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Peale was a major figure in both art and science during America's revolutionary and federal periods. In 1786 he converted the painting gallery attached to his Philadelphia home into a museum of "Natural Curiosities." Peale's enthusiasm for learning was such that he named most of his seventeen children after famous scientists or painters.

In 1788 the Lamings of Maryland commissioned Peale to paint this double portrait. In addition to working on the picture, which incorporates a "view of part of Baltimore Town," Peale studied natural history and collected specimens while in residence at the Lamings' suburban estate. Peale's diary records his progress from 18 September, when he "sketched out the design" after dinner, to 5 October, when he added the finishing touches "and made the portrait much better."

Peale cleverly devised a leaning posture for the husband so that his portly figure would not overshadow his petite wife. This unusual, reclining attitude binds the couple together and tells of their love. The spyglass and exotic parrot may indicate Laming's mercantile interest in foreign shipping. Mrs. Laming's fruit and flowers, although symbols of fertility, might refer to her own gardening activities. The detailed attention to the bird, plants, scenery, telescope, and complicated poses attests to Peale's encyclopedic range of interests.

The history of Western art painting represent an incessant, however disrupted, custom from ancient times. Until the early on 20th century it relied mainly on representative and Classical motif, after which time more merely theoretical and abstract modes gained favor.

Originally serving religious patronage, Western art painting later on found audience in the nobility and the middle group. From the Middle Ages throughout the resurgence art painters works for the church and a rich aristocracy. Start with the Baroque era artist received confidential commission from a more cultured and rich middle class. By the 19th century western art painters became unconventional from the demands of their benefaction to only depict scene from mythology, portraiture, religion or history. The thought "art for art's sake" began to find appearance in the work of western art painters like John Constable, Francisco de Goya, as well as J.M.W. Turner.

Developments in Western art painting in history parallel those in Eastern painting, in common a few centuries later. Indian art, Chinese art, African art, Islamic art as well as Japanese art each had momentous influence on Western art painting.

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 Japan. Japanese print making especially from the Edo period which exerts enormous influence on Western art painting in France through the 19th century.

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.

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 art

professionals 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

Oil Painting Aarhus gallery is excited to exhibit the lively color Original Oil Painting work of the talented Blue Hill Oil Painting artist Heidi Daub September 2-21. The public is invited to an Fine art reproductions opening reception on Friday September 5th from 5-8pm.

With a personal vivid style and recognizable imagery, Heidi's modernistic landscapes play along the border of abstract and representational Original Oil painting.

"I am concerned with ordinary things and the extraordinary ways in which the ordinary shapes our lives. My Oil paintings and Fine art Paintings evolve from an introspection,... an awareness,... There is an aspiration to a holy moment so to speak. How we perceive and feel, the nebulous space between the physical reality of a given situation, person or place, and the perceptions we carry, the curiosity and non-linear ways of looking at time."

Heidi Daub graduated from Montserrat School of Visual Fine Art Reproductions, has lived and worked in Maine since 1984 and exhibited her Oil paintings on canvas widely throughout New England since 1987. Heidi is represented by oil painting galleries throughout New England and her work is housed nationally in many private Oil Painting collections.

In 2008, Heidi has inaugurated the Women of Maine Visionary Fine Arts Reproduction Award to support women involved in audio, visual or literary Fine Arts Paintings who exhibit outstanding commitment and are inspiring to others.

Eastport, Maine?The Tides Institute and Museum of Art gallery and Art Reproduction (TIMA) will open its third exhibition of the season featuring a one-person show of work by one of eastern Canada?s foremost printmakers, Dan Steeves. The exhibition opens on August 23 and will be on view through September 21, 2008. The public is invited to an Opening Reception for the Original Oil paintings artist on Saturday, August 23, 2008 from 5:00 ? 7:00 p.m. A letter in support of the exhibition by New Brunswick?s Premier Shawn Graham will be read at the opening.

