* [ART JOURNAL] Replacement culture Nov 18, 2008
More recently, Wu has dispensed with oil painting and portrait photography altogether in favor of digital images that he manipulates on a computer but calls painting. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Artistic perspective: Wilcox gets creative on and off court (36) Nov 16, 2008
So when she gets heavily involved in a charcoal or oil painting project, sometimes it shows on her hands. She s just very talented and creative, NIU coach Carol Owens said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Heavenly holiday homes Nov 16, 2008
The living room is home to an oil painting of the Weathers boys by Ann Aul. A framed Order of Secession, signed by Hugh s maternal great-grandfather, John Gill Landrum, hangs in the front hall. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Art exhibit combines music, dance, a satellite Nov 15, 2008
The performance also will take place in front of an 8-by-8-foot oil painting made by Jonathan Vance. So what does all this mean. (Athens Banner-Herald)
A Chapel Gone but not Forgotten Nov 13, 2008
In 1939, an oil painting by Everett Thorpe, a USU art professor and former member of the ward, was hung in back of the choir area. There was a balcony in the back of the chapel that was seldom used, but youngsters found it a great place to go. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Ronald McDonald House reopens in Memphis Nov 13, 2008
The house will also receive Hippo Steeplechase, an original oil painting donated by artist Leslie Sealey, depicting a herd of hippos and their riders head-on as they leap over a water jump. The painting will be unveiled at the grand re-opening ceremony, scheduled for Nov. 17. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Rare modern Asian American art at de Young Nov 13, 2008
" Not far from Kingman's mural hangs "Mountain Fantasy," a richly colored Gauguin-esque oil painting by Chee Chin S. Cheung Lee, a Chinese-born artist who lived in San Francisco. The painting, the centerpiece of a 1930s show at the de Young featuring members of the Chinese Art Association, depicts a nude woman gazing at a waterfall tumbling down cliffs composed of naked human forms. "He's representing the living quality of the earth," says Johnson, the qi, as it's called in Chinese philosophy... (San Francisco Chronicle)
St. Charles Council on Aging holds art calendar contest reception Nov 13, 2008
11 X 14 Oil Painting ... 18X16 Oil Painting. (L Observateur, LA)
Business Notes (Nov. 13) Nov 12, 2008
The grand re-opening will take place Saturday, Nov. 15, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 16, noon-6 p.m. The festivities will include the raffle of an original oil painting. Also, 1980 NHS graduates will receive a 20 percent discount on merchandise. (Needham Tab, MA)
‘Strength and Serenity' Nov 10, 2008
Sara makes you feel like anyone can do this, said Maria Rapasadi, one of Davenport's students, while working on an oil painting of a jug and bread. She just has a way of making you feel like nothing is a big mistake. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Mayflower Passenger Mary Chilton Wi... Nov 9, 2008
A well-known 1877 Henry Bacon oil painting depicts a young girl stepping ashore at what would become Plymouth. Was it, as many believe, the orphaned Mary Chilton. (Suite101.com)
An artist in exile tests India's democratic ideals Nov 9, 2008
Harsh Goenka, a Mumbai-based industrialist and one of the country's most important collectors, has a similar Husain nude, an oil painting of the goddess Saraswati. As "an average normal Hindu," he says he is appalled that Husain is not safe in his country. (International Herald Tribune)
Warsaw students explore Chicago art museum Nov 8, 2008
The 1931 oil painting Cow's Skull with Calico Roses is a white skull with white flowers on an off-white background, like a folded blanket with a black streak down the center, behind the skull. Harrison chose the 1776 oil painting, Peace and War by Italian artist Pompeo Giolamo Batoni. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Local, regional, national work shown on First Friday Nov 7, 2008
That desire has led her from charcoal sketching, to oil painting, to watercolor, and back to oil painting. "I strive to express my version of what I see in a spontaneous way with fresh brushstrokes," Pratt said in an artist's statement. (Juneau Empire)
Michelle Obama Added to Peyton Exhi... Nov 7, 2008
Elizabeth Peyton's oil painting of incoming First Lady Michelle Obama was added to the artist's exhibition on November 5. This vivid painting was done earlier this year, depicting Michelle Obama and her daughter Sasha. (Suite101.com)
