Cantaloupe Still Life Oil Painting ~ Peggi Kroll Roberts Workshop ~ by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

Cantaloupe 12022

Oil on canvas panel 9x12

Never say never, right? I've been saying I won't paint in oils since I have acrylics and watercolor and there isn't much more room for art supplies, BUT.. I know not to make a statement like that. I've just returned from a 3 day oil painting workshop at the Knowlton Gallery in Lodi, CA with Peggi Kroll Roberts,. The first day was devoted to still life and the other two days were of the costumed model and this was my first oil workshop. Check out some of Peggi's work on the Knowlton site. Peggi lists future workshops and supply lists on her website and she has a wonderful set of instructional DVD's and a book with some of her paintings. 

Lodi was an easy place to get to and the gallery was a beautiful place to paint with an elevator to the 2nd floor. I flew into Sacramento without stops from DFW and rented a car and drove the short distance to Lodi. Classes began at 9 and went to 4 with an hour for lunch. The gallery is downtown and restaurants are within walking distance and everyone would break for lunch and go out. In Texas I've discovered in a lot of instances we eat at our table and rarely take that full hour for lunch but it was a needed enjoyable break for the 12 class members.

Peggi started us out with a lot of warm ups concentrating on values and massing in our shadows and told us that when we woke up each morning she wanted us repeating, "Mass in my shadows first." Later in the week I'll post one of the costumed model pieces and I'm not giving up on acrylic but just had a goal for 2012 that I'd like to learn more about this medium. It was a great workshop and today I've signed up for another one of Peggi's. The cantaloupe isn't signed as I'm at a loss when or how to affix my signature but I'm sure I can't use my Sharpie Paint pen. 

Nancy and Peggi with our complementary colored tops

The big spacious room beside the gallery where our workshop was held.

The covered walkway into the building from the parking area in back.

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Spanish Wine 12004, 30x24, Mixed Media Textured Red Acrylic Abstract Painting by Contemporary Fine Artist Nancy Standlee

Spanish Wine, 12004 abstract painting

30x24x1.5 gallery wrapped canvas

Acrylic painting with Venetian Plaster texture

This is truly a mixed media abstract painting with lots of Venetian plaster, red acrylics, stencil and scraffito work with some black flings of paint and oil sticks. I used this as a demo for a short one day texture workshop for some of my Canvas by Canvas peeps after I took the Carolyn Riegelman workshop in Granbury. See my post HERE about the workshop. There is another Riegelman workshop in the works for April. Check on the LGAA website for the contact person.

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Torn Paper Portrait Collage Painting, Meaghen 12021, 24"x18", Sold, by Texas Collage Artist Nancy Standlee

Meaghen 12021

24x18 torn paper collage portrait on gallery wrapped canvas

And I must say a little extra bling added by Meaghen and her mom Cindy. This is a torn paper portrait collage of one of my granddaughters that I began as a demo in the Grandbury LGAA workshop HERE. That's her dad with the collage, Brad: Peace but Meaghen can be seen in the slide show below. That was the last of November and before the final varnish today I gave it to Meaghen to add some of her personal ideas around the edges or anywhere she chose. See the details below:

 I love this little 3D dragonfly she added and I didn't see him until I started the varnish..so cool and it has given me new ideas for letting clients add some of their own ideas/images to the collage. I used computer printed text for the names of her family members but these were items that meant something to her that I wasn't privy to.

Here she added some jewels and trim to the canvas side and some Hello Kitty items and on the front some jewels. This makes it her collage.

I am on Pinterest and have added a board about Quotes and found one by Andy Warhol that certainly speaks to me. "Art is anything you can get away with" and it certainly applies to this collage. The little dragonfly is OK in 3D but her eyes, NO and they were beginning to get a little 3D with so many corrections so I just got out my acrylics and said this is it, she will have acrylic paint eyes with some collage. This is another great thing about collage - there are no rules and beware of people making rules for you to follow or telling you what you can collage. Just go for it. Email me if you have a question. Do you know how many times in workshops I've asked "What color is that?" or "What size is that brush?".. my instructors would grrrr under their breath but answer so I can understand inquisitiveness. You'll have to ask Meaghen how she made the dragonfly 3D.