Dan Steeves was born in 1959 in Moncton, New Brunswick. He received his B.F.A. from Mount Allison University in 1981. He currently lives in Sackville, New Brunswick where he is Printmaking Instructor and Lecturer in the Fine Arts Reprodcution and Oil painting Department at Mount Allison University. In 2007, Dan won the prestigious Sheila Hugh McKay Foundation's Strathbutler Award, which honors exceptional Oil painting on canvas artistry in the province.

Steeves' work has been exhibited in art galleries in Canada, the United States, Holland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Taiwan and the Ukraine. His prints are represented internationally in both public and private collections including Canadian House, (Nagoya, Japan), Royal Bank, Beaverbrook Art Gallery Reprodcution, Regent College, Istituto Per La Cultura E L'Arte, (Catania, Italy), Chernobyl Disaster Museum, (Kharkov, Ukraine, USSR), Canada Council Art Gallery Bank, Permanent Collection, University of New Brunswick Art Reprodcution Centre and New Brunswick Oil painting Art Bank, among others. He is represented by the Abbozzo Gallery of Oakville, Ontario, and the Peter Buckland Gallery of Saint John, New Brunswick. The prints included in this exhibition are on loan from the Peter Buckland Gallery.

Also on view and on loan to TIMA until October is an Original oil painting by N.C. Wyeth titled, The Little Cockle, originally created to illustrate a passage from the book, The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The Tides Institute is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. ? 5 p.m.

The Tides Institute and Museum of Art gallery and Art Reproduction(TIMA) is located in the former Eastport Savings Bank Building, an 1887 National Register of Historic Places anchor property in downtown Eastport, Maine. Open year round, TIMA curates three to four new exhibitions each year, as well as exhibits works from its permanent collections, which focuses on the international Passamaquoddy region and the broader U.S./Canada northeast coast. Art Gallery and Art Reproduction TIMA operates as a cultural catalyst ? acting as a cultural resource, cultural facilitator, and cultural collaborator working with a wide range of partners on both sides of the U.S/Canada border.

Bayview Gallery presents Of Land and Sea: Online Painting the Bold Coast - an exhibit of marine Online paintings in our Camden gallery, featuring the works of William R. Beebe, Vern Broe, Robert Spring and other gallery artists.

Marine artist William Beebe has been Online oil painting the coast for over 16 years, and he now dedicates himself to rendering the historical wooden schooners of the 19th and 20th centuries. An admirer of Impressionist Claude Monet and Frank W. Benson for their brushwork, palette and interplay of light, Beebe creatively uses layers of various colors to achieve depth in his images. A black hull may have Naples Yellow, Cobalt Blue, or Umber added to create light and dark or warm and cold areas. His crisp lines and detailed renderings bring vitality to his maritime work along with a traditional realism honoring the excitement and joy of the nautical journey. His oils capture movement and place, celebrating the timeless grandeur of these majestic sailing vessels.

Vern Broe has painted the coast from several New England locations - Gloucester, Marblehead, and of course Maine. Versatile marine painter and former draftsman, Broe explores the contrasting qualities of light and dark and their various tones in his Original oil paintings. Water takes on an illusionary sense due to his skillful, delicate use of multiple washes of acrylic paint. Well-studied, keen lines define his vessels, giving them a subdued character against a receding, dream-like backdrop. He pays homage to the sailing and working crafts that grace the coastline.

Maine resident Robert Spring is well versed in portraying images in both oil and watercolors. Influenced by J.M.W. Turner, his oils are luminous and impressive, exhibiting an inventive palette that plays up the frequently subtle nature of his subject matter. Texture and color create a rhythmic energy, bringing new life to his seascapes. A sculptor as well, Robert's use of thick impasto suggests a tangible quality with his oils, texture and movement working in unison. His watercolors evoke a feeling of mystery, leaving the viewer to draw his own conclusions as to the outcome of the oil painting on canvas. A heightened sense of drama with no resolution contrasts with a momentary stillness and peace.

