"Rocinante" , etc ~ Mixed Media Contemporary Paper Collage by Nancy Standlee Texas Daily Painter

"Rocinante"
16 x 20 in. Hand Painted Papers Mixed Media Collage
Ampersand cradled 2" deep panel

"Minerals and Metals"
12" x 16" Mixed Media on Ampersand cradled 2" deep Hardboard

"Uncle Bob's Goat"
11 x 14 in. Hand painted and Decorated Paper

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These 3 paintings were accepted into the NLAPW Expressions 2010 show, National League of American Pen Women, at The Wine Therapist, 1810 Skillman, Dallas, TX 75206, November 6 - December 12, 2010.

Rocinante has been given a prominent home on my updated website, http://NancyStandlee.com, which is always under construction. I have really neglected to make updates as needed but for 2 days this week I worked on collage and mixed media painting updates and now I need to update my links so keep checking back. The rush was on because I'd taken out an ad in the Southwest Art magazine December issue with the Rocinante image and he wasn't even on the website.

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"Rocinante" ~ A Horse Painted Paper Mixed Media Collage by Texas Contemporary Fine Artist Nancy Standlee

"Rocinante"
16 x 20 in. Hand Painted Papers Mixed Media Collage
Ampersand cradled 2" deep panel

I belong to the group, Contemporary Fine Art International, and blog, Daily Painters Abstract Gallery, and some of us will place an ad in the December issue of the Southwest Art magazine. I have chosen the above collage, "Rocinante" to place in the ad. I may never be able to pronounce the title but I thought Rocinante would make a good title for this painted paper mixed media collage. To make it more confusing I'm using the Spanish spelling but using the English pronunciation. Rocinante was the name of Don Quixote's faithful friend and horse who accompanied him while he was tilting windmills in the story by Cervantes written in the 1600's. See which pronunciation you like better HERE. John Steinbeck, 1902, Salinas, CA., "The Grapes of Wrath" author, took a 10,000 mile journey in a 3/4 ton truck in the 60's and he named the truck, Rocinante. The book that came from that was "Travels with Charlie." Yes, I've ordered the book from Amazon.
Technique: I have been gluing a map for the background and I have added other elements this time from some vintage books and stamps, dress patterns and a tailoring book from my college days, an interesting face stamp. Some relevant words I've added are horse, Don Quixote, wild horse, Arizona, horseman, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, warriors, and drawing. Some of these words came from a 1902 vintage magazine and a dictionary. I learn something with each new collage and it takes many close up views of Google images to get the eyes correct.
I have entered him in a Dallas juried show today also. More to come on that.

"On Earth, Peace"

Saturday, Elizabeth (Betty) Taylor and I delivered our CBC painting to the PCPC art festival. Last weekend we took a painting holiday to finish this painting just in time for delivery. It is a juried show and the jurors, Cheryl and Ken Vogel, own the Valley House Gallery. More to come about the fate of this painting. It was a new concept and style for our collaborative group and you can read about our long weekend HERE.

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Art Journaling Workshop “Love Your Life” with Nancy Standlee

Three Day November 6-8, 2010 Saturday, Sunday, Monday 9:30 – 4:30

The Upstairs Gallery

1038 W. Abram

Arlington, TX 76013

Contact: J. T. Martin 817 277-6961 to register or

info@upstairsartgallery.com