by: Susan G PhillipsIf you don't have at least one piece of fine art in your home, then you just have no idea what you are missing out on. Whether an original or reproduction piece, fine art adds warmth, beauty and interest to every room. So why is it that people tend to spend lavishly on furniture, carpets and accessories, but do not provide in their budget for the piece that could be the focal p
We got all dressed up again Tuesday for The Executive Lounge mixer at the Palazzo, but from there…
We attended the SinCityQSocial which was held at Neonopolis. Neonopolis is now the home of the Southern Nevada Museum Of Fine Art as well as the new artist workshop and gallery spaces called the Southern Nevada Arts Center. [...]
Untitled (St. Simon's Island, Georgia), 1978William Eggleston, American photographer (1939-)From "Light Fantastic" (Time, October 31, 2008):Eggleston also doesn't like the term snapshot aesthetic, but from early on, just like Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander, he's been making pictures that are brilliantly open to the flotsam of the visible world, the little accidents of vision and oddball detai
Tremolo (1962)Untitled (circa 1961)On a Clear Day (1973)Wood I (1963)Agnes Martin, Canadian-born American painter (1912-2004)From "Influential Abstract Painter Agnes Martin Dies at 92" (Washington Post, December 18, 2004):Ms. Martin led a life of solitude by choice. She lived in a one-bedroom apartment at her retirement community, with only one work of art on the walls: a poster by her friend and
Crofton Fine Art & Framing is located at 1334 Defense Highway in Gambrills, at the intersection of Routes 450 and 424. It’s a tiny little shop you could easily miss, if you weren’t looking for it.
“Looking for it” is something I find myself doing fairly often, however, and I highly recommend you do the same. [...]
Looking for fine art of Sophie Howard, you ever heard vince clothing or large size womens clothing ? I think if she wearing that, she is still looking beautiful like below
We attended the opening reception on Thursday at the the newly relocated Southern Nevada Museum Of Fine Art. It’s now on the 2nd floor of Neonopolis at the entry to the Fremont Street Experience.
The gallery space is enourmous and friendly, but the highlight will be the dozens of artist work spaces. All of them are now [...]
A Bird A Female A Bird of Fasination (sic)Lee Godie, American (Chicagoan), 1908-1994From "Michigan Ave. Monet" (Chicago Sun-Times, September 14):Can you name the most-collected artist in Chicago? No, it's not Ed Paschke or Roger Brown or even the prolific Tony Fitzpatrick. It's Lee Godie, an eccentric, homeless woman who hawked her paintings up and down Michigan Avenue for more than two decades, e
Courage Cards, part of nonprofit Minneapolis-based Courage Center, announces its new 2008 Courage Cards fine art holiday greeting card collection. This season, Courage Cards is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a holiday card company!2 Vote(s)
"A Taste of Kindness"9X6Acrylic on PaperNFSOne of the career goals I have strived towards, when I had my stationery business and beyond, is that I love to match up fine art for use as commercial art. Those two categories cross paths often, but I happen to think the best of commercial art actually is fine art. The lousiest of commercial art is never fine art. Witness the upsurge in popularity of
The Final Judgment, center panel of the triptych, 1504Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch (c. 1450-1516)According to the Telegraph, "'The Last Judgment,' which so impresses the gangsters [in the film In Bruges] is to be found at the Groeninge Museum, along with a superb collection of 15th to 20th century art including pieces from Memling, Magritte and the Flemish expressionists."From In Bruges, a film starrin
Poppy Field Inspired by Monet Poppy Field in Sun and Shade Monet's Poppy FieldI finally got around to ordering a print of one of my poppy paintings from my gallery at Fine Art America. I wanted to be sure that the quality was good and I am very pleased. I ordered a small size print on their standard archival paper and had it matted. I should have had them frame it too, since I don't have a frame
The Fine Art of Family is dedicated to just that. It is a home for a collection of styles that helps us cherish and enjoy our most precious memories. Many of their amazing pieces are designed by Monica Rich Kosann, a museum and gallery-exhibited fine art photographer who specializes in black and white portraiture of [...]
