Watercolor artist paints to evoke peace, tranquility Sep 6, 2008
Barbara Phelps likes to create a mood with her watercolor paintings of flowers and landscapes ... Her husband of more than 40 years, Ross, is an avid photographer and takes photos of the scenes she uses for the basis of her paintings ... Phelps said she should set a goal for her paintings because she would like to produce a whole body of new works. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
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"In Progress," shown here, is one of those paintings ... She's been commissioned to do a lot of dog paintings, and even recreated the Lee Krasner paintings in the Pollock film. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Artists take on the subject of war: TSL says it's time for a closer look Sep 6, 2008
Grier Honer is represented by two paintings of rifles, "The M16" and "The Kalashnikov," the latter being the weapon of choice for those whom the artist perceives as the oppressed, including rebels, revolutionaries, and insurgents who do not have access to the more technologically advanced and expensive weaponry of industrialized nations. Donna Huanca has contributed a 4-by-4-foot abstract map that includes Africa, South America and weapons created from scraps of fabric. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Craft Revolution Sep 6, 2008
There are collages, paintings of skewed people, hand-sewn sock puppets, locally made pinwheels and mixed media by emerging artists from around the world ... In the dining room, small, framed paintings surround a large collage painting of buildings in a deep, blood red sky ... Laura KoepplinWhere she lives: LodiWhat she makes: Mixed media designs, including collage paintings. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
French pop artist Alain Jacquet dies at 69 Sep 6, 2008
NEW YORK - Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died, the French Embassy said ... One of his best-known paintings recasts the impressionist giant Edouard Manet's "Dejeuner sur l'Herbe," which depicts a female nude picnicking with two fully clothed men. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Around Town -- Back to school means routine returns Sep 5, 2008
John Anastasia recently spoke at a meeting of the Scituate/Marshfield Rotary Club. Thu Sep 04, 2008, 05:00 PM EDT. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Laurence Eldridge Sep 5, 2008
An accomplished artist, Mrs. Eldridge s paintings grace the walls of many area homes. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and reading, but her greatest joy was spending time with and caring for her family. (New Iberia, LA)
Artist's Katrina-inspired work disappears from city streets Sep 5, 2008
A local artist inspired to put up hand-created artwork around the city following Katrina says most of the paintings are gone now ... The signs, which were paintings put on wood backgrounds, with simple, uplifting messages came to be symbols of the post-Katrina times, along with the many creative, hand-made street signs put up by residents. (Yahoo News -- Tropical Storms and Hurricanes)
Marie D. Courtright Sep 5, 2008
JoanTaylor Pohl wrote on Sep 2, 2008 12:59 PM:" Blessings to your familyGod has surely received an angelMay she and my Mother (Mary Taylor) enjoy catching up on all things!!I have one of Marie's paintings that I will treasure forever. ". Name. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Dresden's art collections Sep 5, 2008
Augustus interests were varied, as are the objects that range from old masters paintings, to porcelain, to gems to armor ... This and many of the paintings are not covered by glass and, in a rarity for a major museum, you can get very close to the masterpieces. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Dresden's Old World elegance Sep 5, 2008
Nicknamed Florence on the Elbe, Dresden s beauty was immortalized in the mid-1700s in the oil paintings of Italian artist Canaletto (aka Bernardo Bellotto, nephew of the famous painter who went by the same name). Those paintings are on display in the Old Masters Picture Gallery in the Zwinger complex. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
New antiques shop is 'beyond gorgeous' Sep 5, 2008
Whether it is my furniture, paintings, objets d art, or accessories, I want people to know that at Beyond Gorgeosity they will be surprised by what they see and that they can come here to find that elusive perfect side table, important American Impressionist oil painting, or that special vintage Italian light fixture that no one else has and that they won t see anywhere else. Every item in the shop is a singular piece that stands alone and was personally discovered and chosen by Levis. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Nation gets to know once-obscure governor Sep 5, 2008