Ralph Acosta has found his passion Nov 7, 2008
In touch with his creative side since he was a young boy and was given an oil painting set, Acosta tried to create a traditional life even working as an insurance agent for 15 years until it made him physically ill. It was gonna kill me and I decided to follow a dream, he says. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Museum unveils Michelle Obama painting Nov 6, 2008
APAn oil painting by artistElizabeth Peyton titled, "Michelle and Sasha Obama Listening to Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention" was unveiled Wednesday at the New Museum in New York ... NEW YORK - An oil painting of Michelle Obama and her daughter Sasha was unveiled Wednesday as part of an exhibition by artist Elizabeth Peyton, best known for her images of diverse historical figures and celebrities such as Napoleon and Kurt Cobain. (MSNBC -- News)
LOCAL FOLKS:Ripley librarian retires after 35 years Nov 3, 2008
Affinity for music, artWhen many struggle to find a single artistic outlet, Covington has many avenues of expression: playing the piano and organ, oil painting and creating large needlepoint replicas of prints and paintings. I have an inborn interest in music, but just dont have the talent, Covington said modestly. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
BEST IN FURRY FILMS Nov 2, 2008
In addition to the gala, there's also an online charity auction where the "King of All Media," Beth's husband , has graciously donated an oil painting and a tour of the Sirius Radio studios led by Howard himself. Other lots include dinner at the famous Rao's restaurant and a trip to the Dominican Republic. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Jack who? Monty's answer to Vettriano Nov 1, 2008
Livingston 31/10/2008 05:52:40 Vettriano himself is hardly an oil painting. FLUB. (Scotsman)
2 artists explore their Indonesian identities Nov 1, 2008
An oil painting of a family dressed in traditional batik costume, posing as though in a studio photograph, hangs next to a large square sheet of steel punctured by bullet holes with pieces of welded metal forming a super-imposed face on it. Elsewhere a small stainless steel replica of a Formula One race car faces a painted copper replica of an oversize Birkin bag with an Indonesian Wayan puppet perched on top and a can of Bintang beer (another Indonesian icon) encased on its side. (International Herald Tribune)
Around Town -- Nearly eating my own words Oct 31, 2008
The Scituate Arts Association offering a bunch of interesting classes for fall, including soft pastels, watercolor, metalsmything and oil painting, to name a few. The five-week sessions are $110 for members or $130 for non-members. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
• Events calendar Oct 31, 2008
The gallery at Springdale School, 494 E. 200 S., features several artists: June Carey with her paintings and sculpture; Claudette Bray with paintings of children; Joanne Turner, oil painting instructor, with landscape paintings; Maizie Bowers, prize-winning watercolorist, with her work; and Robert Murphy with bronze sculptures. Marilyn Miller shows oil paintings at her studio at 637 W. 18th St. She has been building a series of small paintings of her interpretation of the creation as told in the... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
AT THE HOLLISTON LIBRARY Oct 29, 2008
Artwork on display The Holliston Public Library will exhibit oil paintings by Holliston artist David Bastille in the Gilman Room on the library s lower level through Nov 29 ... He graduated from Harvard College and first studied oil painting at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. (Holliston Tab, MA)
Cox makes his watermark with YCBA nature series Oct 26, 2008
The carefully-layered pigments achieve a richness of color commonly associated with thicker mediums, such as oil painting ... The connection between Cox and Impressionism becomes even more apparent when viewing the few oil paintings present at the exhibit. (Yale Herald, CT)
Paris Art Center celebrates 54th year Oct 25, 2008
The five merit awards were given to John Gabb, Effingham, for his oil painting The Faces of Aids: Alone ; Mary Ann Lipousky-Butikas, Westville, for her pencil drawing, Boattail Speedster ; Betty Lusk Hughes, Champaign, for her oil painting, Antique Plate with Pomegranates ; Deborah Anderson, Carbon, Ind. for her wood piece Fall Colors ; and Tom David, Mattoon, for his acrylic and oil painting Cathy. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Art and Nature Oct 24, 2008
