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Victoria Pendragon In 1988 through 1989 I experienced the crippling of my whole body and the hardening of my internal organs due to progressive systemic sclerosis. Art as a way of interacting with the world stopped for me as I embarked on an adventure that would first save and then change my life. My very unlikely recovery led me towards work where I could be of assistance to others and public art took a back seat for many years as I used it only for personal therapy, exploration and an expansion of my consciousness.

In 2008, following a divorce from my collaborator, I began to feel an irrepressible urge to create and that urge found its expression first in collage, then in painting on silk and finally emerged in a meeting of mediums, in which I layer painted silk with collage as well as found and created objects. My focus is almost always feeling energy. These are still the mediums in which I do most of my work.

I became acquainted with the various manifestations of energy during my years of healing as I explored one after another so-called alternative methods in that there was – and is – no known cure for scleroderma. During that time I also became acutely aware of the role that feelings play in the body and in the way that they affect the energy of the body. In my work, I strive to create pieces that inspire feelings in the viewer, allowing their feelings to evoke response. In my Painted Poetry series, I offer a little somethng for the mind as well. First published as a poet in 1964, I have gone on to become both a poet and a published author.

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Sea, Sky and Landscapes

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WAOW Colorado 2013 WAOW - Announces the winners of the 2013 competition. Best of Show Betty Gates “Spring Water”

Painter’s Keys - Robert Genn 17 ARTSPAN Landscape Painting - 28 CFAI Colors on My Palette 34 - 37 Dianna Fritzler and Angela Sullivan

Read the up close and personal interviews from two CFAI.co artists. Find out more about what they use when painting and things that are special in their lives.

Hall Groat Lost and Found Edges in Classical Still life Painting 48 Hall Groat shares painting techniques for setting the atmosphere for your background in your paintings..

VL Gallery Visit with Marine Arts in Salem MA 54 Generations of Art in this family gallery featuring American Maritime Painters.

VL Studio Visit with American Maritime Artist Austin Dwyer 62 Austin Dwyer’s touch with his brush brings to life the beautiful stories in Maritime Art. “I was an illustrator during the day, returning home to my studio where I finally painted what I dearly loved, marine art.“

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ARTSPAN Studio Visit Sam Hall with Art Review

by Hall Groat II 74 Striving for Excellence in Realistic Paintings devoted to Nature offering Owners and Viewers the sense of Peace and Tranquility that we all crave in this hectic world.

VL Studio Visit with Landscape Artist Jason Tako 88 Sometimes great things can come out of tragedy. Sometimes we learn more of who we are through suffering and trial. Any successful artist has to pay his or her dues; to work hard and go through a good number of failed paintings before they discover their artistic voice. And sometimes the struggle can be something not directly related to art, yet it can still have an impact on our art.

ARTSPAN Spotlight Drew Keilback 102 When did you realize you loved art and wanted to be an artist?

Impossible to tell. Like most artists I’ve enjoyed drawing for as long as I can remember. I think drawing is a primordial means of communication and, as children, we instinctively pick up a pencil to convey our first messages. For some of us the ‘medium is the message’ and we continue on to become artists in all its different forms.

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VL Studio Visit with Texas Landscape Painter David Forks 126 I have just started to learn this process of painting and it is abundantly clear to me that it will take a lifetime to figure out. There is nothing I can think of that is more rewarding and simultaneously puzzling.

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ARTSPAN Studio Visit Nick Gonzalez 146 I grew up on farms in the southern English countryside of Dorset and Hertfordshire - my father was a dairyman (he had originally hailed from Gibraltar, a very small rock in the Mediterranean Sea, without a single cow).

My mother had attended painting classes at the London Central School of Art, but had to temporarily give up her artistic work for a busy family/farm life, post-war.

VL Gallery Exhibit with Deborah Flood 158 Award winning watercolorist, Deborah Flood, a native of Maine, has been invited by the International Museum of Art of El Paso, Texas, to exhibit 40 of her large Equine and Western Watercolors.

ARTSPAN Photographer John G Lomba 174 “There is a mysterious appealing mystical quality about the world’s oceans and waterways which captivates many a sailor and land-lubber alike.

I have been fortunate enough to have been both. But not until recent times have I been able to make the association to incorporate what I see with photography. That was when I realized that these two subjects could work well together in perfect harmony.”

CFAI.co Art Challenge “Summer Fun” 184 Best of Show Carmen Beecher “Leap of Faith”

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BEST OF SHOW – “Spring Water” – Betty Gates Two Dimensional: 1st Place: “Waiting for Evening” – Cecy Turner 2nd Place: “Buckin’ Fool” – Lindsey Bittner Graham 3rd Place: “Sunset” – Teri Gortmaker Three Dimensional: 1st Place: “Halcyon II” – Georgene McGonagle 2nd Place: “But I Love Stilettos” – Tammy Baility 3rd Place: “Waiting On The #9” – Lori Pandy Best Landscape “Running Around” - Amy Evans Best Animal “Preening Macaw” – Cathy Sheeter Best Figurative “Big Thoughts” – Shirley Hove Best Still Life “The Silver” – Eileen Nistler Juror Awards “Tapestry” – Heather Arenas “Water To Wine” – Shirley Gipson “The Red Door” – Carol Maltby Merit Awards “China Doll” – Judith Birch “Headin’ West” – Judith Dickinson “China Vase, White Roses and Oranges” – Dee Kirkham “Regal Chukar” – Kim Middleton “Flower Boy” – Naomi Shachar “The Silver Pitcher” – Jody Anderson “Flint Creek in Winter” – Jennifer Hunter

Honorable Mention “Collected Canter” – Shirley Wempner “Bling” – Cheryl Harley-Volz “Safe in her Arms” – Joanne Hanson “Ready and Waiting” – Debbie Hughbanks “After the Dance” – Kathy Anderson “Pulling the Wagon” Linda Wells “It’s Been A Long Day” – Linda Walker “Thompson Confluence” – Ginger Whellock

ADDITIONAL AWARDS SOUTHWEST ART MAGAZINE “Kelli’s Morning Walk – Lyn Phariss ART OF THE WEST MAGAZINE “Sunset at Lake McDonald” – Sandhyaa Shetty VISUAL LANGUAGE MAGAZINE “Spring Water” – Betty Gates ALLEN AWARD – BEST PLEIN AIR “Azalea Impact” – Joey Frisillo PRESIDENT’S AWARD “Winter Bison” – Mary Ann Cherry PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD “Headin’ West” – Judith Dickinson

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Robert Genn’s Studio Book

Painting in public June 28, 2013 Dear Artist, Yesterday, Susan Winslow of Dana Point, California wrote, “Last weekend I took a two-day workshop from the excellent plein air painter Frank Eber. Now a few of us are going to meet tomorrow to paint. We have the equipment, but are intimidated at painting in public. Any suggestions?”