" In liberal San Francisco - where Obama made his notorious reference to bitter small-town voters clinging to guns and religion - several voters depicted Palin's nomination as pandering to women and religious conservatives. Bob Armstrong, who attends a Methodist church, was concerned that Palin's religious beliefs might be used for political ends. "Evangelicals have had unprecedented access to the White House in the last eight years, and Palin would bring more of that," he said. Armstrong, who... (Anchorage Daily News)
27th annual Britt Draft Horse Show scheduled for Aug. 29-31 Sep 5, 2008
Spectators are also invited to visit the commercial building with booths offering everything from souvenir t-shirts and commemorative belt buckles to model hitches, ceramics and gift items, paintings and prints, livestock equipment, and many other items of interest. Food and camping facilities are available on the grounds. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Bisphenol A: If you're alarmed, learn why Sep 5, 2008
Her hero is the biologist , whose jellyfish paintings inspired snazzy chandeliers. Her favorite toast-spread is Marmite, a British delicacy made of yeast extract. (Los Angeles Times)
Vizquel gives public peek at canvas Sep 5, 2008
Omar Vizquel's watercolor and oil paintings will be on display Thursday ... From 5-8 p.m. PT, the Caldwell Snyder Gallery in San Francisco will feature 30 of Vizquel's watercolor and oil paintings at his premiere gallery exhibition ... Many of his paintings are created from real-life moments, he said, while others draw on more intimate matters, such as relationships and the beauty of the human form. (MLB.com -- San Francisco Giants)
UGA unveils new art school building on East Campus Sep 5, 2008
Hundreds of visitors strolled through the school's new building Thursday, perusing hundreds of paintings, drawings, sculptures and other art works by students and faculty. The tours followed a formal dedication, when UGA President Michael Adams and other university and Athens dignitaries ceremoniously welcomed the building, which actually opened with fall semester classes in August. (Athens Banner-Herald)
The Chadds Ford Days Art Show turns attention to plein-aire style. Sep 5, 2008
Chadds Ford's tilted farmlands and conical hills were perfect for Pyle's plein-air painting sessions that introduced the young artists to the fine art of paintings executed in natural light ... " "Take a look at Andrew Wyeth's paintings ... " Cash prizes will be awarded to plein-air artists at Chadds Ford Days. Local architect John Milner and his wife have donated $1,000 for the best painting of an 18th or 19th century building in the area. Eric and Lee Miller, owners of the Chadds Ford Winery,... (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Villanova gallery shows award-winner Sep 5, 2008
For Slupe, it is "the crisp edge and repetitious mark-making" that define her thickly-layered paintings. The straight-sided edge she sees as a basic life form, with the repeated mark- making being symbolic of the rhythms and pulses that play at the edge of human consciousness - heart beats, the act of breathing, the passing of a moment, cycles of life, of the moon. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Film by former Clevelanders shows transformative power of art Sep 5, 2008
He also became a recognized force in outsider art for his provocative paintings. Like the subject of his documentary, director Miller has reinvented himself. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Artists Alley event to be held Friday in Mangum Sep 5, 2008
The shops feature paintings and other art, jewelry, stoneware, raku and ceramics and photography, all created by local and regional artists. Award-winning Artists Alley is located in a restored turn-of-the-century building west of the Courthouse Square in downtown Mangum. (Altus Times, OK)
Obituaries for Friday, September 5, 2008 Sep 5, 2008
She was a great artist and while living in Florida won the Purchase Award for one of her paintings at the Harris Co., where she was employed. She loved painting, animals and family gatherings. (Winona Daily News, MN)
The celebration of sculpture Sep 5, 2008
The exhibit will be on display from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and pieces will range from sculptures, paintings, photographs and fiber art to mixed media. Morning Song Gallery is located at 512 West Ave. NW, across from the Post Office in Lenoir. (Lenoir News Topic, NC)
Sallu makes peace with AB Sep 5, 2008
After the two finally managed to break ice, it was Sallu who took the oppurtunity and promised Abhishek one of his personal paintings. Well, looks like Salman finally learnt the way of the world. (Times Now.tv)
'Biker chic' gets a television audience Sep 5, 2008
Some of her paintings are being used in a new Fox series that premiered this month ... UVic is now home to Honour the Women, Elder's 10-part series of large oil paintings of notable Canadian women, including Olympic rowing medallist Silken Laumann, Victoria poet P.K. Page and singer Ann Mortifee. (Vancouver Sun)