Portrait of Edmond DurantyEdgar Degas, French (1834-1917)More about Degas here, here, and here.Fine Art Friday has been on sabbatical here at M-mv, but L. provided just the jumpstart the feature needed when she wrote, "Thought of you when I saw this post." Thanks, L.In the ideal logotopia, every person would possess their own library and add at least weekly, if not daily, to it. Yes, that's it. Th
An interesting and slightly surreal online portfolio by Miss Aniela.About the photographer.Technorati Tags: Miss Aniela, fine art, photography, pictures, shots, images, colour, dark, black and white, UK
So what's the next step to trotting the globe for a new shoe designer? I guess one could say go barefoot & let the soles of your feet be your guides. The anxiety of discovering a new designer is so overwhelming that I have to actually pace myself. I never want to compromise my shoe visi0n by raising my eye brows when I see a shoe designer creating mucho buzz about a shoe everyone wants. I want
Do you like art? If so, then, for sure you have heard talk about Park West Gallery, well, for those don’t know what is Park West Gallery; is America’s largest gallery in fine art auctions based in Southfield, Michigan, here you can find superb art made from well-known artists like Jean-Claude Picot or Richard E [...]
Kate and I went to the SLC Art’s Festival with some friends. By far the best part of the festival was 3 sweet sweet pounds of deep fried glory. I’m so glad potatoes are vegetables. Well we went into the festival thinking it would be more of an art show then an art shopping mall, [...]
Open-ended questions: How would you define it? What makes a photo Fine Art rather than something else? Can photographers really call themselves Fine Art Photographers?
Do you like paintings, statues, antiques, photographs and drawings ? I simple love these things. Recently, I found a website on internet about these things and their storage where anyone can store their valuable things in very good as well as secure environment. Anyone having this hobby of collecting valuable items are very much worried [...]
Hi friends, I am now going to blog about the Fine Art Storage.Art especially antique art absolutely is a valuable thing and we must really care our collection because we don’t want something happen to our collection. I’m sure we feel disappoint if our fine art in damage. Many art lovers have a worthy collection and they want to make sure their art collection safe if they want to move somewhere
I am now going to blog about the Fine Art Storage. The imaginemindseye.com is an outstanding & unique look at the site. It must be able to say that is because the company’s trading, Art Storage, transport and art. The company takes pride in providing the best services to its customers, including museums, personal and corporate collections. The provision of services, an art warehouse any cust
If you are planning to install a flat panel television into a tastefully decorated room, chances are you will want to conceal that sucker along with any speaker setups so as not to detract from all of your well-crafted classiness. VisionArt may have an ideal solution that conceals your equipment behind museum quality art prints when not in use.
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6,000 artwork and 60 galleries - strong, the Moscow World Fine Art Fair is in full swing. It started May 28 and will go on till June 2. There are fine art works by famous European artists like Marc Chagall, Leger, Magritte, Picasso, Renoir, Egon Schiele, Nikki the Ste Phalle, and of worthwhile Russian [...]
Last summer, I recommended Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? Those of you who enjoyed that will likely appreciate today's RDA: In My Kid Could Paint That, Amir Bar-Lev sets out to settle the controversy surrounding the work of child-artist Marla Olmstead.The controversy"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl" (NYT, September 28, 2004)"New Questions About Child Prodigy" ("60 Minutes," February 23
I’ve been hinting at this for about a week, but it’s now official. The Fine Art Photoblog will be accepting portfolios for review in search of one or two new photographers to join us. We’re looking for upcoming artists who want to gain exposure for themselves while contributing to something larger.
A pair of Art Deco painted wood tub chairs Customized for the Beverly Hills residence for the Countess Dorothy di Frasso by Elsie de Wolfe circa 1936 Each with curved back and circular tapering seat on cylindrical feet, one painted...
A pair of Art Deco painted wood tub chairs Customized for the Beverly Hills residence for the Countess Dorothy di Frasso by Elsie de Wolfe circa 1936 Each with curved back and circular tapering seat on cylindrical feet, one painted...
Mary Cay and I at the opening standing in front of 2 of her pieces
I drove up to Evergreen by myself yesterday evening for the opening of the “Fine Art of Craft” at the Center for the Arts Evergreen where some of my work was on display. Unfortunately, my husband and daughter [...]
Opening April 25th, 2008
5:00 - 8:00pm
“Fine Art of Craft”
Center for the Arts Evergreen
Address: 32003B Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen, Colorado 80439
Phone: 303.674.0056
April 25 - May 23
I have been in overdrive for the past month getting ready for this show and also the Colorado Potter’s Guild show and sale which opens [...]