Plein Air artist Karen Ann Patton of Ormond Beach works on an oil painting at the west end of Dondanville Road during the 4th annual Crescent Beach Paint Out Wednesday morning, October 22, 2008 ... Plein air artist Karen Ann Patton of Ormond Beach works on an oil painting at the west end of Dondanville Road during the fourth annual Crescent Beach Paint Out. (The St. Augustine Record)
$4M Stradivarius violin stolen in Germany Oct 22, 2008
Police: Silver candlesticks, oil painting, medals and two violins were taken ... She said on Tuesday that silver candlesticks, an oil painting, medals belonging to the owner's family and two violins -- including the Stradivarius -- were taken. (CNN -- World)
Infotainment Oct 21, 2008
An oil painting of Francis Bacon by his close friend Lucian Freud, one of only two of its kind, was sold on Sunday for more than nine million dollars, auction house Christies said. The unfinished and rarely-seen work, painted in 1956-7, fetched 5,417,250 at auction in London. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Wilkins Scholarship fundraiser Saturday Oct 18, 2008
Watercolor, colored pencil, drawing and oil painting will be offered to adults. Drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpting and more will be offered to children. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Online services turns pet pics into portraits Oct 17, 2008
Using digital computer technology, photos can be rendered to look like a watercolor or oil painting ... Celebrate your pets greatness with a custom portrait using digital computer technology, that will render the photo to look like a watercolor or oil painting, for less than $100 ... SERVICES: Upload a photo and choose from large selection of effects, everything from watercolor and oil painting to pointillism and cubism. (AZCentral -- Business)
Migrant Dreams and Signs: Raffaele Nastro and Nello Caruso Oct 16, 2008
IMAGERaffaele Nastro Title: "untitled 1" Size: 80 x 80 x 2 centimeters (width x height x depth), 1 kilograms Medium: Oil Painting. Related Links. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Fort Madison gallery features 2 Keokuk artists Oct 16, 2008
Upon moving to Keokuk, he has taken an interest in oil painting, studying under the late artist Wendell Mohr and Karla Runquist. Ed was awarded first place in oil painting at this year's 53rd Annual Keokuk Fine Art Exhibition. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Lodi police swear in former Galt cop Oct 14, 2008
When he's not four-wheeling or continuing his interest in U.S. history, LaRue enjoys oil painting, and even created a mural for a Galt police sergeant. He has also served as a composite sketch artist for the Galt Police Department. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Open Your Art To Me Oct 13, 2008
"Once I picked up oil painting," she says, "it was absolutely love at first sight." See her work at. Artist's statement: "I use color and light as the primary players in my attempts to depict drama, intimacy and narrative. My figurative work is concerned with the relationship between the isolated individual and the collective universally shared experience. In my landscapes, my goal is to express nature's ability to transform us and astound us with its strength and magnificence. My art is... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Rubens masterpiece, The Apotheosis of James I, is saved for the UK Oct 10, 2008
Today, the oil painting gives an insight into the artist s earliest ideas for seven of the nine finished ceiling canvases. Rubens was a diplomat and linguist as well as an artist. (Times Online)
'Art of Recovery' helps victims of crime heal Oct 10, 2008
An oil painting of starkly contrasting colors surrounding a withered, raisin-like bud hangs this week in an alcove of Winona State s Darrell W. Krueger Library. The painting is called The Damaged Heart, and it was crafted by Valerie Frank, a victim of domestic assault. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Julie A. Henness (1) Oct 8, 2008
She had a special gift for oil painting and found subjects among Montana s wildlife and landscapes. Music was an important thread throughout Julie s life, from learning Beatles songs on guitar with her brother growing up, to playing bass and rhythm guitar with family bands as an adult and frequenting live concerts in downtown Helena. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
'RocknRolla': Mobbed Up, By Kurt Loder Oct 8, 2008
There's a whole bunch of money involved, of course, and, rather oddly, a "lucky" oil painting that Uri has loaned to Lenny, for reasons that only a screenwriter (that would be Ritchie) could care about. Naturally it goes missing. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Refurbished Russell exhibit opens Oct 4, 2008
