tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54526767522208085272024-03-16T14:19:20.253-07:00Jim Serrett StudioPaintings - Drawings,......
and other observations.jimserrettstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452676752220808527.post-31527343656838075022021-12-31T07:47:00.000-08:002021-12-31T07:47:57.375-08:00Thanks for Listening 2021<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2cv-mrZUB4UZjgNZ7KDFUp5NGw8fiF3wrNAqOGoc_C89nWK1KYdg3ALJPjc6KIWAG2CvcBfkJCKQocX1KaKyIhKdYTkkakl7BVSPYWYM4848szQm-Phs5rK8_SIXu4DpBilYniS_zPhbbEOVfCcAU4GD9jO5nUg_sD9GFw15pMb5z05zy3R3MamMP=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2cv-mrZUB4UZjgNZ7KDFUp5NGw8fiF3wrNAqOGoc_C89nWK1KYdg3ALJPjc6KIWAG2CvcBfkJCKQocX1KaKyIhKdYTkkakl7BVSPYWYM4848szQm-Phs5rK8_SIXu4DpBilYniS_zPhbbEOVfCcAU4GD9jO5nUg_sD9GFw15pMb5z05zy3R3MamMP=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal">As this year closes, let me take a moment to express my
gratitude and appreciation to all of you that have made this such a great year.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For those patrons that purchased work, you may never truly
understand what your support actually means, I work to pay for the necessities
so I can continue creating art. Your patronage represents more than a monetary
or financial reward, it is encouragement and artistic freedom.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Again, my sincerest gratitude and a Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Jim<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For my loving wife Linda, no words can express my
appreciation for you. You are the best thing that ever happened to me. I am so
grateful to have you in my life. Thank you for making me feel like the luckiest
man in the world every single day. I love you with all my heart. Happy Anniversary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">"People need beauty. </span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">They need the sense of being at
home in their world and being in communication with other souls." - Sir Roger Scruton</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Explore - Question - Learn - Enjoy, Jim </span></h3><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div> Website - <a href="https://www.jimserrett.com/" target="_blank">jimserrett.com </a></div><div> Studio Blog - <a href="http://www.jimserrettstudio.com" target="_blank">jimserrettstudio.com </a></div><div> Landscape Blog -<a href="http://www.pochadeboxpaintings.blogspot.com" target="_blank"> Pochade Box Paintings</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>jimserrettstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452676752220808527.post-72215680071151081802021-01-18T11:15:00.005-08:002021-12-29T11:25:54.447-08:00Silver Bowl with Pears - WIP<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0jw_s0SZ1-iqoHXUKbahddx1dotoy4lWhwyIAKbhxX_o2pai_78aR0dDAMaeTuXMtErBKitXRODIV-EHvnP0poSY6by-3PXvF4ks2lYHB1tTdEwPZ8HKfLryDq4wiKOaDxgLzTH4kg1OSqkmFpGNZ3vUrU3SYjH9Ek_bpChzgB7FT_rVHjkFfv__e=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0jw_s0SZ1-iqoHXUKbahddx1dotoy4lWhwyIAKbhxX_o2pai_78aR0dDAMaeTuXMtErBKitXRODIV-EHvnP0poSY6by-3PXvF4ks2lYHB1tTdEwPZ8HKfLryDq4wiKOaDxgLzTH4kg1OSqkmFpGNZ3vUrU3SYjH9Ek_bpChzgB7FT_rVHjkFfv__e=w400-h320" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The silver bowl had several value variations with subtle temperature changes. I used warm and cool color strings of grays working back and forth between the two to model the form and state the reflections. The “palette”, where little piles of colors are mixed and pushed around is mesmerizing to us paint nerds. Those little puddles are storytellers, they are a living chronicle of the painting’s creation.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhngj7vj2QINedY8aJbO5wLE_GUkxbACPp5D8MS5ckdx9de5ml3YJtuum0fl9mg8EicjYu0K5E5gigs_sH9aqGrqKaq6D8hu5WkN2J3Qe4jhJoQxVACQco839uqs5kcXUK5tHHrNR9W3z4J6bTKTTCvLkO9TB5CJHIaUyf_84A7W5xOH_5rqjdrHa6t=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhngj7vj2QINedY8aJbO5wLE_GUkxbACPp5D8MS5ckdx9de5ml3YJtuum0fl9mg8EicjYu0K5E5gigs_sH9aqGrqKaq6D8hu5WkN2J3Qe4jhJoQxVACQco839uqs5kcXUK5tHHrNR9W3z4J6bTKTTCvLkO9TB5CJHIaUyf_84A7W5xOH_5rqjdrHa6t=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Progress shots, wipe-out, first pass, color mixing, final pass. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Silver Bowl with Pears, Oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches, Jim Serrett</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzdyuef9s-ipBa0DVO-P75TzLDGH-40jtf33T6PbIBII0eDB3kfDnF3c84WWZClH8CYs-ai6kQuCEkKrY8GmykYEnLMV7z6gX8FnfEOlnxWynvPS5zxGrkI1L1apiwkPeaFHlnIH6fjwv0O3khpAflHd61OmPmSsyeLlK56iIjC3lwG3Ab3YlGB4gZ=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzdyuef9s-ipBa0DVO-P75TzLDGH-40jtf33T6PbIBII0eDB3kfDnF3c84WWZClH8CYs-ai6kQuCEkKrY8GmykYEnLMV7z6gX8FnfEOlnxWynvPS5zxGrkI1L1apiwkPeaFHlnIH6fjwv0O3khpAflHd61OmPmSsyeLlK56iIjC3lwG3Ab3YlGB4gZ=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">
