Miniature Wine Paintings

The type of work I make changes with the seasons. The holidays are a time of small works: ornaments, gift items….. My paint box is largely neglected that of year. So, I started 2014 off with several miniature paintings to get back into the swing of things. These are 3 of my wine related ACEO miniature paintings. They are 3.5″ x 2.5″ in size. Now it’s time to move onto larger canvas!

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https://www.etsy.com/listing/175516594/red-wine-glass-painting-wine-art

 

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https://www.etsy.com/listing/175529933/yoga-cat-red-wine-painting-wine-art

 

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https://www.etsy.com/listing/175527831/white-wine-glass-painting-wine-art

New Directions for the New Year

After surviving a busy, hectic holiday season, it’s easy to justify kicking back a little, but be careful how you choose to spend your time! Add an Arctic air mass, blizzard warnings and single degree temperatures into the mix and you might find your well deserved couple days of relaxation turn into a longer stretch of pure laziness and inactivity.

2014 is here — and for me that means developing new ideas, starting new paintings, sculptures, and projects, and establishing a road map to follow throughout the year.

I’ve been kicking around the idea of starting work on a Silent Mylo Tuxedo Cat book; and after being locked in a snowbound house with the beast for the past week he has convinced me that the time is NOW!

Stay tuned for more info!

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Letchworth Arts & Crafts Festival

What do Silent Mylo Tuxedo Cat, a herd of Buffalo, wacky witches, vampires, cats and dogs have in common? They will all be with me at the Letchworth Arts & Crafts Festival!

The show is this weekend, October 12th,13th & 14th, in Letchworth State Park, Castile, NY

The show runs:

  • Saturday 10-5
  • Sunday 10-5
  • Monday 10-4

Here’s a link for more info about the park: http://nysparks.com/events/event.aspx?e=79-7001.0

Come for the leaves, come for the art — just COME!

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Bottle Stoppers

Everything Old is New Again

 

 

Art History #4: Grant Wood's American Gothic -- sort of....

 

I can’t remember exactly how my Art History series began. It started about 2 years ago with a piece I called “VanGogh meets Warhol meets Parmigianino meets Kurek”. It was based on a Vincent VanGogh self portrait — but it also incorporated Warhol’s use of repetition — and it touched on late Renaissance Mannerism (Parmigianino’s Madonna with the Long Neck.)  Long, possibly bad, titles aside, the series has been well received and continues to grow. Here’s a look at my latest “victims”: Grant Wood and Max Beckmann. “Art History #4: Grant Wood’s American Gothic …. sort of…” is based on a painting that needs no introduction. “Art History #5: Max Beckmann Merlot” deviates a bit from the other pieces in the series. Warhol’s repetition wouldn’t have worked here. So, instead of creating four repetitive image cells, I added onto the original image. I changed the cigarette in Beckmann’s hand to a wine glass and added a table with a wine glass and bottle of wine. The image on the bottle of Beckmann Merlot features a miniature image of one of his still life paintings.

If it isn’t obvious, let me state that these works are all meant to be in good fun!  They are based on well known works, and I include “Art History”, the name of the original painting and/or the name of the original artist in each title. If you are not familiar with Max Beckmann, you should be!  He was an interesting character. Here’s a Wikipedia link to start you off:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Beckmann

 

Art History #5: Max Beckmann Merlot

 

 

You can find my originals and prints in my Etsy shop at:http://www.etsy.com/shop/SilentMyloStudio?ref=si_shop