tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74375925198356972372024-03-13T21:53:40.992-06:00ART by CAROL ADAMECCarol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.comBlogger457125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-66835609811858091852022-10-23T00:42:00.003-06:002022-10-23T00:42:43.633-06:00Return to Painting<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrHi8bCtnuJSt6PNWVhGwsbpcSiX9g-lNp_1dDfOBs9TU3pUGBseRI03yvUBPBy6a2GkDAVlwg9ShY7lZ85wd81I5I2-YstEQ8ImzzwfAFibRD6jwmKOOJg7culshySjQ57r0KVnx9CnxKSBhT2e2B83tEY465qSpFHdkS9R_lRL4V99JqMBxWAc1/s864/ADAMEC-Drama-Queen-W.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrHi8bCtnuJSt6PNWVhGwsbpcSiX9g-lNp_1dDfOBs9TU3pUGBseRI03yvUBPBy6a2GkDAVlwg9ShY7lZ85wd81I5I2-YstEQ8ImzzwfAFibRD6jwmKOOJg7culshySjQ57r0KVnx9CnxKSBhT2e2B83tEY465qSpFHdkS9R_lRL4V99JqMBxWAc1/w640-h640/ADAMEC-Drama-Queen-W.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Drama Queen, 2022. Oil on panel, 12 x 12in</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The last time I posted on this blog—over a year ago—I was packing up to move, looking for a place to live, and searching for a new studio space. Considering it was the tail end of COVID and the height of the house-buying craze, I was fortunate to have it all work out. </p><p></p><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;">After a three-year delay, my one-person exhibit in Memphis, TN, at LRoss Gallery finally came together in the spring. It was beautifully installed by Laurie Brown, and I was very happy to have eleven pieces sell.</p><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Today’s post features <i>Drama Queen</i>, one of the flower paintings that was in that exhibit, <i>In a Japanese Garden. </i>This painting is currently on exhibit at the WKNO Gallery Ten-Ninety-One in Memphis through October 30. It’s a pleasure to be a part of this group show by members of Artists’ Link and once again a part of this art community.</p><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Text and image ©2022 Carol L. Adamec. All rights reserved.</p>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-72454907348527809522021-08-06T01:46:00.005-06:002021-08-06T19:08:50.850-06:00TOO MUCH ART Sale: Last Day!<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOcAONaLsVsST6pJEg6kjxv8PG8ibDOoMgzak4TKLNe3bZYWeeucwQMl93MK1Q8e_Q095qaLo4FFiNdTXFBm9UjXHYvYpQSoZyPDH0bHwtg5CD4D4_BavbU1eduniNjcL4r3lyL-S9Is/s900/BLUE+W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="643" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOcAONaLsVsST6pJEg6kjxv8PG8ibDOoMgzak4TKLNe3bZYWeeucwQMl93MK1Q8e_Q095qaLo4FFiNdTXFBm9UjXHYvYpQSoZyPDH0bHwtg5CD4D4_BavbU1eduniNjcL4r3lyL-S9Is/w458-h640/BLUE+W.jpg" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">SOLD</span> "Blue"</b> (Morning Glories), metal print reproduction, 7" x 5"</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My internet is being disconnect this weekend until after I have moved, so today is the last day of my online TOO MUCH ART Sale.</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today’s offering is a reproduction of a small painting that sold a few years ago. I then digitized it and “painted” on it some more in Photoshop. The image is printed on a thin aluminum sheet which will fit into a standard 5”x7” frame. It is hand signed on the back. <br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have <b>3</b> of these, ready to mail to flower lovers out there. The cost of each one is $20 plus $5 shipping. (One to customer, please.)</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As a reminder, all the artwork offered during the TOO MUCH ART Sale is posted here on this blog. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have a good day!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Text and Images ©2021 Carol L Adamec. All rights reserved.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-81065783620665499222021-08-05T10:03:00.005-06:002021-08-05T10:51:30.449-06:00TOO MUCH ART Sale: Day 9<span style="font-family: georgia;">For today: two more New Mexico landscapes for your perusal. (Can you tell I love painting New Mexico?) Enjoy your day.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEN-DnE2uPEoB4LFluly6ehx3ZuESeLI7Tbbpqa5wBvC8CBSZfQQJ4c92RHzlJf1TUI35pyUMXL7q1c5tzWvmBhELfDvKd-3zSrug8Y-krLICDklqwu0ZPnlIFhQL940NEF3FFAXG7xw/s1007/Evening+View+W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="1007" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEN-DnE2uPEoB4LFluly6ehx3ZuESeLI7Tbbpqa5wBvC8CBSZfQQJ4c92RHzlJf1TUI35pyUMXL7q1c5tzWvmBhELfDvKd-3zSrug8Y-krLICDklqwu0ZPnlIFhQL940NEF3FFAXG7xw/w640-h262/Evening+View+W.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">SOLD</span> “Evening View”</b>, oil on gessoed art board, , 3 ”x 9” unframed. <br /><u>Price $15 + $5 S&H</u></span><br style="text-align: start;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div>From Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, you get a wide, uninterrupted view of the Sandia Mountains, hence the long format of this <i>plein air</i> painting completed in July 2015.</div></span><br style="font-family: georgia;" /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_gyOk502oDH6-Goezi-LHt1jOvgD1_WszqRXumCZIXt2PoVotODTfGGDWmBVFdYpU75Qi1cuxzjRvuc4YGHc5HFi5GwkL58kJ4LckHuYYEyOA_9XZesQrlQbHi_8qMCr_3383oONXKc/s899/Quiet-Place-3-WK.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="899" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_gyOk502oDH6-Goezi-LHt1jOvgD1_WszqRXumCZIXt2PoVotODTfGGDWmBVFdYpU75Qi1cuxzjRvuc4YGHc5HFi5GwkL58kJ4LckHuYYEyOA_9XZesQrlQbHi_8qMCr_3383oONXKc/w640-h466/Quiet-Place-3-WK.