Featured Artist
Jack Dickerson
Professional Visual Artist
Medium: Acrylic
Hingham, Massachusetts
USA
Dickerson Red Easel Gallery
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 Greetings!
Hello to all my artist friends! Have you jumped into the new year with enthusiasm? I hope so, and I have a feeling that 2010 is going to be a better year for all of us.
I've been plugging away at the gallery slowly but surely adding artist galleries to the new lightbox feature. This has been a long and tedious process, but well worth it. I am really proud of the way that Red Easel has grown and developed in the last 2 years. It all takes time I suppose.
I am anxious to get all of the artist galleries complete in the new lightbox feature for your galleries and add the new artists I have sitting in wait.
We want to congratulate Jack Dickerson for successfully guessing last month's "What Painting is This." He was first on the bandwagon for this month's featured artist. His work is this month's banner and you can check out more of Jack's work by clicking on the featured artist banner in the left sidebar on the site or just by clicking HERE. While you are visiting his gallery, notice the new lightbox feature and how it works. If you click on one of his thumbnail paintings, the larger view pops up nicely. This is best viewed in Firefox, Flock, or Safari. IE gives me fits and I've noticed that many of the newest web design features don't work seamlessly in IE as they do in Firefox. Just thought you should know in the event you are using IE and having problems seeing what the rest of us see.
The painting above is from Tony Bianco - "Tuscan Farm" 24x36 Oil on Linen. You can view more of Tony's remarkable artwork by going to his Red Easel Gallery
Susan Vaughn
Editor-in-Chief
Red Easel
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What Painting is This? ...
By:
Susan Vaughn
Editor
Think you know? I thought we should start the new year out with some color and music, and these 2 fellas fit the bill. I will tell you this: These characters are from the Italian tradition of commedia dell'arte, a kind of traveling pantomime theatre that emerged from Italy during the fifteenth century. If
you are a Red Easel member and would like an opportunity to be our
featured artist in February, take a crack at discovering what you can
about this artist and this work. If you are not a Red Easel member but
would like to be, and you are a visual artist, then please send a
submission of 4 of your best works with information about yourself to
susan@redeasel.com. Only artists who are member artists can be
featured on Red Easel. Also, if you have already been featured on Red Easel, we appreciate you letting other artists have an opportunity to win. To
enter leave a comment below and please include the name of the artist
AND the name of the work. One or the other won't be a winner - only the
person who correctly identifies the name of the artist AND the name of
this particular work of art. Good luck!
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Bold Brazen Love for Degas
By Susan Vaughn
Editor
Imagine
the surprise for the employees of the Marseilles museum "Catini" when
they opened the premises on Thursday morning and discovered that the
painting "Les Choristes" (The Chorus) by Edgar Degas was missing. No
sign of a break-in, the city's police and public prosecutor went on
full alert to track down the painting valued at $1.15 million. The
beautiful pastel was part of an exhibit of 20 of the Impressionist
painter's work and on loan from the Musee d'Orsay. The exhibition was
scheduled to end on January 3rd and from the Catini, travel on to Italy
and Canada. The
painting had been unscrewed from the wall. So, who was the idiot who
thought he could get away with such a brazen act of theft? A
nightwatchman no doubt. Les Choristes dates back to 1876 and is a very colorful pastel depicting a line of male singers in the midst of a performance.
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Theodore Robinson: American Impressionist
By Susan Vaughn
Editor
Theodore Robinson
Evening at the Lock
31.89 inches wide x 21.65 inches high
Oil on Canvas 1893
Private Collection
Theodore
Robinson was born in Irasburg, Vermont, and grew up in Evansville,
Wisconsin. Drawn to art at an early age, he entered the Art Institute
of Chicago in 1869, but the following year he moved to Denver, seeking
relief from his chronic asthma.
In
1874, his health much improved, Robinson moved to New York and enrolled
at the National Academy of Design. In 1876 he traveled for two years to
Paris, France, where he studied with Emile-Auguste Carolus-Duran, and,
at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, with Jean-Leon Gerome. He spent the
summer of 1877 at Grez-sur-Loing and exhibited his first paintings in
Paris in 1877 as well. After trips to Venice and Bologna, he returned
to the United States in 1879.
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Dan Schultz Sand Creek Demonstration
By Dan Schultz
Professional Visual Artist
Medium: Oil, Charcoal
Colorado Springs, Colorado
USA
Dan Schultz Fine Art
Schultz Red Easel Gallery
This demonstration shows the process I use in my studio when I create a
larger studio landscape painting based on a smaller painting that I
completed in the field. Below is the 9" x 12" plein air painting that I
used as my source. Incidentally, continual plein air painting is an
invaluable source of information to me as I make decisions while
painting in the studio.
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Still Out of Work...
My
Big Bear is still out of work. But, it seems like things are looking up. He has a few opportunities that look promising! We sure are hoping that 2010 is a better year than 2009. Will keep you all posted.
Susan
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Directory Listing Promotion
Red Easel welcomes submissions by professional visual artists for a directory listing and gallery portfolio.
Send the following information to directory@redeasel.com:
Name
Medium
Website URL
City, State
Country
and at least 4 images for review.
Submission does not guarantee inclusion in the directory. Directory listings are juried into Red Easel by our panel of Professional Visual Artists.
The above painting is by Deborah Eve Alastra "Newtown View" 22x33 Watercolor. You can view more of Deborah's work in her Red Easel Gallery.
Blessings to all who read this newsletter! I hope you had a wonderful New Year celebration. My hubby and I did what we enjoy most on New Year's Eve - we stayed home, stayed warm, and cuddled in front of the television.
Susan
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