Explore - Question - Learn - Enjoy, Jim </span></h3><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> Website - <a href="jimserrett.com ">jimserrett.com </a></div><div> Studio Blog - <a href="jimserrettstudio.com ">jimserrettstudio.com </a></div><div> Landscape Blog - <a href="http://pochadeboxpaintings.blogspot.com">Pochade Box Paintings</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>jimserrettstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452676752220808527.post-15273831212965233232021-06-09T10:17:00.002-07:002021-12-29T10:32:11.889-08:00Silver Bowl with Apples - WIP<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixU9eA9bsMx-DJPZQS40iIofq4uGfqMgtL9WubrJbqJQtmWSWtqu50mWzkgzzu9wJ9GyrY8HRZ8F3aEEwlvlwfJT4QQj_3j2bhfdVZOpiZrUazDiBK0n7HsRYiUzdJeW2mAVW8oMY8hLxCesTU4KrxXk6CKzJW12ohcFQpf3fxdovj7y-nvx9TfLWM=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixU9eA9bsMx-DJPZQS40iIofq4uGfqMgtL9WubrJbqJQtmWSWtqu50mWzkgzzu9wJ9GyrY8HRZ8F3aEEwlvlwfJT4QQj_3j2bhfdVZOpiZrUazDiBK0n7HsRYiUzdJeW2mAVW8oMY8hLxCesTU4KrxXk6CKzJW12ohcFQpf3fxdovj7y-nvx9TfLWM=w400-h320" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The cloth was an interesting subject to paint. The lace work was challenging to translate. I tried not to overstate it and compete with the apples. I kept thinking about the ying-yang of negative-positive spaces, the play of light and shadow through the open fabric and simple truths. If art is hard work, it is because you are struggling to go beyond what you know and looking for that poetry in your art.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGbtKWnJ8eA8yY4jOqXIQJSto1np7Sx7FiqeXfkC3YXZ6hbdXyyuMRbsIoNZElr4DWfMJfcEUuTWANzi7m8gT94nJhZw6nlb_QGuGhVdf0eANcyP5LRmN0cGMH7m0hsxAA0Vu1i5C4BBixYrdZYajOpQ4PdT-jhqpfsftPKRAP6ZgsirOmnQAQLnEE=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGbtKWnJ8eA8yY4jOqXIQJSto1np7Sx7FiqeXfkC3YXZ6hbdXyyuMRbsIoNZElr4DWfMJfcEUuTWANzi7m8gT94nJhZw6nlb_QGuGhVdf0eANcyP5LRmN0cGMH7m0hsxAA0Vu1i5C4BBixYrdZYajOpQ4PdT-jhqpfsftPKRAP6ZgsirOmnQAQLnEE=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Progress shots, drawing, first pass, color mixing, final pass.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Silver Bowl with Apples, Oil on panel, 8 x 10 inches, Jim Serrett</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Explore - Question - Learn - Enjoy, Jim </span></h3><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Website - <a href="http://jimserrett.com">jimserrett.com </a></div><div>Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jimserrett/">https://www.instagram.com/jimserrett/</a></div><div>Studio Blog - <a href="http://jimserrrettstuido.com">jimserrettstudio.com </a></div><div>Landscape Blog - <a href="http://pochadeboxpaintings.blogspot.com">Pochade Box Paintings</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>jimserrettstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452676752220808527.post-8460069815242942102021-10-08T09:50:00.004-07:002021-12-29T10:11:25.370-08:00Bosc Pears with Copper Vase - WIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja-jJRTMZAX9PccDB0SKFC0eNkZvjok3fBX4hP3BDo6g8cLdZhJ85N_fuOprvXIAkwfeaAEsNbYWkKK24Yi_jb76tDILAr4gV2rddAvk66aTM7TYtQ-sIR3VgydHQ9JBY7lbkNCtriuF_LmLQ_d9RGumBhLI3YSHbOoYtuoL3vq4IRRQY27Av3IE8Y=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja-jJRTMZAX9PccDB0SKFC0eNkZvjok3fBX4hP3BDo6g8cLdZhJ85N_fuOprvXIAkwfeaAEsNbYWkKK24Yi_jb76tDILAr4gV2rddAvk66aTM7TYtQ-sIR3VgydHQ9JBY7lbkNCtriuF_LmLQ_d9RGumBhLI3YSHbOoYtuoL3vq4IRRQY27Av3IE8Y=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">Bosc Pears with Copper Vase, Oil on panel, 9 x 12 inches,
Jim Serrett<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p>The Bosc pears barely made it to the end of this
painting, the gnats in the studio were a message to finish up this piece. Pears
tend to be a theme I repeat, as do many artists. Not exactly sure what attracts
us to them, maybe the organic shapes and variety of colors. The little vase
came from Italy.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"> Progress shots, drawing, first pass, second and final glazing
