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Living With Art: 7

When we see art posted on the blogs from our community, by far the majority of times it is a cropped picture of a particular piece. We don't often get to see pictures of the art in the space where we actually live. Hanging art. Art on the walls. Art over the couch. Art leaning on the bookcase shelves.

Living with Art is about showing and seeing art in real life settings. Every Thursday I will be posting a series of images shared by creatives showing all of us just how art is displayed in their spaces. Each participant is opening the door and inviting us all into their surroundings. Please contact the artist if you would like any information about the pieces on display. If you want to share yours, simply email me an image, a few lines about your artistic aesthetic, and a link to your own online site. Now sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

--------------------------- Previous posts can be found here...
and here is week 7...


Teryll SacksMy artistic aesthetic is rainbow brite! I love art that is cheery, bold and colorful.
Gabrielle Javier-CerulliThe walls are white, so white. Begging for color. I gave it some. This is 36x36. I love doing big pieces as a change from art journal-sized work.
Sue Marrazzo
This is a large mixed media work on canvas that I created for a show at the PA State Capital 2014 art exhibit in Harrisburg, PA. I immediately hung this painting above my family room sofa after the exhibit was over. This painting adds color and the Abstract Aesthetic to the eclectic mix of decor in this room. The work is entitled "Ombre Strata." I really love what I do...I create Experimental Mixed Media Art, Teach Adults and Youth ART. I am truly blessed!

Rene HalesMarco Logsdon on left and LaVon Williams on right. Levon was a former University of KY basketball player and a self-taught folk artist. Love that his pieces is integrated into my living room and hung so you can see both sides. I am happy to display these artists and others in my home.
Sona NastI like living with art that has personal meaning to me. I like that I have pieces family members created, were inherited from relatives and that I've bought directly from the artists at art fairs and galleries. This gives the art a history and/or a story connected to it.
Sharmon DavidsonThe art on my walls is always part of a sort of inner conversation I'm having with the work about how successful it was and whether it belongs here, or maybe on someone else's wall.
Joanna Dermenjian
My husband wanted to encourage me to add more art to my life in 2015, so he made this literal reminder. Three cardboard letters mounted on a piece of wood, spray painted with 14K gold. Winter display with a collection of vintage French lead figures also reminding us to get outside and play!

Gallery Hopping - Day 3

Way back in November 2014, The Empty Spaces Project gallery in Putnam, CT exhibited the work of Al Mathes. Happily, I was able to see the show on the very last day of the exhibition -- which was the same day I went to hang the 5x5 Small Works show. Also happily, the artist was at the gallery and I had a chance to spend a bit of time talking to him. 
His work is created on sheets of mylar, which allows him to play with transparency in a way that is completely impossible with canvas, paper or wood. The medium is acrylic and ink and his larger pieces are approximately 8x7 feet. Although Al doesn't have a website, you can read a bit more about him here and see a short video of the exhibition here.

 



As you can see by the number of detail shots I took, I spent a lot of time enjoying every square inch of these works.








And how amazing...when these pieces are taken off the wall, they are simply rolled and ready to go. Now that is brilliant!

Gallery Hopping - Day 2

Absolutely mesmerizing and totally fun is the best way I can describe the work of Ron Arad, recently shown at Paul Kasmin Gallery in NYC. The exhibition was called In Reverse and consisted of 6 of his "pressed flower" sculptures which are actually fill-sized, crushed Fiat 500s mounted on the wall.







I loved the attention to detail...including the keys still in the ignition!

Gallery Hopping - Day 1

Pace Prints is currently exhibiting the work of Leonardo Drew. This is his second solo show with the gallery and consists of work that he completed at the Pace Paper workshop in Brooklyn. The basis for his work is paper pulp and the organic effects that he achieves though paper casting are remarkable -- as especially evident in the detail shots below. The exhibition runs through April 11 if you have a chance to see it.

The Week Links: 42

Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week.All previous links can be found here.

And here is Week 42...


Amazing crystallized books from Alexis Arnold found on Boing Boing.
5 looks inside great creators' notebooks found on The Alantic.
55+ creative ways to use stencils - a project collection from Stampington & Company.