Well friends, How are you?. I am fine and I just hope that everybody are fine. I am going to blog about something which is concerned about the Fine Art Storage. It was very interesting to go through this website and to say the very least I was just fascinated by it. This website is the best website in the world when it comes to packaging the art works which are very fragile and are vulnerable to break. When you give this artwork to some other mobile or moving companies the art work may break. While you have every reason to belive that this may not happen actually there is a greater possibility that this might happen when you give the artwork to the mobile companies. This is one of the best website for packaging the artworks you have purchased from an exhibition. Quality and customer satis
I explain the reasoning behind my Photoshop work. See me work on "Gasoline Alley", find out why I do what I do, and how working like that can dramatically improve images.VIEW THIS TUTORIAL
Today's selection is titled "Gossip," and the artist is G. Witherspoon, but I can't find a lick of information more. For all I know, this may be the only piece of art Witherspoon sold. The image interests me, though. It's a little heavy-handed, message-wise; a little O. Henry-ish, if you know what I mean. Still, it works, right? And what is it about women and gossip, anyway?
Excavation, 1950Willem de Kooning, 1904-1997More about de Kooning here, here, and here."The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves."
Yes, yes, late. And the subject is bad -- bad art, that is.Here's the story. Here's another. And here's a related image.Postscript: I still plan to offer a post on the excellent new Meg Wolitzer novel, The Ten-Year Nap. I also have a couple of RDA/chapbook-style entries in queue. More later.Oh, I almost forgot. An older friend of mine is fond of culling through the local newspaper and clipping items she thinks family and acquaintances may miss. A little one-inch item was taped to her recent note to me. The note read, "I remember how much you like birds." Attached was a summary of this longer article about the Beck's petrel.Simple gestures like this, gestures that say, "Hey! I know you!" without making any subsequent demands on me always bring to mind one of my favorite lines from Willy Won
View of the Sea at Scheveningen (1882)Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Post-Impressionist (1853-1890)A mural for a bagel storeArtist unknownIt's all right. Go ahead. Ask. What does the first image have to do with the second? Well. I'll tell you.In mid-February, J. wrote to ask me about attribution for a phrase I had used elsewhere: "bringing home the bagels." When I employed the phrase, I meant to convey the idea that my income is not necessarily large (when compared to that of Mr. M-mv, the bacon-bringer), but it is certainly complementary (i.e., bacon tastes better on bagels).J. also wrote, in part:I saw your mention of the Emile Bührle Foundation art robbery on your blog; I was stunned when I heard about it the other day, and it was nice to see someone else thinking about it, too. Art thievery
I finally got in contact again with one of my professors Brenda Mitchell, and her spouse, my mentor-friend fine art photographer Kaoru Tohara, whom I've had worked for also. I remember those days working with Kaoru setting up and sorting out about 700+ photos shot for an online TOEFL test. Anyway, this is his website www.sureshot10x.com with his most recent works of Portraits and Pittscapes (Pittsburgh cityscapes) you should check it out! I see his works as genuinely spirited, and also something that has to be seen/or met in real/in person. All works are silver gelatin prints.
By Matthew Smeal
Compared to most art forms, photography is a relative newcomer. Having been around for less than 200 years its place in the art world is still being established. Interestingly, there have been many arguments against photography being considered art, one of which is that the camera is a ‘machine’. However, one must ask [...]
Though most quality prints are printed on Archival papers, such as Fuji Crystal Archive Papers or Kodak Endura Professional Papers, it is essential to consider a few important aspects to maximize the life of any print you are planning to display.
Oven Bird (2004)Jim Rataczak, American nature artistClick on the links above to see the featured Fine Art Friday image and to learn more about the artist.The Oven Birdby Robert FrostThere is a singer everyone has heard, Loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird, Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again. He says that leaves are old and that for flowers Mid-summer is to spring as one to ten. He says the early petal-fall is past When pear and cherry bloom went down in showers On sunny days a moment overcast; And comes that other fall we name the fall. He says the highway dust is over all. The bird would cease and be as other birds But that he knows in singing not to sing. The question that he frames in all but words Is what to make of a diminished thing.Commentary on the poem here. "I got tha
"Office at Night" (1940)Edward Hopper, American (1882-1967)From "The quiet American" (Chicago Sun-Times, February 15, 2008):"The beauty of Hopper's work is that he's both a realist and a modernist, using reality but paring it down to its basic geometry," Barter says. "There's never anything extraneous. He's interested in how light defines a subject, how it creates mood, but I don't think he's interested in narrative. When he looks at a couple through a window [as in 'Room in New York'], there's certainly a sense of cinema there, but it's more like a frozen movie still -- a random moment that's plucked out. I don't think he cares a bit about what happens next."Perhaps. But a surprising number of Hopper's greatest paintings, from "Room in New York" to "Nighthawks," show couples intensely ign
Iron beds, especially Wesley Allen Iron Beds are available in over 100 original designs to coordinate with your environment and lifestyle. The Antique Look Wesley Allen Daybeds are constructed of exceptional quality iron and the unique look, color and texture...