pass.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p><br /></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMALZds_1acmBe06DuW-M9vD566t0KPtuoGI1wklLJjOSShBeO2adRHJ0eC4TpxkS5ja-6jyyZN9i67BQ7qyMOKCWo-IJpwrVjd2wAqOeD1PlDLY42NvaHc4j-M5wDRpDiSu15tL2gP6ew4LI92EX6Q-mjAukJ1w7heP6tiBV_jleZq2FQEpKcj7cm=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMALZds_1acmBe06DuW-M9vD566t0KPtuoGI1wklLJjOSShBeO2adRHJ0eC4TpxkS5ja-6jyyZN9i67BQ7qyMOKCWo-IJpwrVjd2wAqOeD1PlDLY42NvaHc4j-M5wDRpDiSu15tL2gP6ew4LI92EX6Q-mjAukJ1w7heP6tiBV_jleZq2FQEpKcj7cm=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Explore - Question - Learn - Enjoy, Jim </span></h3><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Website - <a href="http://jimserrett.com">jimserrett.com </a></div><div>Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jimserrett/">https://www.instagram.com/jimserrett/</a></div><div>Studio Blog - <a href="http://jimserrettstudio.com">jimserrettstudio.com </a></div><div>Landscape Blog - <a href="http://pochadeboxpaintings.blogspot.com">Pochade Box Paintings</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>jimserrettstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452676752220808527.post-48208123572729168082021-12-15T08:09:00.040-08:002021-12-29T08:31:56.377-08:00Lemons in a Bowl - WIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmil4nvfUjFHPHIqKO_We83fRRqiEQGG-4e7vbOxaMY7xQ2mq4OspFTFtBwEcA-7Sj7zizRf03wUSqEOLpnJAMTmpNYOG23AeAMgUXTYlkb5BZo2Omu2pvz-r4wKxei19HZQU7FkORWxTmqSdEO0LJ_Vg5_czQB_FJQiD96uPJQKNRizXiXKRgFamk=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmil4nvfUjFHPHIqKO_We83fRRqiEQGG-4e7vbOxaMY7xQ2mq4OspFTFtBwEcA-7Sj7zizRf03wUSqEOLpnJAMTmpNYOG23AeAMgUXTYlkb5BZo2Omu2pvz-r4wKxei19HZQU7FkORWxTmqSdEO0LJ_Vg5_czQB_FJQiD96uPJQKNRizXiXKRgFamk=w400-h320" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Lemons in a Bowl, oil on panel, 8 x 10 inches, Jim Serrett<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Finished. About time too, the lemons hung in there as long
as they could. This piece took far longer to complete than expected, but you
must do what is right for the picture to best communicate your intention. Art
takes patience. Trusting the process helps me to be patient.</p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhP9xXm9e7PEQadfCm5K37HwB9OWY3KYvi31c51K0qljYdKMTOfrRruEbU6Ic5j-cTx7h9EswBlbZIY9TjaMc868kjcgUzykTJiIfhJWHr-dceu133klvDdxFjuyUs1D9KWuSocrpcg5KY2Xa8-fFgOnK3fpx946ymn_lmOYaTXkspp1FrOXlBtvr9S=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhP9xXm9e7PEQadfCm5K37HwB9OWY3KYvi31c51K0qljYdKMTOfrRruEbU6Ic5j-cTx7h9EswBlbZIY9TjaMc868kjcgUzykTJiIfhJWHr-dceu133klvDdxFjuyUs1D9KWuSocrpcg5KY2Xa8-fFgOnK3fpx946ymn_lmOYaTXkspp1FrOXlBtvr9S=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Progress shots, drawing, first pass, color mixing, final pass.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Explore - Question - Learn - Enjoy, Jim </span></h2><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Website -<a href="http://jimserrett.com" target="_blank"> jimserrett.com </a></div><div>Studio Blog - <a href="http://jimserrettstudio.com" target="_blank">jimserrettstudio.com </a></div><div>Landscape Blog - <a href="http://pochadeboxpaintings.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Pochade Box Paintings
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c-58cwNzHIo/YWcmTWokjHI/AAAAAAAAVCo/swS9pRlBL7AoH-4PoIAsasqJEI4dUtQYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Button%2BJar%252C%2BOil%2Bon%2Bpanel%252C%2B10%2Bx%2B8%2Binches%252C%2BJim%2BSerrett.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c-58cwNzHIo/YWcmTWokjHI/AAAAAAAAVCo/swS9pRlBL7AoH-4PoIAsasqJEI4dUtQYgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Button%2BJar%252C%2BOil%2Bon%2Bpanel%252C%2B10%2Bx%2B8%2Binches%252C%2BJim%2BSerrett.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNoSpacing">"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." -unknown<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">I have wanted to paint this jar of buttons for a while now
but was always afraid of how it would read to the viewer. How to visualize so
much confusion in such a small space. It was more conceptual painting than the optical
