tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40087578580342869312024-02-19T06:30:54.174-07:00Julie Kirkland Fine ArtContemporary realism paintings of still lifes, people, landscapes, animals and a touch magical realism.Julie Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486459807440611044noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008757858034286931.post-21461293113337037532017-08-07T06:28:00.002-06:002017-08-07T06:28:35.325-06:00"About Face"<h2>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"About Face", opens August 18th at <a data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=326456714089376&extragetparams={" href="https://www.facebook.com/commonwheel/?fref=mentions" style="color: #73a2ba;">Commonwheel Artists Co-op</a>, and is filled with a whimsical and amusing series of portraits celebrating views we all know by heart, but rarely see. Representing all ages and walks of life, "About Face" presents 100 small portraits of the back of people's heads. The portraits feature local residents and artists, including Kris and Liese Chavez, Phil Lear, Deb Komitor and many more. Even if you don't know the people personally, they are bound to remind you of someone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope that you'll join me for this fun evening. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Come and hear about my journey in painting this series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>When:</strong> Friday, August 18 2017, 5-8pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Where:</strong> 102 Cañon Avenue<br />Manitou Springs, CO 80829</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>For More Info Call:</strong> 719-685-1008</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Joining me are potters <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Arlene Woods </strong></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #284247; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">and </span><strong style="color: #284247; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Nancy Morse</strong><span style="color: #284247; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"> with face-related pottery.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Something fun was organized and circulating on the internet. Two hens and one rooster (sometimes 2) were visiting artists around the <span style="color: red;">world</span>. I should mention that the chickens are ceramic. To participate, an artist just had to sign up on a waiting list and wait her turn for the chickens to arrive. E</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">ach artist's job was to paint them and report a little about their stay. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I signed up two years ago, and, at long last, the chickens finally knocked on my door. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I knew that I wanted to paint them on top of my whale, and I did just that. But as I painted, I realized that I would have to explain why chickens were riding a whale on a river in Colorado. It took me a little time to concoct that story, but here it is!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #14a0c2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Señor Azule, Ms. Chick, Mama Chick and her brood were
feeling winter’s chill and decided that a trip to Cancun would be just the
thing to warm their cold feet and beaks. One day, as they were taking a
dip in the Gulf of Mexico, they made the acquaintance of Margarita the
Whale. Margarita was making her daily round trip swim from Cuba (she
worked out each day to maintain her girlish figure). As they shared stories of their travels,
Margarita mentioned that she often swam from the Gulf of Mexico and up the Rio
Grande to visit the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. “A river from Colorado to the Gulf!”
exclaimed Señor Azul. The chickens, having never seen the Rocky Mountains, all
agreed that they would love to travel there someday. Margarita, being as
adventurous as the chickens themselves, offered to take them on the trip that
morning. So the chickens hopped on her back and away they went!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #14a0c2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As she swam, Margarita explained that the Rio
Grande is formed by the joining of several streams in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Mountains"><span style="color: #0950d0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">San Juan Mountains</span></a> of
Colorado, just east of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Divide_of_the_Americas"><span style="color: #0950d0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Continental
Divide</span></a>. From there, it flows through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Valley"><span style="color: #0950d0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">San Luis Valley</span></a>, then
south into the Middle Rio Grande Valley in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico"><span style="color: #0950d0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Mexico</span></a>, passing
through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Gorge"><span style="color: #0950d0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Rio Grande Gorge</span></a> near
Taos. The river then continues south through the desert cities
of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico"><span style="color: #0950d0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Albuquerque</span></a>,
and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico"><span style="color: #0950d0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Las Cruces</span></a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas"><span style="color: #0950d0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">El Paso, Texas</span></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez,_Chihuahua"><span style="color: #0950d0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ciudad Juárez,
Chihuahua</span></a>. The Rio Grande ends in a small, sandy delta at
the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way, the river forms part of the Mexico-United
States border. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its total length is
almost 2000 miles. Needless to say, the chicks often grew restless and
Mama Chicken would swim alongside Margarita to allow the chicks to burn off
some energy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #14a0c2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once they reached Colorado and The Rockies, Ms. Chick was
astounded by the red rock formations and the height of the mountains.