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Kiss Each Other 12020, 10x10, Animal Print High Heel Torn Paper Collage Painting by Nancy Standlee, Texas Contemporary Artist.

Kiss Each Other

10"X10" torn paper collage high heel on gallery wrapped canvas

Most of the time I separate my collage work into torn paper and hand painted paper categories. An example of a torn paper from magazines, is one of my son, Eric HERE and one of hand painted papers would be of Rocinante, a horse collage HERE.

But in this high heel collage I have combined the two methods of collage application where in the bow and the heel I've used some metallic papers that I had painted and the rest of the collage is torn magazine paper. In the background above the heel in the corner are some papers that I've printed of numbers of cleaning tags saved, pasted and copied to make personal collage pages to use. 

Weird, obsessive, or you must save a lot of stuff and yes to all the questions but also another method to add your own personal marks to your collages.

I began this collage in December and Christmas got in the way. I demonstrated some of the techniques at my collage presentation for the Pecan Plantation Art Guild on January 13 and last night finally glued on the last pieces to dry overnight and today maybe the varnish coat. 

The title? Kiss each other was a phrase from an old book and I placed it under the heel, hard to see but a nice surprise when you look closely. Be kind, play nice. Kiss and make up. 

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Madame Nancy Matisse 12003, 12x12, acrylic self portrait after Matisse, by Texas Contemporary artist Nancy Standlee

"Madame Nancy Matisse" 12003

12X12 acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

OK, I was just having some fun here after I saw some Facebook posts and especially one by my friend, Kathleen Elsey, and one thing led to another, and finally led to the above painting. I've always loved Madame Matisse with the green line down her nose so I used my face with some other Madame Matisse looks. Kathleen, a Fauve painter, is from California and I've traveled to Santa Barbara and Sonoma to take her workshops, and she says I think I'll add this feature to my workshops "Paint a Green Line Day". You can see our class Sonoma photograph HERE, plus the list of upcoming workshops and a very detailed supply list.

City History  sold

As much as I love vibrant, exaggerated colors and loose brushstrokes, I enjoy the neutrals with texture also. I sold this painting this week and then received a lot of favorable comments on Facebook about the time I was ready to paint it red. So with that in mind here is another neutral listed on my Gallery at Daily Paintworks

Ancient City Myths 11043

10x10 acrylic and lots of texture on canvas

I'm having so much fun on Pinterest and here is my BOARD link.

It's an invitation only deal and they say request an invite from them but I don't see where on the site but one area and I've left several comments/questions there and have never heard anything so IF you'd like to have an invitation, send me your email and I'll invite you. There is a follow me button at the top of my blog that you will see everything I pin. Right now I'm mostly pinning art but I can see where it could be easy to spend a lot of hours there checking out some beautiful everything.

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Past Celebrations 12002, acrylic mixed media figurative on Ampersand Board, by Texas Contemporary Artist Nancy Standlee

 

Past Celebrations 12002 for sale

14 x11 acrylic figurative mixed media on Ampersand Board

This is a companion piece to the painting that I posted here and has been sold, New Year, New Celebration.  

This is a little confusing. Past Celebrations is still available. New Year, New Celebration sold. I've already confused some FB friends.

It is not framed and can be purchased from my gallery at Daily Paintworks HERE.

I like the composition and color combinations in these two recent paintings and I'd like to paint some larger ones on canvas in the next few months. 

I gave a talk on torn paper and hand painted paper collage at the Pecan Art Guild in Granbury on Friday and took several of my collages to show. It was a great turnout and I got to see some "old" friends and made some new ones. A real plus was my daughter was able to "assist" as Danna White (her name is Dana Cude.)

Plans are in the works for a possible weekend workshop there with the hand painted paper technique and I will post more details from the blog.

CFAI.co

I am an associate member at Contemporary Fine Art International and click HERE to see some of the paintings I have added to the site. Trust me it will get easier after you have added a few images. WordPress is a little different than what we're used to in Blogger but you will get the hang of it in no time. Remember you can sign up for the daily feeds that go out so you'll be able to see the newest painting that are listed; however, on the home page only the pro members are listed in the searchable data base. If you have a favorite artist that is an associate the only way to find their paintings is to search by name. I was hoping that any painting on the site could be searched by looking through such menu items as acrylic, abstract, subject, etc. 