Thanks, Susan. I appreciate that women may have more concerns about painting in public, especially alone, than do men, but together you should be fine. Alone or in a group, the main aggravations are the inane remarks from strangers who wander over to see what you’re doing.

“That’s pretty good--you should take up painting,” is an encouragement I’ve been offered more than once.

Decency obliges me to respond to these folks, but sometimes I wish Dorothy would just bite them.

Funnily, when you work alone, most passersby give you a wide berth--more so in Eastern and European cultures. On the other hand, some painters welcome intercourse, and even take the opportunity to hand out their cards, upcoming show invitations, or sell directly “right off the easel.” In our area there’s currently a guy in a green smock who I’m told makes a living doing this.

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Painter’s Keys with Robert Genn

After coming off a workshop with a top watercolourist like Frank Eber, I think it’s important to go out again as soon as possible while those long soft washes and the Eber spirit are still fresh in your mind. FYI, we’ve put a selection of Frank Eber’s work at the top of the current clickback.

Curiously, people are more likely to stay away if you wear a big hat. Apparently, hat wearers these days are perceived as more “independent and private.” Going bare-headed attracts interlopers. Ear buds are useful deterrents as well. Sitting in (or near) a cheap panel van puts them off completely.

Those heading out for the first time often make the mistake of driving around all day looking for the perfect scene. You can actually set down anywhere as you’ll almost always see something you didn’t notice at first.

“Everything outside is exciting to look at,” said the great outdoor painter Irwin Greenberg (1922-2009).

“There are hundreds of paintings all around.”

Best regards, Robert PS: “Plein air painting is the perfect forum for learning, as it is observation-driven. Placing technique secondary to observation is the essence of working the field.” (Ken Auster) Esoterica: Painting in the remote out-of-doors is the best plein air of all. Occasional passersby, stumbling on the vision of a painter at work, share the magic and are sometimes encouraged to stay for tea. I’ve made lifelong friends this way. “It’s important to realize how connected we all are as humans,” says the outdoor painter Rodney Cobb, “especially as plein air artists.” In my own work in the Rockies I’ve also come face to face with mice, yellow-bellied marmots, raccoons, porcupines, wolves and one lone wolverine. So far no grizzlies. If these letters stop coming you’ll know that I have.

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Jimmy Longacre

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Dyan Newton Colors of Life

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Victoria Pendragon The Art of Transformation

Title of Piece: Integrating Into the Day Mixed Media (resist dyed silk, collage, acrylic, found objects, sparkles), 12� x 12,� framed, $300

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Lelija Roy

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Lindyhop Lovers 7 x 5” oil on panel Colorado Memories 24 x 48 Acrylic with Mixed Media © Lelija Roy

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Lelija Roy Capturing Colorado

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Peak to the Pacific

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MELISSA DORON

The Next Door Gallery Houston, TX

the den-DRAW-logy exhibition August 15- September 26th Reception Thursday, August 15th 7pm to 10pm

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Dianna Fritzler

http://dfritzlerstudio.com/ http://www.cfai.co/colors-on-my-palette/dianna-fritzler When did you realize you loved art and wanted to be ‘an artist’?

Hmmm... for me, these are two different questions. I realized I had a passion for art when I was 25 and a girlfriend and I backpacked around the world for a year (to our mothers’ dismay). We met up with an artist friend in Germany named Scott Fraser. (If you aren’t familiar with his master work in contemporary realism, you need to stop reading right now and google Scott Fraser art.

You will be blown away!) Anyway, he very kindly shared his vast art and art history knowledge with us as we visited museums in Italy and Greece. His amazing insights and knowledge, reeled me in and I’ve been hooked on art ever since!

I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I’d be a selling artist! It wasn’t even on my radar until about eight years ago. However, to have the privilege of people actually wanting to buy my paintings to hang in their homes is such an incredible honor. So, it’s not so much that I wanted to be an artist. It’s that wonderful people and the universe gifted me to be able to love it and make a living doing it. Thank you!

P.S. I believe we are ALL born artists! It’s just that some of practice it more often than others.

Who has been the greatest influence from your past to mentor you to this career?

Nature is my greatest influence. You just can’t beat it. I never formally studied art, so I don’t have academic mentors. However, I have had numerous talented artists take me under their wing and guide me, allowing this journey as an artist to not be quite so bumpy.

Grand Junction, Colorado, where I live and work, has a very large, talented and incredibly kind artist population. I am so fortunate to live where other artists openly and willingly share information, techniques, resources and support.

Who is your mentor today, or another artist you admire and why?

My mentor is always the ultimate Creator.

There are so many artists I admire and salivate over their work including Cathy Hegman, Diana Woods, Mary Mansfield, Barbara Gilhooly, Don Quade and Kevin Box to name a few. Each of these artists’ work speaks to me in different ways, each offering pure enjoyment.

What is your favorite surface to paint on? Describe it if you make it yourself.

There is the nicest guy here in Grand Junction who is a talented carpenter and disabled veteran. He custom makes gorgeous wooden cradled boards for me. They’re so pretty and smooth that I sometimes feel bad covering them up! I also like Fredrix Pro Deluxe 2.25” gallery wrapped canvas when I desire a rougher surface.

Do you have a favorite color palette?

Napthol red is a my standard. I begin each creation with a Napthol Red underpainting and most of my paintings are on the warm spectrum of color. However, I find that more and more I am leaning towards cool colors. It really depends on whether I’m doing abstract or expressionistic work.

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Angela Sullivan

http://www.cfai.co/angelasullivan http://www.cfai.co/colors-on-my-palette/angela-sullivan When did you realize you loved art and wanted to be ‘an artist’?

Art has always been a part of my life though uncontrolled and in its rawest form. Some of the fondest memories of my childhood are of the times I made countless intricate paper doll clothes. When I was 16 my mother bought me a wood art box filled with oil paints. I did not know how to paint or anything about painting and so with much determination my journey began. Now a day without painting is a day that I feel in the depths of my soul that something is amiss.

Who has been the greatest influence from your past to mentor you to this career?

My father was my greatest influence. From as far back as I can remember he always told me that I can do anything if I wanted to bad enough. He would tell me that my paintings were good even from my very first efforts which were actually far from being good.

Who is your mentor today, or another artist you admire and why?

Two artists who have greatly affected my life and encouraged me when I have felt like giving up are Hilda Muxo Klinger and Carol Blackburn who comment on my blog almost daily. They both have been a great inspiration to me and have given me the push I needed to stay on course.

What is your favorite surface to paint on? Describe it if you make it yourself.

I love to paint on gallery wrapped canvas. 6x6 is my size of choice but of course I paint larger as the need arises.

