Owner: Art & Life URL:http://www.janblencowe.blogspot.com Join Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:23:42 -0500 Rating:1 Site Description: Art & Life is a chronicle of plein air paintings, outdoor painting adventures and studio work from life. It also features my $100 Flower-a-Day series. Information and resources for artists and collectors is abundant. Lots of great links to other art rel Site statistics:Click here
No title 2008-04-15 06:00:00 Torrent, acrylic, 22x30 Tide Pool, acrylic, 15x22"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance, and this, and not the external manner and detail, is true reality." (Aristotle)
Time for a Change 2008-09-05 19:45:00 Pumpkin and Asters, 10x8, oilArt & Life is going to be integrated with my other blog The Painting a Day Project. I'll be posting all my painitngs there along with all the usual poetry, news and what-not that I post here. I'm on a mission to simplify and bring into alignment to various parts of my art world. It was a hard decision because Art & Life was my very first blog but, wow, I fee Read more:Change
Autumn is in the Air 2008-08-31 12:18:00 Afternoon in the Park, 30x20, acrylicWalnut Hill Park, New Britain, CTAutumn
Arrives, 20x20, acrylicRed Marsh at Sunset, 14x11, acrylicI love this time of year! The change of seasons from summer to autumn, on through the fall into the stillness of winter is magical for me. Yesterday, I bought a fabulous ceramic mug with a green and earth colored pattern on it and an unglazed, raised maple leaf, a
Review of American Art Collector Magazine 2008-08-26 06:00:00 If you're an artist, an art collector or just an art lover you probably already get American
Art CollectorMagazine
. But if the name is new to you here's a good review of the magazine. I love it and have been advertising my work there over the past few months, with a new ad coming out in the September issue. I like AAC for its straight forward style. It presents beautiful, large full color images,
Prints from Fine Art America 2008-08-25 06:00:00 Poppy Field Inspired by Monet Poppy Field in Sun and Shade Monet's Poppy FieldI finally got around to ordering a print of one of my poppy paintings from my gallery at Fine ArtAmerica
. I wanted to be sure that the quality was good and I am very pleased. I ordered a small size print on their standard archival paper and had it matted. I should have had them frame it too, since I don't have a frame
Wonderful Workshops and Plein Air Frames On Sale 2008-08-24 06:00:00 Poppies in Summer, 24x20, acrylic I have never had the pleasure of travelling to a picturesque place like Tuscany or Provence to paint, but maybe someday I will. Meanwhile, I wanted to pass on to other artists who visit here the website of Sam D'Ambruoso. Sam is a teriffic artist and along with his lovely wife Mary Ann they lead fabulous workshops and paintouts in some of the most beautiful pl Read more:Wonderful
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The Art of Diplomacy 2008-08-23 06:00:00 Luminary of the Autumn Night Sky, 40x30, oil Evening Falls, 36x24, oil These two paintings are now on their way to the US Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras as part of the United States Department of State Art in Embassies Program. They are being installed along with other paintings by American artists to mark the appointment of the new US Ambassador to Honduras, Hugo Llorens, and they will remain
FaceBook and # 1 on TopBlog List 2008-08-23 06:00:00 I just recently joined FaceBook!! There's a badge in the sidebar that links you to my public listing. For those of you already on FaceBook, you can become a "fan" of my FaceBook page, share content with your other FaceBook friends or even be added to my "friends" list! I'll be using both my profile and my page there to announce news and events and share photos, poetry and great art links. Com
FREE Painting Give Away- We Have A Winner 2008-08-22 17:54:00 Brenda Mullaney, Ohio, is the winner of the above painting, Celebrating the Autumn Garden, 24x18, acrylic. This was my first FREE FRIDAY give away at my other blog, www.thepaintingadayproject.com . Why am I giving away paintings you ask?? Several reasons, first I'm getting ready to move and I'd rather give away some of my older paintings to appreciative, loving homes than pack them and move them Read more:Painting
What's Happening on August 22nd??? 2008-08-18 16:08:00 Something special is about to take place on my blog www.thepaintingadayproject.com on Friday, August
22nd, 2008 !! It just might have something to do with a FREE painting! Read more:Happening
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