditional drawing with vectorization, plus digital)
By Cherie Haas | Projects | Shows and Events
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 6:54:37 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Artists of the Moment: Olga and Aleksey Ivanov
June Temptation (egg tempera, 8 x 10) by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov
Bowls brimming with cherries. Donuts with red sprinkles. Cacti with pink blooms. These are a few of Olga and Aleksey Ivanovs’ favorite things. The Denver-area painters are unique for several reasons. First of all, they work in egg tempera, a timeless medium once used by the ancient Egyptians. And secondly, the couple works in tandem, creating their exquisite paintings together.
Before moving from Russia to Colorado in 2002, the Ivanovs restored Russian icons. Today their works often feature what observers might call icons or symbols of modern American life: Hershey’s Kisses, bottles of Tabasco sauce, and cake boxes from Whole Foods.
Small paintings by the couple can take up to a month to complete and larger figurative pieces can take up to a year, Aleksey says in the September issue of Southwest Art. “We prefer not to rush. We enjoy the entire process, from creating gesso to the final signature in red.” The Ivanovs are also featured in Life of Still Life, an upcoming solo show opening on September 17 at Arts at Denver. –Bonnie Gangelhoff
Dispatches from the West
Monday, August 23, 2010 7:05:50 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Call for pastel entries in the Pastel 100 Competition!
The Pastel Journal Pastel 100 Competition
The 12th Annual Pastel 100 is now accepting entries.
Winners will be
featured in the April 2011 issue of The Pastel Journal.
You can win more than $15,000 in
cash and prizes
but don't wait to enter - the deadline is September 1!
Click here for details and to enter
By Cherie Haas | News | Shows and Events
Friday, August 20, 2010 4:53:30 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Tip File: Avoiding Mud When Mixing Oils
From Paul W. McCormack's "Mixing Color" article in a previous issue of The Artist's Magazine:
Adding too many colors to a mixture can lead to mud. As soon as two colors are mixed together, the intensity of the resulting hue begins to diminish. Adding a third color diminishes the intensity even more. If you need more than three tube colors to achieve one particular color note, you may want to rethink both your palette and your plan of attack.
To read more and purchase the full article, click here.
By Cherie Haas | Tips
Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:11:59 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
AARP recognizes artists, including one featured in The Artist's Magazine
Click here for AARP's article, Find Your Inner Genius, to read about oil painter Margaret Tcheng Ware and other late-blooming artists.
Margaret Tcheng Ware was featured in the March 2009 issue of The Artist's Magazine, honored in our Artists Over 60 Art Competition, which is currently open for entries.
By Cherie Haas | News
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:58:02 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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