What brand of paints do you use?

Winsor & Newton artist grade paints. I have also used Gamblin with satisfaction.

Do you have a favorite color palette?

I usually use the same colors but add a few rogue ones in just for good measure. Pthalo Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Zinc White, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Yellow Light, Burnt Umber. I do add Permanent Rose and sometimes Sap Green for special touches.

What is your favorite color in your palette?

Permanent Rose by Winsor & Newton What subject appears the most in your paintings and why?

I add cherries quite often to my still life paintings. They are just right when you just need to add a little something here or there. The subject which I love to paint the most are cows. Any time I paint a cow I find myself smiling for no particular reason.

How often do you paint? How many hours a week?

I paint daily. I would say that I paint approximately 20-30 hours a week.

How would you like to be remembered?

I would like to be remembered as a peacemaker.

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Maritime and Landscape Art of Chesapeake Bay

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Linda McCoy

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Hall Groat II American Fine Artist

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Seascapes and Marine Art

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Man of Renewal

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Lost and Found Edges in Classical Painting

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Add Mystery to Your Paintings Through Losing Edges Softening or completely dissolving the edges of parts of the subject contributes to the overall sense of atmospheric space, mystery and mood. Realizing form in this manner also mimics the way in which we see the world. Try this as an experiment: completely focus your attention on the exact center of your hand and notice how your peripheral vision becomes fuzzy and blurred. Humans, unlike a camera, do not have the capability to perceive all edges as sharp simultaneously. We see the world in continual motion since time does not stand still. Even when we think of a memory within in our “mind’s eye” there is a sense of movement to this imaginary vision.

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Shared Value and Lost and Found Edges Many artists describe “shared value” as a process of “loosing and finding edges”. Varying the quality of edges is an important aspect of suggesting naturalistic illusions.

The edges of forms will appear sharp, soft or completely diffused based on the quality of light and respective values of the neighboring forms and surrounding space.

Squint, so your eyes are barely open allowing only a small amount of light to enter, and what you see will appear as simplified light and dark patterns. Allow your eyes to navigate across and around the contours of the forms to determine in what sections the value-key of the subject is similar to the background. Where the values appear similar the edge may be softened or diffused, and where the values are equal the edge may disappear completely.

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RICCI VICTORIO

Marina Boats - Acrylic 40” x 30”

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Boats in Harbor

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Saugatuck 8 a.m.

Steve Kaminski

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Can’t See the Forest for the Trees

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Yacht Race Volunteer and Thistle New York Harbor by Shane Micheal

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Gallery Visit - Marine Arts Salem MA Established 1968 by Russell W. and Donald V. Kiernan

Marine Arts Gallery was established in 1968 by Russell W. Kiernan and Donald V. Kiernan. It is the oldest gallery in the United States devoted exclusively to marine paintings.

The family tradition continues with the second generation involved with the running of the gallery. We always have a fine selection of early marine painters such as Buttersworth, Jacobsen, and many others.

We have the finest selection of the very best contemporary artists including exclusive representation of Roy Cross, RSMA, Terry Bailey, RSMA, Richard Loud, ASMA and several other emerging marine artists.

We are located in historic Salem, Massachusetts on the campus of the Peabody-Essex Museum. We have had a representative in Naples, Fl for the last 16 years. Richard Kiernan is available to advise, appraise and purchase your fine art.

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Gallery Visit - Marine Arts Salem MA

Water as always been a part of my life and I do mean the ocean~sea water.

I had the great luck of growing up on the ocean in the northshore town of Beverly (outside of Boston).

Our summers revolved around small sailboats, and a 13’ Boston Whaler power boat. So, it was a natural transition for my family to have marine paintings in our home growing up.

My father, Russell, had such an avid interest in the early painters, such as Fitz Hugh Lane and Robert Salmon that he opened the first gallery in the United States devoted to marine art.

The Marine Arts Gallery opened in 1968 in the seaport town of Salem, Massachusetts to the Peabody-Essex Museum.

The museum was established by the early sea captains and retains one of the finest collections of historical marine art in the world.

Our beautiful red brick gallery is well known for its hand carved sign depicting a Salem clippership. With my dad, Russ’ guidance, the second generation,including my sisters and brothers have sold an amazing amount of original paintings over the last 45 years, including reaching a milestone recently of selling our 10,000th painting.

Originally the gallery sold exclusively antique ship paintings, but my dad noticed 20 years ago that that market was becoming very limited. So, we engaged what we felt were some of the best men and women to paint historical yacht scenes and port paintings.

We were able to attract the very best artists by engaging a unique program of buying the paintings, rather than taking them on consignment. Obviously makes it easier for the artist to make a decent living, and as well as proving to our clients that we are confident enough to put our money into purchasing the artist work before we ask them to.

Over the years we have sold to some of the very best museums, including the Texas Seaport Museum, the Minnesota Marine Museum, as well as some of the largest fortune 500 companies. We also offer expert restoration and framing services as well as fine arts appraisals for the works in your maritime collection.

Some of the antique artists we feature include Buttersworth, Jacobsen, Bricher, Stubbs. Other artists include Montague Dawson, Tom Hoyne, David Thimgan and Cape Ann artists Emile Gruppe, A. Hibbard, and Anthony Thieme. Modern masters include A.D.Blake, Dusan Kadlec, Richard Loud, Shane Couch, Terry Bailey and Roy Cross R.S.M.A. We are located at 135 Essex Street, with ample parking behind our building. Open 9 to 4:30 daily except Sundays or by appointment. Our website is www.marineartsgallery.com

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Studio Visit Maritime Artist

Austin Dwyer

DUBLIN, IRELAND 1938 I was born in Ireland in 1938. Looking back on my life, I remember imagining what I would be when I grew up. Parents have their ideas for your future and mine were no different. At twelve, my father’s destiny for me was to become a tradesman.

My mother, with a more romantic direction saw me as a great musician. Even my maiden aunt who lived with us, chirped in. I would be a sea captain as were all her male predecessors. I admit that I regarded the idea of exploration exciting, so I naturally turned to someone Irish. I read all that I could find on Sir Ernest Shackleton.

I developed a very strong dislike for the cold. I remember one cold wintry night, with empathy for those early explorers of the roaring sixties; I went to bed without my hot water bottle, an indulgence never repeated.

Immersing myself in his memoirs and Antarctic expeditions, I was excited, imagining his 800-mile journey across a cold turbulent sea. Trekking across a mountain to reach South Georgia Island didn’t appeal to me. My ruminations suggested pictures of anxiety, all in the safety of my imagination. I soon realized that painting those images would be most challenging, and that I could share my images with people whose reading of these events might be enhanced by my paintings.