Cuts to arts funding has major implications Sep 5, 2008
So, in closing I would like to say that I am hopeful: hopeful that our elected officials are indeed remembering that it was we who elected them, hopeful that they will begin to realize that the paintings in their offices, the music on their car radios, the books that they read, the paint colours on their walls, and the theatre shows they attend are all part one of the main components of what makes us Canadian, namely culture; hopeful that they will recognize that a two-to-one return on... (Western Star)
Damien Hirst: Bad Boy Makes Good Sep 5, 2008
Those include hundreds of "spot paintings," each a multicolored grid of little circles and named after a pharmaceutical product; "spin paintings" made by pouring paint onto a whirling disk; and "butterfly paintings" made by embedding dead butterflies in pigment and resin, sometimes in elaborate stained-glass-window formations, sometimes just attached here and there on the canvas. At Sotheby's the spin paintings are expected to fetch as much as $720,000 each, the spots as much as $1 ... For one... (Time.com)
Coyne featured at Front Street Gallery Sep 4, 2008
Working in a representational style, Coyne s seascapes and landscapes of the shorelines and salt marshes of the South Shore to Cape Cod and the Islands are the subjects of many of his oil paintings ... His current paintings of landscapes and coastal views have been featured in the Boston Globe, local newspapers and on Chronicle. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Bloomington neurosurgeon rediscovers his love of painting Sep 4, 2008
There s no stopping me now, he said as he layered Summer Heat, surrounded by other paintings ... I looked at some of his paintings and thought He s got something, Gregor recalled. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
In Newport, a peek at how the rich garden Sep 4, 2008
He and the owner went on a shopping trip to England and purchased horse paintings and sculptures as well as antiques. The tartan upholstery and blankets come straight from the Lauren line. (Boston Globe)
Jeptha Wade, 83, lawyer was trustee for Boston museums Sep 4, 2008
"His mother would say, 'All right, go out and walk for an hour,' " Emily Wade said of her husband's afternoon sojourns among paintings and sculptures. "And it was much nicer to walk through the museum than walk outside in the Cleveland winters.". (Boston Globe)
September gets artistic shot in the arm Sep 4, 2008
Trude McDermott, one of the artists, writes in the catalog: "The artists in this exhibit present a rich and varied visual response to the subject of how alchemy and art relate to one another, posing questions about the meaning of transformation in their creative process and how they in turn are transformed in the act of creating."Yasuko Yamakawa presents "The Ghettoization of Emily" at Fig Tree Gallery, 644 Van Ness Ave.It features sculpture and paintings influenced by inner city culture and the... (Fresno Bee)
Laurence Eldridge Sep 4, 2008
An accomplished artist, Mrs. Eldridge s paintings grace the walls of many area homes. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and reading, but her greatest joy was spending time with and caring for her family. (New Iberia, LA)
Artist's Katrina-inspired work disappears from city streets Sep 4, 2008
A local artist inspired to put up hand-created artwork around the city following Katrina says most of the paintings are gone now ... The signs, which were paintings put on wood backgrounds, with simple, uplifting messages came to be symbols of the post-Katrina times, along with the many creative, hand-made street signs put up by residents. (Yahoo News -- Tropical Storms and Hurricanes)
CC loses - scoring decision Sep 4, 2008
Giants SS Omar Vizquel is hosting an exhibit of his paintings in San Francisco today. Vizquel will donate a percentage from his paintings sold to the Giants Community Fund. (Cleveland.com -- Sports)
Marie D. Courtright Sep 4, 2008
JoanTaylor Pohl wrote on Sep 2, 2008 12:59 PM:" Blessings to your familyGod has surely received an angelMay she and my Mother (Mary Taylor) enjoy catching up on all things!!I have one of Marie's paintings that I will treasure forever. ". Name. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Pahadi miniature art back in market Sep 4, 2008
"Miniature art will never be on a par with the rest of the genres in terms of the number of paintings purchased but definitely in value. The market is very individualised at present.". Ghosh, who is currently cataloguing Sotheby's acquisitions of Pahadi miniatures and promoting them worldwide to attract buyers for its autumn sale, foresees three trends in the Pahadi miniature market. (India Times)
When Butterflies take a Spin Sep 4, 2008