paint of what I see. For a realist artist this is the balancing act.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">Button Jar, Oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches, Jim Serrett<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s2Zy22t2_PY/YWdKha0EZCI/AAAAAAAAVCw/C1VDQrUTMV8AdhlC-X_57MXRbksByoTuACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Everything%2Bhas%2Bbeauty%2Bunknown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="640" height="151" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s2Zy22t2_PY/YWdKha0EZCI/AAAAAAAAVCw/C1VDQrUTMV8AdhlC-X_57MXRbksByoTuACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h151/Everything%2Bhas%2Bbeauty%2Bunknown.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Explore - Question - Learn - Enjoy, Jim </span></h1><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> Website - <a href="https://www.jimserrett.com/" target="_blank">jimserrett.com </a></div><div> Studio Blog - <a href="http://www.jimserrettstudio.com" target="_blank">jimserrettstudio.com </a></div><div> Landscape Blog -<a href="http://www.pochadeboxpaintings.blogspot.com" target="_blank"> Pochade Box Paintings</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>jimserrettstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452676752220808527.post-15322586170926543092021-07-04T10:23:00.000-07:002021-07-04T10:23:38.754-07:00Happy Independence Day<div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XWZ4au5IEtc/YOHroXxqIgI/AAAAAAAAU34/5Sn9370TEKcJ3wd0iPdojHkK-gHIUSJOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Washington%2BCrossing%2Bthe%2BDelaware%2Bby%2BEmanuel%2BLeutze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="640" height="376" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XWZ4au5IEtc/YOHroXxqIgI/AAAAAAAAU34/5Sn9370TEKcJ3wd0iPdojHkK-gHIUSJOgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h376/Washington%2BCrossing%2Bthe%2BDelaware%2Bby%2BEmanuel%2BLeutze.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Washington Crossing the Delaware.by Emanuel Leutze – 1851, oil on canvas, 149 x 255 in</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">One of the most recognizable images in the history of American art. The subject is from one of the turning points in the American Revolutionary War. It commemorates General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of 25-26 December 1776.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The Colonial cause appeared exceptionally bleak as the year 1776 came to a close. In a military move that navigated the fine line between brilliance and desperation, George Washington led the Colonial army across the Delaware River shortly after nightfall on 25 December in order to attack the Hessian encampment outside Trenton, New Jersey. Washington and his army achieved an unprecedented tactical surprise and delivered a much-needed military and moral victory.<o:p></o:p></p><br /><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">Happy 4th of July!</span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Explore - Question - Learn - - Enjoy, Jim</span></h3><div><br /></div><div>Website - <a href="http://jimserrrett.com" target="_blank">jimserrett.com </a></div><div>Studio Blog - <a href="http://jimserrettstudio.com" target="_blank">jimserrettstudio.com </a></div><div>Landscape Blog - <a href="http://www.pochadeboxpaintings.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Pochade Box Paintings</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>jimserrettstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452676752220808527.post-66726024215386886122020-12-31T11:54:00.002-08:002020-12-31T11:58:32.241-08:00Thanks for Listening 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sh9V7MAuei0/X-yktB2jSII/AAAAAAAAT-I/Kti2QPWsfzUqQf609OvT1NQF19L8evdggCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Thanks%2Bfor%2BListening%2B2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sh9V7MAuei0/X-yktB2jSII/AAAAAAAAT-I/Kti2QPWsfzUqQf609OvT1NQF19L8evdggCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Thanks%2Bfor%2BListening%2B2020.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">In what has been a remarkable and difficult year for us all. </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">I wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for visiting the website and the Studio Blog. </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">Your support and interest in my work is greatly appreciated.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">I hope you had a great Christmas and that 2021 brings all the good things that you wish for.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">Jim</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><br /></span></p></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Happy New Year!</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Have a spectacular 2021.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span>And to my loving wife, Linda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span>These have been the best years of my life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span>Happy Tenth Year Anniversary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span>Your devoted husband.