Museum Exit

Museum Exit, 24x18, oil on panel

I saw this scene as I was walking out of the National Museum of Ireland. I immediately thought it was an abstract painting with all the colors and repeating shapes. And the buildings were catawampas on top of it. I had gone to the National Museum to see the 'bog' people. There is so much in this museum it is a shame I was already on overload and so really did just go to see what I wanted to see. The floors were beautiful mosaics and I had to walk past all the Celtic gold jewelry to get to where I wanted to go. The gold work looked amazing as I glanced at the display cases. I had already been to the National Gallery of Ireland to see art for a few hours, which I enjoyed very much. The two museums are very close which is why I headed over to the National Museum while I was in that part of Dublin. I had walked over from where I was staying which was across the river.

In this painting I was trying to get movement through color. There is the yellow that creates the most obvious movement; followed by the reds and then the blues. The image provided a good start to this structure as is, but I did force a few color notes as well. While working on this one I kept toying with making it much more abstracted in a Diebenkorn approach. Now that I have this one done I am thinking of doing it again, same size, with that more flattened, layered color block approach. Not sure if the figures would be included; that is still to be determined.

Orange is the New Red Exhibit at Framed Image

Orange is the New Red 2016 Exhibition and Sale Our Entire Stock of Photo Frames is 25% off. Hurry while stock lasts! The new exhibition and sale Orange is the New Red From March 1 to April 30   "Wash Park Cosmos" by Deborah McAllister, Oil, 12"x9' $400 Our Artists Stephanie Aguilar Leslie Allen Roger Ambrosier Heather Arenas Deb Bartos Tricia Bass Susan Bell Linda Petrie Bunch Carole Buschmann Pat Carney Rita Cirillo George Coll Dwight Davidson Aimee Deneweth Victoria Ekelund Ken Elliott Bev Endsley Amy Evans Alix Evendorff Sheri Farabaugh Jane Ford Tracy Haines Joanne Hanson Susan Haskins Jeanne Hougen Wes Hyde   Lela Kay Kate Kennedy Diane Koch Sarah Lewis Kit Hevron Mahoney Deborah McAllister Katherine McGuinness Linda Mooney Kristen Moore Rodgers Naylor Dawn Normali Paul Nutting Marilyn Quigley Jennifer Riefenberg Jennifer Robinson Nancy Rynes Janet Sacks Susan Schulte Sarah Van Beckum Eldon Warren Mary Williams Amy Winter Anita Winter Lora Witt Nancy Wylie   "Lets Tango" by Kate Kennedy, Oil, 30"x30", $900 "Two's Company" by Bev Endsley, Oil, on Canvas, 11"x14", $875 "Poppy Peak" by Joanne Hanson, Oil, 18"x24", $1185 "Times Three" by Tricia Bass, OIl, 12"x16", $900 As featured in this month's Western Art and Architecture "The Color of Sunshine" by Jeanne Hougen, Oil, 16"x8", $230 "Feathered Finery" by Pat Carney, Oil, 11"x14", $800 "Snowy in Red" by Susan Bell, Oil, 12"x12", $650 "Ordered Chaos" by Victoria Ekelund, Oil, 24"x24", $1920 "Mystique" by Lela Kay, Oil, 40"x40", $3400 "Shazam V" by Alix Evendorff, 48"x72", $10500 "Wind is Blowing" by Janet Sacks, Oil, 19"x19", $493 "Spring's Here" by Janet Sacks, Oil, 19"x19", $400 "Daylilies from David" by Leslie Allen, Oil, 24"x18", $1720 "Rooted in Red" by Aimee Deneweth, Oil, 8"x10", $350 "The Color of Poppies" by Jennifer Riefenberg, 18"x24", $1250 "Fall Fire" by Nancy Wylie, Pastel, 9"x12", $525 "Dinner at 9" by Sheri Farabaugh, 12"x16", $1275 Learn about our Artists   Tricia Bass "African Daisies" Oil, 12"x10", $680 "As a landscape painter, the concept of being paid to paint in the great outdoors in the magnificent west constantly brings a smile to my face. With oil painting, I feel as if I have discovered a wonderful gift!  Although I love studio work, there's nothing like just being out there, with all your senses engaged and amazed! " To learn more about Tricia visit www.triciabass.com Bev Endsley "Twos Company" Oil on Canvas, 11"x14", $875 "Beverly has used the time she has spent living in the east, Austin, Texas, Santa Fe and Colorado to explore differing styles of art. She has studied with such masters as Quang Ho, David Leffel, Mark Nelson, Kevin Weckbach, Sherri McGraw and numerous other artists to pursue her love of oils, watercolors and sketching." To learn more visit Bev's website www.beverlyendsley.com Website Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn We think about art differently, We design differently, We frame differently; Our clients expect a difference Copyright © 2016 Framed Image, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in to get information from Framed Image Framing and Gallery. Our mailing address is: Framed Image 5066 East Hampden Ave. Denver, Co 80222 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Irish Fishing Boats - Howth

Howth Harbor, 16x12, oil on linen panel

As seems to be my modus operandi these days, a bunch of paintings I have been working on were wrapped up this past weekend after a month of nothing to report. So many are 'in progress.' This little guy started out last August at a workshop I attended as a study for a bigger painting. I did a very simple block in to see if how the shapes would work. I have not gotten to a larger version since then so I opted instead to finish the block in. It was a lot of detail for such a small work in my mind, so I had to do work on it in bite size pieces. I started first to correct the drawing, which was not off by much, thankfully. I then started from the top and worked my way down. It took about a month of working in stages to finish it not being in any kind of hurry and enjoying the leisurely pace.

I liked this image for the composition and for the repetitive shapes and colors. The reds and oranges move you through the painting and the gray brown harbor walls frames it nicely keeping the eye moving.

Howth is out on a spit of land that juts out north of Dublin called Howth Head. The train took about a half hour to get there from the city. We had a lovely lunch on the harbor listening to the sea gulls and watching the boats coming and going. Howth  has a large hillside which we walked up and found a wonderful view of the harbor from a church ruin. The clouds had rolled in by then and as you can see below, gave a very moody image with the church and the bare trees. It was two years ago I was there this month. Howth has a great hiking trail that runs around the hill the abbey is on which gives you views of the Irish Sea. FYI, we did not see many tourists, yet I found the town very picturesque. It was a bright but overcast day and we were blessed with a rainbow as we took the train back to Dublin early that evening.

Unloading the boat

Fish chowder and fresh Irish bread

St Mary's Abbey, Howth

Writing this post reminds me of how many great images I have from the afternoon spend walking around this town.

The Anshutz Collection at the Broadmoor

Two weeks ago I was in Colorado Springs to judge high school students in DECA, a marketing education student organization for Career and Technical Education. It was two day commitment plus reading the proposals ahead of time. I was given Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan. I am not a sports fan so this was not the best pick for me, but 4 women and 1 man were the judges for this event on Sunday afternoon. We judged the presentations of the 11 or so teams whose written plan we had already reviewed. Fine. The next day, all the events were moved to the WEST building on the Broadmoor campus. Now this is when my eyes were filled with delight. The West building houses some amazing pieces from the Anschutz collection. The paintings are spread around the hallways and in sitting areas. I have picked two Fechins and two Blumenscheins here. But also represented were Birger Sandzen, Maynard Dixon, Remington, Victor Higgins and many more. There were a couple of Maxfield Parishe's and  Bierstadt's in the main building as well. Worth a side trip if you are in the Springs.

detail from Fechin still life. Have you ever seen such onions? Masterful.

another detail from Blumenschein if my memory serves.

another Fechin detail

Blumenschein