From "Armed Robbers Steal 4 Masterworks in Zurich" (NYT, February 12, 2008):Three thieves, wearing dark clothes and ski masks, walked into the Emile Bührle Foundation, a private collection housed a couple of miles outside of Zurich’s city center, around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, a short while before the museum was due to close. The collection is considered to be one of the biggest privately owned collections of French impressionists in the world.While one held a pistol and ordered visitors and staff members to lie on the floor in the main room of the museum, the two other men removed the four paintings from the wall: Monet’s “Poppy Field at Vetheuil,” “Ludovic Lepic and his daughter” by Edgar Degas, Van Gogh’s “Blooming Chestnut Branches,” and Cézanne’s “Boy in the Red W
Transporting various kinds of fine art such as marble sculptures, paintings and age-old documents has always been a daunting task for many people. Every fine art has different ways of packaging to ensure its safety and preserve its original structure and scripture. There are many factors to consider and only experts and professionals know what's best. When it comes to Fine Art Storage, imaginemindseye is one of the finest and most reliable service provider in that field. It is their passion to serve you and preserve your valuable fine art. Composed of fully knowledgeable and responsible personnels, they provide a very efficient and effective service by giving you less cost and a sure transportation of your fine art. Say goodbye to hassles and stress, now you can just relax and let them do
Whether you're splashing through rainstorms in the West or slushing through snowstorms in the East, an artful umbrella may help add a pop of color and cheer to your wintry blahs.
Small update this week to the fine art print gallery. Two new images, one from the Central Valley of California, the other from the big round of wildfires in Southern California in 2003. Both are available in 11×14, 16×20, and 20×24 inches.
Of course, these are also available for free as 8×10 inch prints as part of the Accessible Art experiment. So if you haven’t taken advantage of this, please consider doing so.
Fourteen donations have come in so far. A great deal more than I had expected. Thanks again to all those who have participated. Your generosity will allow me to continue this project into the foreseeable future.
I will be back in the darkroom on Tuesday and Wednesday, so watch for more additions to the fine art print gallery late next week.
Having just finished putting together a darkroom, I thought it was time to update the black and white photographs offered in the fine art prints gallery.
It has been many, many years since I have printed my own work. In fact, an overwhelming majority of my work has never been printed at all, except for a few digital proofs here and there, and one or two chemical prints made by a local lab.
Because of this, I am starting at the beginning, working my way forward chronologically through all my negatives. New images will be posted periodically as they are printed, most likely about once a week. Keep an eye on the print gallery for new additions.
A few notes on process; I am printing on an Omega D2 enlarger, modified to use a Zone VI cold light head. Paper of choice is Seagull-Oriental double weight fiber base using Ilford Cooltone developer.