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">SOLD</span> </b><b>“In the Quiet Place #3”</b>, oil on linen panel, 4”x6” unframed.<br />Price $15 + $5 S&H</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is a view of the Sandia Mountains from Coronado State Monument in Bernalillo (north of Albquerque), painted in <i>plein air</i> July 2013. just before a welcomed rainstorm blew in.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">–</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Text and Images ©2021 Carol L Adamec. All rights reserved.</span></p><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div></div><br />Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-229044697747120762021-08-04T11:51:00.008-06:002021-08-05T03:38:18.046-06:00TOO MUCH ART Sale: Day 8<span style="font-family: georgia;">For today: a fun flower image and a landscape painted in Santa Fe. Enjoy! Shipping is $5 per piece or email me to pick up. Thank you! </span><div><br /><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguS_b0Y03l7nTzzJpgTRdgKeW5fIdOksNu5MfcKZVtD89GaFm1ytZv4FUt7ATzpWKwWzRUdmyBNhNDmtsLh4bgCd-kJlgXYzbYplryg3PGLPw3rdQPH-J67i1yj6WPh7TaUWg-Hn9TBkI/s1200/Spring+Lilies+W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="955" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguS_b0Y03l7nTzzJpgTRdgKeW5fIdOksNu5MfcKZVtD89GaFm1ytZv4FUt7ATzpWKwWzRUdmyBNhNDmtsLh4bgCd-kJlgXYzbYplryg3PGLPw3rdQPH-J67i1yj6WPh7TaUWg-Hn9TBkI/w510-h640/Spring+Lilies+W.jpg" width="510" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">SOLD</span> “Spring Lilies”</b><span face="-webkit-standard">, handcolored print, matted 10” x 8”. Price $20 </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is a fun flower drawing, with a kind of “retro” 50’s/60’s feel to it—looser than my usual rendering style. Still, I couldn’t resist a few gold touches to highlight the stamens.</span></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWw4hnT12B3Zj6NkE9K6Po6O67NQ8BzBOEXbsPMFSAUmC9insR2O7BuaMGcyPybVv139Ay41a1SLsSw6bUApvTigvMknV5oIlGst20ljG45Xe4b5Mx0IuDzrTned_KsQ6rW5SE9A7s3vg/s1200/SFe-Trees-W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="910" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWw4hnT12B3Zj6NkE9K6Po6O67NQ8BzBOEXbsPMFSAUmC9insR2O7BuaMGcyPybVv139Ay41a1SLsSw6bUApvTigvMknV5oIlGst20ljG45Xe4b5Mx0IuDzrTned_KsQ6rW5SE9A7s3vg/w486-h640/SFe-Trees-W.jpg" width="486" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">SOLD</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></b><b>“Santa Fe Trees”</b>, oil on Italian canvas panel, , 8 ”x 6” unframed. Price $35</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another plein air landscape, painted in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains above Santa Fe. That area is abundantly populated by ponderosa pines and aspens, a lovely cool spot to paint on a hot summer day. </span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">–––––––––––––––</span>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Text and Images ©2021 Carol L Adamec. All rights reserved.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><br /></div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-23284652944507029392021-08-03T10:41:00.003-06:002021-08-03T10:41:34.980-06:00TOO MUCH ART Sale: Day 7<span style="font-family: georgia;">There was so much interest in the two flower art pieces I posted yesterday, I found two more floral pieces to post today. Both are done with color pencil and metallic inks on rice paper. They are matted and will fit into standard 8” x 10” frames. Shipping is $5 each if mailed to you. <br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you again for your interest. Enjoy your Tuesday.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJWkA-VuN1Me2jXNehzkaPxxH_FB3OQQVVGi3C8nDdPRt-5sXTXaQGYCetbDrlM3fTi1q2_RMU619EMT0dQqjwQhkbYKqI0eEvNxaWiABxhYfHQcV-uOrhPdpjXppQJOPBrCKrilYKt8/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="940" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJWkA-VuN1Me2jXNehzkaPxxH_FB3OQQVVGi3C8nDdPRt-5sXTXaQGYCetbDrlM3fTi1q2_RMU619EMT0dQqjwQhkbYKqI0eEvNxaWiABxhYfHQcV-uOrhPdpjXppQJOPBrCKrilYKt8/w501-h640/China+GoldW.jpg" width="501" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">SOLD</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> China Gold</span></b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">, color pencil, metallic ink on rice paper, matted size, 10" x 8"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSM99IGAuYICOKECU5zKhGKm9-TsDgylJ6CmcMp4CsnS02i6hnhHfmat69d1nVNDW6nnN3gzQO-QTpDc0yp_wpTQIU6GGUArr9jRRacLdZeUULJ_yzNx0kwAKDYDYKdL_4pM5eWaQwE8/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSM99IGAuYICOKECU5zKhGKm9-TsDgylJ6CmcMp4CsnS02i6hnhHfmat69d1nVNDW6nnN3gzQO-QTpDc0yp_wpTQIU6GGUArr9jRRacLdZeUULJ_yzNx0kwAKDYDYKdL_4pM5eWaQwE8/w512-h640/Rising+Moon+W.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">SOLD</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Rising Moon</b>, color pencil, metallic ink on rice paper, matted size, 10" x 8"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /> </div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-42948097258002060862021-08-02T10:02:00.005-06:002021-08-02T19:53:12.150-06:00TOO MUCH ART Sale: Day 6<span style="font-family: georgia;">“I paint flowers so they will not die.” — Frida Kahlo <br /><br />Let’s start the week off with flowers. Both of these pieces are done with color pencil and ink on rice paper. The art images are the same size and matted to fit in a standard 8” x 10” frame.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Enjoy your day!