the glamourous life... art show- another one?!

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a solo one!
It begins on the 17 of September... and here
you are, so lucky are we! A preview of a few of
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the glamourous life... art show- Vulnerable

A few of the paintings in the latest show on at CAVA gallery 9103 95 Ave Edmonton.
The exhibit is up until the 6th of April.

Istanbul, of course 12x12 Acrylic


Roses 30x20 Acrylic on Canvas


The coffee ladies... Coffee 10x10 Acrylic on Canvas


nape 24x18 Acrylic on Canvas

the glamourous life...Istanbul

quick notes...I have a few minutes before we go off to hunt for dinner..!!!
AAHHHHHhhhh. The Spice Bazaar! Sweets and dried fruit and nuts and perfume and... spices...
A date and some pistachio nuts!

Have you every been in a Turkish Bath?
I forgot to mention the Turkish Bath the other day... wow. (no Photos,as you can well imagine) Invigorating relaxation. A steamy marble room to sweat, then a fellow simply dressed in a thin towel begins with the vigorous skin peeling, a soap bubble wash, a massage.and then one sits on the side by huge sinks and water is poured over. Then you sit for a while in a little cubicle with a divan drinking tea. For the next few days, you will find yourself so in love with your smooth skin. Luxury.

Mosques and palaces... I got to say this great line aloud... 'I will meet you at the Dolmabahche palace gate at 3.'

No photos in that palace. But it has literally tons of chandeliers, one of them is 4 tons of crystals...
... The trams, the underground metro, cabs walking..
Constantine, sultans... these cobble stone streets are deep in history.


These geometric designs are based in the perfect circle. Today's images are all from the Toplapi Palace.
The drapes had gold plates of jewels..
...where did I leave those earrings? (a whole new twist on the I saw it in the window and just couldn't resist.)

The crowds of Taksim Square. Birds and cats and dogs. The men calling out by the carts on the street selling... everything.The astounding blue of the Bosphorus. The colors of Ottoman reds. Pearls the size of a thumb. 82 karat diamonds. Emeralds and rubies. The patterns in the tile work.
It is simply exotically exquisite.

The Glamourous Life - Nova Scotia

today's foggy seascape...
We got up early and trotted off down the street to the Hubbard's Barn farmer's market because I was going to surprise Anna The Hat Junkie.
The surprise was for me. She wasn't there today. But the market is charming... of course. Everything is.


SEE? a cove.


We went off to the neighbour's house on the ocean... this is the view from the deck.

The lighthouse at Peggy's Cove. The clouds were fabulous in the background der eh?

The first day we were here, we went to the beach for the day...it was really warm and sunny. Then there is mist, rain, fog, sun... neato.

The dinners so far... mackeral, haddock, cod, mussels... home by the sea.

Halifax and the lobster feast is up for tomorrow!

Lovalovalovya!

The Glamourous Life - Grumbacher Paints All the Classes.

Teaching classes is really quite as good as taking them. Seascape.. vertical and horizontal lines of interest...
Still Life
Painting sideways and upside down so the technique and brushstokes are visible to the students. I will incorporate this into the other paintings as a new technique!

The Saskatchewan Landscape. Focal point, Color mixing and the palette knife.
Still Life II
Texture and negative space... the silver teapot and a patterny tea cup.

Floral petals on flowers, ceramic pots..

The new Grumbacher Paint Workshops start again on October 5, 12 19, 26 -Tuesdays from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Michaels Store South Edmonton Common.

$27 + Supplies (around $50.)

Until then ... we are off to Nova Scotia! I will see if I can post pictures and events.

The Glamourous Life - Grumbacher Paints and the Still Life

Green Felt 12"x12" Original Acrylic on Canvas $480.00


Although this image is a portrait that was part of my last gallery show, I will still go on to mention...
Coming up this Friday at the Michael's store at South Edmonton Common (19th AVE Gateway Blvd) near you! Actually near me.

This two hour workshop is a Still Life
in Grumbacher Acrylic Paints
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Friday night!
August 6 ... the still life
6:00-8:00 pm

Interesting?

Each session is $27 +$50 for supplies The supplies will last for all four sessions.

I look forward to seeing you there.

The Glamourous Life - Grumbacher Paints Paint Landscape

clouds on the prairie
the house abandoned on the side of the highway...
the avenue of trees

A workshop for Painting Landscapes.
In this 2 hour workshop we will cover some techniques in the art of landscape thereby also covering a canvas board with paint! Trees and clouds, leaves and roads wandering off to the middle distance...
I am doing this workshop for Grumbacher Acrylic Paints at the
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To register please call 780 430 1299


Friday night!
July 30
6:00-8:00 pm

Interesting?

Each session is $27 +$50 for supplies The supplies will last for all four sessions.

I look forward to seeing you there.


August 6 ... the still life
August 13 ... the sea scape!

The last class on florals was great. A good Friday night painting session with the ladies! Nothing like a group of women laughing about the frailties of the body as they create to get the balance and perspective in place. Not just on the painting!

I have graduated from the contraption to a 'knee immobilizer' -a beige leg corset with velcro instead of strings. Sexy!
So I will be the one haplessly kicking over chairs and dragging tables behind her over this week!