By the time of his death in 1926, he produced more than 4,000 works of art, including more than 500 oil paintings, 1,500 water colors, several hundred illustrated letters, 1,300 pen-and-ink and pencil drawings and over 400 sculpture models ... The four paintings added to the exhibit are a primarily monochromatic oil painting, Caught in the Act ; an oil painting, In Indian Camp #2 ; an oil painting on a vault door, On Day Herd #2 ; and a small oil study of When the Land Belonged to God. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Birthday: Lelia Morgan, 99, is preparing to celebrate her 100th birthday this coming Sunday, Oct. 5. (Adam Bernal/photo.) Oct 3, 2008
Other than her duties as a housewife and mother to four girls, Morgan loved to keep busy with activities such as needle crafting, sewing and oil painting. Morgan was a proficient guitar player and would perform songs with her brothers. (Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun, AZ)
Wellesley resident gives B.C. Law School largest gift in its history Oct 3, 2008
(The background is an oil painting by Robert C. Jackson titled "The Amazing Apple" which hangs in his office. . (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
October and November activities at the Tewksbury Council on Aging Oct 3, 2008
Next Thursday, Oct. 9at 1 p.m., Barbara Antinoro will begin oil painting classes. Barbara will be calling those who have signed up for the class prior to the class starting. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)
Obituaries - (10.1.2008) Oct 3, 2008
She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Wausau and enjoyed ceramics and oil painting. Survivors include five children, Joseph Peroutka of Anchorage, Ala. (Forest Republican, WI)
Opal Ratzlaff Oct 3, 2008
Opal enjoyed traveling, oil painting, sewing and music, often singing in church services. Thankful for having shared her life are her three stepchildren: Ronald and wife Judy Ratzlaff, Calvin and wife Donna Ratzlaff, all of Avon and Sharon and husband Eugene Jespersen, Marion, S.D.; eight stepgrandchildren; 10 stepgreat-grandchildren; a brother, Merlin and wife Hazel Boese, Tyndall; a sister, Carol Lukkes, Seattle, Wash. (Freeman Courier, SD)
What's Happening Sep 25, 2008
Homemade VII - 3 to 5 p.m., Sandy Creek Nature Center; homemade pies and cobblers, live music by Connelly Crowe Band, expansion update, book reading and signing by Gail Karwoski for "Water Beds," River Beds" and "Julie the Rockhound," photography exhibit from the 2008 calendar contest, calendars will be on sale; activities for children; (706) 613-3615 ext. 235 or edithhollander@co.clarke.ga.us. Ron Kimble - 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Chip's Bar and Grill, 655 Patrick Mill Road SW, Winder; (770) 307-2840... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Art to 'Celebrate the Hills' on display in Moorhead Sep 24, 2008
Awards of Excellence winners are Duane Simmons, for his oil painting titled "Evening Twister," Sheila Lindsey for her oil painting called "Kalico Kate's," Linda Herman for an acrylic painting titled "Missouri Valley Mosaic" and Bettina Perkins for her watercolor, "Loess Hills.". Norma Coret of Woodbine, Iowa, president of Town ry Arts of Harrison County, judged the exhibit's 38 entries. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Brown reveals endearing humanity Sep 24, 2008
And, let's be honest here, he ain't no oil painting either. But he managed to reveal an endearing humanity. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Lane, Gere finally get happily ever after in 'Rodanthe' Sep 24, 2008
"It is a beautiful oil painting of a film.". "Which film is that?" Gere asks. (USA Today)
Stormont bomb 'art', says Stone Sep 23, 2008
The court was shown a large oil painting where Stone gave an impression of what his protest graffiti would have looked like had he not been disturbed by security staff. He said the top of the painting was made to look like a circus tent as Stormont had previously been described as "a circus". (BBC News -- UK)
Manny Farber, former Douglas man, film critic, artist dies at 91 Sep 23, 2008
In the 1970s he turned away from abstraction to narrative painting, incorporating themes and materials reminiscent of his childhood experiences in movie theaters such as School Boy Taffy, in which he paints a 23 by 21 oil painting of a Cracker Jack box, Bit-O-Honey candy bars and School Boy Taffy. In the 1980s, he began painting on a table so that he could have a bird s eye view of his subjects. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)
'Alchemy' lights up Gallery 25 Sep 22, 2008