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvQlZvMkDUmMuELKqLn9mVwcQlvPUzP4Xp09XKb9jIA8fZrJ8FTfwnl15DPUuuisYIfj2iQpx19Jskovkkoy4ZtUeUP2zjAb3R7tzS8LLDpc9b_67K-oICu9PIZ7FfK4NfYuKTlfzpbE/s1500/Morn-Glory-TMA-W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1198" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvQlZvMkDUmMuELKqLn9mVwcQlvPUzP4Xp09XKb9jIA8fZrJ8FTfwnl15DPUuuisYIfj2iQpx19Jskovkkoy4ZtUeUP2zjAb3R7tzS8LLDpc9b_67K-oICu9PIZ7FfK4NfYuKTlfzpbE/w512-h640/Morn-Glory-TMA-W.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">SOLD</span></b> “<b>Garden Morning Glories</b>”, 10 ”x 8” matted. <u>Price $20</u></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFe6CqLACMA1bfBcOpB1O7p__Xr0dNeaxBsYvgWKbVvrnTEUbpzE7NmLvtV1KP2cSgpL6uFwwt608icFJ_JJ1S07wTaQKwUs41O9DBnog_2M8-KzOYegQq6J_dnIBWvr-gq_Ry7xZS6A/s1824/Hearts+Flowers-TMA-W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFe6CqLACMA1bfBcOpB1O7p__Xr0dNeaxBsYvgWKbVvrnTEUbpzE7NmLvtV1KP2cSgpL6uFwwt608icFJ_JJ1S07wTaQKwUs41O9DBnog_2M8-KzOYegQq6J_dnIBWvr-gq_Ry7xZS6A/w526-h640/Hearts+Flowers-TMA-W.jpg" width="526" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">SOLD</span></b> <b>“Hearts and Flowers”</b>, 10 ”x 8” matted. <u>Price $20</u></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: start;"><span><a name='more'></a></span></span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Text and Images ©2021 Carol L Adamec. All rights reserved.</span></span></div><br /><br /> </div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-44181234657764066252021-08-01T11:55:00.003-06:002021-08-02T19:53:40.238-06:00"TOO MUCH ART" Sale: Day 5<div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While packing this week, I came across a box of several plein air paintings I did back in 2013. So I thought I would send two New Mexico landscapes your way today. One was painted in Albuquerque; the other in Santa Fe. Small paintings like these are perfect for placement on a narrow wall or niche, or can be set on a display easel to sit a bookcase or side table. Enjoy!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eKGBaySbCacjwiEzWaUiFwTHk6-xQWfGMx4KHBsNf3oujPYJ8gdySE59_cE3QYzNSJBbA5bx1c9Haj0I0BHvmkSA7vm_UQx3T7hhM_xlQdQRK_E58QGiTCWgLga7_xQTdL2_d11h19U/s2000/LS-%25233-Sandias-W.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eKGBaySbCacjwiEzWaUiFwTHk6-xQWfGMx4KHBsNf3oujPYJ8gdySE59_cE3QYzNSJBbA5bx1c9Haj0I0BHvmkSA7vm_UQx3T7hhM_xlQdQRK_E58QGiTCWgLga7_xQTdL2_d11h19U/w640-h480/LS-%25233-Sandias-W.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">SOLD</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> “Landscape Sketch #3” (Sandia Mountains), oil on canvas panel, 4”x6” unframed. </span></b><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Price $15.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For those of you who unfamiliar with Spanish, “Sandia” means “watermelon” like the deep pink color the granite rock of the Sandia Mountains turns as the sun begins to set. All set up to paint one late afternoon, I was waiting for the mountains to take on that rosy glow to capture in my painting. I was not disappointed.</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_b1WSgY6KtEKGvOc3SkZrJteIDym87hlei2QFFe6aoKf-rYr1HVY7FJkmQsj2E9y-hSgTa5_I4I1p3gxSCR38Ym3XHWJcByBgn0hcSRGtxBAMMQ1hbGV_tzEQTxVirUoeqVj-A_pblg/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_b1WSgY6KtEKGvOc3SkZrJteIDym87hlei2QFFe6aoKf-rYr1HVY7FJkmQsj2E9y-hSgTa5_I4I1p3gxSCR38Ym3XHWJcByBgn0hcSRGtxBAMMQ1hbGV_tzEQTxVirUoeqVj-A_pblg/w640-h480/Afternoon-Arroyo+W.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">SOLD</span></b><b style="font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">“Afternoon Arroyo” (Santa Fe), oil on canvas panel, 4”x6” unframed. </b><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Price $15.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I was up in Santa Fe painting with a<i> plein air</i> group. Can you tell from the painting that it was a hot afternoon in Santa Fe? Thank goodness for the cool of the shade.</span></p></div></span><div><div style="font-family: georgia;"><p style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Text and Images ©2021 Carol L Adamec. All rights reserved.</span></p><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-33528229783407272152021-07-31T10:40:00.005-06:002021-08-07T13:30:05.308-06:00"TOO MUCH ART" Sale: Day 4Good morning! Thank you for letting me share these paintings and my thoughts with you. Have a good Saturday.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVoQfA9uTclZt1tAsedy1ENMOAb0KVpBzEI-ldqrCjSfwP4yrxmI8bG-EfYjYNYs0Z-t35qGvkPnvL9KqH1NTrFef_fZePCdwEmhh8EZfLykE7n5-xBU8trNnHCThcML_bWZ1xdOCDRrU/s1440/House-of-God-W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1332" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVoQfA9uTclZt1tAsedy1ENMOAb0KVpBzEI-ldqrCjSfwP4yrxmI8bG-EfYjYNYs0Z-t35qGvkPnvL9KqH1NTrFef_fZePCdwEmhh8EZfLykE7n5-xBU8trNnHCThcML_bWZ1xdOCDRrU/w592-h640/House-of-God-W.jpg" width="592" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="text-align: start;"><b style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">SOLD </span></b>“House of God”, oil on gessoed panel, 12” x 13” (approx), framed. <u>Price $100</u>.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">I painted this when I was searching for meaning in my life, for something greater than my human self, something most people call “God”, “Spirit”, “Higher Power”, or some other moniker. The name doesn’t really matter. Finding it is.