Please join us Friday April 10th from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. to enjoy new work by our talented YES artists and guest exhibitors. Eat some yummy nibbles, drink wine, and be soothed by the vintage Hawaiian and tropical standards played live by Ricky Russo & The Mai Tai Serenaders. For more info about the event or artwork call Leigh at (401) 245-7174, visit http://www.yesgalleryandstudio.blogspot.com/ or email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Lots of people ask me how I paint with oil, encaustic bees wax and photo-transfers. My technique is always slightly different but here is a basic rundown. I documented the process for creating my painting titled “Cold Water Classic”.
I’ve been having a bit of “artists block” lately, been trying out different techniques, new paints, different palettes, painting smaller and larger formats all seems to help, but when I get really stuck I’ll take a photo of the painting I’m working on, load into Photoshop, to quickly add layers and try out different imagery This seems to help my workflow and gets me back on track quickly. Here is the painting before I work in layers in Photoshop.
Here is the painting with layers and imagery added in photoshop.
Daily painting of boxing, from photo recently shot at the PAL Golden Gloves in Fall River, Ma.
Been trying to paint one small painting everyday, limiting myself to one hour to finish. Here are three I did from photos I shot at my Brother in laws (Brad Martin) Golden Gloves fight. It was at the PAL in Fall River Ma, this is the most amazing place to watch a fight, it is right out of a movie set! Finished in about an hour, working fast seems to go well with boxing imagery!
Had a chance to go or a surf last Week. it was 22 degrees, and the water was around 38ish. It was so cold but the waves were perfect and no crowds, just me and few of the locals! I Managed to take photos before and after I surfed, It doesn’t look cold in the photos but my hands froze while photographing. I have more on my Flickr page http://flickr.com/photos/gonville/
Gallery Invitational: An Exhibit at the Rogers Free Library
The Bristol Art Museum is pleased to sponsor the Gallery Invitational Exhibit in the lower level of the Rogers Free Library. January 15th through March 31st, 2009
Each quarter a new group of artists is invited to exhibit thereby having an ever-changing assortment of styles, techniques and subject matter exhibited throughout the year.