There are reports that White Cube, one of the galleries Hirst works with, is holding more than 200 paintings and sculptures by Hirst, valued at more than 100 million. Does the Hirst show confirm the fact that the west realises the importance of countries like India only when it has saturated the markets within its contours. (India Times)
Pictured are Walter Brown, Jerry McDonald, Lila Bryan, Sylvia Chapman, Brenda Tabb, and Mary Williams, of the Thomaston Historical Preservation Committee. Sep 4, 2008
Doone presented the possibility of using local artists paintings or historic photos and having them enlarged and attached to the walls as a mural- with a frame built especially for the building and painting. Doone suggested this as a way to illustrate more of Thomaston s history and also to save money. (Thomaston Times, GA)
Southern Folk Artist To Visit Sebastopol Sep 4, 2008
Some of Webb s paintings have featured old house and barns, churches, lighthouses, cotton fields, antique shops, local buildings, dogwoods, magnolias and swamps ... Today her paintings hang in private collections throughout the United States and Mexico ... Her dream is to see her paintings in museums and galleries across the United States. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)
48 hours in the heart of Italy's wine country Sep 4, 2008
Take an early start to visit the town's museum in a former convent which houses a sizeable collection of local paintings representing the Sienese school of the 14th-16th century. If you are a history buff, visit an archaeological site in Poggio alla Civitella 3 km away from the town to see the remains of an Etruscan settlement dating back to the 4th century BC.. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Jeweler, painter featured Sep 4, 2008
Her paintings are Western in theme and contemporary in style. She paints in oil pastel, gouache and soft pastel. (Montana Standard, MT)
Some men carry 'commitment-phobia' gene Sep 4, 2008
" Rosie Mestel, Health section deputy editor, studied genetics before abandoning flies, fungi and DNA for health/medical writing. Her hero is the biologist , whose jellyfish paintings inspired snazzy chandeliers. Her favorite toast-spread is Marmite, a British delicacy made of yeast extract. Her least-favorite word is "millenniums. " Susan Brink has made health and medicine her beat for 26 of her 28 years in the business. Shes covered a wide range of disease and health policy stories, and is... (Los Angeles Times)
'Fall' is visual treat that fails Sep 4, 2008
Like a series of paintings in a gallery, they are appealing enough aesthetically to carry the audience. The other half of this movie is less successful. (The Augusta Chronicle)
DOWN ON THE FARM: Antique Tractor and Engine Show highlights S.C.'s agricultural past Sep 4, 2008
A rural art exhibit featuring paintings by members of the Berkeley County Artists Guild will be on display in the Berkeley County Museum. Craft specialists in the areas of blacksmithing, basket weaving, chair caning, furniture making, grist milling and saw mill operations will demonstrate their skills and products in the Crafts of the Lowcountry exhibit at the Berkeley County Museum. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Turner to be shown with Masters Sep 4, 2008
The paintings of JMW Turner are to be exhibited alongside those of the Old Masters for the first time ... When he bequeathed two paintings to the National Gallery, it was on the condition that they be hung next to his two favourite works by Lorrain. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Creative minds collaborate for art project at Delaplaine Sep 4, 2008
Moulden accented Sibbison's works with his highly textural acrylic paintings. "For the most part," Moulden said, "I would say this was an enjoyable experience for me.". (Carroll County Times, MD)
Rare Raphael work up for auction Sep 4, 2008
The couple had never met, and so Raphael's paintings were to serve as an introduction - in a Renaissance version of the blind date. In his portrait, Lorenzo is seen dressed in a gold tunic and fur-lined cape, resplendent against a rich green background. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)
Virtual decorating helps you try before you buy Sep 4, 2008
My default position has always been to paint the walls white and cover the floors with gray wall-to-wall carpeting and let the paintings and photos provide the color. The photograph of the simple country kitchen online is static - you can't move the furniture around or shift the view 90 degrees as you can on other sites. (AZCentral -- Home)
Lodi church to have carnival to promote relief in Darfur Sep 4, 2008
Main feature: Big, white tent with paintings depicting problems in Darfur region of Sudan. Entertainment: Samoan dancers from Suisun-Fairfield United Church of Christ. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
'Gossip' glam Sep 4, 2008
