Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Japanese Art painting is one of the oldest as well as most highly advanced of the Japanese arts, around a wide range on kind and fashion. As with the olden times of Japanese arts in common, the history Japanese painting is a lengthy history of synthesis and rivalry among resident Japanese aesthetics and adaptation of import thoughts. Ukiyo-e, "cinema of the floating earth", is a sort of Japanese woodblock prints and fine art paintings shaped between the 17th in addition to the 20th centuries, featuring motif of landscape, the theatre and delight quarters.It is the chief artistic type of woodblock art printing in
Monday, September 29, 2008
Compelling Photography of Maine's Wood Industry on Exhibit at Cerulean
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Cerulean Fine Art Gallery at 202 Water St. in Hallowell announces an exhibit featuring the photographic works of Hallowell artist Nancy Jacob. The show, "Northern Maine Woods Trails in Search of Dri-Ki Tribe Artifacts," opens October 10 and runs through November 1. An opening reception will be held Friday, October 10 from 5-8 p.m. In addition, Ms. Jacob will give a talk on Saturday, October 18 at 3 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. For more information call 626-9009 or visit www.ceruleanart.com.
Jacob is known for her large format photography, particularly of the Northern Maine Woods, where she documents the wood remains following a harvesting, commonly referred to as "Dri-Ki". The scale of Jacob's work invites the viewer into the space and encourages one to think critically about the resulted landscape of this process. Jacob states that, "as an artist-what I found while sitting amidst-what I call the `Dri-Ki Tribe' is a peace and solace found no where else." Jacob said, "When I first laid eyes on this part of Maine, I was awestruck and remain so."
Jacob uses a printing process called Giclee, which she uses to print her fine art photographs. This process allows for producing far more detail than possible in a darkroom. Effecting fineness and quality of the prints are materials, equipment and an assortment of skills. All of Jacob's prints are in limited editions of 200, signed and copyrighted. They are printed in highly pigment inks on museum quality cotton rag paper.
"Nancy's work is breathtaking and engaging - one wants to know more, and sees more with further study of each intricately detailed imagery," states Helene Farrar, propietor of Cerulean.
Cerulean also announces their Fall 2008 workshop schedule: Pre-K Art Play for Children ages two to five on Wednesday mornings at 9:30 and Saturday Morning 'Art School for Kids' from 11-12:30, specially designed for school aged children. Additionally, there are adult workshops in Encaustic Painting, Gelatin Printmaking, Drawing for the True Blue Beginner, and Silk Painting. For more information visit www.ceruleanart.com or call 626-9009.
ABOUT CERULEAN
Conceived by artists, mothers, and longtime friends Helene Farrar and Janna Civittolo, Cerulean Fine Art Gallery is contributing to central Maine?s evolving art scene. Cerulean Fine Art Gallery features the work of the Cerulean Collective (a select artist group curated by the gallery), a unique art rental program, working artist studios, private lessons and workshops, and an art lending library. Summer hours are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (first and second Fridays they are open until 8:00 p.m.), and by appointment. For more information, please contact Cerulean Fine Art Gallery at 626-9009, or visit www.ceruleanart.com.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
This is Modern Art! showcases over a century of modern and contemporary paintings, sculptures, drawings, watercolours and prints from Norwich Castle’s collection.The exhibition is a great opportunity to see a number of magnificent works of art bequeathed by Lady Adeane to the East Anglia Art Fund in 1993, including René Magritte’s magisterial oil La Condition humaine (1935), Marc Chagall’s watercolour L’Artiste dans son atelier and Andy Warhol’s affectionate portrait of Lady Adeane’s King Charles spaniel Pom (1976), as well as works by other internationally renowned artists such as Lucian Freud, Paul Gauguin, Gilbert and George and Sandra Blow.
The rarely-seen masterpieces and recent acquisitions testify to the eclectic and rich mix of art collected by Norwich Castle over the last century.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Landscape painting depicts landscape such as valleys, trees, mountains, rivers, as well as forests. Sky is almost forever included in the sight, and weather typically is an element of the work of art reproductions. In the opening century Roman frescoes of landscapes bedecked rooms that have been potted at Pompeii and Herculaneum. Conventionally, landscapes painting depict the exterior of the earth, other than there are other sort of landscapes, such as moonscapes, for instance.The word landscape is as of the Dutch, landscape meaning a wad, a patch of cultured ground. The word enters the English vocabulary of the expert in the late 17th century.
