Kunst Supermarkt 2012

Hello Friends and art lover!

This coming Thursday on the 8th of November the Kunstsupermarkt in Soleure Switzerland is opening they doors for two months, until January 6th 2013. 

Please go and look at the site below.

Art show in Soleure CH

This is exciting time for me to know that this is happening!

This weekend I am going to Seattle to see the show ELLES at the Seattle Art Museum to see an art collection from the Pompidou Art Museum from Paris, only women artists.

Seattle Art Museum

Visitor Information

	Seattle Art Museum Downtown  1300 First Avenue Seattle, WA 98101-2003 206.654.3100 TTY 206.654.3137 For complete contact information, see our Contact Us page.

Hours Through January 13, 2013

Tuesday–Sunday: 10 am–5 pm
Thursday & Friday: 10 am–9 pm
Monday: closed

On January 14, Normal Museum Hours Resume

Wednesday–Sunday: 10 am–5 pm
Thursday & Friday: 10 am–9 pm
Monday & Tuesday: closed

In the mid-time I am painting my new series called Lyrical Abstraction the energy from my trip in Europe this Summer.

Here is a painting from that series.

and I continue paintings my Intuition series as well....

Stay tune for some other exciting news soon.....

International Artist Day

About International Artist Day

October 25th is International Artists Day.

Artists are a much ignored group although almost anything you use day to day has an artistic design at its root. Throughout history art has been the most important defining characterization of a culture or people. Art survives personalities, dynasties, movements and civilizations. Artists are pioneers and are usually at the forefront of changing times and events.

 Where does the inspiration for art come from? 

The day chosen to honor artists worldwide is October 25th, Picassos' birthday. 

Why this artist and not another was more a matter recent contribution. Picasso was instrumental in bringing art to the masses more than any other artist up to that time. He is the iconic artist personified. Now more than ever it is important to focus on art and culture. Mainstream television, globalization and the internet are wiring everyone up to the lowest common denominator. By giving our attention to artists, we have the opportunity for one day to focus on what is eternal and timeless in our civilization. 

Hope you enjoy art every day of the year!

Tosh Gallery exhibition on Vancouver Island

Here are my paintings exhibited at the show.

Intuition 8

Acrylic on canvas

44 x43

$1850

Intuition 9

Acrylic on canvas

16x16

franed

$450

Intuition 10

Acrylic on canvas

16x16

framed

$450

We are looking forward to that show and are very excited to show you our work.

Hope you can make it!

Tosh Gallery Exhibition Grad course Steven Aimone

We are very please to show you the result of on intense course that we took last Srping in Nanaimo with Steven Aimone and organized by Mary Stewart.

Here are the paintings that will be shown there.

Intuition 8

Acrylic on canvas

44,5x43

 $1850

Intuition 9

Acrylic on canvas

16x16

Framed

$450

Intuition 10

Acrylic on canvas

16x16

framed

$450

Come and enjoy the show!

Back from Europe....

I had a long visit and trip in Switzerland this Summer....

The life as an artist is in the studio painting but also outside of the studio taking in a variety of emotions, seeing different scenery, meeting new people. Those are the kind of things that recharge my batteries in order to create again, perhaps in different ways.

For me a change of pace and travelling are always good ways to create new energy and fresh ideas.

One of the things I did this summer was to bring my paintings to the Big Art Show in Soleure (which I participated in last year as well). It will start in November and go the beginning of January.

www.kunstsupermarkt.ch

I also visited galleries in Switzerland and was accepted for exhibits in three galleries. I will keep you updated on that later but I can say that I was very happy. One the shows will be in Vercorin in a small gallery called La Galerie Minuscule and I will show with my artist friend Dorane Martinelli. Another one will be in Sion at the Galerie Duo and that one will be a solo show. The third one is the Galerie de la Tour de Peilz which will show some of my paintings as one of the regular artists they exhibit.

My friend Myriam gave my the opportunity again to have a Vernissage in her store which was very successful and allowed me to meet old friends and family.

Many thanks to the Trisconi family for helping me and hosting the Vernissage!

Here are my three first paintings that I did on my return. I started freely on large canvasses since I find this more liberating...

The third one  looks like it explodes with warm colours.....

We will see what come next this Fall!
Stay tuned.....

Art Crawl on Granville street.....

Next Saturday June 23rd there will be a art crawl in lots of  galleries on Granville street will be open from 5th to 15th .

Urbanity a nice scandinavian cloth store is going to show my paintings at the same time. I will be there from 1pm to 4pm yoto talk to you and share a glass of wine while you stroll through the store enjoying both nice cloth and some art.

