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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Having Fun with Art
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Green Series
This is the second painting in my Green Series,Green occupies more space in the spectrum visible to the human eye than most colors, and is second only to blue as a favorite color. Green is the pervasive color in the natural world, making it an ideal backdrop in interior design because we are so used to seeing it everywhere.
Green Apple
About This Painting:
Green Apple
5x7
oil painting on canvas mounted on a museum quality panel
Media: oil painting
Size: 7 in X 5 in (17.8 cm X 12.7 cm)
Price: $120 USD
How to Purchase:
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Friday, May 06, 2011
Quotes to Make you Think
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
High Curiosity
Twice a week I get a nice email in my in box from Robert Glen.
They are always well written, he has a way with the written word that paints color in my mind a way that I aspire to be able to write like.
Today he he waxed colorfully on the art of measuring yourself for four virtues--motivation, curiosity, work habits and ego force--you can get an idea how your own chances stack up.
Then again you might just become a roaring success by being lackadaisical, ignorant, lazy and without confidence. In the funny game we call art, it's been done. Regarding ego force, we don't always like people who have it. If you have it, and need to be liked, you ought to consider letting most of it come out the end of your brush.
"What makes people smart, curious, alert, observant, competent, confident, resourceful, persistent--is not having access to more and more learning places, resources, and specialists, but being able in their lives to do a wide variety of interesting things that matter, things that challenge their ingenuity, skill, and judgment, and that make an obvious difference in their lives and the lives of people around them." (John Holt)
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"What makes people smart, curious, alert, observant, competent, confident, resourceful, persistent--is not having access to more and more learning places, resources, and specialists, but being able in their lives to do a wide variety of interesting things that matter, things that challenge their ingenuity, skill, and judgment, and that make an obvious difference in their lives and the lives of people around them." (John Holt)
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Monday, May 02, 2011
Baby Steps
"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." --Pablo Picasso
No matter what you're trying to achieve or transform in your life, my bet is that the easiest, and probably the fastest way to "get there" is to commit to a series of daily baby steps. List small, simple actions you can take in pursuit of your goals every single day. Then commit that you will do them, every day, no matter what. I think you'll like the results.This comes from Philip E Humbert's Tips for Extraordinary Living to read more visit his website.
I have started my green series. I plan to work through about 30 ideas painting them small. I then want to take 5 or 6 of these ideas and expand on them. Trying larger paintings with them.I also plan on doing at least 2 large abstracts just to make me stretch a little.Big plans but I have started the Baby steps.
This is the first in my green series of spring paintings. I added a little whimsical note by putting a small fairy in it. I hope the frog knows it's not a bug.
"post your opinion in the comments" or email me at delilah@artbydelilah.com,,Thank You:Visit my web site Art by Delilah http://www.artbydelilah.comDelilah Smith" Daily Painter"Frog Green
About This Painting:
Frog Green
7x5 oil on canvas mounted on a museum quality panel
Media: oil painting
Size: 5 in X 7 in (12.7 cm X 17.8 cm)
Price: $120 USD
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Sunday, May 01, 2011
A little Fun in the Studio
A "paraprosdokian" is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to re-frame or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax.
So for fun today I am passing this along to you.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.
War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
I didn’t say it was your fault; I said I was blaming you.
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars but check when you say the paint is wet?
Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.
A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
Hospitality: making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were.
Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.
When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
Some people hear voices. Some see invisible people. Others have no imagination whatsoever.
A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.
War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
I didn’t say it was your fault; I said I was blaming you.
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars but check when you say the paint is wet?
Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.
A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
Hospitality: making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were.
Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.
When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
Some people hear voices. Some see invisible people. Others have no imagination whatsoever.
A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Think Like A Painter
Do you think like a painter. How do you see your world? Are you a dabber when you paint; making run on sentences with you paint brush? Learn to see and make bold brush strokes with pieces of paint and describe your world.How do you see your world?
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Art Festivals
It is spring and time for many artist to start there spring art festival shows. If you are new to doing shows outside in the elements, there is a lot to learn.Howard Alan Events a great art show promoter and who's shows I have been fortunate enough to have done, had some great examples of what art show booths should look like.To get the most sales and to get into the very best shows this is what your booth need to look like.I know the first few shows I did my booth was not not up to par but it didn't take me long to ask questions and to learn what is needed to be at the top to my game. Maybe this will help you shorten the learning curve and eliminate costly mistakes.To read more their blog link is ArtFestival Blog
Examples Of Great Booth Displays Per Category
First, your booth display is very important for your juried score to get into Art Festival or Craft Festival. You may have the most beautiful work, but if your display is not great, you will not get invited to our show.