So it was, at that early age, my ideas about becoming a fine artist were sown. I would concentrate on becoming an illusionist. I did make every effort to oblige my father to become a bricklayer. I made an effort to please all of their suggestions.

I built brick walls, floated floors, studied music, took a great interest in literature, studied art and went to sea. My travels finally brought me to America where I immediately joined the USAF. At last, I could explore the South Pacific from the comfort of a C-124 Globemaster SEATTLE WASHINGTON, THE EARLY SIXTIES Upon my discharge from the military, I met Mig Peters and fell madly in love. After she finally consented to marry me, I decided that it was time for me to settle down.

Together we created 8 wonderful children, 23 grandchildren and 3 great grand children. After we were married, I decided to continue with my art education and studied at the Burnley School of Professional Art. After graduation I taught there for 14 years. In 1968, I developed my own advertising agency. I was an illustrator during the day, returning home to my studio where I finally painted what I dearly loved, marine art.

The paintings in this article involve just 4 of Shackleton’s ships and a lifeboat, the Caird. The Endurance, Nimrod, Aurora and the Quest, would have been nothing more than plates of steel, wood, twisted tar lines and bales of cloth had it not been for Ernest Shackleton and the men who served under him. It is their story that gave these ships character and soul.

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ENDURANCE The Endurance, built in Norway for polar conditions, was 44 meters long with a 7.6-meter beam. Her forward mast was square rigged while her two after masts carried fore and aft sails. Her steam engine was 350 horsepower giving her over 10 knots. Unfortunately, Endurance was not designed bowl-bottomed, rather she was more vertical-walled which may have contributed to her being crushed and not popped up by the ice. I painted her in the Weddell Sea under sail. Later I show two crew members sounding ahead of the ship. She finally headed into the ice pack and eventually I painted the evacuation.

On August 6th 1914, Endurance sailed for the southern regions to the Weddell Sea. Shackleton’s quest was to circumnavigate the South Pole. She sailed through heavy ice pack and on January 18th after weeks of intense weather, Endurance was completely compressed in the ice pack. She drifted for months, locked in the ice, the final pressure crushing her beam until her bow slowly lowered beneath the sea. Shackleton and 27 men gathered supplies, lifeboats, and 69 dogs and set up camp on Elephant Island.

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THE CAIRD Shackleton chose the Caird, which was the strongest of the three lifeboats and most likely to survive an 800-mile journey to South Georgia Island. It would prove the survival for the rest of his men. She was only 22 feet and converted to a sailboat by the chippy that reinforced the hull, added a main and mizzenmast, a deck and a rudder. She encountered hurricane wind and tumultuous seas. It took 17 days and was the most arduous open-boat journey of all time.

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THE AURORA Shackleton returned to the area on the Aurora to rescue the rest of the crew. Aurora was a Barquentine with a 98 horsepower engine. She had a strongly built wooden hull. Her bow had been re-enforced with heavy steel plates. I painted her having the rudder repaired after being damaged by a storm.

The Chilean government loaned Shackleton a steamer named the Yelcho and on August 30, 1917.

All the men were rescued.

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THE NIMROD The Nimrod was built for whaling and seal hunting. She had an auxiliary steam engine with a top speed of 6 knots. The Nimrod was painted depicting Shackleton’s arrival at Cape Royd’s hut on Ross Island. The hut was built as a stopping off point to the south. The painting describes Mount Erebus, Antarctica’s second highest volcano and the transferring of supplies to the hut just before a fierce storm hit the bay.

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THE QUEST The Quest was a steamer and schooner rigged. She was 34 meters long with a beam of 7.3 meters. She was involved in meteorological and geological research. Shackleton’s last days of exploration were on the Quest for it was here that he suffered a fatal heart attack. The date was the January 5, 1922.

CONCLUSION As a young man, I lived vicariously through these sea voyages of Sir Ernest Shackleton. I will never allow my imagination to forget that there is still so much more to paint.

2014 marks the 100-year anniversary of Ernest Shackleton’s journey to the Antarctic. I am fortunate and proud that these paintings will be displayed in Dublin (my home town) as part of a permanent exhibition on Shackleton. I have come full circle.

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A realist oil painter born and raised on the Canadian prairies...

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Striving for Excellence in Realistic Paintings devoted to Nature offering Owners and Viewers the sense of Peace and Tranquility that we all crave in this hectic world.

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Hyperrealist Paintings Evoke New Appreciation for Nature

By Hall Groat II, New York Art Critic It was during mid-1960 in the United States that Photorealism emerged, and was a movement that naturally evolved from Pop Art. Photorealist artists strive to replicate photographs in paint with the aim of fooling the eye into perceiving a painting is actually a photograph, never deviating from the exact image.

Contemporary British painter, Sam Hall, is not a photorealist like many label him. Instead, he embraces sensibilities connected with a movement called hyperrealism, through the way in which he takes artistic liberties, never attempting to literally render an exact photographic image. Sam uses photographic reference as a means of interpreting nature in a very personal manner, incorporating subtle pictorial elements to create a heightened sense of Mother Nature that cannot be seen by the human eye. An example of this is the intricate depiction and stylization of the thousands of tree leaves within his piece called “Park Farm Cottages and the North Downs.” These leaves are vivified! Sam states, “I am a self-taught British artist with a unique style, and my mission is to help people discover the magic of nature.” Indeed, his work is magical, and through his complex stylization of nature, we are transported into a dream-like, illusionistic world, packed with diverse emotional, social, and cultural nuances.

One of my favorite pieces is entitled “Early Morning in Kerala”, which appears to be a scene of a caravan of Indian farmers traveling across a river with their livestock. This piece immediately catches my eye due to the engaging, atypical composition. A large Thengu (or coconut tree) is positioned alongside the entire left side of the canvas, with clusters of long, leaf-like forms breaking down from the top edge. These tenuous elements are closest to us in space, which resembles the compositional sensibility used in many Japanese vertical screen paintings depicting landscapes throughout history.

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In a piece entitled Bushbury Farm, Brockham, measuring 18x32 inches, created in acrylic and ink, two massive, iconic trees are placed on center stage, as if they are symbolically reaching upwards into the heavenly clouds. The viewer’s vantage point is situated quite low, which heightens their larger-than-life nature. The greens, blues and spot of red are electrifying, and are a visually striking symphony of colors.

Sam Hall undoubtedly is a very skillful technician, possessing the gift of being able to visually communicate the universal beauty of nature.

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Azure by Valerie Travers

Valerie Travers The Island of Guernsey, second largest of the Channel Islands, is where I live with my two sons and where I feel most comfortable. This is home, my roots are deeply embedded here and I gain a greater sense of belonging with each year that passes.

Art is second nature to me, enabling a connection to the bigger picture and is also a way of expressing myself through colour and texture. I have many other outlets for my creativity, but art has been my main focus for the past twenty years.