See the address below:

U R B A N I T Y

urbanity.ca/

U R B A N I T Y 2412 Granville Street Vancouver BC, V6H 3G6 CANADA (map) Free parking - Stall 7. Opening hours: Tues - Sat 11 - 18. Sunday Noon - 17 604 801-6262

Here are some of the paintings that you will see there.

18x36 Acrylic on canvas

$650

12x36 Acrylic on canvas

$450

44x45 Acrylic on canvas

$2000

36x18 Acrylic on canvas

$650

18x24Acrylic on canvas

$450

18x24 Acrylic on canvas

$450

24x30 Acrylic on canvas

$720

16x20 Acrylic on canvas

$320

Have a great weekend!

``Demo`` at CityScape

Well, I can say that the demo was a huge success! 48 persons came to see our demo and explanation of the process of painting abstract in using your right brain. We couldn't have asked for more than that, the audience was interested, asked question, watched attentively and stayed until the end, which lasted two hours. An amazing experience for all of us.

Three artists came from Vancouver Island, Jill Ehlert, Diane McCarten and Eve Llyndorah. They did the demo while Sara Morison and I talked about the process and lead them to their mission. First we did the square,circle and triangle exercise slow and fast, observed the differences between the two and asked the audience their feedback.
Then I asked the artists to do the repetitive motif exercise and asked the audience to choose a number. Number was 4 was chosen and the artists drew on 36x48 velum paper as many times as they felt like and continued the painting with the colours of their choice to create their paintings.

Eve Llyndorah

Jill Ehlert

Diane McCarten 

During that time Sara and I talked about the course with Steven Aimone, Aimone Services that Mary Stewart organizes on the Island Vancouver Island Art Workshops . The paper we use was of a big interest (Velum 90lb) 48inches wide.

We also talked about the book Painters Eleven  that I recently finish reading and truly enjoyed, for different reasons, one being the similarity in process between their work and my work, the fact that they had to open doors to a new style of painting at the time in Canada and being accepted as abstract artists and open new vision of the art at the same time to the public.

I would like to say thank you to Linda Feil and Jo Dunlop for accepting us into the gallery of CityScape and for all of us to show our work together as an abstract group. The cherry on the cake was the demo last Saturday. Just a fantastic experience for all of us!

Enjoy the three pieces of art created (on 90lb velum paper) during the demo!

Diane McCarten

Eve Llindorah

Jill Ehlert

Hope you enjoyed it and that you feel like trying to do it yourself!

Studio Experience!

This was an amazing evening after a year and half past after our course with Steven Aimone.


               Here are some impatient women looking at the window before the show!

Jill Ehlert one of the 14 women in the show did an amazing slide show of the Opening Studio Experience! please click on it and see the show!

            Catherine,Therese and Sara 3 members of the 5enses participating in the Studio show


Sara and Bonnie both sold a painting, this is very good and encouraging since our work was made on paper and not even mounted yet!

    This is my piece made for the exercise`` repetitive motif ``one of the exercise made                        during our Steven Aimone workshop in November 2010.

Latest News!

I have been accepted again at the Kunstsupermarkt Soleure Switzerland for the next 2012 show.

Here are some of my paintings and also you can go on my website and see the rest of my work....

in the smallest category 10x12

in the next category 12x12

in the third category 18x24

and the largest category 24x24

I am also going to have two large paintings 

Passion Series 6

110x80cm

and finally Passion Series 7

110x110cm

I will bring all these paintings in July when we go to Switzerland for our holidays. This is pretty exciting for me and nice to work with this very well organized group, Peter Lukas being the main organizer.

May post

Since the workshop on the Island I have been to Victoria to visit for the first time The Red Gallery in Victoria where they show my work. Marion and Bobb a very nice couple, they started the gallery a bit over a year ago and have been quiet successful selling painting and representing a nice group of Artist. I am one of the lucky one exhibiting there.

Here is some of my work showing there.

Okanagan Series 24x24

Flowers Series 20x20

Song of Shapes 22x28

I went to Victoria with my friend Elyse and stayed with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law in a hobby sheep farm that was alot of fun!

I even bought wool from the hobby farm and from those sheep, beautiful wool natural dye. My intention is to knit a sweater for Mark!!! Oups! Unfortunately, I knitted and painted too much lately and I am NOT allowed to paint or knit for three weeks....so here I am blogging instead!

I will be more active with my blog since I am taking a course to improve my blogging!

So that's it for now and see you soon!