Not only is your booth display important for your juried score to get into the show, but also it’s the first thing a patron will see! It may be the deciding factor of whether or not a potential customer walks into your booth.
Here are some great examples of booth displays:
3D Booth Display
Double Booth (10x20)
Fiber Display
Mixed Media Display
Painting Display
Photography Display
Sculpture Display
All of the pictures above are fabulous examples of booth displays.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
When Life give you Lemons
Every month I send out a few letters to galleries and shows I would like to be represented in. Sometimes I get in Yahoo, sometimes I don't so mush work but a must do for the artist. When I receive several rejections in a row my frail ego takes a beating, but one artist take a very creative look at those thank you for your submission letters and turns them into art.
Heather Passmore: Rejection, Revised
NEW GALLERY, CALGARY MAR 18 TO APR 23 2011
Heather Passmore Form Letters 2008–11 Detail Courtesy the artistVancouver artist Heather Passmore has taken to heart the old saying “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” That’s to say, she’s turned a decade’s worth of impersonal form letters from art institutions into an exciting series and exhibition at the New Gallery in Calgary. The show includes a wall-sized installation of 250 such letters and a series of 10 enlarged commissions of similar letters that she has illustrated by hand.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
The Color Green
In the next few weeks I am starting a series on the color green. Spring is in the air so painting in green are on my mind this month.
“Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion. On exhausted men this restfulness has a beneficial effect, but after a time it becomes tedious.” -- Wassily Kandinsky
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Painting with Green Center
“Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion. On exhausted men this restfulness has a beneficial effect, but after a time it becomes tedious.” -- Wassily Kandinsky
HOW THE COLOR GREEN AFFECTS US PHYSICALLY
- Soothes
- Relaxes mentally, as well as physically
- Helps alleviate depression, nervousness, and anxiety
- Offers a sense of renewal, self-control, and harmony
The word green is closely related to the Old English verb growan, "to grow". It is used to describe plants or the ocean. Sometimes it can also describe someone who is inexperienced, jealous, or sick. In the United States of America, green is a slang term for money, among other things. Several colloquialisms have derived from these meanings, such as "green around the gills", a phrase used to describe a person who looks ill.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Habits
Aristotle
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Pay to Play Galleries
I read this article on the ArtBusiness.com , I found it interesting because I think all of these have contacted me many times but they never seemed like something I wanted to do. I think the best way to get into a gallery is to do the foot work on your own. It is the the very best way to learn.
If you receive solicitations to participate in any for-profit exhibitions, galleries, publications, contests or competitions where you have to pay for the privilege of being included, first read the article Art Contests, Competitions, Shows and More Where You Pay Up Front-- Will They Get You Somewhere? Or Are They Dead Ends, Time Wastes or Scams? Then THOROUGHLY research any such offer-- BEFORE you pay. The article explains how to do this research right. No matter how marvelous an opportunity sounds, get the facts, get informed, and then make your decision.