Margarita explained that, hundreds of years ago, the mountains
were once entirely covered by oceans. She described many of the fossils that
had been found proving this and also told them that dinosaurs had once roamed
there as well. She even stopped to show them many of the dinosaur tracks
imbedded in the rocks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #14a0c2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slowly but surely, the little troupe felt the winter
cold seeping back into their bones and they wanted to return to the warm sunny
beaches of Cancun. While the trip into the Rockies had taken quite awhile
(Margarita had been swimming upstream) the return trip went quickly since they
simply shot the white water rapids back. Lying on the beach later that day,
they all toasted their adventure with a pitcher of margaritas (their friend’s
namesake) and agreed that perhaps they should venture below the equator
someday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Julie Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486459807440611044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008757858034286931.post-36389976159384250192016-11-12T07:31:00.000-07:002016-11-12T07:31:45.491-07:00Cleopatra<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Described as an alluring temptress<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> of surpassing beauty who was brilliant to look upon, Cleopatra is always portrayed as sexy and </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">captivating. The Cleopatra that you see above may not exactly fit her namesake's description, but she does have an irresistible charm of her own. She's a service dog as well. Doesn't she put a smile on your face? This recent commission is intended as a Christmas gift for her owner.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now's the time to contact me if you are interested in a painted portrait of your own pet or as a gift to someone special for the holidays.</span></div>
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Julie Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486459807440611044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008757858034286931.post-64773072063335647032016-03-09T08:41:00.000-07:002016-03-09T08:41:34.193-07:00Getting the Work Done<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Colorado Springs artist, Laurel Seibels Justice has been doing a wonderful series on how artists work in the midst of life as we know it. Her latest profile tells a bit about my process.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"On how artists get their work done: this is my friend Julie. She is in that stage of life where aging parents and traveling with a retired husband can be distractions (enjoyable distractions, but distractions nonetheless) to getting to the studio. When asked how she handles the time away from her studio</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">, she replied, “Being away breaks my focus, and it takes me a few days to regain it. When I feel unfocused and unready, I drag my unfocused and unready self to the studio and get to work; gradually, my head gets back in the game." This idea confronts the myth that artists are some sort of exotic creatures who just exude inspiration and motivation to do their work any ole' time. It's been my experience that there's a lot of "showing up" in spite of "everything" going on, that brings art/music/writing to life. Here she is showing up to the sketchbook doing thumbnail value studies for her next painting."</span><br />
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Julie Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486459807440611044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008757858034286931.post-5651773044941221092015-11-22T09:11:00.001-07:002015-11-22T09:11:24.885-07:00Holiday Open House<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm having a terrific time preparing more work for you to enjoy at the upcoming Holiday Show at The Second Floor Studios and am looking forward to visiting with everyone! I'm also privy to the new work that my fellow artists are planning to show, and you are in for a real treat! This week, I'm working on small pieces that will fit anyone's budget. Here's a 5 x 5 inch titled "Day Dreamer."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Above the Michael Garmin Gallery. Entrance faces Bancroft Park. Just follow the signs!</span></div>
Julie Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486459807440611044noreply@blogger.com02418 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, USA38.8470948 -104.8619929999999813.3250603 -146.17058699999998 64.3691293 -63.553398999999985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008757858034286931.post-20859508621552056362015-11-10T18:27:00.002-07:002015-11-10T18:27:46.312-07:00Holiday Open House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As many of you know, I haven't participated in the First Friday ArtWalks in 2015, which means that there hasn't been any public access to my studio except by appointment. I'm excited to be inviting you to stop by my studio on the the weekend of December 5th and 6th to see all of the work that I've created in the last year! I have plenty of paintings that would make great Holiday gifts, including florals, still lives, figures and many local landscapes. Stop in to visit with me and find your new favorite painting! 11 am to 6 pm each day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This will be my last hollyhock painting for awhile. In this piece, I concentrated on simplifying the petals as much as possible. I'm very pleased with the result!