"Blair is moving in a very Art Deco feel, mirroring the paintings of Tamara de Lempicka," Daman said, referring to the Polish painter. "And Serena feels like a Klimt to me; Chuck Bass ( ) as a young circa Hitchcock's 'Marni.' ". (Chicago Tribune)
Bloomington neurosurgeon rediscovers his love of painting Sep 3, 2008
There s no stopping me now, he said as he layered Summer Heat, surrounded by other paintings ... I looked at some of his paintings and thought He s got something, Gregor recalled. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Exhibit playfully melds text and video Sep 3, 2008
Text can be problematic even in paintings; it often competes with the visual, rather than supplements it. One video here delightfully melds the two: Lior Neiger's "Intellectual Property" animates those two words, stretching them, replicating them, and bouncing them until they expand into a bar code and nearly shed their textual meaning. (Boston Globe)
Laurence Eldridge Sep 3, 2008
An accomplished artist, Mrs. Eldridge s paintings grace the walls of many area homes. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and reading, but her greatest joy was spending time with and caring for her family. (New Iberia, LA)
Marie D. Courtright Sep 3, 2008
JoanTaylor Pohl wrote on Sep 2, 2008 12:59 PM:" Blessings to your familyGod has surely received an angelMay she and my Mother (Mary Taylor) enjoy catching up on all things!!I have one of Marie's paintings that I will treasure forever. ". Name. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Southern Folk Artist To Visit Sebastopol Sep 3, 2008
Some of Webb s paintings have featured old house and barns, churches, lighthouses, cotton fields, antique shops, local buildings, dogwoods, magnolias and swamps ... Today her paintings hang in private collections throughout the United States and Mexico ... Her dream is to see her paintings in museums and galleries across the United States. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)
Warhol's pop art and politics coming to N.H. museum Sep 3, 2008
"Andy Warhol: Pop Politics," will display the artist's paintings, prints, drawings and photographs of political figures. Famous faces in the show include John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II, and Mao Zedong, among others. (USA Today -- Travel)
Jeweler, painter featured Sep 3, 2008
Her paintings are Western in theme and contemporary in style. She paints in oil pastel, gouache and soft pastel. (Montana Standard, MT)
At the Senior Center: Sept. 4-12 Sep 3, 2008
Paintings and prints by Evelyn Berde. The brilliant exhibit of paintings and prints by the Brookline artist Evelyn Berde is simply too good to miss. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Two painted breasts at a time Sep 3, 2008
James created The Joyful Bosom Affair, an auction that features 111 paintings with a notable shared motif: Each artist painted her (or, in six cases, his) breasts and pressed them on the canvas, then those impressions were painted into an amazing array of images ranging from a field of flowers to a seabird, "Betsy, The Blue Footed Booby.". Paintings will sell for $250 each and will be displayed Oct. 3-5 at Bend's Mirror Pond Plaza ... James hopes to add to the fundraising by selling T-shirts... (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Shine greets fairgoers Sep 3, 2008
Paintings, photographs and home crafts showed great skill and care in their production. In the neighboring barn were various poultry with ornate feathers, fluffy Angora rabbits and floppy eared Lops. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Joan Acocella: Did a sixteenth-century heretic grasp the nature of the cosmos? Sep 3, 2008
A selection of paintings by Brooklyn artist Kehinde Wiley. 00002870. (New Yorker)
News : Mole Lake Heritage Day organizers spearhead cabin restoration project Sep 3, 2008
In one corner, Anthony Gauthier from Keshena sold his Native American paintings. Velma Landru made squaw bread from flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and water in the traditional style she learned from her mother. (Forest Republican, WI)
Schoultz weighs in on globalization in new show Sep 3, 2008
A: This show will consist of a large-scale installation that will include large sculptures, paintings and drawings. The centerpiece will be a large version of the scales of justice, with one side of the scale being weighed down by another scale and the other side will be ripping apart a bridge. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Photo Release -- Wall Street Journal Unveils Highly Anticipated WSJ., a Glossy Lifestyle Magazine Targeting Journal Readers Sep 3, 2008
Now they're looking closer to home where surprising values can be found among the works of American Folk Art masters such as Edward Hicks, who will be represented by two iconic 'Peaceable Kingdom' paintings going under the hammer at rival auction houses this fall. Economies of Scale: Why buy a luxury box when you can buy an entire sport. (Primezone Releases)