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Softly Softly by Valerie Travers

Reflections by Valerie Travers

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Sometimes great things can come out of tragedy. Sometimes we learn more of who we are through suffering and trial. Any successful artist has to pay his or her dues; to work hard and go through a good number of failed paintings before they discover their artistic voice. And sometimes the struggle can be something not directly related to art, yet it can still have an impact on our art.

Born in the early 1970’s, and raised in rural Minnesota, landscape and wildlife artist Jason Tako discovered his artistic talent around Fourth Grade. Jason reflects, “It was autumn and our teacher drew a Cornucopia on the chalkboard, and we had to draw it. Mine turned out the best and received praise both from my teacher and classmates.” Jason continued to excel at art throughout school; this was demonstrated by winning Second Place in a state-wide illustration competition. However, in his senior year, he stopped drawing and painting altogether and dived head first into becoming an electric bassist.

After graduating with honors from music school, Jason continued to play in rock, jazz and country bands. Eight years later, after growing tired of smoky bars, he went through a couple life transitions.

First, Jason rediscovered his Christian faith, and eventually converted to Catholicism. Not long after this, he again felt a desire to start drawing and painting. Jason recalls,“I didn’t know what I was doing; I just kept going out and filling as many sketchbooks as I could. It was suggested I go to art school, but at the time it seemed they only taught modern art, and I was into representational art. I figured that if I kept sketching, something good would eventually come out of it.”

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Things did start to happen. After several years of sketching the wildlife and wetlands of Minnesota, Jason married his wife Becky and moved to Pennsylvania. Removed from the natural surroundings that he was used to, Jason then worked on his watercolor and oil painting technique. He eventually started winning awards at national shows like The Waterfowl Festival, the Society of Animal Artists Annual Show, and Plein Air Easton. Despite this success, he felt he still had a lot to learn. This drove him to seek instruction from world renowned landscape artist Scott Christensen. “Scott helped me tie up the loose ends in my work. His workshop, as well as the trip out to Wyoming inspired me in so many ways.� That year, Jason took two major awards at Plein Air Easton, was published in Plein Air Magazine and Western Art Collector Magazine, and was also told the joyful news that his wife Becky was pregnant with their fourth child.

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It was not long after this that Jason, Becky and their children went through the most difficult time of their lives. When their son was born everything seemed fine. But the next day it was discovered that he had some medical problems that might require surgery. This was the start of an eight month hospital stay that included multiple pediatric surgeries, and a couple close brushes with death for his infant. “There were times of terror, and times when it seemed we would never get to go home with our son. Eight months is a long time to be in a hospital. We basically just went back and forth from our son’s room to the cafeteria day after day. Since we were 2 hours from home, we didn’t see our other children very often. I did try to do a few paintings in my son’s room, but I was not feeling very inspired. The only landscape I saw on a regular basis was the Philadelphia streets; and I’m not an urban painter.”

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Despite the lack of inspiration, Jason still was able to attend and win awards at several plein air painting events that summer, including Second Place at both Mountain Maryland Plein Air and Easels in Frederick, and First Place in the Plein Air Camp Hill Quick Draw competition.

In early December the Tako family was finally home and together again. With the exception of several plein air painting events and a few day trips, Jason had missed painting spring, summer, and autumn of 2012. “We were home and I was ready to paint, but I didn’t have much reference to paint from. I used to paint more tonally, almost monochromatic at times, with a preference for overcast lighting, but after going through such an ordeal I wanted to paint more color, something more joyful. But much of the reference I had was from my tonalist days. And here it was, early December, with the colors of spring still months away.”

When spring finally came Jason headed out to paint. The first place he focused on was a goldmine of subject matter, the apple orchards in Adams County, PA; miles of rolling hills and mountains lined with rows of apple trees and scattered barns. “Originally I went just to paint a full moonrise coming up between the twisting apple tree branches. There was hardly any foliage at that time, so I returned for several weeks to do further studies of the leaves and blossoms as they developed. It wasn’t long before more painting ideas developed. One particular day was almost magical. I climbed a hill and walked into several long rows of apple trees with foliage and blossoms that formed a tunnel filled with dappled sunlight and shadows. Through the openings you could see the purples and blues of the distant hills. I sat down and spent the afternoon creating multiple field studies of the area. In these studies I captured the light and color in a way I never had in the past. It was a big leap for me artistically. My goal now is to continue on this path and explore all the options this has afforded me.” www.weeklyoilpainting.blogspot.com VisualLanguageMagazine.com - VL Magazine | 93

VL Jason Tako “I have learned that when growing as an artist, you hit a point where you need to throw off the over-influence of other artists, as well as the concern of what other people think. While these things may never totally go away, you need to reach a point where you can honestly say, ‘This is who I am, this is how I paint.’ You need to reach a point where you feel your art has meaning for yourself and others. I think that all that time in the hospital, and the incredible heartache of watching my son go through so much pain and yet overcome the odds against death, forced me to look within myself in many ways. Among this was to consider who God created me to be and what life really means. This spilled over into who I am as an artist. While the pain of what my son and family went through will be with me for many years, I hope to be able to take some good from it and create art that will bring joy to a hurting yet beautiful world.”

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October Moon 18x24

Red Reflections 20x16

Study for Evergreen and Aspens 12x9

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Jason is currently working on creating studio paintings from this group of field studies he created this spring. His work can be viewed at his website www.jasontako.com and on his blog at www.weeklyoilpainting.blogspot.com.

The Blue Barn 12x24

Study for Apple Valley 9x12

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Shadow Path 9x12

Blossoms at Noon-Plein Air 9x12

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Beautiful Vibrant Art

Into the Wild Blue Yonder

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Barbara Jones

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Received “Best Still Life” Award Best of America 2012 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society For Workshop Information and Artwork Visit

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ARTSPAN Artist Spotlight

Interview artspan Artist Drew Keilback When did you realize you loved art and wanted to be an artist? Impossible to tell. Like most artists I’ve enjoyed drawing for as long as I can remember. I think drawing is a primordial means of communication and, as children, we instinctively pick up a pencil to convey our first messages. For some of us the ‘medium is the message’ and we continue on to become artists in all its different forms.

Who has been your mentor, or greatest influence to date? My mother encouraged me to move to Phoenix to continue my art training. It was a revelation for me artistically, in that the light and palette were opposed to what I was used to on the West Coast.

Who has been your mentor, or greatest influence to date? The first painter that I can recall wanting to emulate was Howard Terpening. His subject matter, then, as now, has always appealed to me and his style blew me away. I used to hunt out galleries in Phoenix and Tucson that carried his work in order to study them.

