Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Friday, March 27, 2015
Announcing a Tom Lynch Demo
Tom is offering a demonstration:
Tuesday, April 14th
at the Maria Center, 336 E. Ripa Ave.,
St. Louis, MO 63125
at 7 p.m.
With a $10 admission charge collected at the door
This is a fantastic opportunity for all of you who are not able to take his workshop so don't miss it.
Lynch hopes that by accentuating those things that are sometimes easy to miss, he can provoke viewers to ... "Have something to think about, not just something to see". Each painting Tom creates can be seen as special. "I feel it's the job of the artist to bring to the viewer the best of what can be found in the landscape along with a little creativity or exaggeration ... normal and ordinary are not for me."
Tom is a natural teacher who is especially intuitive in developing the
student's own individual needs. For 35 years students from all over the
world have attended his successful workshops and acclaimed them with
high regard. He has mentored many who are now accomplished
professionals. When Tom speaks, he talks openly and candidly. His
paintings have that same intensity, expression, and direct appeal.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Alicia Farris Workshop
Missouri Artists on Main
321 So. Main
St. Charles, Mo 63301
Alicia Farris 2 Day Workshop - April 10 & 11, 2015
Back by popular demand, Alicia is teaching another portrait
workshop!!! Everyone loves the colors and interesting people
she portrays!! Don't miss this special class!
When: April 10 & 11, 2015 (Friday and Saturday)
Time: 9am - 3pm
Cost: $140 plus supplies.
Call today to sign up - 636-724-1260! Her classes always sell out quickly!
For more information go to
www.maomgallery.com.
Upcoming Events at Missouri on Main
Opening Reception for:
artist, Timothy E. Wagner!
(2nd Floor)
"Muddy River Arts" 3D artwork! (1st Floor)
When: Friday, April 3, 2015
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Refreshments provided!
Upcoming Classes:
Sign up now by calling 636-724-1260
or go to our website for form:
http://maomgallery.com
March Classes
March 9 or March 29 - Hammered Sterling Silver Cuff with a Twist with Kathy Craddock
Have fun making the modern "twist" on the classic cuff bracelet. You will learn some basic metalsmithing techniques, including use of a butane torch to anneal metal. Materials include sterling silver, fine silver and Swarvoki crystals
When: Monday, March 9 or Sunday March 29, 2015
Time: Monday 6-9pm or Sunday, 1-4 pm
Cost: $75 includes supplies!
March 19 or March 28 - Crocheted Silver Wire Bracelet with Kathy Craddock
Using the basic crocheted chain stitch, you will use fine silver wire to crochet and incorporate pearls and crystals creating the components for a beautiful bracelet. Materials include fine silver wire, pearls and Swarvoski crystals.
When: Monday, March 19 or Saturday, March 28
When: Monday, 6-9pm or Saturday, 1-4pm
Cost: $75 includes supplies!
April Workshop!
April 10 & 11 - Portrait workshop with Alicia Farris!
Back by popular demand, Alicia will teach her fabulous portraits class. Don't miss it.
When: Friday and Saturday, April 10 & 11
Time: 9am - 3pm
Cost: $140 plus supplies!
Coming in May, a two day Landscape workshop with Carol Jessen! More information to come.
Listening to Your Painting
This is an article a friend sent and thought you all might enjoy it. I'm sure the seasoned artists already know that this is the way you transcend just copying and create art, but it is a good reminder for all of us to put those reference photos away and work from our value studies and then let the art take flight as we create.
“Listening to Your
Painting”
As an artist, is there a
better feeling than when you find yourself lost inside the world of your
painting as it evolves on the easel in in front of you? Everything seems
to be happening as it should, and yet it’s as if you are not even painting it!
Still, somehow the thing appears – as if by magic.
Of course when this
happens (and it does not always!) it is not magic; but it does feel magical.
And it is at those times when I feel most alive – when I exist completely in
the moment of creation – no worries about the past and no fear of the future.
All that matters is what is happening at that very moment in the here and
now -in the world of the painting. Then I feel beyond time and space – outside
myself, and completely at peace. I am untouchable. My choices and reactions are
the ones that have come from somewhere beyond thought and effort. Rather they
spring from something more direct and honest, more emotive and pure.
I’m always asking my
groups – and myself – “not to paint whatever it is that inspires us – but
rather to try to paint the inspiration itself”. Fancy words, but what do they
mean? Well, for me, if I am stopped in my tracks by a particular sight or scene
and suddenly “feel a painting coming on”, I think it’s important to remember
that the painting I will do will not be a copy of whatever that sight or scene
is – but rather my interpretation, my reaction, to that sight or scene. Because
if there is any art to be found, it is only there.
And so with little more
than my basic idea and an overall plan of shapes and values in mind, I begin.
And this is where my thinking stops and my feeling takes over. I then just have
to trust myself enough to let my instincts lead the way. And as I paint,
I am informed – and my painting is shaped – by my emotional response to the
scene that inspired me – not by the specifics of the actual scene itself. In
fact, once the painting begins, the actual scene fades in importance as it is
in the world of my painting that I now live entirely.
Given this, I am very
open to the possibility that my plan may – and will – shift as I proceed….. All
paintings have a mind of their own. So it’s great to be able to let “mistakes”
happen and decide on the fly if they are good or not. Most often, when they
happen (and they will), you learn to recognize immediately that they are often
“just what the painting wanted” and you see them not as mistakes, but as
advantages that could have never been planned.
Memory and instinct
silently guide us to make choices our mind could never imagine. Learning to
shut off the world, turn down the volume in your mind, and “listen to your
painting” is really just another way of saying that you are learning to trust
yourself and hear only your own unique voice at last. That – and your painting
– very often know what is best.
Thomas W Schaller ; Los
Angeles, March 2015
My painting “Fog
on the Tiber – Rome” from last year is of real things in a real
place – but it is less about those actual things, and more about how I felt and
reacted to those things.
"Fog on the Tiber - Rome"
Thomas W. Schaller - Watercolor on Saunders Waterford
76x56 cm
2014
If you enjoy Thomas Schaller's thoughts,you can read more at: thomasschaller.com/blog .
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Person of Interest, Linda Green-Metzler
We thought you would enjoy an article that just came out on Linda Green-Metzler by Sheila Frayne Rhoades in the Mar Apr 2015 issue of Uptown Magazine. It is always nice when an artist receives well deserved press.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Unique Multi-Generational Art Event Seeks Entry Applications
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Framations Custom Framing & Art Gallery Show
In Transit 2:
journey, change, and motion
March 20 – April 23, 2015
In this
exhibit, we examine the theme “In Transit: journey, change and motion”. Any
interpretation of the theme is welcome and encouraged. Themes could explore
vehicles, implied motion, changes in light, journey in time, etc.
Featuring work by the following artists:
Judy Brown
Christine Casten
Jie Chen
Steve Femmer
Jan Foulk
Ting He
Gloria Henderson
John W. Kuntze
Judith A Repke
Richard Schallert
Helen Scheipeter
Marty Spears
Ben Underwood
Lee Walter
Shawn M. White
Jody Williams
Linda S. Wilmes
Juror: Daven Anderson.
Framations Custom Framing & Art Gallery: 218 North Main Street, St. Charles, MO 63301
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