Early on in the fifteenth century, landscape painting was recognized as a genus in Europe, as a setting for human action, often articulated in a religious topic, such as the themes of the Journey of the Magi.
The Chinese custom of "pure" landscape, in which the miniature human figure simply give scale and invite the viewer to contribute in the experience, was fine established by the time the oldest existing ink paintings were executed.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Damariscotta Artist/ Sculptor Jacques Vesery was selected to participate in "Les tourneurs et leurs Projets" during the "Art and Passion du Bois" festival in Breville (near Cognac) France, August 30-31, 2008. This competition brought together 6 wood artprofessionals to create work in a public venue. Three prizes were awarded including one by a jury of professionals and local dignitaries.
The theme; "Him and Her"....The challenge; Complete a piece in two days. Jacques' thoughts on how his work would relate to the theme; Two turned forms representing Male and Female specifically, yet to convey several ideas. Although the forms may relate to non-realistic seaforms or creatures and each single form, being unique with an ability to stand alone..... together represent a combined relationship. As with any relationship between two objects [not necessarily human, but including plants, animals and man-made objects] the intent was to reveal compatibility, similarity, individuality and the importance of unity as well....no matter where one comes from or what side of an ocean.
Jacques received the highest honor, the Professional Juror's Award which is based on the criteria of technique, creativity, relation to the theme and emotional provocation. With this comes the honor of returning to Breville in 2009 as President of the Jury for the next competition. He is the only artist outside of France ever to be accepted to this event.
More images and information is available through the artist and/or Cerise Boisseaux in Breville at cerise.boisseaux@gmail.com
Monday, September 15, 2008
Tere K. Porter, O.D. has been rewarded for his keen artistic eye with accolades at the Oxford county Fair. Tere was awarded a first place in Landscapes for a scene of Mount Washington with snow and fall foliage at lower altitudes, and first place for a close up photograph of a Blue Flag Iris.Tere was born in Aroostook County and after receiving a high school graduation gift of a 35mm camera from his parents in 1960, has been taking photographs ever since.
When Tere's children were in junior and senior high school in Oxford Hills, he switched to video taping of all of their music concerts. He continued this after they graduated for the Music, Art Reproduction and Drama Boosters Club to help support the SAD 17 fine art reproduction program until about 2000.
"I like video for action and sound shooting and I have video taped many of our vacations such as, our trip to Alaska," said Tere "but still photographs are and always have been my first love."
Tere is known for his fondness of nature photography as he strives to capture the feel of a flower blossom, a sunset of vivid hues, or the brilliance of fall foliage.
"I have recently converted my office to be an Office/Gallery," Tere says. "I have 40 photographs hanging in the waiting room of my office which is located at 66 Paris Street in Norway."
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead of time at, 743-6271. Anyone interested in Tere's work can view 2600 examples on his website, where images can be purchased. The website address is tereporter.photostockplus.com.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
In oil painting art reproduction, an under painting is an initial layer of oil painting applied to a ground, which serve as a base for succeeding layers of paint. Art reproductions under paintings are often called oil painting monochromatic and help to define color values for later art reproduction oil painting. There are several different types of art reproduction oil painting, such as verdaccio and grisaille.Oil painting art reproduction gets its name because it is oil painting that is intended to be painted over in a scheme of working in layer. There is a popular misconception that oil painting art reproduction should be monochromatic, perhaps in gray-scales. In fact, a multi-color oil painting art reproduction is much more useful and was used extensively by oil painting art reproduction artists such as Giotto (whose oil painting art reproduction techinque is described in detail by Cennino Cennini).
The colors of the oil painting art reproduction can be optically mingled with the subsequent oil painting art reproduction, without the danger of the oil painting art reproduction colors physically blending and becoming muddy. If oil painting art reproduction is done properly, it facilitates over painting. If it seems that if one has to fight to obscure the oil painting art reproduction, it is a sign that it was not done properly.
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