Cheerful and Colorful Paintings

Cheerful and Colorful Paintings in Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media and Collage
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Pittsburgh Steelers Football Helmet ~ Torn Paper Collage Painting ~ Super Bowl Art Show ~ Art Bowl MMXI by Texas Contemporary Artist Nancy Standlee

"Steelers Helmet"
Pittsburgh Steelers
16 x 20 in. Torn Paper Collage Painting on Canvas

Since I have a Green Bay Packer torn paper collage for the show, I had to collage a painting about the Pittsburgh Steelers. If you click on the image you will see a Cowboys Stadium image at the top of the helmet. Other messages are hidden in the design. For the last three posts on this blog I've shown torn paper collage paintings I've done for this sports related art show that will be held across Collins Street from the Cowboys Stadium.

Some of the information for the art show has changed since my last blog post. Here is the update:

F6 MMXI Art Bowl
F6 Gallery
Feb 3-5, 2011
11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Lincoln Square, Suite 225 (next to Jason's Deli)
For info go to http://www.lincolnsquarearlington.com/
For information about the event and free Super Bowl Parking go here
http://www.lincolnsquarearlington.com/superbowlevent.php
Check here for a MAP of the area

Artist Reception will be Feb 3 at 7:00 and a Gallery Walk at 7:30


Canvas by Canvas will be in the art show and will exhibit some of their recent Cowboy Stadium paintings. So please come out and visit with the artists sometime during the 3 day event. We will be there for the Gallery Walk for sure on Thursday evening. Dennis Hevia is our Canvas by Canvas photographer and he will be at the Art Bowl. Check out his website HERE.

WFAA has a good link for Super Bowl events. Click HERE.

Just a little bit of driving advice... if you're listening to TV and go to Dallas for the Super Bowl game February 6, you will miss it by about 20 miles. Whatever, the announcers are saying it is in Arlington, TX. I don't understand why they keep saying Dallas?

Other events can be found here at the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee Site.

http://www.northtexassuperbowl.com
/ (click on EVENTS)

http://www.artandseek.org/event.php?id=25318

"Cut a Dido"
Some of the Canvas by Canvas peeps went to a Peter Max gallery opening yesterday in Dallas at the Wisby-Smith Fine Art Gallery. I was particularly interested in his football helmets and we saw Peter and some of his outstanding colorful art. There were 5 of us in the car and on the way home I casually mentioned "cutting didoes". Well, you would have thought I was speaking a foreign language. No one had any idea of what I meant or had ever heard the term before. But if you do a Google search before I tell you, be very cautious because of a very similar term so watch where you click. In the 40's and 50's in my small hometown of De Leon, TX. the family cars didn't go very fast so to "do exploits" the boys could make a fast U turn, squeal the tires, throw some gravel and then you're hear.."boy, he can really cut the didoes in his Dad's old car" or "did you know the cops stopped him for cutting didoes down by the train tracks?" Now after some iPhone searches on the way home by some unbelieving Canvas by Canvas members (New York and Canada, even our Florida member and the young Texas one) they found this site and now I find I'm speaking like they did in the 1800's.. Oh, my... Check HERE for the definition and HERE for another article about 1800's speech. Oh, just enjoy our art show and the Super Bowl events, in person or on TV.

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PAINTED PAPER COLLAGE PAINTINGS ~ TORN PAPER PAINTINGS ~ WATERMEDIA ~
COLLAGE ART ~ TORN PAPER COLLAGE ~ PITTSBURGH STEELERS HELMET PAINTING ~
~ TEXAS DAILY PAINTER
~ NANCY STANDLEE CONTEMPORARY ART ~


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Friday, January 28, 2011

Super Bowl XLV ~ Art Bowl MMXI ~ F6 Gallery Free Art Event ~ Nancy Standlee Daily Painter

"Footsteps" A Sneaker
14 x 18 inch Torn Paper Collage Painting
An entry for the Free Art Gallery Event Super Bowl Week

A new entry for the big, free event by F6 Gallery opening Thursday evening February 3, 2011 at the Art Bowl MMXI located in the Lincoln Square Shopping Center. There will be snacks and music and meet the artist night so come out and share our love of art. Below this post is a slide show of some photos I took this morning that will help get you oriented to the location. Watch for the Mustang Fountain then you're close. The show will be open February 3 - 5 from 12:00 pm until 11:00 pm. It has been advised to travel from the west to get into Lincoln Square and that means stay off Collins! Use Center and Mesquite.