Ravelled Sleaves: artists book copyright Vivien BlackburnThere isn't any painting going on at the moment. I have to get on and finish Sam's Christmas present book and I've been busy present buying as I've been totally disorganised this year .... ok ... disorganised as usual. I'm nearly there :) thanks in part to Amazon and Ebay!I thought I'd show you some old digital work - an artists book I made during my degree . I'd chosen a module called Integrated Imaging, which was about photography, video (I gave that a miss) and digital imagery - not that the tutors had a clue about digital imagery or photoshop! they were a painter/photographer and a film maker. I had already started using photoshop and playing with digital imagery and saw it as an ideal opportunity to explore it further. The rest of the group worked in photography or video.I was working part time, doing the degree part time and my daughters were at senior school so life was really hectic. The family were fairly underst
I cobbled this one together from material in the archives. Enjoy."Self Portrait with Arm Twisted above Head" (1910)Egon SchieleBack in January 2006, I wrote that this image is precisely how the narrator of Knut Hamsun's Hunger appeared to my mind's eye. What do you think?From Hamsun's Hunger:Despite everything, I was really writing well, wonderfully, and I was positive I could accomplish a lot if I only had the right conditions. If I only had some place to go to! I thought and thought, stopped right in the street to think, but could not hit on a single quiet place in the whole city where I could hole up for a little while. There was nothing else to do, I would have to go back to the lodging house in Vaterland which I had just left. I winced at that, and kept assuring myself that this scheme would never work, but I kept walking anyway and drew nearer and nearer to the forbidden spot. It was humiliating, certainly, I admitted it to myself, degrading in fact, yes, positively degrading;
Melancholia I Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), GermanFrom the Metropolitan Museum of Art:In medieval philosophy, each individual was thought to be dominated by one of the four humors; melancholy, associated with black gall, was the least desirable of the four, and melancholics were considered most likely to succumb to insanity. Renaissance thought, however, also linked melancholy with creative genius; thus, at the same time that this idea changed the status of this humor, it made the self-conscious artist aware of the terrible risks that came with his gift.More about Dürer here. And you'll find the Fine Art Friday archive here.
Toronto —A Toronto franchise location of Navis Pack & Ship was selected to provide fine art packaging and delivery services for the 14th Annual Art With Heart, one of Canada’s highest grossing charity art auctions. The Oct. 16th event raised a record $406,250 for Casey House, a supportive care organization for people suffering from AIDS and HIV.
Navis Pack & Ship delivered more than half of this year’s collection, which featured works by prominent Canadian contemporary artists such as Edward Burtynsky, Darren Cerkownyk, Douglas Coupland, Ken Danby, Greg Girard, Attila Richard Lukacs, Charles Pachter and Harold Town. Navis also handled a featured work by artist James Lahey, which sold for the evening’s highest price tag, $27,000.
Ritchies Auctioneers, which conducted the auction, recommended Navis Pack & Ship to the Art With Heart organization. This Navis franchise location regularly provides packaging, shipping and delivery s
Dover Publications
Fine Art Library Publications about Drawings
The Big Drawing Book Review continues during November as I've still got quite a few drawings books to cover - but I am now looking for ways to group them. This post started from four books about drawing which I've bought over the years and whose covers you can see above.
Dover Publications is a major publisher which produces
The KissFrancesco Hayez, Italian (1791-1882) D.C., an editor, recently sent me a note:I've enjoyed your blog for a couple of years, and ordered 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die on your recommendation. I'm wondering if I got a bum copy, or if you've noticed the book features 1,000 paintings, instead of 1,001 -- maybe it's a joke... on us? The Kiss by Francesco Hayez is on pg. 429, dated 1859; it's also listed and pictured on pg.475, dated 1881. The commentary is the same for both entries, too. I don't "know" anyone else with the book. Does yours have the painting listed twice, too? I'm suspicious of obvious mistakes like this one.Yes! The Kiss appears twice in my copy, as well.
By: Brooke HaylesWho doesn't love gourmet coffee? You need not be a connoisseur to appreciate that coffee gets people jazzed up in the morning, and basically gives them a second wind right after midday.Gourmet coffee practically spices up the whole experience. You can sample so many different types, such as the bold, strong flavor of Colombian coffee. Many coffee lovers take great pleasure in this type of coffee because of the rich and very satisfying aroma and taste.When it comes to coffee, there are a wide variety of flavors perfect for any discriminating taste bud like French Vanilla, Toasted Almond, Cookies and Creme, as well as Hazelnut. With all of the different flavors and choices available, coffee lovers will definitely have a hard time picking their favorite. Lovers of Gourmet Coffee also enjoy coffee blends that are purely seasonal like the Pumpkin Spice flavor, which gives the aroma and pleasure of fresh pumpkin pie.No matter where you live in the world, you will have no pr
Book DescriptionMotion Graphic Design and Fine Art Animation teaches aesthetic visual concepts and practical techniques used by todays motion graphics and animation professionals.Its cutting-edge layout and rich visuals provide a comprehensive investigation of how images and type are choreographed over time and space, providing artistic inspiration and establishing a basis for individual creative development. Since the early 1900s, fine artists have embraced the power of animation in motion pictures.Since the late 1970s, graphic designers have explored motion in the televised medium.More recently, animation has become a powerful force in interactive digital media.Today, fine artists and graphic designers have the opportunity (and are often expected) to be animators, as well. Inspirational and informative, this book is intended for practicing artists, graphic designers, educators, and students who are new to the incredible world of animation both independently and commercially.This book
Autumn, Five Crosses, 1902 Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finland, 1865-1931)More about the "Finnish artist, a cosmopolitan, patriot, and restless traveler, friend of the Bolshevik writer Maxim Gorky and supporter of right-wing nationalist movements" here.And according to the entry in 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die:Autumn, the Five Crosses is a melancholy ode to nature in the process of falling asleep for the winter; the dark sky predicts a storm, the water in the lake is black, and the leaves are already golden brown. The mausoleum for which this was designed was built in memory of an eleven-year-old girl: the five corsses stand in mourning, symbolizing the death of summer.Before consulting the 1001 entry, I had decided that the painting looked like the death of summer. On reading the description above, I felt a little like a student offering the "right" answer in English class when the teacher presses, But what does it mean? Nevermind that there can be a hundred correct answers t
In Osaka, Japan, Takashimaya department store employees have taken over 320,000 recycled train tickets and recreated four iconic works of fine art.