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After having fun painting "portraits" of individual hollyhock blossoms, I turned to painting them in the abundance that we are accustomed to seeing them. This series has been a fun way to explore painting with pinks (I'm more familiar with reds) and the way that they create beautiful purples. I also discovered the wonderful glow that adding orange gives them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this little painting, I fell in love with the grayed pinks and lavenders that created the blossoms on the left and the spark of yellow in the center of the main flower. In the original painting, the flowers are a softer pink and don't look as blue as they do here. Sometimes, Photoshop baffles me....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This hollyhock painting is slightly larger than the other two in the series. It measures 6x6 inches versus 5x5 inches. Although it's difficult to capture in a photo, what excited me when painting this is the discovery of how much red and orange I could use in the foliage and still have it look green. The colors in the original paintings are just a wee bit softer than they look here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been doing a series of hollyhock paintings, and have enjoyed playing with the light and shadow of the petals. All artists fall in love with little areas of their paintings, and those areas are sometimes away from the central focus. My favorite "gems" on this piece are the bud in the upper right and the blossom in the lower right corner!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opening bid is $20 or you can buy it now for $45. Let me know if I can help you with framing!</span>Julie Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486459807440611044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008757858034286931.post-46246215508188811652015-08-13T02:00:00.000-06:002015-08-13T02:00:11.114-06:00Bumble Cafe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last two years has been a mixed bag of big events in my family, ranging from my sister's cancer, my son's wedding, my father's severe stroke, my husband's retirement and other major celebrations. My focus has been on painting in my available time and I gave myself permission not to spend as much time on the business end of art. This post begins my return to connecting with all of you online, so I'm resurrecting my once a week blog post. I'm excited to share my latest work and the progress that I'm making in the studio!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Amber Eyes" was painted from a photo that I took about 5 or 6 years ago. The image has stayed in the back of my mind all this time as one that I wanted to paint. I ran across this pretty tabby while roaming through a tack barn here in Colorado and I fell in love with her sweet nature (That shows in her eyes doesn't it?). Being in charge of rodent control in the barn meant that she only had sporadic company, so she was happy to great all visitors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Many of you have stopped by my Old Colorado City studio in the Garman building, but the tour is a chance to see me in <span style="color: blue;">my home studio</span>. In past tours, I've set up a quasi-studio for demo purposes because my actual "studio" has been more of an art storage facility with a narrow path to an easel in the corner. I spent this winter unearthing and organizing what is now a very pleasant creative space that I'd love for you to see!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I'm excited to have plenty of new paintings to show for the weekend! A brand new selection of prints and cards will be here for you to enjoy along with some old favorites. Start your holiday shopping and look for my blank Christmas cards featuring the image of my watercolor,"The Gift." I have items starting from $5, so you're sure to find something that you like. </span></div>
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Julie Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486459807440611044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008757858034286931.post-74053700717787135492014-09-03T21:57:00.003-06:002014-09-03T22:02:07.378-06:00Soul Food<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Plein Air painting feeds my soul. I've been working so diligently this summer on all kinds of things and have been whining in my head about how summer had passed me by. Yesterday, I put on my big girl panties and called my friend, Karen Storm (<a href="http://www.karenstorm.com/">www.karenstorm.com</a>). She's set herself the goal of painting in the Garden of the Gods for 30 days in a row. The sale proceeds of her paintings will go to a friend who is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Great idea, right? Anyway, she had invited me to join her, and I arranged to meet her this morning. Just a couple hours of painting outdoors and my summer was redeemed. Despite the work left to prepare for the Pikes Peak Studio Tour, I'm going to save my heart and soul by painting outdoors with Karen as often as I can. Today, I actually created a piece that I can frame for the tour.</span></div>
Julie Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486459807440611044noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008757858034286931.post-45694355295167344782014-08-31T12:19:00.001-06:002014-08-31T12:19:35.946-06:00The Pikes Peak Studio Tour: Behind the SceneI'm excited to once again participate in the Pikes Peak Studio Tour coming up on Set 20th and 21st. Twenty artists have been juried into this year's tour and I think that you'll enjoy meeting each one of them. While many of you visit me frequently in Studio L in Old Colorado City, only a very few have seen my home studio. The last two times that I hosted the tour in my home, I've set up a quasi-easel work station, but the door to the actual studio has been closed. Maybe 7 people have even seen the room since we moved into this house.<div><br></div><div>I use the word "studio" loosely here, because, while I had a corner to work in, it was really an art supply storage room that I could barely walk into.....(many of my fellow artists are now nodding their heads in sympathy.). But, I spent the month of January excavating the room and creating a comfortable studio in which people can now walk without injury!