I've had 2 workshops with artist Donna Zagotta and you can search her name on my blog and read about those posts. She has listed my blog as one of the art blogs to watch in 2011. Thanks Donna and click HERE to see some of the blogs Donna has listed.

My son, Brad, called this morning to tell me he was doing some construction steel work for some Texas artists that had a studio and Bluemoon Farm and knew of my blog. Here they are and how nice to be introduced to some new artists friends, Luna Azul Studios. Check them out.

Look at some of the slides to see some of the landmarks around where the Art Show will be:



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PAINTED PAPER COLLAGE PAINTINGS ~ TORN PAPER PAINTINGS ~ WATERMEDIA ~
COLLAGE ART ~ MIXED MEDIA TEXTURED ABSTRACT PAINTING ~ SPORTS ART~ SNEAKER
~ TEXAS DAILY PAINTER
~ NANCY STANDLEE CONTEMPORARY ART ~ SUPER BOWL ART


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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Green Bay Packer ~ Torn Paper Collage Painting ~ Super Bowl ~ by Texas Contemporary Painter Nancy Standlee

"Green Bay Packer" Aaron Rodgers Super Bowl 2011
30 x 24 in. Torn Paper Collage Painting on gallery wrapped canvas

I've varnished and put the wire on this large (for me) torn paper collage painting of Aaron Rodgers for the sports art show opening next Wednesday. Super Bowl fever is heating up around Arlington TX. Yes, I looked through some of my food magazines and found some cheese to collage on the painting but I don't know if it's Wisconsin Cheddar or not. When I was at the Derek Gores workshop in Florida in December I watched a Vince Lombardi movie on TV in the motel in the evening and it has led to wanting to collage a sports figure and I liked the colors in the Green Bay Packers and I've done my share of research this week to add special touches to the collage such as Aaron's birthday.

Some of the information for the art show has changed since my last blog post. Here is the update:
F6 MMXI Art Bowl
F6 Gallery
Feb 3-5, 2011
11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Lincoln Square, Suite 225 (next to Jason's Deli)
For info go to http://www.lincolnsquarearlington.com/
For information about the event and free Super Bowl Parking go here
http://www.lincolnsquarearlington.com/superbowlevent.php
Check here for a MAP of the area

Artist Reception will be Feb 3 at 7:00 and a Gallery Walk at 7:30


Canvas by Canvas will be in the art show and will exhibit some of their recent Cowboy Stadium paintings. So please come out and visit with the artists sometime during the 3 day event. We will be there for the Gallery Walk for sure.

Other events can be found here

http://www.northtexassuperbowl.com
/ (click on EVENTS)

http://livingsocial.com/cities/20-fort-worth/articles/14071-best-under-the-radar-art


http://www.artandseek.org/event.php?id=25318


BLOG:...............http://NancyStandlee.blogspot.com


WEBSITE:.........http://NancyStandlee.com

WEBSITE:.........http://CanvasbyCanvas.com


PAINTED PAPER COLLAGE PAINTINGS ~ TORN PAPER PAINTINGS ~ WATERMEDIA ~
COLLAGE ART ~ MIXED MEDIA TEXTURED ABSTRACT PAINTING ~
~ TEXAS DAILY PAINTER
~ NANCY STANDLEE CONTEMPORARY ART ~


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Monday, January 24, 2011

"A Chance to Dance" ` Super Bowl Torn Paper Collage Painting ~Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"A Chance to Dance"
16 x 20 Torn Paper Collage Painting
This Super Bowl Football Helmet is one of my entries into the F6 Sports Art Bowl MMXI show February 2 - 5, 2011 in the Lincoln Square Shopping Center, open daily 12 noon until 11 p.m. When I delivered my Arlington Museum of Art donation, see post HERE, I saw a great football themed art exhibition by Steve Moya with REAL football helmets sitting around. I never travel without my camera so I took photos of some of the helmets in this exhibition because I doubt that I would come near anything football for the rest of 2011. Steve had some great football themed art along with the helmets. Where does one get all these football helmets?
This sports themed show will be a first for me because I am not very "into" sports but this has been fun and I even watched a little football Sunday to see who would be playing in the Cowboy Stadium for the big Super Bowl Celebration February 6. Arlington, TX. is busy with preparation so please visit our Super Bowl Show. I am working on a 30 x 24 collage of a Green Bay Packer that I HOPE to have ready for the show. Yes, I found a picture of a piece of cheese to put in the collage but it is a long way from being ready to post on this blog.