Love the work of Jim McElvaney, originally found on this post on We Heart.

Acrylic painting with a palette knife -- a short video from Bob Pennycook.

A beautiful series of artist studios and ateliers found on Yellowtrace.

Really loving the book sculptures created by Mike Stilkey, including this one that I saw in January at the LA Art Show...

Living With Art: 6

When we see art posted on the blogs from our community, by far the majority of times it is a cropped picture of a particular piece. We don't often get to see pictures of the art in the space where we actually live. Hanging art. Art on the walls. Art over the couch. Art leaning on the bookcase shelves.

Living with Art is about showing and seeing art in real life settings. Every Thursday I will be posting a series of images shared by creatives showing all of us just how art is displayed in their spaces. Each participant is opening the door and inviting us all into their surroundings. Please contact the artist if you would like any information about the pieces on display. If you want to share yours, simply email me an image, a few lines about your artistic aesthetic, and a link to your own online site. Now sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

--------------------------- Previous posts can be found here...
and here is week 6...


Barbara KleinhansI like to hang multiple artworks together with other objects to create mini stories. I have a lot of art, both my own and pieces I've collected over the years, so I rearrange quite regularly to keep things interesting and create new vignettes.
David HayesI surround myself with art that speaks to me at the moment. The works in this display are my own...I work digitally so it is nice to see these images in print form. The display is meant to be temporary which is why I am using clipboards and slip-in mattes so I can easily change when the moment changes.
Jen CushmanColor, texture, composition, imagery all play key roles in my creative aesthetic, but the most import mat component is a glimpse of the soul.
Jamie MurphyWhen one surrounds ones self with art pieces that others have made, we see the world through their, the artist, eye. It expands our world to include the voice of others, and hopefully become able to see things differently. 
Boo MartinI decorate with things that mean something to me. I lean toward things that are vintage...old keys, old letters, a jar of spools of thread that belonged to my mom and grandmother. The set of brass keys in the upper left corner are keys that hung on my parents fireplace for years. I like to live with bits of my family history around me. 
Marie DantiIn the early 90's I was privileged to live in Paris for two years, a time when I began to paint seriously. "Apollo" was one of my take aways; I was no doubt inspired by all the gorgeous statuary in that great city.
Patti SokolI love to inspire myself with art that speaks to me. I never really know what that is until I see it. The painting of the car called to me and my husband was really surprised at ho much I loved it. He wasn't sure at first but after we purchased it and hung it in our home, it seems to completely fit both our personalities. It is mixed in with other art we have purchased as well as art that I have created. It all seems to strike the right balance.

A Glimpse into Artexpo NY

For the last few months, I have been excitedly working on a new series of artwork.

 I have been posting glimpses of the work in progress on my social media sites. I have not yet had time to photograph the work once completed.









I am excited to share that the work is being readied for an exhibition at Artexpo New York. 

Artexpo is a juried exhibition in NYC that is currently in its 37th year. 400+ artists, galleries and publishers will be showing their work on Pier 94. Over 25,000 people are expected to attend. This is the second year in a row that I will be exhibiting. 
The show runs from April 23-26. Information about location, directions and show hours can be found here. I am extending an invite to all of my peeps who are able to attend. Please contact me for complimentary admission.

The Week Links: 41

Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week.All previous links can be found here.

And here is Week 41...

Linda Tieu shares her favorite podcasts to listen to while creating.

If you like gems, beads and jewelry...you are gonna love this post from Deryn Mentock.

This new web series from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, coming 3/25, looks fascinating.

Wendy Watson shares some simple but effective ways to critique your own work.

50(!) free online courses for creatives and entrepreneurs from Creative Boom.

I have always been mesmerized by the paper sculptures made by Anna-Wili Highfield.

This article from the NY Times is getting me even more excited for Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks opening next month at the Brooklyn Museum.

Living With Art: 5

When we see art posted on the blogs from our community, by far the majority of times it is a cropped picture of a particular piece. We don't often get to see pictures of the art in the space where we actually live. Hanging art. Art on the walls. Art over the couch. Art leaning on the bookcase shelves.