Who is another living artist you admire and why? Lately I’ve followed the works of Tibor Nagy and David Shevlino. Their brushwork is amazing and they both have a spontaneity and looseness that speaks to me. I know that there is a certain amount of abstraction there that I would like to start incorporating into my own.

What is your favorite surface to paint on? Canvas mainly and board if I want a bit more detail.

What is your favorite brand of paint to use? Michael Harding oils.

Do you have a favorite color palette? My palette varies from painting to painting.

When looking at your paintings, your work is diverse from outdoor landscapes, florals and seascapes to people. Why draws you to these different subjects; what are your inspirations for your work? I’m a day to day painter. If something strikes me as being ‘paintable’ I paint it. I’m not making any particular effort to convey any philosophical or spiritual messages in my work. I look for composition and design in everyday things and tend to simplify all things down to basic geometrical shapes. My overriding goal is to simplify or “abstract’ even further keeping a more “painterly’ effect and allowing the brushwork to speak.

How often do you paint? Almost daily.

What is the one thing you would like to be remembered for. As an honest person who lived a free and simple life void of any unnecessary complications.

There are many culprits that can crush creativity, such as distractions, self-doubt and fear of failure. What tends to stand in the way of your creativity? My career as a video composite artist for a major broadcasting corporation working with many varied and demanding clients taught me how to absorb and deflect criticism from all levels. Corporations play by rules that must not be broken and though the producers tend to ask that you think ‘outside the box’, they become very nervous when you cross the line and they start building walls immediately crushing creativity in fear of their own failure. I’ve never feared failure as an artist because missteps are simply part of the learning process. Every painting is a failure in some sense. http://drewsart.artspan.com/ 102 | VL Magazine - VisualLanguageMagazine.com

Drew is a realist oil painter born and raised on the Canadian prairies. Drawing and sketching from an early age, he received his Fine Art training in Phoenix, Arizona. While there, he was deeply influenced by the contemporary Western painting style of the Southwest and to this day is an admirer of the works of Howard Terpening, Matt Smith and Mian Situ.

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How do you overcome these obstacles? Is much as I want people to enjoy my work, their appreciation is not what drives me. I paint for myself.

What is your favorite way to get creative juices flowing? I take old paintings (or those I don’t like) and cut them up. Then I glue the pieces back on to a board in a random fashion creating an abstract design. It works – there’s a composition in there somewhere just waiting for a subject!

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Up Close and Personal What book are you reading this week? LONDON by Edward Rutherford.

Do you have a favorite televion show? I have a short attention span for television unless it’s hockey or baseball.

What is your favorite food? Chicken with curry.

What color sheets are on your bed right now? Without looking, I haven’t a clue.

What is your favorite color in your closet? No favorites there.

What are you most proud of in your life? The fact that I’ve had a career in a creative and artistic field that has led me straight into what I love doing the most.

Who would you love to interview? Marco Polo. A true adventurer.

Do you have a passion or hobby other than painting/sculpting? History.

Who would you love to paint? My grandfather that I never met.

If you were an animal what would you be and why? A raven. Free flying, intelligent, mystical with a sense of humor.

If you were stranded on a desert island and could only take three things, what would they be? (A pig, a knife and fork). I think simply I would answer that this way – my sunglasses, a pencil and a bottle Share something with us that few people know about you. In Grade 5 I was disciplined for drawing in my books (I guess the teacher thought our books were more about neatness than learning). And I flunked Art in Grade 12.

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I would never leave the West Coast, but it would be nice to spend a little time each year on a Greek Island.

Anything you would add? I’ve copied a quote from an artist by the name of Ken Kewley that is by my easel … it says “In painting, you never do what you set out to do. Something else happens. Do not try to make a picture of something. Make something.”

I would also add that I’ve learned that by trying to copy or emulate someone else’s style you’ve restricted your own capabilities in unnecessarily confining yourself to something that may not be natural to you. Just let it flow. Just paint.

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A Peace in Life

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Abstract Collage Paintings

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Shirley Anderson Original Fine Art Landscapes and Florals

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Solitude

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“Journey” Oil on Canvas by Barry Scharf

Barry Scharf Maritime Landscapes in Desolation Pass Canada Barry is traveling right now collecting images for our February Maritime Issue, but I convinced him to allow us to take a peak at what his camera has captured. Enjoy and then remember you will get to read about the trip and see it all in February 2014.

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Maritime Landscapes in Desolation Pass Canada

“The Call Web” by Barry Scharf

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Melody Cleary Oregon Fine Artist melodycleary.com

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California Landscapes Still lifes, Figures, Oil Paintings

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Sheri Jones

Fall Sumac 11 x 14 oil on canvas

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Poppy Parade 11 x 14 oil on canvas

Mid Morning Light 11 x 14 oil on canvas

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Studio Visit Studio Visit Texas Artist David Forks Texas Landscape Artist David Forks

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VL Studio Visit David Forks Pursuit of My Dream I have just started to learn this process of painting and it is abundantly clear to me that it will take a lifetime to figure out.

There is nothing I can think of that is more rewarding and simultaneously puzzling. Rewarding for every stroke of paint I smack down with bold deliberate intent and puzzling for every one tentatively, hesitantly and unconvincingly smeared to the surface. Painting is my vocation and has become an integral part of my being, which I aspire to one day make my career. Oh the thought, what a blessed life it will be. My passion is landscape, and I am truly inspired by the rugged profound beauty of nature.

Though I will occasionally paint something different, it is the landscape that moves me and ignites the spark at the end of my brush. I am learning to see the landscape as a painting and not as a literal translation to canvas. I will add, delete or rearrange elements in order to create a better work of art. I think we all try to keep design, drawing, value and edges in mind while painting but my best work has been achieved while my intuition took reign of the brush, letting the vision steer the results. Once the knowledge is in place, It is the power of the subconscious to control the action. The more I can tap into this realm, the more spontaneous and proficient my painting process becomes.

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Morning in the Chisos

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Sierra Del Carmen through the Cottonwoods at Rio Grande Village

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Red Barn

I have recently become much more critical of my own work and rarely am I satisfied with the initial completion of a painting. I look at the work in progress and ask myself what I could do to make it better. When I started painting five years ago, I read Hawthorne and Carlson as well as books by other artists/authors and the message for the beginner was clear; I needed to cover acres of canvas and not worry so much of the results but learn from the process. For a few years it was quantity over quality. I did small, fast paintings almost everyday before work and wow, some were really bad. In spite of myself, I was determined to learn and get better and eventually there were those groundbreaking pieces when I just knew I took a step up that ladder to the next level! That was then, and at the time moving on from one to another was a must. I have moved beyond that. Now it’s a more methodical and deliberate process of nurturing my paintings to completion. Being honest with myself is innately important in my self critique and growth as an artist. If you can’t look at your work and admit it is bad, there is no way to make yourself better.