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7Kzc-gkg-YufJ6kJ_7nMOLSiD0pTVdT3aX36seCpMYMdLr4fOywAqHuLvmCeLjUk3FRob2Ijee9uU2nK4m4QTAZPuwBVWEohnryEP3OTIyK_DQCebhMM6M86eSfflEH76MceC0BD9Fw/s2000/July-Flag-W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1655" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7Kzc-gkg-YufJ6kJ_7nMOLSiD0pTVdT3aX36seCpMYMdLr4fOywAqHuLvmCeLjUk3FRob2Ijee9uU2nK4m4QTAZPuwBVWEohnryEP3OTIyK_DQCebhMM6M86eSfflEH76MceC0BD9Fw/w530-h640/July-Flag-W.jpg" width="530" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">SOLD </span></b>“July Flag”, oil on Italian canvas panel, 10” x 8”, framed. </span><u style="font-family: helvetica;">Price $100</u></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div></div>While living in Florida, I painted with a nice group of local plein air painters that met weekly in various locations around Orlando. We were out working just before July 4, in an Orlando neighborhood that reminded me of the Chicago suburb where I grew up. <br /><br />Perhaps what is captured most in this painting I did that day is the quality of “Americana”, the one that all people in our country dream of achieving, desire living, and deserve the opportunity to have. Let’s hope it is still possible.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Text and Images ©2021 Carol L Adamec. All rights reserved.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-40009871521645139392021-07-30T18:15:00.006-06:002021-08-07T13:28:36.727-06:00TOO MUCH ART: Day 3<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Today’s sale paintings reflect my living in New Mexico, home to 23 different Native American tribes. And the color for the day is RED!</p>
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<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOukfB-mzUmW8m5bPHiR-G40oUPKzHzBFXmC19EsMOyJLeVaVjhX0eAS1lh6Eg0zVZLxI4LDF5SAHXDKcAAGtZS3O1Ca1CjhgBXaMDdf2ze5cx8saJxtYZSLKjKdIinw_7Hk1-HqPpXhI/s1440/Pueblo-Pictoral-W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="987" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOukfB-mzUmW8m5bPHiR-G40oUPKzHzBFXmC19EsMOyJLeVaVjhX0eAS1lh6Eg0zVZLxI4LDF5SAHXDKcAAGtZS3O1Ca1CjhgBXaMDdf2ze5cx8saJxtYZSLKjKdIinw_7Hk1-HqPpXhI/w438-h640/Pueblo-Pictoral-W.jpg" width="438" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b style="text-align: left;">“Pueblo Pictoral”, oil on gessoed panel, 12” x 8”, unframed. </b><span style="text-align: left; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Price $45.</b></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Off and on over the past several years, I’ve developed various traditional pottery sherd designs into paintings. Folks often think of Native American designs being primarily geometric. However, there are many motifs based on natural forms, such as deer, bears, birds, plants, and leaves. This imagery is found on pottery, weavings, jewelry, and other items created by Native American artisans and referred to as “pictorals.” <br /><br /><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIClY0QBKBhV3FHwfEUEC5HO4Hj0jajfQlPSZpPovV-FpCjzykqAK6qagXFNEWPBDjA7iVeQ99Cg8KQFm8ZresT1w-8LatD2gSfdwvwByLuhI1MtAGdtHEqKozYyq9G9179xHAv1rHcQ/s1440/Indian-ThingsW.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1210" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIClY0QBKBhV3FHwfEUEC5HO4Hj0jajfQlPSZpPovV-FpCjzykqAK6qagXFNEWPBDjA7iVeQ99Cg8KQFm8ZresT1w-8LatD2gSfdwvwByLuhI1MtAGdtHEqKozYyq9G9179xHAv1rHcQ/w538-h640/Indian-ThingsW.jpg" width="538" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><b style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">SOLD</span></b><b> “Indian Things”, oil on stretched canvas, 10” x 8”, framed. Price $100</b></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">A friend of mine has a Southwest style home decorated with Native American items which she and her parents collected over the years. While house sitting for her several years ago, I enjoyed looking at the various objects on display and was inspired to create this still life painting composed of some of her treasures.</span> <div><br /></div><div><p style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</span>–––––––––––––</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Text and Images ©2021 Carol L Adamec. All rights reserved.</span></p><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div></div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-23093567997129124682021-07-29T11:46:00.003-06:002021-07-29T12:08:20.843-06:00"TOO MUCH ART" Sale: Day 2<span style="font-family: times;">Thanks so much to all of you who are following my TOO MUCH ART sale. I appreciate you taking a look at my artwork and hope you are enjoying see the different paintings I’ve done over the years. As I go through the process of wrapping and packing, I am rediscovering some work that I had forgotten about. So it’s fun to do this “show and tell" with you all. And I really appreciate the very nice comments you have sent me. Thank you!</span><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br />Today I have two small paintings to share: a sweet backyard landscape I did in Florida, and a fun colorful "pour painting". Enjoy!</span><div><div><div><div></div><div><br /></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWxRF95SIYCucbZPSGxfbvfWuLe5cvhFv_hJTJg0HV7hjjfsLjh9xVC2z6pA-WmXQynrmIRdbZPJr-L1yjCPHQavI8nnWIqW6ItF4ce5rVXuSZXZ6hV0rTGfJU8pYBFE2eV6ig3LrjG4/s864/Backyard+Blooms+W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="653" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWxRF95SIYCucbZPSGxfbvfWuLe5cvhFv_hJTJg0HV7hjjfsLjh9xVC2z6pA-WmXQynrmIRdbZPJr-L1yjCPHQavI8nnWIqW6ItF4ce5rVXuSZXZ6hV0rTGfJU8pYBFE2eV6ig3LrjG4/w303-h400/Backyard+Blooms+W.jpg" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: large;">SOLD</span> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“</span></b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b style="text-align: left;">Backyard Blooms”, oil on cradled panel, 8” x 6”, unframed. </b><span style="text-align: left; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Price $25.