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Once Upon a Time 12010, acrylic painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Nancy Standlee, 10x8 acrylic on paper

Once Upon a Time

10x8 acrylic on paper with a 14x11 white mat

I've added this to my gallery at Daily Paintworks, click HERE.

I have also added it to my gallery at the new and updated Contemporary Fine Art International Gallery. Click HERE.http://www.cfai.co/  

This LINK will take you to my page on the cfai.co site.

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CFAI.co

A professional or associate membership - choose wisely before you add your images.

I pay $120 a year for membership in the Daily Painters Abstract Gallery and it allows me to post images there and on the Artists of Texas blog, and Contemporary Fine Art International. Cfai has a new site and last week I worked several days adding some of my painting images as a Pro member as there was a mistake in my account and I should have been adding them as an Associate member and those images added in both areas will give you an indication of which level you want to be. For example, go to the Cfai home page HERE, click on Gallery menu tab, style, abstract and you will see 5 of my images loaded as a pro member. (One is Hold On and mouse over for the information to show). These paintings are in a searchable data base that is extremely important when clients are searching for a specific piece of art. As an associate member, yesterday I uploaded a small acrylic floral still life "Once Upon a Time" and the only way a client would find that painting is to go to page 6 of the Artists tab, click on my name and see my gallery or if they knew my name to begin with a search using my name, but we know that happens rarely. Most searches are done using terms like, small, red, acrylic, etc. The Pro account (an additional $5 a month) allows pricing on your images. Since I pay for a Daily Paintworks account that allows me to sell there, it didn't make sense to me to pay for two selling accounts; however, I would love to see all the artists on cfai (Pros and Associates) have their work in the searchable data base. It is a beautiful site with some exciting art. Please visit us there and sign up for the daily updates with your email address. 

Thank you for visiting my blog and making comments. I don't say that enough.

I've experimented with an auction at Daily Paintworks and so far no bids and I have 2 days to go. Starting bid was set at $10. at Daily Paintworks.

(some are saying this link doesn't work. You can always go to my gallery HERE and in the 2nd row mouse over painting that says "Dancing Queen"..that's the one that's up for auction and click on it and it will take you to the auction page.)

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Small Acrylic Figurative Painting ~ Daily Paintworks Auction ~ Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Dancing Queen"

7.5"x5.5" Acrylic on paper with a 14x11 white mat

I've just placed this small figurative painting on my first auction at Daily Paintworks. Just an experiment to see if I get any bids in the 7 day auction. This is a series of 4 small paintings that I will place up for bid over the next several days.

No news to report but I have a FaceBook hint if you want to see an image larger. Click on it and then refresh the page and the image will be enlarged. Try it and see if it works for you. It does for me. 

Here's wishing that you are still keeping all your resolutions!!

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Acrylic Mixed Media Figurative Painting ~ New Year, New Celebration ~ by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

 

"New Year, New Celebration" 12001

14 x 11 Acrylic Mixed Media Figurative Painting

on Ampersand Gessobord, not framed

Happy New Year to my readers and this painting is available at my gallery at Daily Paintworks. On the last post here on my blog, one of the Daily Paintworks artist commented on my painting "That's What I Like About You" and here is her quote. What a nice way to start off the new year with kind words. Here is Angie's gallery on DPW, click .HERE

Angie Brooksby said...

Hi Nancy, I just joined up to follow your blog and am adding your blog to my blog's list. Love your colors. Your collage and figure works is very similar to what all the Parisian galleries are showing. I look forward to seeing your new works.
Best,
Angie

 Image Capture at Creative Image Affair

I've sold the painting "Together" and it will soon be on its way to Maine. It has gold and metallic paints and collage and it's very hard to photograph with a point and shoot. Creative Image Affair did a professional job of this shoot and I was able to watch the process of using the original painting for future limited art print editions (giclees). The image can be placed on canvas, Plexiglass or paper in any size. There is a form on the site for more information about this process if other artists would like to have an image capture of a special piece of art. I have several of my paintings under the Fine Art Gallery, then Contemporary menu, Tribal Line and Trash Talking, click HERE.

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