On Friday, August 15, Nina will teach Beyond Green: Oil Painting Exploring Color Through art gallary Landscape. In this five hour workshop participants will study the Oil Paintings complex colors of nature. They will begin with a basic review of the Oil Paintings color wheel and examination of Original oil painting color groupings and relationships. Oil Paint mixing and Art Gallery color exercises will strengthen awareness of how to effectively use Oil painting color in landscape paintings and fine art drawings.

On Saturday and Sunday, August 16 & 17, Nina will offer Oil Painting and art reproduction Drawing the Maine Landscape, a two day, ten hour, workshop. Students will work plein-aire studying the inspirational oil painting on canvas landscapes around the beautiful harbor town of Corea. Emphasis of this workshop will be on rendering basic forms of the landscape, using line and gesture and seeing and expanding the use of Art reproduction color in landscapes. Students will begin with compositional sketches and Oil Paintings color studies and progress to works in the color medium of their choice.

The one day (Friday) workshop is $75 and the two day (Saturday / Sunday) workshop is $140. Each workshop is capped at 15 participants.

Paper marbling Oil Painting is a method of aqueous surface oil reproduction design, which can produce oil painting patterns similar to art reproduction marble or other stone, hence the name. The original oil painting patterns are the result of colors floated on either canvas painting plain water or an art reproduction viscous solution known as size, and then carefully the oil painting transferred to a piece of paper (or other surfaces such as fabric).

This oil painting on canvas decorative material has been used to cover a variety of oil painting surfaces for several centuries. It is often employed as a fine art painting writing surface for oil painting calligraphy, and especially book covers art reproductions and endpapers in book binding and stationery. Part of oil painting appeals is that each oil painting print is a unique monoprint.

One of the key paintings of Bournemouth’s Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum returns home today, Tuesday 15 April 2008, following a two-year absence for important conservation work.

Evelyn de Morgan’s (1855-1919) Aurora Triumphans has been a big draw to the town for art lovers for many years. It was bought by Herbert Russell-Cotes, son of Sir Merton & Lady Russell-Cotes, in circa 1922.

Aurora Triumphans is one of Evelyn de Morgan’s key works. It was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, London, in 1886, the year before her marriage to the potter William de Morgan. The de Morgans were leading figures in the Art & Crafts movement.

The subject of the painting is Aurora, the ancient Greek goddess of dawn, ‘breaking free’ from the ‘shackles of night’. It is a fitting subject for the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum with the ‘day & night’ theme that runs throughout the house. Further background information about the painting and the artist follows this news release.

Hard-edge oil painting consists of rough, straight edges original oil painting that are geometrically consistent. It encompasses rich solid colors of art reproductions, neatness of surface, and arranged forms all over the oil painting on canvas. The Hard-edge oil painting style is related to Geometric abstraction of fine art painting, Post-painterly Abstraction, and Color Field oil painting. The term Original oil painting was coined by writer, curator and Los Angeles Times art reproduction critic Jules Langsner in 1959 to describe the work of original oil painters from California, who, in their reaction to the more painterly of oil paintings or gestural forms of Abstract expressionism, adopted a knowingly impersonal original oil paint application and delineated areas of painting color with particular sharpness and good clarity. This approach to abstract oil painting became widespread in the 1960s, though California was its creative center of fine art reproductions.

Hard edge oil painting is also a simply descriptive term, as applicable to past works as to future original oil artistic production. The term oil painting on canvas refers to the abrupt transition across "hard edges" between one color area to another color area. Canvas painting Color within "color areas" is generally reliable, that is, homogenous. Hard-edged oil painting can be both figurative and nonrepresentational.

ACT Policing is investigating the theft of a valuable oil painting by renowned Australian landscape artist Tom Roberts.

The work, which in its frame measures 560mm in height by 455mm wide, was stolen from a wall at University House on Balmain Crescent in Acton.