</b></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div>While living in Florida, I took up plein air painting—which is setting up your easel in the great outdoors and creating a painting from the scenery that surrounds you. (This is one of the things the French Impressionists became famous for doing.) <br /><br />The challenge of plein air painting is capturing the color, light, and shadow of the scene before you within a 2—3 hour window. After that, the shift in light, shadow, and color that you began with is gone. So often plein air paintings have a tendency to be done on a smaller sized panel—You either get the painting done or forget it.<br /><br />“Backyard Blooms” is a painting I did in 2010 during a plein air “Art in the Gardens” tour in Leesburg, FL. It was a lovely event hosted by generous homeowners who made their gardens available to a select group of artists. I was pleased to be one of them.</div><div style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">_________________________</div><div style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch7GgkOVEnBiEOScnHvS6cLkKEwBNoKd0YOh-6petanllLKJBaRDgJ_8nR_NjvjNHvo1nL_hH15xEMrMb_giW-zKUgXNvnINEEB5izYCX2ElYSLeo-WVAuSafdps69Yzyhi1XhU1E-ZM/s576/Bird+%2526+Leaf+W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch7GgkOVEnBiEOScnHvS6cLkKEwBNoKd0YOh-6petanllLKJBaRDgJ_8nR_NjvjNHvo1nL_hH15xEMrMb_giW-zKUgXNvnINEEB5izYCX2ElYSLeo-WVAuSafdps69Yzyhi1XhU1E-ZM/s320/Bird+%2526+Leaf+W.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">“Bird & Leaf”, acrylic on stretched canvas, 6” x 6”, unframed. </b><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Price $20.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />A few years ago, a new painting technique became all the rage. Called “poured painting”, the most basic technique involved layering acrylic paint colors in a cup that was then poured over a stretched canvas.<br /><br />I did a few of these to try it out. It was fun, easy, messy, and the outcome was an unpredictable swirl of colors—which was the best surprise. However, other than the color variations, all the paintings looked pretty much the same. (Several pouring variations have evolved since then with far more distinctive results.) <br /><br />Wanting to create a more interesting image, I glued the black cut out elements over the poured painting surface, added some metallic gold edges, and Voila! Bird and Leaf came into being. Can you see it?<div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Images and text ©2021 Carol L. Adamec. All rights reserved.</p></div></div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-76671592856754970842021-07-28T09:09:00.017-06:002021-07-29T11:49:39.848-06:00"TOO MUCH ART" Sale: Day 1<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Here are the first two paintings offered to those who signed up for my "TOO MUCH ART" sale.</blockquote><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpxCEg1zN1uSjKJkY0Oc2BCq7R2S85fzSMhyidvrTucMajUNxlYr7qudZfGDBhIg_rE2obEXBk9w_evYutFGCG_T_o4mbex2k2nTh9-v0sbIQw1QfwMrKNzcndyPhwHYXAlNMzrsM4Ew/s1000/Moon+%2526+Morada+W.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1000" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpxCEg1zN1uSjKJkY0Oc2BCq7R2S85fzSMhyidvrTucMajUNxlYr7qudZfGDBhIg_rE2obEXBk9w_evYutFGCG_T_o4mbex2k2nTh9-v0sbIQw1QfwMrKNzcndyPhwHYXAlNMzrsM4Ew/w640-h614/Moon+%2526+Morada+W.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Palatino; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> <br /></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">SOLD</span> "Moon and Morada" </b><b style="font-family: Palatino; text-align: left;"> Original painting, </b><b style="font-family: Palatino; text-align: left;">oil on art board, 16.5 x 17.5” framed. </b><b style="font-family: Palatino; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline;">Price: $100</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b> </b></p><span style="font-family: times;">Moon and Morada was completed in 1995. I had just moved to New Mexico the year before and began the challenge of painting Southwest landscape imagery while becoming acquainted with the culture of my new home state. </span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><br />Traveling down random roads on weekend drives, I came across small, rustic adobe churches in outlying villages scattered across the State. These little churches had been hand built by the Penitentes, a lay Catholic brotherhood of local religious believers, and had survived hundreds of years in the dry New Mexico climate. <br /><br />I found these structures to be fascinating, even mysterious, especially depicted nestled in a surrounding mountain scape, bathed in moonlight.</span></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7uUo5B-tqXLb93vC5CuDuoQ7kXx9m2ruHW40jqrx-9UL-_xtp-qlGY0LeOFB2iCs0sCsQbXRUE0QwgN8SU-l5Rwy0QqC53n5T1E9mIQflgNFNtbQD9g-jbtBS9RnJiOc6v5rx6daK5k/s859/Silk+Seeds+SM.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="634" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7uUo5B-tqXLb93vC5CuDuoQ7kXx9m2ruHW40jqrx-9UL-_xtp-qlGY0LeOFB2iCs0sCsQbXRUE0QwgN8SU-l5Rwy0QqC53n5T1E9mIQflgNFNtbQD9g-jbtBS9RnJiOc6v5rx6daK5k/w236-h320/Silk+Seeds+SM.jpg" width="236" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span> <span> </span></span>Silk Seeds, original painting, oil on cradled panel, </b></p><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span>7” x 5”, unframed. </b><b style="text-decoration: underline;">Price $20.