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WEBSITE:.........http://NancyStandlee.com

WEBSITE:.........http://CanvasbyCanvas.com


PAINTED PAPER COLLAGE PAINTINGS ~ TORN PAPER PAINTINGS ~ WATERMEDIA ~
COLLAGE ART ~ MIXED MEDIA TEXTURED ABSTRACT PAINTING ~ FOOTBALL HELMET ~ SUPER BOWL~ TEXAS DAILY PAINTER
~ NANCY STANDLEE CONTEMPORARY ART ~


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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Impressionist Figurative Acrylic Paintings ~ Lylas~ Arlington Museum of Art ~ Texas Contemporary Artist Nancy Standlee




LYLAS - Carol
9 x 12 Acrylic on canvas
This is one of my impressionist "angel women" that I love to paint using stamps and a loose style. Lylas - Love You Like a Sister and then a name of a friend makes up the title. You will probably see more of these because I count 3 Robert Burridge workshops for 2011. Wow..did I really sign up for that many? He will surely get tired of all of my questions. I'll be in the ones in Dallas, Granbury, and Dena's. You can check his website for links if you're interested in joining me; however, there could be a wait list as if it's a Burridge there is a good possibility of a long wait list.

Blue Cloud Angel
8 x 10 Acrylic with some collage on Canvas

I took this piece to the Arlington Museum of Art yesterday as a donation for the "Pennies from Heaven" 20th Anniversary Gala and Art Auction, February 19, 2011, a project to underwrite roof and air condition repair. Raffle tickets are available for Southwest Airlines for two, anywhere Southwest flies. I'm buying some of these for sure. Email the Museum for more info at ama@arlingtonmuseum.org.

I'm a member of Canvas by Canvas, a collaborative painting group, and we have donated one of our paintings for the Gala auction. We each one paint a different square and we draw for our square and we vote on the name. I'm so glad to get rid of this one because I could never pronounce his name. Click HERE to see him on our website.
"La Diosa Roja" ?? Did I vote yes to that name? I probably voted for "Red Longhorn". Anyway he's a beautiful longhorn and stop by the museum to get a good close up look.

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PAINTED PAPER COLLAGE PAINTINGS ~ TORN PAPER PAINTINGS ~ WATERMEDIA ~
COLLAGE ART ~ MIXED MEDIA TEXTURED ABSTRACT PAINTING ~ IMPRESSIONIST ACRYLIC ~ FIGURATIVE ~ TEXAS DAILY PAINTER
~ NANCY STANDLEE CONTEMPORARY ART ~


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Monday, January 10, 2011

"In the Beginning" ~ Art Journal Page ~ Strathmore Online Workshop

"In the Beginning"
Strathmore Visual Journal
90 lb. 9 x 12 in.

Strathmore is hosting 3 online journal workshops and the first one started January 1. I have just now been able to work on my page for the first lesson about recycling some of your art work. The class hosted by Pam Carriker will be open until August 2011 so grab your journal and come join us. This first class has 1216 members and 887 photos of recently made journal pages. What a great opportunity to be inspired to begin or add pages to your journal.
Sign up by clicking here:
http://www.strathmoreartist.com/vjworkshop2011.html

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WEBSITE:.........http://NancyStandlee.com

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PAINTED PAPER COLLAGE PAINTINGS ~ TORN PAPER PAINTINGS ~ WATERMEDIA ~
COLLAGE ART ~ MIXED MEDIA TEXTURED ABSTRACT PAINTING ~ ART JOURNALS ~
~ TEXAS DAILY PAINTER
~ NANCY STANDLEE CONTEMPORARY ART ~


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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Sketchbook Project 2011 ~ Art Journal Workshop ~Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

Art Journaling Workshop
Dena Wenmohs Ranch
July 2010
I didn't know much about the Sketchbook Project 2011 when I signed up but it sounded like it might be something my 2 "Love Your Life" art journal classes would enjoy while we were working in our journals at Dena's ranch. Click HERE to read more about this class on a previous blog post. Several posts during July also discuss the class. The time has come to mail in our journal book and today I added some information to our online portfolio.
Go here to see the images.
Sketchbook Project 2011
http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject

Click on Browse Participating Artists on the right
Enter Name Nancy Standlee
Click on my profile photo to see some of the entries

I made a slide show about the Sketchbook Journal. I chose the theme "Storybook" and let each student tell their own story in words and art. I did teach a November class at the Upstairs Gallery but it seems no one had time to make a journal entry.
Mouse over for captions.