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As a painting progresses beyond the block in stage I constantly test notes by stepping back and seeing if they work from a distance. If not. I will remove or alter the passage until it is to my liking.

Some works become wrestling matches but I am pretty stubborn, so I generally work them until I get what I want. On occasion I set them aside for another day or let them stew in the back of my mind until I have a clear vision for it. I have ruined many paintings by attempting to make them better, but I have also created some of my best works after risking them to the trash pile.

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Studio Visit David Forks

Sundown in the Valley

Plain and simple, I love to paint. It satisfies my desire to create and I can enter a peaceful world of my own imagination away from the harsh realities of life as we know it. It comes from my heart and my soul which pours out of me every time I pick up a brush. I enjoy the challenge of problem solving and molding paint into form. I know I have a lot to learn and a long way to go but I feel like I am making strides in the right direction. I just want to be the best artist I can be and if by chance one day I am able to be self supportive doing so, well.... nothing would make me happier.

David Forks

Moonlit Meadow Right Page

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Kyle Wood

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Mary Jo Zorad ZoradArt.com

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“Can you hear the thunder of the waves as they break against the shore?

It’s a sound that my heart treasures It’s a sound that I adore.”

George E Simmons

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Diane Whitehead

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Debbie Grayson Lincoln

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Summer Juried Show “Abstraction”

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$500 in total cash prizes Open to 2D visual artists worldwide www.cfai.co/juried-shows

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Studio Visit Nick Gonzalez

In Germany, where I now live and work, I am considered a ‘traditional’ painter. It’s not a classification I’d personally use - to me, Traditional evokes concepts/techniques based on academic/and/or classical influence, (which I don’t much relate to), but here I realise, traditional simply means using paint in a more or less conventional way, and perhaps using subject matter based on an external visual reality. So, in an attempt to assist the reader, I could categorize myself as a Traditional Neo-Impressionist. “So, in an attempt to assist the reader, I could categorize myself as a Traditional Neo-Impressionist. That’s about as analytical as I get, for what it’s worth!”

I grew up on farms in the southern English countryside of Dorset and Hertfordshire - my father was a dairyman (he had originally hailed from Gibraltar, a very small rock in the Mediterranean Sea, without a single cow). My mother had attended painting classes at the London Central School of Art, but had to temporarily give up her artistic work for a busy family/farm life, post-war.

So the rich English rural landscape, with it’s seasons and skies, woodlands and rolling hills, are a fundamental part of my DNA, and now that I again live in the countryside (this time in Northern Germany), surrounded by quite similar landscapes that I was born into, I easily understand my deep affinity with the visual elements that inspire me. Although my current work is largely based on the sea, coasts and skies, it is all rooted in the British and French Schools of landscape painting, dynamic traditions which have been constantly refreshed and renewed over the years by many of the most gifted painters since.

I normally try to work on a series of paintings, often unified by subject/location. So in recent years I produced a series based on a local river, from stream through woodland, out to lake in center of Hamburg. Another project used the Downs landscape around my previous home in southern England. More recently I’ve concentrated on sea/coast and skies - I’m more and more drawn to skies for their ‘moody’ potential - and coasts without precise location, hoping to create ‘archetypal’ landscapes into which the viewer can enter. Although I use photographic reference and often simple sketches as a starting point, the painting develops a life of it’s own, and the final result can rarely be anticipated.

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My materials and techniques are a combination of traditional and personal preference. I normally use ready-made canvases unless the work requires a large or unusual format, and I prime with a Gesso ground, sometimes working with a second Gesso coat tinted with acrylic color for ground base, and often adding more ground tone sometimes with texture paste with a large brush/and/or knife, working up the basic composition and areas and creating ‘accidental’ spaces/planes and textures which can be manipulated later. Often I will continue to work with acrylic color (sometimes only in monotone) to establish and develop the picture - the great thing I like about acrylics is the speed one can work and change the picture at will, and almost instantly alter things.

Either I will complete the painting just in acrylics, or more often I will continue in oils. Glazing and painting over the acrylic underpainting is a variation on traditional oil painting practices, and I find it suits me fine. I use Windsor & Newton ‘Artisan’ Water Soluble paints - it means no turps odors in the studio, brushes can be washed in water and soap, and there is a variety of conventional mediums/oils which can be mixed with the tube oil paints which handle and perform (and even smell) just as normal oils.

For me, the forms that landscape painting come in, vary from high-realism to minimal abstraction, from poetic atmosphere to formal construction, from high drama to fleeting moments of subtlety. I do find that every painting has it’s own developmental journey - and the act of painting is a passionate process of making permanent those initial impressions and visions. My starting point is usually an emotional response towards a chosen subject, and my choice of ‘style’ or treatment varies accordingly. For me, the painting is not so much about a particular subject as it is about how that subject illuminates itself.

Therefore, in terms of my technique, I do sometimes paint very rapidly and at other times there is a slow process of excavation. In any case, I’m always sustained by a sense of curiosity and wonder at the outcome, aiming to discover the ‘magical’ potential within each painting.

Of course, true alchemy is rarely, if ever achieved (and not for me to judge), but it is the pursuit of some rather-hard-to-define qualities that keeps me awake.

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Blue Beach. 100cm x 100cm. Oil on Canvas.

Rocky Beach with Figure. 50cm x 60cm. Oil on Canvas.

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Light and Cloud. 80cm x 100cm. Oil on Canvas.

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The Girl in a Blue Sun Dress. 100cm x 100cm. Oil on Canvas.

Going Home (Lighthouse). 100cm x 100cm. Oil on Canvas.

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New Day. 50cm x 60cm. Oil on Canvas.

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Calm Sea 3&4. 50xcm 60cm x 2. Oil on Canvas

I have had a few months break from painting - we recently moved house and I’ve made a nice new studio with a view out to fields, farm and trees and a good patch of sky. As I begin work on a new series of canvases and drawings I am as excited and apprehensive today at sixty-four, as I can remember being at twenty-four, sitting with a sketchbook and watercolour box in the shade of a rock on the Spanish Costa de Luz, trying to make sense of too much light and colour, and understanding why Matisse painted mainly indoors in the Mediterranean! The adventure is unending, and I am eternally grateful for this benediction, however elusive and problematic.

Put simply, I love to paint, and I love what painting can be, both for me and in the work of other artists.

And when someone enjoys a painting or drawing of mine sufficiently to part with a stack of hard cash, I never forget that the buyer could have used their money for a host of more practical purposes. It’s an affirmation that I don’t really seek, but am always delighted, and a little humbled.

