As I load more wood into the studio stove I think about my old friends walking through my paintings.
A highlight-dot of color, is how I began to insert figures into my landscapes as a focal point. They were so vague and uncommitted, people would ask, “is that light spot a figure back there?”
Over the years [...]
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Evolving Locations
Published by February 14th, 2010 in Art, Blog, Boston, art teacher, fine art and painting on location. 0 CommentsThis week opens a big show curated by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.
It’s billed as “A Major Exhibition of Over Fifty-Five Cape Cod Artists” shown at the Cotuit Center of the Arts. The exhibition is called First Things First.
I was free to choose any painting, and I quickly chose a new 18×24″ canvas of [...]
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This is a oil painting of skaters on the Frog Pond near Beacon Hill. I am posting it to begin getting this site in the Christmas season with a link to the gallery where it is available.
The Elizabeth Rowley Gallery has an opening today from 4-6pm to showcase new paintings for Christmas time.
I will be [...]
Painting Boston on Location
Published by September 7th, 2009 in Blog, Boston and painting on location. 0 CommentsPainting on location scares artists. Or I should say the thought, scares artists that don’t have a lot of experience painting outside. Years from now, I will look back on my life’s work and it will be the on- location work that sticks in my memory, not the studio days.
The wind, the bugs, the tourists; [...]
August Studio
Published by August 22nd, 2009 in Blog, FenwayArt, Orleans gallery and art teacher. 1 CommentI was going to just post this recent shot of my studio without comment. Because I just really want to get painting this morning. Then I thought, most people are not used to seeing this kind of organized chaos. Maybe a short post would be more sufficient.
It looks like this, because I always walk past [...]
I have gotten used to looking like an idiot while taking my photos a long time ago. So when I go to Fenway and stand in the street framing my reference shots for my paintings, if I am stopping traffic, well…then I am stopping traffic.
I do this alone. Whoever I go with I just say, [...]
Fenway Art
Published by April 26th, 2009 in Art, Boston, Fenway Park, FenwayArt and fine art. 1 Comment2009 0il 12″x 20″ Center Field Fenway Park, by Loretta Feeney
On the warmest day of the year, as I write at my kitchen table, the Red Sox have won nine games in a row.
My life is revolving around their schedule. I don’t have to watch them on television, but I love to listen to them. [...]
Are You Afraid to Make a Committment?
Published by December 18th, 2008 in Blog, Boston, art teacher 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 sometimes. [...]
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.
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