Tag Archives: paintings

05/15/12

Art A Whirl

I’ll be at Art a Whirl this year!   My location is Fitness Crossroad, which is located at 2912 Pentagon Drive, St. Anthony mall, NE Minneapolis.  The painting above is a watercolor titled, “Little Mound Lake” and you can see it in person at Art A Whirl!  Below are additional details about Art A Whirl:

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Art-A-Whirl is the largest open-studio tour in the country. It’s a great opportunity to tour private artist studios and galleries, connect with the artists, and purchase original artwork.

Art-A-Whirl takes place annually in Northeast Minneapolis, the third weekend of May. This event is free and open to the public.
DATES and HOURS:

Friday, May 18th -  5:00-10:00 p.m.
Saturday,  May 19th -  Noon-8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20th -   Noon-5:00 p.m.
Tour more than 50 locations throughout Northeast Minneapolis, including studio buildings, art galleries, homes, storefronts, businesses, and restaurants.
Plan your visit with NEMAA’s Artist Directory and Guide, [there will be copies at Fitness Crossroad] which includes information about the NEMAA artists, a map of Northeast Minneapolis and the Art-A-Whirl locations, a dining guide, and more.

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03/31/12

Variety of New Paintings

I’m finishing up paintings for the next month, then I’ll need a break just to try to sell some things. My inventory is building up to ridiculous levels! This is in progress:

Yes he'll be nude, but not entirely.


See below for ones that are finished.
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01/25/12

Stating the Obvious

Every now and something on Facebook gets it right and is actually worth sharing on a real website. (My appreciation to the artist who produced this drawing, PearlEden on deviantart.com)

Sure, finding something of value on Facebook happens at least once a week, but this one is really a great reminder to the general public. Here’s the message: Artists work, they are not fooling around with a “hobby” left over from childhood. It’s real work to produce art, and it’s also something that most people can’t do, so it’s valuable. Because few people can do it, it’s actually more valuable than most work. Yet, most artists do not make much from their work.
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09/22/11

Hopkins Juried Show

Sunny Day in San Jose by Shelly

That is my painting in the corner, a street scene done of San Jose, Costa Rica. It was based on my own photo. I don’t usually put that much credence in juried shows versus non-juried shows, but I admit it’s nice to be juried into a show. It makes you feel just a little bit more that someone gets what you have done.  (When that doesn’t happen, I remind myself that all judging is really subjective, and it is.)  But this time,  I was juried into the Hopkins Center for the Arts Show last week and attended the opening reception on the 17th. It was a good reception, but like most of them for shows like this, attendance was probably 99% members/artists juried into the show, and their families. As for the show itself, I enjoyed it very much, and there are some great pieces in it.  You should check it out if you live in Minnesota — the Hopkins Art Center is right downtown, 1111 Mainstreet, and that’s near Minneapolis.  The show is running through October 29th.  Website is here.

Here are a couple of photos from the show.

  

   

These are just a sampling as they were some of my favorites of the show.  Only one of them was a winner — the collage that is second from the bottom.

07/24/11

Recent Artwork and In Progress Things

One reason that going to work in a studio is very good for me is that it keeps me away from the internet, which for people like me can be a huge time hogger. It’s a major distraction. So, I have to find time when I’m home to post things online, which is a very good situation for me. If I had the internet at work I’m not sure I’d get half as much done as I manage to do.

Pictured in this extra-large post are things I’m either currently working on or have finished recently (in the last 3 weeks). (There are at least two things I’m working on that are not included here.)

First of all, my trip last year to Costa Rica and the 500+ resulting photos are going to be the source of a lot of paintings this year. I’ve been meaning to get to work on them — and now I am!
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05/23/11

City Abstracts


These paintings are nearly done and are abstracts meant to resemble city scenes. I can’t help but add the wild sky in the blue one. I’m in the middle of trying to get some paintings done for an art show again, because there are so many of them this summer and fall, so I’ll be very busy with various paintings. It’s a little hard to work on them and photograph them and then post them, but I will do my best.

I meant to go down to Minneapolis today to get my two paintings that were in a show there but tornadoes kept me from going. Actually, there were several tornados around the area (and the country) today and some of them ended up in North Minneapolis and Fridley and that area. They crossed over the highway I would have been on if I’d gone, at about the time I would have been on them.

02/13/11

Small and Experimental

These two paintings are approximately half finished.  They are already so glazed that they feel like smooth plastic.  My intention is to put many layers on both of them (especially the portrait) so that they get a 3D effect. I’m also using some metallic paint for a glowy effect.

By the way,  I don’t include everything I am working on here. I am doing a lot of things at once (so I’m guaranteed to never get bored) and I put my artwork on several different websites, some specifically for sale, including photographs. I’m working on an anti-war painting right now too, and it contains a head image that is the stuff of nightmares, so I don’t believe I’ll be including it here.  When it’s finished, I’ll probably post a link to it.  (It’ll probably end up on Deviant Art.)  I’m also going to start more larger and organic paintings as soon as I finish some of these smaller things.

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