Via PinkTentacle.com:
The works, which include renditions of da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (2.3 x 1.6 meters) and the Birth of Venus, as well as Renoir’s Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, consist of “pixels” formed by overlapping the black and white tickets in intricate patterns. About 300 employees sacrificed their breaks and free time for 3 months to complete the masterpieces.
Now that’s dedication.
I can imagine asking U.S. employees to do the same: “What’s the Moner Leesa?”
Art, circa 1970 Edward Ruscha, American, 1937-From 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die:In Art Ruscha employs his particular idiom, practiced by him since the 1960s, of painting a large, isolated word with a bright monochrome background ... The provocative use of words to make us question the meaning of art has its precedents -- Marcel Duchamp's readymades is one significant example. Ruscha's image stands as a complex conceptual assessment on the identity of "art" while blurring the distinctions between an object and its sign. As well as questioning the nature of art, Art strongly reaffirms art's commercial value. For more about Ruscha's work, read this web essay on Ruscha's 1968 piece, Lisp, presented by the National Gallery of Art. You may also be interested in the FAF entry about Mel Bochner, another artist who employed words in art.
The School at Rome by Stephen FarthingI came across The School at Rome in the book 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die. As I said last Friday, the collection includes beautiful images of the paintings and short (albeit, unevenly written) descriptions of each. In fact, the reproduction of The School at Rome in 1001 is much lovelier than the link I was able to uncover. I'm telling you: Borrow or buy the book soon. It's delightful. Good stuff for the armchair autodidact.Anyway, according to the editors, The School at Rome is based on Farthing's "vivid recollections of the grand library of the institution where he had spent such a happy year." The painting is described as haunting, but I would simply say that it's memorable -- for its subject, of course, but also for the odd, almost jarring, persepctives at work. So here is that wonderful synchronicity at work in my reading-thinking-learning-writing-doing life again: As I was perusing Stephen Farthing's site, I came across a l
Woman ReadingWill Barnet, American, 1911- From "Dancing on the Edge: Will Barnet and Bob Blackburn at the Mason Gross Galleries":The serigraph, Woman Reading, really shows a woman reading. And that's a very definite cat curled up with her, and a very definite book in her hands. But you can't simply label it "representational." Look at the woman's eyes: you can see she's not reading, she's looking elsewhere; she may even be aware that she is what's being read. The book might be a mirror she doesn't want to look into. Or perhaps she's using it to hide some flaw in her forehead or maybe the fact that she doesn't have a forehead, since she actually only consists of a segment of a face against a semblance of pillow with a fraction of sheet cutting her off at the chin. Look at the image more closely still and it's almost as if she's been very neatly and precisely mutilated. So much for realism. Woman, bed, bedclothes, book, and cat are all provisional; it's the equivalent of an a
Fine Art Nude Photography Workshop
by Dominique James
The naked human figure is a rich resource of creative ideas and is a well-spring of myriad artistic expressions. In this exclusive male and female nude photography workshop, professional photographer Dominique James shall openly reveal and share a number of his best and most intimate photographic approaches when photographing nude bodies in the studio and on location.
The areas to be covered shall include hair-and-makeup, styling, background and backdrops, lighting, props, posing techniques, and how to bring out the best in both male and female models.