</div><div><br></div><div>However, even the cleanest studio comes unglued when preparing for a big event, as this picture illustrates. Creating lots of new work creates a lot of creative clutter. Paint, canvases, paintings, creating, <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">photographing paintings, matting, framing, eating, frame making, sleeping..... But I promise that the floor will be clear again for the tour, so please stop in and see things like my frame storage and flying pig collection (my business name is The. Flying Pig Studio). Oh yes, I'll also have my artwork.</span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3xzje27FgYc9U9860NwJPSE444Zcm5RYmMvvRKz8fD82ymFvr4-J1ChG463tozkIknHxsPw5-LLGJjO-OHvllf_-WbStUgmXHqusq9jg0ZkvBz-miR9jaKi7qi0HAY6lrSbRnNqKNwXK/s640/blogger-image-921322390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3xzje27FgYc9U9860NwJPSE444Zcm5RYmMvvRKz8fD82ymFvr4-J1ChG463tozkIknHxsPw5-LLGJjO-OHvllf_-WbStUgmXHqusq9jg0ZkvBz-miR9jaKi7qi0HAY6lrSbRnNqKNwXK/s640/blogger-image-921322390.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Julie Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486459807440611044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008757858034286931.post-36758569723205253742014-07-20T13:19:00.001-06:002014-07-20T13:19:37.245-06:00Paint Your Dreams<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLj2Kepjy7lh5L4ThGvboJyFtBx4PO4ZpO-Ma9rgGpkaQcGVIujq4T8Q7v2HgoIHFY4sAU04ZIeLIkhz87NIvlXV3M4vqrc47C_V9IBDBVGpV0sV229IJpH2vzhyphenhyphen1psshDQX1ZMerUiK2/s640/blogger-image-355585020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLj2Kepjy7lh5L4ThGvboJyFtBx4PO4ZpO-Ma9rgGpkaQcGVIujq4T8Q7v2HgoIHFY4sAU04ZIeLIkhz87NIvlXV3M4vqrc47C_V9IBDBVGpV0sV229IJpH2vzhyphenhyphen1psshDQX1ZMerUiK2/s640/blogger-image-355585020.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.</span></p><p class="bq_fq_a" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-weight: bold;"><font color="#000000" style="text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/pablo_picasso.html" style="text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pablo Picasso</a></font></p><p class="bq_fq_a" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-weight: bold;"><br></p><p class="bq_fq_a" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;">"Paint Your Dreams" (12 x 12 inch oil on gallery wrapped canvas) is my submission to The Second Floor Studios Art Invitational. Artists were given three different photos of the same subject to choose from:</p><p class="bq_fq_a" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwlTSBk1y32z3o_V-U2hpySobFu7NIC3TNFI9Nb1DUxglG7XxVsP6YfOs7a9v4rCAscFgkziGtl3_UvU_G-JDhF8TnxyMHxN0726Hw0T5cd41goeo-vy-syEAgM2t5lAjQBWFc9RbWHN6/s640/blogger-image-836179529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwlTSBk1y32z3o_V-U2hpySobFu7NIC3TNFI9Nb1DUxglG7XxVsP6YfOs7a9v4rCAscFgkziGtl3_UvU_G-JDhF8TnxyMHxN0726Hw0T5cd41goeo-vy-syEAgM2t5lAjQBWFc9RbWHN6/s640/blogger-image-836179529.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I chose the first photo, and liked the idea that the boy was literally painting his shadow; flipping the orientation of the photo seemed to heighten the sense of that. I also chose to change the color of his shorts in order to make him pop out a bit more. You can see here that I have the shadow shape blocked in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZtpAV3AMP9D3Tk4yP2FB7ORqS3EO9LbyqlvftmKMeQU4GpYeSDNQXtBbUGShA7YHIykvqSKJV7-bNRouoyjiafqElzFd4OnT3X58tgAVO93JqTkzGOWTQBgyYLT4ql10eZRsoXVnHnnl/s640/blogger-image--215912181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZtpAV3AMP9D3Tk4yP2FB7ORqS3EO9LbyqlvftmKMeQU4GpYeSDNQXtBbUGShA7YHIykvqSKJV7-bNRouoyjiafqElzFd4OnT3X58tgAVO93JqTkzGOWTQBgyYLT4ql10eZRsoXVnHnnl/s640/blogger-image--215912181.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>At this point, I began to think of how children use their imagination to act out their unfettered dreams of life's possibilities, and how their personal talents and dreams are carried within their hearts wherever they go, a part of them as natural and necessary as their shadow. Picasso's quote came to mind and I envisioned this child painting his dreams and imaginings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I tried the concept out using Photoshop to work out the general idea. I put in a take off of Van Gogh's Starry, Starry Night".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZeOWGui3LlPl03Ke8bsep-I3wLjygovNgOpxJco8Ts8yInTWbKV4LAnwQ6oCQcaBeSx4wdLAULU1Hjj1emP8wCS6XcZc5cRdv5JrqA4w_NkO5BFt4hR2inKswY_2T0EAU6jOO9_m1SuO/s640/blogger-image-692758052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZeOWGui3LlPl03Ke8bsep-I3wLjygovNgOpxJco8Ts8yInTWbKV4LAnwQ6oCQcaBeSx4wdLAULU1Hjj1emP8wCS6XcZc5cRdv5JrqA4w_NkO5BFt4hR2inKswY_2T0EAU6jOO9_m1SuO/s640/blogger-image-692758052.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then I just went for it and created the painting (top of page). Do you think that the finished piece communicates what I had in mind? Visit The Second Floor Studios on First Friday to see it and other artists' interpretations of the same subject.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br><p></p></div>Julie Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486459807440611044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008757858034286931.post-61790988800182517962014-04-22T08:18:00.000-06:002014-04-22T08:19:48.582-06:00Until the Cows Come Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After a very exciting trip to Burundi, Africa, I'm finally back in the studio with some concentrated time to work. I'm currently painting images of my trip, and look forward to sharing them with you. This little study was completed before I left. It's a familiar scene from my home town. I love the looseness of it, and how I managed to capture the late afternoon light.</span></div>
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