" Donnalee Dunne, whose oil painting "Apocalypse" is in the show, curated the exhibition. "To me, it's a milestone," says Dunne, who teaches graphic design and computer art at California State University, Fresno. "It's cohesive. It has depth. (Fresno Bee)
News from the Tewksbury Council on Aging Sep 22, 2008
Then on Thursday, Oct. 9at 1 p.m., Barbara Antinoro will begin oil painting classes. Barbara will be calling those who have signed up for the class prior to the class starting. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)
Travel briefs Sep 21, 2008
The massive 1884 oil painting was designed to place viewers in the middle of the climactic battle by offering a 360-degree view, painted in 14 sections. It depicts Pickett's Charge, the dramatic Union Army stand against Confederate troops on July 3, 1863. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Cheney visits N. Ga. battlefield Sep 20, 2008
His hosts presented him with an oil painting by a local artist of Sam Cheney on horseback. Schoolchildren stood and cheered as he took the stage, and women in antebellum outfits fanned themselves. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Around Town -- September is the month for gettng checked out Sep 19, 2008
There s really something for everyone, including oil painting, pastels, bead-making, woodworking, drawing and more. For information, please check out their Web site at scituateart. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Youth and Education Sep 19, 2008
Live auction items include a private seal training session at the New England Aquarium; an oil painting by Melrose artist Debbie Corbett; a tour of Channel 5 TV for 10 people; a limousine trip; and a $100 gift certificate to a Boston restaurant. There will also be a raffle including item such as fine dining, spa treatments, home decor, wine, and jewelry, plus a $200 shopping certificate from the couture collection of show designer Denise Hajjar. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Free Navy band concert coming to Thrasher-Horne Sep 19, 2008
"This is very exciting," said Art Guild member Jeanette Pegel-Reeves, whose oil painting titled Driftwood was selected for the exhibit. "It is a nice eve ning and I am happy to have a picture in the show.". (Florida Times-Union)
Ga. museum becomes sanctuary for Western art Sep 18, 2008
Now Brogdon's Earl Biss oil painting joins the other vivid landscapes on display for "Sweet Tea," which is on display until Nov. 30. About 40,000 people view the museum's art work annually, but marketing director Kathy Lyles said she hopes a new gallery will bring more visitors to see the art and kindles greater friendships among collectors and artists. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Calendar featuring Lincoln available Sep 16, 2008
They also have more modern work like a 1959 oil painting by Umberto Romano. The most recent work of art dates to 2001. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Britney donates portrait Sep 15, 2008
The 5-by-4-foot oil painting of the pop star, painted by the Daniel Maltman Studio, has been donated for the auction along with a letter of authenticity from her father, Jamie, which states: "I hereby verify that the portrait of my daughter, Britney, has been in our home since it was completed by the Daniel Maltman Studio.". For Celebrity and Movie Photo Galleries. (Galatta.com)
A fall getaway to Blowing Rock, N.C. Sep 13, 2008
More evidence of appreciation of the arts: The Art in the Park series, now in its 46th year, features the works of 100 juried artisans in watercolor, oil painting, fiber, metal, wood, basketry, glass, clay, jewelry and photography. The last event this year will be Oct. 4. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Read Indepth Article Sep 12, 2008
IMAGEMari Lyons Courtyard in Summer , 2007 36 x 48 inches (width x height) Medium: Oil Painting on canvas. Related Links. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Delavan woman draws on ‘gift' to create sculptures Sep 11, 2008
I think I took an oil painting class back in the '80s ), she never really saw her talent as anything extraordinary. I just got into the job market after high school, she says. (Pekin Times, IL)
Weekend Calendar Sep 11, 2008
Oil painting is Tuesdays, 7 to 9:30 p.m., beginning Sept. 30 ... " Wesleyan faculty member and photographic historian Jennifer Tucker will begin the Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. meet-up with a brief introduction to historical photographs that shook the world. In January, Green Street will host an exhibition of "Eye of History" images created over the course of the fall. For information, visit http://eyeofhistory.wesleyan.edu/. The first meeting admission is $3 (free for members) at 51 Green St. For... (Middletown Press, CT)