The workshop will likewise cover frank discussion of human sexuality in photographic imaging, artistic license to nude photography, the moral responsibility of artistic nudes, freedom of naked expression, and the debate over pornography versus art nudes.
The best part of the workshop shall be actual hands-on photo sessions with a female nude subjects. Under the creative direction o
Art Rental: Generating an Income from Fine Art
Did you know that there is a way to get a guaranteed and immediate return from art? As art investment becomes more popular and a more widely accepted form of investment, different ways of generating returns from investing in art are becoming available. A recent addition to the options available to art investors is art rental which is one of the fastest growing vehicles for investing in art because it solves the problem of illiquidity which is usually associated with art investment by using the artworks to generate an income for the owner.
Art rental basically involves a gallery or broker selling you a portfolio or piece of art which is then rented out to the corporate sector on your behalf giving you a return which is usually underwritten and usually between 5% and 9% a year for up to 3 years. This means that you can invest in art and get a guaranteed return while you take advantage of the capital appreciation. Once the rental period is ov
Fine Art Valuation: The Frame Factor
The renowned art critic and social commentator John Ruskin once said “Have you ever considered in the early history of painting, how important also is the history of the frame maker? It is a matter, I assure you, needing the very best consideration. For the frame was made before the picture. The painted window is much, but the aperture it fills was thought of before it.” If you were to walk into an art gallery full of empty picture frames hanging on the wall, you would undoubtedly be rather shocked and wonder what was going on. Because the artwork is the primary focus, it is easy to dismiss the picture frame as a mere structural element that does not have any value as an independent entity and does not have any effect on the value of the artwork. Although the picture frame does have a specific function as a protective, decorative, and structural device, the importance of the picture frame goes way beyond its physical functionality.
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I am absolutely enchanted by Lisa Snelling-Clark's creations. Take a look at these... and these.Here is the story behind my Poppets; and here is some more Poppet-y goodness. Embedded in both of these posts are links to Snelling-Clark's sites.More on PollockJackson Pollock first saw Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" in the spring of 1939, when the painting was exhibited in the Valentine Gallery, New York. (Read more about Picasso's "Guernica" here.) Four and half years later, Pollock's first solo show opened at Art of This Century, the gallery of his patron, Peggy Guggenheim. Critics couldn't help but notice Picasso's influence on Pollock's work -- an influence that was particularly evident in the exhibition's centerpiece, "The She-Wolf."Related M-mv entriesFine Art Friday (7.27.2006)Pollock Sunday (8.12.2007)The recommended daily allowance (7.16.2007)
This is an excellent artist Mr. Nabil Lahoud not only has the talent but also respects his Egyptian background and wants to share with the whole world. His style combining the wonderful folklore of Egypt with the sceneries of the real Egyptian life is magnificent ,I really love it His inspiration as I hinted above is the Egyptian folklore , the scenes from the country side in Delta , the villages in upper Egypt and the allies of Cairo . One of his favorite topics is the Egyptian proverbs presenting them in paintings by using scenes His style reminds me with the style of the folk painting styles of knights like Abu Zaid El-Halaly , Ali El-Zabaak and others , the use of the symbols like the eye and the hand palm and of course the most significant character which is the vivid colors It is highly recommend website to see and to share , I would like you to buy something like painting from this gallery and this artist because it is deserved to be bought if you want something really Egypti
Undergrowth: copyright Vivien Blackburn 60 x 24 inchesPeople often ask if you can develop fully as an artist without doing a degree. I can't answer for everyone - but for me, I know I wouldn't have.I'd done my Foundation Year on leaving school - a degree in Art starts with a Foundation Year, where you try all sorts of disciplines and experiment wildly :)At the time I wanted to go into Fashion/Fabric design - but realised what a tough world it was, the visiting lecturers from London told us constantly! I decided I wasn't actually that tough! so I didn't continue to the degree years.I married, had my family and started painting again. I joined an adult ed class where the tutor wasn't very good sadly, he didn't inspire, didn't know how to help beginners or those like me who were terribly rusty. I knew there must be better classes - and there were :)I found a very good tutor, who worked on developing individual skills within a class, running it like a workshop. He'd bring in boo