Nick Gonazlez

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Mark Bidstrup

Palette Knife Artists

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Becky Joy

Noreen Coup

David Edwards

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The Spirit of the Sea

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Woman Exhibit at the International VL One Museum of Art of El Paso

Deborah Flood

Award winning watercolorist, Deborah Flood, a native of Maine, has been invited by the International Museum of Art of El Paso, Texas, to exhibit 40 of her large Equine and Western Watercolors.

Opening Reception takes place Sunday July 7, 2013 at 2pm, at the Museum 1211 Montana Avenue, El Paso, Texas. Meet Flood during the Opening Reception, view and purchase her realistic and detailed watercolors of horses, and Western life. The exhibit runs through August 25, 2013.

Deborah’s works consist of pure Spanish Mustangs that she had the privilege to watch and photograph in New Mexico. Paintings created from a horseback ride in the Mountains of Angel Fire, New Mexico, a Native Costume Series created from images provided by a woman who created and sewed the costumes to help bring awareness to the Appaloosa Breed of Horse. The Native costumes are used during gatherings and parades that the Calizona Appaloosa Horse Club participates in. Commentary will accompany the Native Costume Series, and a special “Tribute to Texas” Painting, featuring one of Darrol Dickinson’s Texas Long Horn Bull, ( http://www.dickinsonlonghorn.net/main.cfm ) will round out the exhibit.

Deborah’s accurate yet painterly Watercolors, of Equine and Western Themed Genre, have garnered her many Museum Group Exhibits and Invitational Exhibits.

Deborah Flood was brought up on an Appaloosa Horse farm, in Maine, where she started riding at the age of 3. She continued to ride and work with the horses until her early 20’s.

During those early years, she also kept drawing and painting the horse, and to this day, she still paints that love of the horse and the bonds that humans have with them.

Flood’s bright colors, yet strong attention to detail and the ability to handle watercolor with an emotional twist, along with an extensive knowledge of horse anatomy and behavior, has Collectors actively seeking her work throughout the United States and Internationally.

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Equine & Western Watercolors

Tell Me it’s Okay.

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Grumpy Draft

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Equine & Western Watercolors Flood is a prolific artist, using the medium of Watercolor on paper, in the traditional manner of layering transparent color, which allows the color below to glow through.

She is known for whimsical yet accurate details of children and adults interacting with horses in a Western setting. Though she hails from the Eastern side of the USA, living in Maine, she is drawn to paint the Western landscape and subject matter. Her goal is to portray the emotional bond between horse, human and the land.

Flood enjoys studying the play of light on colors, out in the landscape, and painting every day.

Flood works from her own reference material, gathered out in the field, and from her experiences she has encountered throughout her life. Client images are sparingly used for commissioned based work.

Deborah is a Signature Member of the Texas Watercolor Society, an Elected Member of the International Guild of Realism, an Elected Member of the American Society of Traditional Artists, an Associate Member of the Artists of the American West, an Associate Member of the Western Trail Art Association, and the Founding Member of the International Equine Artists.

Deborah is represented by: Angel Fire ArtSpace Gallery, Angel Fire New Mexico Duck-Trap Decoys Gallery, Lincolnville, Maine The Museum Website: http://www.internationalmuseumofart.net/default.aspx Deborah Flood’s Website: http://www.debfloodart.com

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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Patricia A Griffin

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BULL MARKET

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Patricia A GrifďŹ n

I am a mother, wife, painter, farmer, naturalist, and constant traveler.

My paintings are a testing ground for concepts of color, structure and energy.

They are a contemporary manifestation of an ancient muse. patriciaAgrifďŹ n.com

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Karen Kennedy Chatham zazzle.com/artinfusion*

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LISA McKINNEY

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The Five Graces Lincoln ~ Pace ~ Togel ~ Whitehead ~ Zorad

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Diane Whitehead

Mary Jo Zorad

Laurie Pace

What makes The Five Graces special/unique?

All members of The Five Graces create bold, vividly-colored artworks with an inspirational flair. Several of the group are excellent teachers and writers. They work energetically toward touring exhibitions that showcased their artworks - shows to the US and to Europe. All five artists are spread out over the US.

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Who are The Five Graces?

Debbie Grayson Lincoln (the steady grace), Laurie Justus Pace (the heartbeat grace), Conni Tรถgel (the wired grace), Diane Baird Whitehead (the business-minded, directly spoken grace) and Mary Jo Zorad (the quietly inspired grace) have as many similarities as they do differences. Their artwork demonstrates a common commitment to a high standard of workmanship. To speak with any one of the five women reveals a commonality in what inspires them and how they choose to live their lives, with integrity and a commitment to doing their work for a higher cause. Each feels her creative inspiration as a passionate and natural calling.

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Debbie Lincoln

Conni Togel

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Photographer Spotlight John G. Lomba

http://www.jglomba.com

“There is a mysterious appealing mystical quality about the world’s oceans and waterways which captivates many a sailor and land-lubber alike. I have been fortunate enough to have been both.

But not until recent times have I been able to make the association to incorporate what I see with photography. That was when I realized that these two subjects could work well together in perfect harmony.

My name is John Lomba, and I have been around the ocean and ships for most of my life. It all started out as being the son of an immigrant commercial fisherman. Since then, I have sailed as a licensed officer on various commercial ships and now more recently worked the docks and shore-side aspect of the maritime industry. I appreciate the fact that most ships/vessels are designed for function over form – if you will. I see more than just the rusty tanker at anchor or a fully laden container heading out of New York harbor, or working tugboat.

Given the right circumstances in my mind’s eye they transform into moving artwork. Sometimes I am fortunate enough to capture the perfect moment through photography. I hope some of my images have the same effect on you as they do me.”

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ARENA SHAWN

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http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArenaShawnFineArt

http://www.KimberlyConradFineArt.com http://kimberlyconraddailypaintings.blogspot.com

Above: Aspens in Winter - 48 x 36 x 1.5 Right Page: Aspens in Winter Detail

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Kimberly Conrad Contemporary Artist

Pouring Color into Your Life

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CFAI.co Art Challenge

CFAI.co Art Challenge June 2013 “Summer Fun” Best of Show - Carmen Beecher http://www.cfai.co/art-challenge-june-2013-summer-fun/

Best of Show Leap of Faith Carmen Beecher

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First Place Watermelon Beach Carol Smith Myer www.cfai.co/carolmyer

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CFAI.co Art Challenge Second Place Big Boys Show and Tell Carol Schiff www.cfai.co/carolschiff

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CFAI.co July Art Challenge - “Tropical Days” - $100 Cash Prize!

Open to all 2D visual artists!

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Third Place Paradise in the Woods Angela Sullivan www.cfai.co/angelasullivan

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Contemporary Fine Art International

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VL OilPaintingDVD.com Step by Step Demonstrations

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THE COLORS OF TEXAS

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THE ARTISTS OF TEXAS

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