<o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="640" height="331" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bIGrY6PO3ew/XwCZ2PC7C2I/AAAAAAAAS_o/zUtD15EEdfUomIIR3U0y-8GSme8sQZ76QCK4BGAsYHg/w500-h331/Declaration_of_Independence_%25281819%2529%252C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 </div><div>Artist John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843</div><div>Oil on canvas, 12 ft x 18 ft, 1818</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This painting depicts the moment on June 28, 1776, when the first draft of the Declaration of Independence was presented to the Second Continental Congress. The document stated the principles for which the Revolutionary War was being fought and which remain fundamental to the nation. Less than a week later, on July 4, 1776, the Declaration was officially adopted, it was later signed on August 2, 1776</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." </div><div> -Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#f57c00" face="georgia" size="6">Happy 4th of July</font></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#f57c00" size="5">Explore - Question - Learn - Enjoy, Jim </font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> Website -<a href="jimserrett.com"> </a><a href="jimserrett.com" target="_blank">jimserrett.com </a></div><div> Studio Blog -<a href="jimserrettstudio.com" target="_blank"> jimserrettstudio.com </a></div><div> Landscape Blog - <a href="pochadeboxpaintings.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Pochade Box Paintings</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>jimserrettstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452676752220808527.post-82854028327805913212020-05-20T11:46:00.008-07:002020-05-20T11:56:46.317-07:00Craftsman<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sSEP9OBGDIk/XsV8BqQ9wgI/AAAAAAAAS4o/axSukFXHRngUGomeOQfOOG0QZ1sSZrw-ACK4BGAsYHg/Craftsman%2BSander%2BCollage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sSEP9OBGDIk/XsV8BqQ9wgI/AAAAAAAAS4o/axSukFXHRngUGomeOQfOOG0QZ1sSZrw-ACK4BGAsYHg/w400-h400/Craftsman%2BSander%2BCollage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I had not done a full underpainting
in a while; I forget how magical this process can be. Glazing color over the
grisaille creates an illusion of depth that is hard to achieve in any other
technique. Progress shots, drawing, umber
wipe -out, grisaille, color pass. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Grisaille – (griz-eye’)
fr.- grey an underpainting done entirely in monochrome shades of gray.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CatmG-Jw9Ts/XsV8L-Gx1hI/AAAAAAAAS40/JLPdl_ohRtMdlS94T7ToyRG9ujH4rL1HgCK4BGAsYHg/Craftsman%252C%2Boil%2Bon%2Blinen%252C%2B11%2Bx%2B14%2Bin%252C%2BJim%2BSerrett-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="640" height="315" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CatmG-Jw9Ts/XsV8L-Gx1hI/AAAAAAAAS40/JLPdl_ohRtMdlS94T7ToyRG9ujH4rL1HgCK4BGAsYHg/w400-h315/Craftsman%252C%2Boil%2Bon%2Blinen%252C%2B11%2Bx%2B14%2Bin%252C%2BJim%2BSerrett-001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Craftsman, oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 in, Jim Serrett</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#f57c00" size="4">Explore - Question - Learn - Enjoy, Jim </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"> Website - <a href="https://www.jimserrett.com" target="_blank">jimserrett.com </a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Studio Blog - <a href="https://jimserrettstudio.com" target="_blank">jimserrettstudio.com </a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Landscape Blog - <a href="https://pochadeboxpaintings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pochade Box Paintings</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://jimserrett.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wlUWWdF4ELo/XsV6xWzIb7I/AAAAAAAAS4Q/neUkcZaI2uEc08GMSS-IvTsDC5-x4M5KQCK4BGAsYHg/w200-h200/Shop%2BIcon%2BOne-001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>jimserrettstudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604574528873628463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452676752220808527.post-25337317268518174332020-05-09T11:55:00.001-07:002020-05-09T11:59:25.391-07:00Art in the Age of Quarantine - Spring of COVID 19 <div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="2">Hello friends,
as I write my Spring newsletter, I cannot help but think to myself is this essential?
