Tomorrow Friday the 13th The Cape Cod Art Association holds its annual fundraiser called “Off the Wall, ” from 4pm-6pm. This is an opportunity for collectors and connoisseurs to show their stuff. Because the paintings are only signed on the back. And you won’t know who’s work you are buying till you buy it. The [...]
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Friday March 13th 2009, “Off the Wall” Fundraiser
Published by March 12th, 2009 in art auctions and Blog. 0 CommentsIf Art Were Sports
Published by March 9th, 2009 in Blog, Mono Prints and painting on location. 1 CommentIf creating art were sports, than printmaking is golf. Because there are so many ways to go wrong, and look foolish. It’s like standing on the first tee trying to keep your shot in the fairway with a crowd watching. As I set my press the other day, lining up my sheet of paper to [...]
Are You Afraid to Make a Committment?
Published by December 18th, 2008 in art teacher, Blog, Boston and fine art. 1 CommentNo? You should be. When starting a painting, being afraid to commit is a very good thing. That is right where you want to be. I tell my students to take their time. What is the rush to get locked in? It’s good not to be able to tell a figure from a tree trunk [...]
New Fenway Painting
Published by August 29th, 2008 in Art, Blog, Boston, Fenway Park, FenwayArt and My Portfolio. 1 CommentThis 2008 Fenway Park painting by Loretta Feeney is so fresh it’s still wet.
Contemporary Art Auctions
Published by August 6th, 2008 in Art, art auctions, Blog and Boston. 2 CommentsAre contemporary art auctions good news for living artists? If I was a professional ballplayer, at my age, I would definitely be retired from hopefully a long career. But I am not. I am a professional artist, just hitting my stride, mid career, in my forties. There has been a lot of talk about the [...]
You know in Brittany France this time of year it doesn’t get dark till after ten p.m. at night. The birds chirp right up to the end too. I would listen to them in astonishment, even when it was dark. They would be so beautiful singing everyone to sleep. It made me think New England [...]
The Cape Cod School of Art
Published by July 23rd, 2008 in art teacher, Blog, Boston and painting on location. 4 CommentsIf you type in your web browser www.capecodschoolofart.com -it goes straight to Lois Griffel’s Arizona web site. The Cape Cod School of Art was an important little school in Provincetown. It was founded by Charles Hawthorne in 1899. He is really credited with Cape Cod Massachusetts and Provincetown in particular becoming a world class art [...]
Cape Cod Painting on Location
Published by July 11th, 2008 in Blog, Boston and painting on location. 1 CommentOn location early July 2008. High tide coming in so I needed to work fast. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2mSBd_9XIs] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCkCfdsWnZc] This canvas 24×36″ is finishing up very strong after a loose start on site. When I am on location I am just trying to gather information and get a groove going with the painting. Get a feel for [...]
And this is why wet art auctions are a bad idea.
Manny’s hair is getting long.
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