The work is entitled “Road near the Goulburn River” and is conservatively valued at $25,000.

The theft was reported to police yesterday, and has occurred while University House underwent refurbishment.

It is believed the painting was stolen sometime between April 30 and June 18 this year.

The term contemporary art gallery refers generally to a privately-owned for-profit commercial art gallery. These art galleries are often found clustered together as art reproductions in large urban centers. The Chelsea district of New York City, for illustration, is widely considers to be the heart of the contemporary art gallery world. Even smaller towns will be home to atleast one contemporary art gallery, but these art reproductions may also be found in small communities and remote areas where artist congregate.

Contemporary art galleries are generally open to the general public with no charge; yet, some are semi-private. These Art reproductions usually profit by taking a cut of the art's sales; from 25 to 50% is common. There are also numerous not-for-profit and art-collective art galleries. Some art reproduction galleries in cities like Tokyo charge the artist a flat rate per day, though this is considered offensive in some international art Gallery markets. Art reproduction Galleries often hang solo shows. Curators frequently create group shows that say something about a certain matter, fashion in art, or group of associated art gallery artists. Art reproduction Galleries sometimes choose to represent artists exclusively, giving them the chance to show regularly. One peculiarity of contemporary art reproduction galleries is their aversion to signing business contracts, even though this seems to be changing.

A contemporary art gallery's definition can also include the art gallery artist run centre, which often operates as a space with a more independent selection and attitude.

Acrylic paint is fast aeration paint that contains pigment hovering in an acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints could be diluted with water, but turn into water-resistant when dried up. Depending on how greatly the paint is diluted (with water) or customized with acrylic gels, mediums, or paste, the completed acrylic painting can look like a watercolor or an oil painting, or have its own unique characters not attainable with the other medium.

History of Acrylics Painting

Acrylics were first made commercially obtainable in the 1950s. These were mineral spirit-based paints known as Magna offered through Bocour Artist Colors. Water-based acrylic paints were later sold as "latex" home paints, even though acrylic dispersal uses no latex resultant from a rubber tree. Interior "latex" home paints tend to be a mixture of binder (occasionally acrylic, vinyl, pva and others), pigment, water and filler,. External "latex" home paints may also be a "co-polymer" blend, but the very finest exterior water-based paints are 100% acrylic. Soon after the water-based acrylic binder were introduced as home paints, artists and companies similar began to search the potential of the new binders. Water soluble artiste quality acrylic paints became commercially presented in the early on 1960s, offered by Liquitex.

Faux painting are commonly called Faux finishing are terms used to portray a wide range of ornamental painting techniques. From the French utterance for "fake", faux painting begin as a shape of replicating materials such as granite and wood with paint, but has come to encompass various other decorative finishes for ramparts and furnishings.

History of Faux Painting

Faux finishing has been in use for millennia, as of cave painting to Ancient Egypt, but what we usually think of as faux finishing in Decorative Arts begin with Plaster as well as Stucco Finishes in Mesopotamia over 5000 years before.

Faux became vastly popular in Classical times in the form of faux Wood, faux Marble, and Trompe l'oeil Murals. Artists would trainee for 10 years or further with a master faux artist before work on their own. Great credit was rewarded to artiste who could really trick viewers into believing their work was the genuine thing. Faux painting has continued to be more popular throughout the ages, but experienced main resurgences in the neoclassical revitalization of the nineteenth century and the Art Deco style of the 1920s. Throughout the modern history of attractive painting, faux finishing has been mostly used in profit-making and public spaces.

In the late 1980s and early on 1990s faux finishing saw another major revitalization, as wallpaper began to fall out of style. At this point, faux painting has started to become tremendously popular in home environment, with high end homes leading the trend. While it can be quite costly to hire an expert faux finisher, numerous faux painting techniques are easy enough for a beginning home proprietor to create with a little training. People are also fascinated to the ease of changing a faux finish, as it can be simply painted over compared with the harass of eliminating wallpaper.