It just seems like there are much more pressing events happening in the world
today. That talking about art; well, may not be that important in this Spring
of Covid 19. This crisis is unprecedented, I cannot think of anything that
compares to it in my lifetime. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="2">How dramatic
the changes to daily life are for most people, just think of the battery of new
(detaching) phrases that have been added to our vocabulary, social-distancing, quarantine,
flatten the curve, essential and non-essential workers. The media is flooded
with advice, news and commentary. <a name="_Hlk39336192">My wife and son both
are working, one as an essential worker and the other remotely, it has certainly
tested their limits and their strengths. How can I not help but feel some uncertainty,
anxiety and concern</a>? I try to not let it dominate my mind. No wonder finding
personal balance during the shutdown is a challenge for each of us.</font><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZZk0sCkz4uc/Xrb2XMVxHCI/AAAAAAAASxM/ozBjkMir9cI-KgEoKgGz16csjd8Wd6WzACK4BGAsYHg/Social%2BDistancing%2B-%2BWinslow%2BHomer%2B-%2BJIm%2BSerrett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZZk0sCkz4uc/Xrb2XMVxHCI/AAAAAAAASxM/ozBjkMir9cI-KgEoKgGz16csjd8Wd6WzACK4BGAsYHg/w400-h400/Social%2BDistancing%2B-%2BWinslow%2BHomer%2B-%2BJIm%2BSerrett.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="2">Honestly, as
far as work, I have not been directly impacted much by the pandemic.<i> </i>But
I completely recognize how unfair this coronavirus has been to so many. Those
daily death tolls are stark reminder that there is a real difference between
tragedy and inconvenience.<a name="_Hlk39336279"><o:p></o:p></a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><span style="line-height: 107%;">For me, Art has always been that
place to escape to. I have been self-employed most of my life as an artist and
spent thousands of solitary hours in the studio. </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Even back when I was doing advertising
art, we had a saying, “no news was good news” meaning when a project was
delivered if you did not get a call on it from the client you just assumed that
they were happy and you moved on to your next project. I would go days buried in my work without speaking
much. <a name="_Hlk39336010">As it turns out I’ve all been self-quarantining for
years! <o:p></o:p></a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="2">And these
days as a fine artist working on the art I want to create, I probably am even
more isolated, but that is quite ok with me. We all need interaction with
others, but the truth is that art is not a group activity. Nor a spectator sport or is it created by committee
as some current trends want to imply. Meaningful
art is created through the internal reactions of an artist to the world. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="2">The catch is
that what gives art meaning…is its capacity to connect with other people. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="2">I see
painting as a very contemplative experience, but it is also the investigation
of the world around me. The thoughts, feelings, and experiences of this time of
isolation. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="2">So that big
word “Art” cannot exist in a vacuum. Art
illustrates the human experience—the wonder of it, the bewilderment of it, the
whimsy of it, and yes even the tragedy of it. We would not be who WE are (or connected
so deeply) without the essential existence of art.</font><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w3tydPZif20/Xrb3h8lkoFI/AAAAAAAASxk/AtMazKDh5FYv9wTaGHYOsAG0iVnCRZFYgCK4BGAsYHg/Eugene%2BDelacroix%2BA%2Bpicture%2B%2BJim%2BSerrett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="800" height="144" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w3tydPZif20/Xrb3h8lkoFI/AAAAAAAASxk/AtMazKDh5FYv9wTaGHYOsAG0iVnCRZFYgCK4BGAsYHg/w400-h144/Eugene%2BDelacroix%2BA%2Bpicture%2B%2BJim%2BSerrett.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="2">It's nice to
be able to share some positive news with you. My painting Japanese Teapot was
accepted into the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) 2020 Best
of America Small Painting National Juried Exhibition.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="2">-Best of
America Small Works exhibition hosted by the McBride Gallery, 215 Main Street
in Annapolis, MD 21401. For those that like to know the numbers, 150 paintings
were selected from 1096 entries.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="2">The show has
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I spend a great deal of time sorting objects for a
still life, arranging them and looking at the set up. I will contemplate the
surfaces, shapes, reflections, positive-negative spaces and assemble the composition.