</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><span style="font-family: times;">I did this painting while living in Florida for a few years. <br /><br />Unlike the Southwest landscape, Florida has a plethora of green vegetation—a good place for an artist to develop one’s skill in mixing a variety of green hues. These seed pods are from the mimosa tree also called the silk tree, which is native to the Middle East and Asia. <br /><br />I love the mimosa’s fern-like leaves and the bright pink flowers; and the seed pods I painted here in oil on a cradled panel.</span></div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-38015678511452343532021-05-29T12:48:00.001-06:002021-05-29T12:51:28.710-06:00Thank goodness for Spring…<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DtuzPUbB3n9wxhFgUM-zZ19DOfFOk_xwxBgVjSielGME2he3oQc-QwZipyQ1gFmbcQ0T6TzV8L4b5dk9ljnoeB82eRPwEmq0h0AlinktRXsppAF0q8gHC1jISuggqk78lXCWr1dxrU0/s720/Nature%2527s+Spring+Kimono+W+IG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DtuzPUbB3n9wxhFgUM-zZ19DOfFOk_xwxBgVjSielGME2he3oQc-QwZipyQ1gFmbcQ0T6TzV8L4b5dk9ljnoeB82eRPwEmq0h0AlinktRXsppAF0q8gHC1jISuggqk78lXCWr1dxrU0/w640-h640/Nature%2527s+Spring+Kimono+W+IG.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />Carol L. Adamec: "Nature's Spring Kimono", 2021. Acrylic gouache, gold metallics, 12"x12" / 13"x13" framed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted on this blog…</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We lost our little Mother last November, just before the holidays. She was 97 and weighed less than 90 pounds. It wasn’t from COVID, thank goodness; and she passed peacefully, without pain.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Since then I have been dealing with her estate—quite a learning curve for me over the past six months, dealing with lawyers, accountants, IRS, banks, stock companies. Everything has taken longer to process due to coronavirus limitations, quarantine regulations, and a couple of trips to and from Florida. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In April I finally got my vaccinations. (I hope you have, too.) Things are becoming more relaxed, less contentious. I have been walking my little dog in the evening, leaving my mask at home, although I still wear it in public places where I expect to encounter people. Lately I have been feeling more energized and have been working in the studio more often, too. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We are having a lovely spring in New Mexico, brought on by divine rain showers in April, turning everything green. Tulips, irises, and lilacs have bloomed and gone. Now it’s May. Roses of every color are abundant all over the neighborhood, with Spanish Broom providing splashes of bright yellow, and hollyhocks in pink and crimson springing up around my yard. I especially missed calling Mom on Mother’s Day </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">this year</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> We always talked about what was blooming in Florida.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The painting featured on today’s post—"Nature’s Spring Kimono"— is one I recently finished and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">just</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">framed. I love the spiral on the kimono capturing the energy of Springtime, filled in with the colors of blue skies and fluffy white clouds, green leaves and white flowers, amidst a swirl of golden sunshine. The kimono is then set on a background of deep pink and a plethora of greenery. For me, the painting is about Beauty and Hope, the same beauty and hope Spring brings.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mom’s favorite season was Spring. I think she would have liked this painting, too.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">_____________________________</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">_</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">_</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">__</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Text & Image ©2021 Carol L. Adamec. All rights reserved.</span></p>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-72229863506481797542020-09-03T20:45:00.028-06:002021-08-05T03:46:26.040-06:00Now showing...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="976" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0uIu2gbCjDdSb-51AAVs_Tfc9KeXkM-5nqTB7Z5PDW61UctMpnhnK8Hpf_0ayE0S4AYomE2Zrp_aUHTlcok4-UZH7oAieu3mzYRaXT-1DN7WTy9L4O3rM5T48ilfWn6io4IJr2eviXk/w650-h976/PAS-9-2020-W.jpg" style="text-align: start;" width="650" /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p>Like so many facets of life, the coronavirus has drastically altered gallery openings and exhibits, too. The alternative has become online exhibits.</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was very pleased to be selected by the Placitas (NM) Art Series as one of 4 artists featured in their online exhibit for the month of September, for which the</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: georgia;"> Placitas Art Series produced a video of the exhibit and composed music to accompany each artist’s work. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: georgia;">I was very impressed with the quality of the production. </span></p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: georgia;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>And</i> I look forward to the return of in-person opening receptions.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span> </p>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0Placitas, NM 87043, USA35.3069845 -106.42474686.9967506638211532 -141.58099679999998 63.617218336178844 -71.2684968tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-65027039526020802782020-08-18T16:31:00.000-06:002020-08-18T16:31:07.854-06:00Finished: "Kimono for Modern Girl"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-bSgE48em2RjIjIiA4xmRgao-jAjWODcRiAt_hnJJysrtG_bmcLI2MGiwfQ_94uSN490wlQFzwJbssZ9f0JQAWwUtGj29wHp5V8tOoTouotAGjoKlqrEWuiNffFM2guzrvn0yYRNjwE/s2000/kimono-modern-girl-adamec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kimono modern girl painting adamec" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-bSgE48em2RjIjIiA4xmRgao-jAjWODcRiAt_hnJJysrtG_bmcLI2MGiwfQ_94uSN490wlQFzwJbssZ9f0JQAWwUtGj29wHp5V8tOoTouotAGjoKlqrEWuiNffFM2guzrvn0yYRNjwE/w640-h640/kimono-modern-girl-adamec.jpg" title="Original: "Kimono for Modern Girl" 2020, oil on canvas, 36x36" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">While the Jazz Age was flourishing in America during the 1920’s, the “moga” (short for <i>modan gaaru</i>) or “modern girl” emerged in the urban areas of Japan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Inspired by the American Flapper, the modern girl cast off her traditional kimono and morés, adopting Western-style fashions, makeup, and hairstyles, while indulging in a social nightlife of dancing, smoking, drinking sake, and riding in cars with “<i>mobos</i>” (modern boys), much to horror of her traditional Japanese parents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">In this painting, I've relaxed the rigidity of the traditional kimono, and "fleshed" it out with a sense of the female form. The Japanese writing in the upper left hand corner is the title of a popular novel of the day, "Naomi (A Fool's Love)", about a man's obsession to marry a "modern girl"and encourage her Westernized ways. </span><br />
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Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-13351068694821218052020-07-15T15:47:00.002-06:002020-08-18T15:44:09.716-06:00In the meantime....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwSCdytugkidi-X99ZkolJAZhL07lyG0swpQ5rtcF0Y5bZeifBZX2xC9M4EtyLa2w69I3xcc9e66X5YR2dH78vyhuyvahJrg2XyOIp2qL1znFowswZRKCDXAeiBr4c-NEafB82oXrWsw/s1583/Red+Kimono+W.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1583" data-original-width="1200" height="781" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwSCdytugkidi-X99ZkolJAZhL07lyG0swpQ5rtcF0Y5bZeifBZX2xC9M4EtyLa2w69I3xcc9e66X5YR2dH78vyhuyvahJrg2XyOIp2qL1znFowswZRKCDXAeiBr4c-NEafB82oXrWsw/w594-h781/Red+Kimono+W.jpg" title="Red Kimono Carol Adamec" width="594" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Original: "Red Kimono" 2020, Acrylic gouache, gold, 16"x12"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm still working on my large painting, "Kimono for Modern Girl." In the meantime, I finished up this smaller painting, "Red Kimono." It's similar to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7437592519835697237/8371523567104354779?hl=en" id="White Lily Kimono" name="White Lily Kimono" target="_blank">"White Lily Kimono"</a> I did a few years ago. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you'd like to leave a comment, please do so. I am always pleased to hear what viewers think of my work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have a great day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">_______________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="color: #232323; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Text and Image ©2020 Carol L Adamec. All rights reserved.</span></p></div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-28885635388464091552020-07-04T09:54:00.000-06:002020-07-04T09:54:32.168-06:00Happy 4th of July!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn-RFqjaoVjEfR6rQIw1Fl9xISLruFfA5fn94KYrmdKDEneRT7o7C2kOiNYKMh2yxvC9sZ9vPEQuCRoca3D-A75vZ4ELy1Pg6PRTOhVUu-7hJkX5i8HI5sgzQCUWZ8dJh51KQ8IXizCY/s1810/July+Flag+R.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1810" data-original-width="1452" height="781" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn-RFqjaoVjEfR6rQIw1Fl9xISLruFfA5fn94KYrmdKDEneRT7o7C2kOiNYKMh2yxvC9sZ9vPEQuCRoca3D-A75vZ4ELy1Pg6PRTOhVUu-7hJkX5i8HI5sgzQCUWZ8dJh51KQ8IXizCY/w626-h781/July+Flag+R.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="2">"July Flag", 2008, oil on panel, 10x8". Plein Air painting done in Orlando, FL.</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="5">Enjoy your holiday!</font></div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-71252327847053051382020-07-02T17:42:00.004-06:002020-07-02T17:45:01.622-06:00Finding My Joy<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xyw4JUxITpgWAXRkmpg_7tbwedqSPr7Yk_5W6vKIvxMwFwIopvdFCaupvM1QSBWUQEykRdkVjh7u4pUACjG0t7qjyGxAC4KeXPVlC7EsAc7X9wL-oI4gp0sUxNnOil-3upO1ajjf0ng/s1200/adamec_kimono-for-modern-girl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xyw4JUxITpgWAXRkmpg_7tbwedqSPr7Yk_5W6vKIvxMwFwIopvdFCaupvM1QSBWUQEykRdkVjh7u4pUACjG0t7qjyGxAC4KeXPVlC7EsAc7X9wL-oI4gp0sUxNnOil-3upO1ajjf0ng/w625-h625/adamec_kimono-for-modern-girl.jpg" width="625" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><b>WIP "Kimono for Modern Girl" oil on canvas, 36x36"</b></font><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><font face="georgia">Three weeks ago I thought I was nearly finished with this painting. But I HATED where it was going. I had lost my "mojo" and enthusiasm to work on it. I was stuck and unhappy.