The Glamourous Life - Grumbacher Paints and the Flower

Tulips 12"x12" original Acrylic Encaustic on Hardboard. Sold.
Detail of Still Life Blue Vase Green Cup.

Learn to paint -florals.
I am doing this workshop for Grumbacher Acrylic Paints at the
Michael's store at South Edmonton Common (19th AVE Gateway Blvd)780 430 1299 to register.
It is for 4 consecutive Friday night sessions of two hours starting tomorrow -Friday night!
July 23
6:30-8:30 pm

Interesting?

$27 +$50 for supplies

I look forward to seeing you there.


I will be the one hobbling...
I crashed my right knee into the corner and tore a few of the very important ligaments off of it... I have a splishy quad muscle collection that makes the knee unbendable.
Always something hein?

I can walk with the aid of a scarf contraption tied around the foot crossed over to the (k)neck and a pulley(my arm basically) to make the leg move forward. it is two scarves actually, (I got them for free with a purchase over $25 at Cotton Ginny years ago. Well I was there with my sister and she didn't want hers so she said I could have it and the clerk had to check with the manager if that was ok and everything so we told her that my sister would take it and then give it to me.. or not! outside of the store if that would make things less complicated. One is mauve and the other a sherbet orange color.
Now you know.)

The Glamourous Life -Red and another great hat from the Hat Junkie

Red 10" x 8" Original Acrylic on Canvas $360.00 Yippee This one is sold!
Can't you just feeeeel the summer evening warmth in this picture? mmmm mmmmm Summer! Picnics! Family reunions! Barbequed everything, Walking in rain and sunshine.... The Hat Junkie, Anna Shoub's hats work for all these summer events. I, personally, do not own one of these hats yet...but I am looking forward to choosing one in September. or two..


In the meantime I am doing lots of research as an artist... weeding the garden, eating peas, lettuce and tomatoes! admiring the flowers, doing the occasional sketch, photographing like mad because there is such freedom with the digital camera... for example...


poppies!

Today's music... Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt again.

Quintette du Hot Club de France

The Glamourous Life. - Doing the shout out for Margaret Lynch

Hat, Boots and Gloves. 12"x12" original acrylic on canvas, $480.
Thank you to everybody for coming to the opening! xoxo!

Sheesh! is it summer or what!? Sunshine lolly pops and rainbows... everywhere.

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The Glamourous Life. -Sylvia in Color and how the heck to take pictures of oil paintings?!

Sylvia 16"x8" original oil on stretched canvas

from the grisaille...to color!
Hmmm, I have heard this before...but photographing oil paintings is very different than acrylic. I keep getting this haze... if you have any suggestions, I would lovalovalove to hear them.

All the pieces have to be in tomorrow morning for the vernissage. And here.. you are getting a sneak peak. Exciting, huh?

The Glamourous Life. - Orange and Rainbow... somewhere over...

Orange... Lisa Bebi Art challenge.. using orange as the focal point in a picture. Original Acrylic on Canvas 8 x 10 inches
The Glamourous Life of An Artist. Charcoal leather chairs and linen dresses.
They just move so good together.

Your rainbow is strongly shaded red.

What is says about you: You are a passionate person. You appreciate energetic people. You get bored easily and want friends who will keep up with you.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Hmm.... fun little test .... let me know what are your colours...?

The Glamourous Life. - Grisaille...

Open grisaille- a method of underpainting to get the values. I love these... they can look DONE!

I got to hear this line last night... 'I paint but I cannot draw.' What a place to leave oneself! Another person said that she had heard that anyone can draw. This provoked a few contradictions about artistic bones and bodies...

Here is the answer... are you ready?... any one can draw. It may not appear anything like what they are looking at, but lines can be made. The skill, and it is that, a skill, is in the ability to really see what is there.

Magical, huh? Mystical, hmm?

Rather than painting what one thinks one sees with the eyes of assumption.
BEWARE- the assumption eyes! They miss out on a lot of information.


A great exercise for this is, let's say we are working with a photo here, to turn the subject upside down and paint the shapes.

Learn all the rules so you know exactly where and how to break them, quickly and painlessly.

SNAP.

The Glamourous Life. -Vernissage and THE WORKS

This image is from the 23 October post of last year... The Stenciled Rug.

I am reposting it because.. it is amazing. I love the rug. It turned out completely different that I expected.. better.

AND it is an Element of the Glamourous Life of an Artist!

AND I have a vernissage on the 25 June. I have in mind to show these oil paintings... some of which are still in my mind. Yikes. Should I say things like that out loud?!
Perhaps there is still time to change the name of the exhibit to -watching the paint dry-...

Come to the opening if you're around town....pretty good wine, very good cheese, and a chance to practice your French, hein?

7:00 pm

9103 95 Ave
Edmonton AB

25 June 2010


For the record...(as a Dear Me note) there is no need to stress myself out here(I cannot stress that enough!) in the least... I have a series of paintings that are complete, framed and that would work wonderfully for this show.

But there is always the next idea, the next experiment, the next line combination of color puzzle... delicious vortex of creation...

The show is in conjunction with THE WORKS festival.

http://www.theworks.ab.ca/

I will... keep you posted.