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Painting-A-Day: August 31, 2015

8/31/2015

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Not quite finished with my painting today, so I am sharing my Pinot & Paint (wine and paint class) photos from last Friday night. My classes are a bit different from the norm, because we don't paint recognizable objects, for the most part. I teach abstract expressionism, in other words, the use of color, line, shape and texture to express emotion or just for the fun of it! I'd like you to be able to walk out, buy some paints, canvas and brushes and play with them at home without feeling intimidated. This class had a challenging painting, but I think they did very well and we had a great deal of fun!  It's true that it is the process, not the result. I tell myself that every day! Next class: September 25th at The Grand Center for Arts in New Ulm, MN. I do travel with this class, by the way. Send me a note, if you have questions.
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Rule No. 1: Do not wear white pants. Creative problem solving on Jane's part!

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A glass of wine to warm us up and Skol! (Non-alcoholic beverages available.)

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I have no room for my wine, now what!?

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My favorite part! Finished paintings and everyone's is completely different!

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Painting-A-Day: August 28, 2015

8/28/2015

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Acrylic on Archival Gessobord with 3/4" Birch Sides, 12 x 12". Ready to hang!

"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley" (or "The best-laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry"). I tried the same scheme for this painting as my August 26th painting, hoping to simplify. Well, that didn't happen. Sigh. This painting began to show me a flower-like sunburst of color while the horizontal suggests a landscape. That, at least, made me happy. I will keep at my goal of simplifying. Stay tuned for more!

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Painting-A-Day: August 26, 2015

8/26/2015

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Acrylic on Archival Gessobord with 3/4" Birch Sides, 12 x 12". Ready to hang!

This week I am working on a motif that I will teach at Friday night's Pinot & Paint, wine and paint, class. It is the juxtaposition of the sturdy vertical and horizontal lines in relationship with the excitement of diagonals. They need each other, I think. I have the steps in mind, but want to try it a few different ways  to see what happens. This version is fairly complicated, so I will try to simplify it tomorrow. This will make it a bit easier for those who are new to painting, and is actually a good lesson for me, as well. I tend to get many things going on at once in my abstracts. This is not inherently bad, it's just that sometimes less is more, as Matisse found out later in his life when his busy interior patterns in painting became simpler cut-out shapes. It's all about figuring out the puzzle, really. And that's what keeps me coming back for more.

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Painting-A-Day: August 25, 2015

8/25/2015

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Join us for the next Pinot & Paint, wine and paint class on August 28th!
Let your inner artist free!

We still have room for ten people at my next Pinot & Paint class! Grab your friends, family or come and meet new people. Call The Grand Center for Arts and Culture in New Ulm 507-359-9222 to sign up. Friday night, August 28th! Future classes will be Sept. 25, Oct. 23 and Nov. 20! You can sign up for those as well. Hope to see you there!
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Painting-A-Day: August 20, 2015

8/20/2015

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Acrylic on Archival Gessobord with 2" Birch Sides, 16" x 20". Ready to hang!

This painting has been through quite a few changes. I feel like I'm finished, but you never know. The horizontal narrow waving lines in copper and gold are a metallic paint and so have a sheen when light shines on the surface. Here I point to the earth and the greater universe.

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Painting-A-Day: August 19, 2015

8/19/2015

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Acrylic on Archival Gessobord with 3/4" Birch Sides, 12 x 12". Ready to hang!

Today I needed a little therapy. Art therapy. I found these colors to be self-soothing and the suggestion of a Minnesota landscape visually pleasing. Many of you have had to go through the rigors of moving. We are in the middle of it. There is nothing like moving to make it very clear that you have too many things, that you have saved too many things, and that you, perhaps, have let things take over your life. We've had this awareness in our face for over a year as we have slowly, but surely, purged ourselves of stuff.  A very neutral word, "stuff". Appropriate name for things that don't really matter.

I've been noticing how it feels to only keep those things that give you some joy or have some special meaning. To let go of the extraneous things that don't add up to joy in your life is probably the most freeing thing I have felt in my adult life. We don't notice it after a while, but all of our accumulations weigh heavy on our psyches. Pretty soon we are spending an inordinate amount of time taking care of all of these things. I am curious about what I could do with all of that time, if I had less.

We had an open house last night because we are selling our house. It has been a great house while raising our three kids. We have worked so hard these last two months, doing all of the repairs and deep cleaning we don't normally have time to do and have learned to ignore. This is why you haven't seen too many paintings from me lately. That is part of the reason we are down-sizing and going simpler. I want to spend more time on my art and writing and less time shuffling things around. Thankfully, my husband and I are on the same page. Here's to hoping our house sells and I have more time for art therapy!

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Painting-A-Day: August 10, 2015

8/13/2015

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Acrylic on Archival Gessobord with 3/4" Birch Sides, 12 x 12". Ready to hang!

Sometimes summers feel so crazy! Remember when you were a kid and the summer stretched out long and slow? Every day was what you decided to make it? Well, unless you grew up on a farm, then your parents decided for you. But there were other pluses to that, my husband tells me. I grew up in a small town in northeast Iowa with seemingly endless rolling hills of various greens. This summer has been so green with all of the rain we've been getting. Usually my plants have all dried up by now, because we are usually traveling here and there and it always seems to be in July when things are hottest. We've actually been able to eat our own garden produce instead of "farming" it out to our neighbors. Still, I never have much of a routine in the summer. I like it and I don't like it. We have had a fair amount of driving lately and I never tire of the beauty of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin landscapes. That's what I was thinking of today.

This painting has SOLD.

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