Last night, our outdoor light ran out and we really need to get a new one since we have a dog. It's kinda hard for him to see especially during the night. Right now, I'm looking at Farreys.com website and they offers hundreds of thousands of lighting fixtures, lights, lamps and outdoor lighting in a wide range of styles and at the lowest prices from dozens of top manufacturers including Ambience, Fine Art Lamps, Flos, Fontana Arte, George Kovacs, Hinkley Lighting, Kichler Lighting, Maxim Lighting, Minka Lavery, Murray Feiss, Quoizel, Sea Gull Lighting and many more. Shop for indoor lights such as chandeliers, accent lamps, bath vanity strips, desk lamps, pendant fixtures, mini-pendants, floor lamps, desk lamps, picture lights, wall mounted sconces, flush and semi-flush ceiling light fixtures, wall mounted fixtures and more.I kinda like the forecast lighting because it looks so cool. So we might consider of getting that one instead. At Farreys, you can browse their extensive sele
Fine art refers to arts that are concerned with a limited number of visual and performing art forms, including painting, sculpture, dance, theatre, architecture and printmaking. Schools, institutes, and other organizations still use the term to indicate a traditional perspective on the art forms, often implying an association with classic or academic art.here to know more
"Evening Star, No. 3"Georgia O'Keefe (American, 1887-1986)Recently read aloudArtists in Their Time: Georgia O'KeeffeArtists in Their Time: Jackson Pollock
"The Course of Empire: Destruction"Thomas Cole (American; 1801-1848)On July 23, I received the following message:I came across your blog while trying to locate information about Carol Amen's short story "The Last Testament." In your entry of 7.11.2006, you indicate that you had tried unsuccessfully to locate a copy of the story.Assuming you are still on the hunt, I thought that you might want know that while "The Last Testament" originally appeared in the September 1980 issue of St. Anthony Messenger, it was subsequently reprinted in the August 1981 issue of Ms. magazine. This, I believe, is where it came to the attention of Lynne Littman, who directed the film adaptation."The Last Testament" was available on microfiche from a library in the county system, and the tiny library in our small town secured a copy for me. I read it in the parking lot in a swallow-gulp-sob. I reread it later in the evening and again earlier this morning. Amen's story was -- even after all of these years of
There are too many wonderful artists to post about at Julie Baker Fine Art in Nevada City, CA. So, I'm only going to focus on Waddy Armstrong right now and then sometime in the future come back to this wonderful contemporary art gallery. Waddy Armstrongs work is so feminine and beautiful the only word I can think of is breathtaking. There were also too many pieces to pick from that were simply wonderful but I finally settled on the one to the left. This beautiful piece of art work is cut out photo collage on paper on plexiglass. How amazing is that! It is so hard to tell what a piece really looks like on the web but I love the work this artist is doing. Be sure to check out the other great artists at Julie Baker Fine Art.
You know, of course, how much I love crows, right? Visit this online exhibit featuring fourteen plates from Washington State University's Audubon Collection.
The above are two great art pieces done by Ardady Ostritski which I had found at Park West Gallery. Arkady Ostritski paints mostly the streets, buildings and shops of France, Italy, England, Greece and Spain. I love paintings and I love buildings and houses. There are many types of paintings such as oil paintings, charcoal [...]
When I received my copy of Smithsonian last weekend, I thought, A-ha! My Fine Art Friday entry has been done for me.From "Hopper" (Smithsonian, July 2007):Painting did not come easily to Edward Hopper. Each canvas represented a long, morose gestation spent in solitary thought. There were no sweeping brushstrokes from a fevered hand, no electrifying eurekas. He considered, discarded and pared down ideas for months before he squeezed even a drop of paint onto his palette.The article features several images.
SIGNS OF SUCCESS
Most people will tell you that the secret to a good investment is to invest in an undervalued market. If you were to apply this philosophy to the art market then contemporary fine art photography would have to be the way to go at the moment.
The market for photography is currently hugely undervalued compared to other sectors of the art market which means that you can purchase a top rate photographic work for a small amount of money compared to a painting or sculpture.
With works by internationally renowned Australian photographers Tracey Moffatt and Patricia Piccinini both having sold for over $50,000, the indication is that people are quite willing to pay big money for top quality photographic works.
The highest price ever paid for a single photograph is US$2,928,000 for “Pond-Moonlight” by Edward Steichen but for a few thousand dollars you can purchase a top quality photographic print by a known artist.
If you are not familiar with the fine art photography ma