Then looking at the overall design and playing around with it, add and
subtract things until I get something that “feels’ right. All the while looking
through a view finder for a sense of how it will look to scale on canvas. I try
not to rush this part of the painting process, knowing that I am going to make
a commitment of time and energy. I want it be
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Now that I have a design I like. I need to transfer the image to paper or canvas. In almost every painting or drawing setup of mine you
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Webster’s definition of plumb line is.<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 : a line (as of cord) that has at one end a weight
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OK, so it’s a cord or string with a weight on it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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More important is that it is a drawing tool, a vertical
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<b>Plotting the drawing and blocking out.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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To scale the drawing, you need a measuring device, something
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After setting up the still life and establishing a viewing
point (the spot you will use to make all your observation from), establish a
vertical axis through the composition. Use a plumb line or scale edge held at
arm’s length. I place the subject and artwork where I can see both in one
glance and flash my eyes back and forth between the two and make comparative measurements.
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Hang your plumb line so that it visually kisses or
intersects edges. In the Moka pot I have the plumb line falling down the
straight edge of the upper part of the pot. I draw that line on my paper for
the first placement. Then using a pencil at arm’s length, I establish a unit of
measurement. I measure widths and heights from this virtual line. How tall the
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Once you establish the size of one part, compare it to
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compare the next measurement to and so on, growing a set of ratios. As you
develop the drawing you will check your dimensions often. I like to refer to
this as plotting out the drawing. Develop a set of points you can use as
constant reference, after plotting all your reference points block out the
basic shapes with simple straight lines. Keeping it as uncomplicated as
possible, keeping the marks simple makes it easier to rearrange them until you
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My goal is a accurate drawing and solid foundation for my
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This is mainly a Comparative Measurement process based on
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I absolutely recommend spending some time there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The sight-size method is great tool for artist to
understand and adapt to their process. I think sometimes it gets a bad rap
because of its academic pedigree or it being too mechanical. But, every representational artist: no matter how loose they paint, plot the
positioning of the elements in their picture plane with some type of mark or mass of paint. This process when applied to a
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I want approaches which allow me to understand the
elements required to represent three-dimensional space in painting. Good
drawing skills are the first element of that. To help achieve that goal make use
of any drawing aids that will train your eyes and hand to draw proficiently. As
you progress most of those tools will become second nature. I have always liked
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My line of thought is to get the main idea down, blocked in
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From there the general approach is to continue bearing down
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This can seem like a slow process to some, but when done consistently
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I paint what captures my eye, often those small things overlooked.
The reflection in a glass, the atmosphere around an object, the ying-yang of
negatives-positive spaces, the play of light and shadow. Those qualities that
resonate with me in art are skill, beauty, poetic feelings and simple truths. These are the qualities that transcend mere representation and I aspire to.<br />
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I certainly enjoy the process of painting, building layers
of glazes and color – modeling form. It is a very sensual medium. But it does
go beyond the technical and observational skills, craftsmanship is just the
conduit for authentic self-expression. If art is hard work, it’s because you’re
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Today, Howard Pyle is not nearly as well-known as his images. However, he was one of America’s most popular illustrators and storytellers at a time when top illustrators were celebrities. Pyle was also heavily immersed in documenting the history of America. Pyle considered The Nation Makers among his most important works and, between 1903 and 1908, he sent it on tour to New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Green Bay. People stood in line to see the work on display.<o:p></o:p></div>
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was struggling because I had lost focus on the idea of the painting. Everything
fell into place. I just had to get out of the way and enjoy the process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wow. This blog is ten years, 4 months old now. Wow, time
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Just seems like yesterday I was learning basic programming and language to create a blog. Today there are templates that make creating a blog very simple. That happened through the creativity and commitment of many bloggers to this platform over the years. To them we owe a great a debt of gratitude.<br />
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Through this blog I found an amazing community of artist who were willing to share their knowledge, insights and passion about art. This anniversary is not really about my blog, but the network and community around it.<br />
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Current work in progress. Progress shots, drawing, wipe-out,
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Preliminary pencil drawing. Most of my still lifes begin with a simple but descriptive contour drawing, which works out the
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And like
everybody else there is always a list of honey do’s and DIY project around the
house that just don’t make the completion list. I will say it’s not from the
lack of effort but more that agendas quickly change, kind of... life happens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For this
artist/painter there is always some unfinished business. Always a few
unfinished canvases, neglected sketches, and unrealized ideas. However, I have
come to learn this is part of the process, creating art is not a linear thing. It
must remain fluid, you cannot let it become a<span style="color: #00b0f0;"> </span>regimented
system if you do let that happen then you’re missing so many possibilities. You
will never know where things may lead. There are different paths that need to
be explored. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I am not talking about abandoning your artistic voice or changing hats so to
speak, because I really believe in the 10,000 Hour Rule Theory.</span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The principle holds that 10,000 hours of "deliberate practice"
are needed to become world-class in any field. You’re just not going to be a good at any one
thing without practicing and focusing on it. It’s not like I am going to stop
creating representational art and take up Jackson Pollack drip paintings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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talking about the willingness to explore your art, make messes, create failures
and play with the process to learn what you are capable of and what the medium
is capable of. The only way to improve your art is to create more art. I have a
saying for that, “Eat More Art”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Simply devour more art, bring
more art into your life, see more art, engage with more art. As an artist and a
patron, go to art openings, museums, visit artists’ studios, support living
artists. Follow your passion, be inspired. Create more art.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Here is my finished piece exploring the art of the Vanitas.
