Sunday, December 31, 2006


www.thelightofdarkness.com

Anthony Bolton is a self taught artist who paints and creates what is on his mind or comes to mind.

Everything has meaning. There are no coincidences.

Understanding is only the first key that unlocks the first door that leads to the path of understanding....

Kathy Note:
Anthony showed with Monkdogz Urban Art as well. Check out his work on his website and at http:www.monkdogz.com
Anthony showed in the "XRAY, YANKEE, ZULU" show.



Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Free Gifts:
http://www.kathysart.com/

Wednesday, December 27, 2006




Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Self Portrait 2006

Modern art paintings and posters for sale and giclee canvas art work on my websites gallery. Abstract art sculptures are on my sculpture blog:

http://kathyssculptures.blogspot.com

Check out art reviews and how to paint lessons below as well.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006



The work of my friend Jacquie Gouveia
Expressive Paintings of Nature

Currently Hanging on Newbury Street in Boston!!

"Hope"

Acrylic on Canvas
Year Painted: 2006



Dimensions: 24" H x 18" W x 1.5" deep


NOW AVAILABLE IN GICLEE CANVAS OR PAPER PRINTS

Purchase prints online at www.yessy.com/jgouveia

Jacquie Gouveia
Expressive Paintings of Nature
34 South Meadow Road
Carver, MA 02330
508.866.5562
jacquie@jgouveia.com
http://www.jgouveia.com
http://www.jgouveia.com/blogged


Artist Statement:

Color has an amazing ability to capture moods and emotions. I use color and paint application to express my gratitude towards nature as honestly as possible. The viewer returns that honest self expression when they connect to the painting.

Biography

Jacquie was born in Taunton, MA in 1966 and began drawing the Peanut characters at a very young age.

Although her formal education was in Business, art has always been a big part of her life and in 2000 she focused on learning to paint. She spent years painting on her own and creating smaller plein-air landscapes. This process and self-discipline gave her the best education on light and color. She built upon her color knowledge and currently creates vibrant and highly energized semi-abstract paintings.

Working in both oils and acrylics she first quickly lays down her initial colors and idea using a brush. She then begins to work more intuitively and very energetcially allowing the painting to dictate what it wants her to do. Most paint is applied with palette knives or squeezed out of the tube and drawn directly onto the canvas. She loves working with pure color and to loud music.

Jacquie is collected throughout the United States and Canada.

Shows:
"Paint World's End & Hingham Harbor" 2006 -
South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Arcadia:The End of Time" 2006 - Projekt30.com, Juried Artist
"Paint Your Pet" 2006 - South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Community Canvas" 2006 - ArtWorks! New Bedford, MA
"Holiday Fireworks" 2005-2006 - Deerhill Inn, West Dover, VT
"Small Works" 2005 * 2004 * 2003 - South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Paint the Square" 2005 * 2004 * 2003 - South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Art on the Mountain" 2005 * 2004 - Mt. Snow, West Dover, VT (Juried Artist)
"House of the Living Arts" 2005 - Wheaton College, Norton, MA
"Carver Olde Home Day", 2003 * 2002 - Carver, MA

Awards:
Art on the Mountain 2005 - Honorable Mention for body of work
Carver Olde Home Day Art Show 2002 & 2003 - 3rd Place

Representation:
Art for Progress - New York, NY
SJ Nichols Gallery - Plymouth, MA

Resume:

Education: Bryant College - B.S. in Business Administration/Accounting 1989

Painting Education/Experience:
2/2006-Present: Create expressive semi- abstract landscapes with a focus on color by building upon knowledge gained as a plein air painter.

2000-2006: Plein air landscape painter - practiced the techniques developed by Charles Hawthorne and Henry Hensche to expand my understanding of light and color.

KATHY NOTES:

Check out Jacquie Gouveia's blog as well... interesting tips and reviews on art.
Jacquie explains blocking in color Dec. 11, 06 entry... check it out it is very intersting.

This is the text but on Jacquie's site illustrations are used.

http://www.jgouveia.com/blogged

Blocking in Color
December 11th, 2006

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Blocking in the first layer of color is an extremely important step. It creates the overall color harmony of the scene and hopefully captures the initial idea.

In the painting “North River” (acrylic on canvas) I very quickly and vigorously layed down my main colors. This painting is based on a landscape I often drive by. Since it is late fall (practically winter) here in New England, the grass along the river is windswept and haylike and the blue river winds right through it. This all translates into a lot of energy and movement for me so I use that energy when working.

In this detailed picture, you can see how I am laying the paint down in varying levels of thickness. I just want to get the idea down in a loose and energetic fashion. I am also using some directional strokes especially for the river. While thinking about how the river is flowing away from me, I’m adding some paint in with my palette knife in a horizontal slashing manner.

After letting this dry for a day or two, I finished the painting by adding in some areas of a warmer and deeper orange. For this application, I am drawing directly on the canvas from a tube of paint, still with lots of energy. I will also squirt the paint with a shot of water, allowing it to drip and flow - more movement and energy.


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Again, using my palette knife, I apply areas of thicker paint. Laying it on in different directions (like the windswept grass) to build up the texture and a sense of the wind. Finally I tone down some areas of the background and river to create the sense of the atmosphere.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Marilyn Kirsch



Marilyn Kirsch
"First Study" 13.5 in. x 24 in.
Oil on Clayboard 2003
"The Theater of War" Series

http://www.marilynkirsch.com/

Check out the work of my friend

M A R I L Y N K I R S C H
Abstract Painting and Work on Paper


Artist's Statement:

My work is somewhere between abstract and completely non-objective. At times there seem to be recognizable images in my paintings, but these images lack definite boundaries and oscillate between possibilities. I am interested in the tension that occurs when perception is not absolutely clear.

I utilize both a control of the medium and an allowance for the accidental. Shifts of the image occur while I work and become part of the finished piece. The completed painting is my response to the unsettling relationship between random acts and carefully planned decisions. In every work I am concerned with the physical properties of the material and the metaphorical content of the image. These characteristics gave me the vocabulary needed for my current series The Worn City.

A city to me is a work of art. Our presence in it adds marks and layers to this never finished work. The city is transformed by the many people who congregate there: a patina covers the city from this collective marking that accumulates slowly over time. As the city changes, so do we. We carry it with us. It becomes part of us. The city is worn by us like a coat and it becomes worn by our wearing.


Marilyn Kirsch
September 2006


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Kathy Notes:

Marilyn Kirsch is a New York based Abstract Artist . Her work is just so very smart and sophisticated. Be sure to check out her site, classy, classy, classy!

Check out Marilyn's website to view all Three Studies for "The Theater of War" Series

Also "The Worn City Series" is exceptional.

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