Living with Art is about showing and seeing art in real life settings. Every Thursday I will be posting a series of images shared by creatives showing all of us just how art is displayed in their spaces. Each participant is opening the door and inviting us all into their surroundings. Please contact the artist if you would like any information about the pieces on display. If you want to share yours, simply email me an image, a few lines about your artistic aesthetic, and a link to your own online site. Now sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

--------------------------- Previous posts can be found here...
and here is week 5...


Jo ArcherWe live in a Victorian, three story town house and our home is an eclectic mix of treasures. We love collecting art from fellow artists, old religious items and unusual curios, including skulls and antlers. Our displays change regularly, so there's always something interesting for visitors to see when they come round.
Debbie Stubinsky-GuthrieI live in a small house so I have no choice but to live with a great deal of art. When you walk in the door you are in the dining room which has high ceilings and I out art up the wall as high as I can. I use this space for display of both my own art and that of others. This photo shows the left side of the dining room but the other walls are pretty similar with art and dishes and displays that strike my fancy and delight me everyday. Hence the name for my Facebook business page. 
Maria AvilaEvery corner of my house has to have some touch of art; be the garden, the house decoration, the studio mainly.
Janet HickeyWe installed the slat wall in our living room. It's great for easily repositioning art and shelves as things change and grow.
Gina Rossi ArmfieldI surround myself with art that means something to me on a soulful level - art that speaks to me in a language that I understand.
Terrie PurkeyAs an interior designer for many years, I consider it my mission to encourage everyone to choose art they love, that speaks to them in some way. Art should not be chosen to coordinate with room colors or a them in your home; art should reflect your personality and what you love. Art in my home is eclectic and colorful, representational and abstract, Asian and homemade; I love it all!
Sally MacCabeThis is part of my home studio where I produce my mixed media paintings, book sculptures, art books - the list goes on. Stuff is important to me. Stuff defines me. Some say "less is more"?... I don't think so!

The Artists from The Pulse Project

The Pulse Project will take place at The Empty Spaces Project gallery in Putnam, Connecticut during the entire month of April 2015. Run by Paul Toussaint and Ann Monteiro, this was the space that recently hosted the 5 x 5 Small Works exhibition, also based on The Pulse. 
29 artists that were featured in my books (The Pulse of Mixed Media and The Mixed Media Artist) are exhibiting their work at the show. The exhibited pieces reflect the full range of mixed media and include assemblage, encaustic, collage, acrylic, oil, pastel, photography, digital, fabric, jewelry and more. A number of the works were featured in the books although the majority are new. 
For those of you in the area, the opening reception is being held on Friday, April 3 from 6-9pm at the gallery located on 114 Main Street in Putnam, Connecticut. There will be a number of artists from the show attending. The show officially closes on April 30.

All 100+ works will also be exhibited on and available for purchase through my blog during the run of the show. For a taste of what is to come, here are the participating artists and one example each of the work they have submitted.

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Patricia Anders
 Butterfly Eyes

Thelma van Rensburg  Satisfaction Through Sight 3
Jason Twiggy Lott  Reedus Maximorous Fitzgerald
Marina Rios Lights
Marie Danti A Water Puddle
Pam Carriker  Never Far From Home
Charlie Grosso Perspective
John Arbuckle Priority 955
Shayla Perreault  By Northern Light

Jennifer Coyne Qudeen   Layers of Time 3

Deborah Gregg Soul Barring
Art by Canace Reliquary

Loryn Spangler Jones Newton's Third Law
Robert Maloney Great Expectations
Dorothy Simpson Krause Cloudgrass
Felicity Griffin Clark
Land, sea, alchemy
PD Packard
 I Stand, Upright

Crystal Neubauer

Pleased to Meet You
Bridgette Guerzon Mills
 Only in Solitude

Elaine Phipps abovebelow1
Chris Miser
Industrial Revolutions

Roxanne Evans Stout
Circle Dance

Jayne Harnett-Hargrove
Ode to Crow

Patti Roberts-Pizzuto
 Nocturne no. 6

Seth Apter
Oxide

Lesley Price
 2 Children

Patti Edmond
Angel at Mardi Gras

Robert Stockton
The Message

David Castle
Rama Control Panel - Blue Sector