Artists often find out about these offers through various forms of advertising, particularly mass emailings. The more agressive senders relentlessly bombard artists with emails and sometimes even contact them directly by phone. Costs to participate can range anywhere from several hundreds to thousands of dollars, especially if you factor in incidental expenses like shipping, travel, insurance or accomodations. Whatever the circumstance, make sure you are aware of all costs and potential benefits or drawbacks in advance. Does everyone benefit... or is it more like you pay, they play? Here is a partial list, in no particular order, of publications, venues, and other situations where you have to pay to expose your art, and that you should fully research-- before you pay-- in order to understand exactly what you're getting for your money:
* Agora Gallery, New York City
* Chelsea International Fine Art Competition (Agora Gallery)
* Florence Biennale
* International Contemporary Artists
* Artoteque
* Artists of Today, 100 Contemporary Artists (Artoteque)
* iBIENNIAL 2011 2012 (Artoteque)
* Gallery Gora, Montreal, Canada
* Masters of Today (Art Addiction)
* World of Art Magazine (Masters of Today)
* Creative Genius (Masters of Today)
* Art Addiction (Masters of Today)
* Art in Vogue (Masters of Today)
* Art Connoisseurs (Masters of Today)
* Artist's World, 100 Contemporary Artists (World of Art Magazine)
* Female Artist's Art Annual (Art Addiction aka Masters of Today)
* Art & Beyond Publications (online Magazine)
* Everythingisart.cc Magazine
* Contemporary Art Network (CAN), New York City
* Ico (aka Icosahedron) Gallery, Chelsea, New York City
* The Artists' Alley, San Francisco, CA (also known as Galiaria)
* American Art Collector published by Alcove Books
* NY Art Marathon
* Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York City
* Artists Wanted
* The Power of Self (Artists Wanted)
* 3rd Ward Open Call (site registered to the same name as Artists Wanted)
* Art Interview Online Magazine (registered to same name as Artists Wanted)
* The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
* Art LA (.com)
* James Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Art LA)
* Laguna Art (.com)
* Townley Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (Laguna Art)
* World Art Media
* NY Arts Magazine (World Art Media)
* Fine Art Connoisseur
* Artist Advocate Magazine (Fine Art Connoisseur)
* PleinAir Magazine (Fine Art Connoisseur)
* American Forum for Realism (Fine Art Connoisseur)
* Plein Air Convention (Fine Art Connoisseur)
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Artists: If you would like to add to this list, please email artbusiness@artbusiness.com
Here is the link to the web site article
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Three Months of Paintings
Three Months in the Life of an Artist
I have been posting my daily paintings on my blog Painting of the Day each day as I paint them. I have been making a composite of the paintings from the week and posting here for a quick look at the week, Above is a view of what three months of daily painting looks like.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
When a painting goes wrong
Today I started a painting of eggs on a white towel. I worked on it for three hours when I realized it just wasn't making it. I scraped some areas down and started again. I couldn't get the painting to hold together. Sometimes when this happens I set it down and go back to it in a few days but today I gave up and cleaned the canvas off. Sometimes it's better to give up and try on another day.
"When a picture isn't realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another." (Paul Cezanne)
Thursday, April 07, 2011
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Peas in a Martini Glass
Sometimes it's fun to see how the artist works." POST YOUR OPINIONS IN THE COMMENTS" or email me at delilah@artbydelilah.comHome Page Art by Delilah = http://www.artbydelilah.com
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Michigan Art
I am glad that Michigan has not forgotten the art's. With so many family with unemployed or unemployed family members I know it can be a hard thing to think about. Art can take a back seat when food and housing are on their minds.
The Rust Belt to Artist Belt III conference will take place this Wednesday and Thursday, April 6 and 7 at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Artists, creative business owners and practitioners, educators, and designers will meet in Detroit to explore how post-industrial Rust Belt cities are being shaped by creative individuals in the areas of economic and community development, and land use.
Panel discussions, workshops, and facilitated sessions will be used in order to help identify the best way to use the Rust Belt’s unique assets to encourage economic growth and efficiency.
Featured speakers/panelist for the two day conference include: Greg Garrett, Chief Strategy Officer, IT and Innovation, for Volkswagen North America; Director and Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit, Luis Croquer; Detroit-based singer and songwriter Monica Blaire; Grammy, Emmy, and Tony award winning artist, songwriter, and
The Rust Belt to Artist Belt III conference will take place this Wednesday and Thursday, April 6 and 7 at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Artists, creative business owners and practitioners, educators, and designers will meet in Detroit to explore how post-industrial Rust Belt cities are being shaped by creative individuals in the areas of economic and community development, and land use.
Panel discussions, workshops, and facilitated sessions will be used in order to help identify the best way to use the Rust Belt’s unique assets to encourage economic growth and efficiency.
Featured speakers/panelist for the two day conference include: Greg Garrett, Chief Strategy Officer, IT and Innovation, for Volkswagen North America; Director and Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit, Luis Croquer; Detroit-based singer and songwriter Monica Blaire; Grammy, Emmy, and Tony award winning artist, songwriter, and
director Allee Willis; CEO of Detroit Ventures Partners and Founder and Chairman of ePrize, LLC, Josh Linkner; Steve Coy of the Hygenic Dress League and Detroit Projection Project; Terry Schwarz, Director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative; and Philip Delamore of UCA Textile Futures/College of Fashion .
A few of my daily paintings. Stop in at my blog Painting of the day to view more.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
As you know I am a daily painter, Some paintings are great others are so so and few , well they just get tossed. what daily painting does is it creates a habit. The habit of thinking about titles,subject matter,how to paint something remarkable that no one else has thought of yet, or the same old thing but make it look so different. The habit of painting makes you get a little better each time you pick up the brush.