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Vanitas I - The
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Memento mori is a Latin phrase which means "remember
that you have to die", the phrase certainly speaks about the frailty of
life and our mortality. Originating from a practice common in Ancient Rome; as
a general came back victorious from a battle, and during his parade
("Triumph") received compliments and honors from the crowd of
citizens. He ran the risk of falling victim to haughtiness and delusions of
grandeur; to avoid this, a slave stationed behind him would say "Respice
post te. Hominem te memento" (“Look after you [to the time after your
death] and remember you're [only] a man."). Memento mori!” Remember that
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The early religious imagery surrounding death was often
used as motivator to live a good, meaningful and virtuous life. Churches would commission and display memento
mori art to compel viewers to meditate on death, reflect on their lives, and
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By the seventeenth century Dutch Masters like Adam
Bernaert, Pieter Claesz and Willem Claesz Heda had turn this imagery into a
genre of its own called Vanitas, still life paintings which often contained
religious and allegorical symbolism to remind us how vain and insignificant our human concerns are and consequently, how important it is to turn to
God/deity. The term Vanitas comes from the opening verse of Ecclesiastes 1:2 in the
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Keep in mind we are talking about the Golden Age of Dutch
culture, the Netherlands was an economic and cultural powerhouse in the
seventeenth century, the Dutch East India Company was the largest commercial
enterprise in the world, controlling more than half of all oceangoing trade.
The Dutch were enjoying a very high quality of living for the era, and artists like Rembrand, Frans Hals and Vermeer were producing works of art at a caliber
and quality that still astonish us today. With the wealth and exotic goods of
it's far-flung trade, there seemed to be a considerable interest in religious
themed imagery that had a moral lesson with some symbolic reminder of death to
underscore the “vanity” of life and the need to be morally prepared for final
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A Vanitas Still Life with Skull, Books, Römer, Oil Lamp
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The Oligarchy Vs Theocracy of the seventeenth century Dutch
Republic and Painting in the Dutch Golden Age are pretty interesting subjects,
certainly a fascinating period of history. Below I have added a couple links that
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However, I want to stay speaking about the imagery and
metaphors that these Dutch Master were creating. The symbolic meaning of
objects used in Vanitas paintings runs a gambit of psychological nuances and
subtleties. Common vanitas symbols include skulls, which are a reminder of the
certainty of death; rotten fruit (decay); bubbles (the brevity of life and
suddenness of death); smoke, watches and hourglasses, (the briefness of life);
and musical instruments (brevity and the ephemeral nature of life). The skulls
and empty glass are fairly obvious. Some of it may be a little ambiguous
today, decaying flowers, insects and fruits, but for most I think the
allegories can be interpreted to where they still reveal a hidden meaning or
truth. And in that is the universal truth, the one thing, that no matter what socio-economic background or theocratic religion, the same reality exists, just
how short our existence is. And what we do with it does matter.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As the late great comedian Gene Wider said, "Time is a
precious thing. Never waste it." That is the meaning or narrative I get from those
Vanitas and memento mori pieces. Yes, remember that you are mortal humans, that
yes each of us will die in time. We are not ten feet tall and bulletproof,
little reminders that we are not <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Superman">Superman</a> might be good for us. So the
candle will go out, we must come to terms and know our mortality/humanity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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