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">About the same time, I came across a free 10-day, online workshop called "Find Your Joy", offered by <b>Louise Fletcher</b>, a <span>contemporary</span> English abstract painter. </font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">To distract myself from the stuck painting on my easel, I enrolled in her workshop, which included live conversations on Facebook and assignments she sent via email. I did them all, which made me try out different media, tools, colors, and concepts. </font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">It was a lot of work. And I ended up using art supplies I bought but never had used, painted with acrylics, did collage, tried out colors I would never choose, and fearlessly "played" in the studio instead of working to be "productive." </font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">Although I didn't experience any breakthroughs about becoming an abstract artist, Louise did drop several pearls of wisdom during her talks that got my attention:</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><font face="georgia">"When you're painting, notice what you like and do more of that. </font></div><div><font face="georgia">And what you don't like, paint over it.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">"When you think you've gone too far,</font></div><div><font face="georgia">you may not have gone far enough."</font></div></blockquote><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">Her free workshop wrapped up this past Monday, and I went to the studio on Tuesday, armed with her good advice, and painted over what I didn't like about <span style="text-align: center;">"Kimono for Modern Girl" </span>and once again reworked the drawing. The painting is not finished yet, but I am once again excited to work on it.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><i>To Louise Fletcher</i>: Thank you for your generosity and wisdom. You have helped me get back on track and to once again find my joy in the studio.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">You can check out Louise's website and subscribe to her newsletter at <a href="https://www.louisefletcherart.com" target="_blank">https://www.louisefletcherart.com</a></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––</div><div><font size="2">Text and image ©2020 Carol L. Adamec. All rights reserved.</font></div>Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-41462178563385689832020-06-10T14:04:00.001-06:002020-06-10T14:04:44.942-06:00New painting underway...(Part 6)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The painting is still on my easel. I keep thinking, "I'm going to finish this painting today." And then I paint on it some more. Hopefully, after just a few more sessions, it will be done. Stay tuned!<br />
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Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-10869792448340481982020-05-20T16:36:00.000-06:002020-05-20T16:36:04.489-06:00New painting underway...(Part 5)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I reworked some of the drawing on this painting over the last few days. Usually, if I am dissatisfied with how a painting is shaping up, the reason is the drawing. Now I'm ready to go forward with the painting. </span><br />
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Here's the latest progress on my newest painting on the easel, after another day of work. Thanks for taking a look.<br />
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After another day of painting, here's how my new kimono painting looks now. Thanks for taking a look.<br />
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Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-26379656916571506542020-05-03T17:12:00.000-06:002020-05-03T17:12:01.217-06:00New Painting Underway (part 2)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WIP: "Kimono for Modern Girl", 2020, oil on canvas, 36"x36"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's the first round of putting some color on the painting. The drawing is still rough and will need further refinement. There's <i>much</i> more to come. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks for taking a look.</span><br />
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Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-55903511103112733092020-04-29T14:03:00.001-06:002020-04-29T14:03:03.226-06:00New painting underway...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WIP: "Kimono for Modern Girl", 2020, O/C, 36"x36"</td></tr>
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The idea for this painting has been simmering for several months and has finally made it to the canvas.<br /><br /><div>
Today's post shows the first stages of the painting: </div>
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1) Gray underpainting</div>
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2) Drawing in dark blue color pencil<br /> 3) White gesso applied to areas that will be very light in color.<br /><br />Why start with a gray underpainting, you may be wondering? A lot of this painting will be done in reds and blues, colors that are similar in value (tone) to the gray underpainting. It is easier to get good color coverage if the underpainting is similar in tone, rather than trying to cover a white canvas with darker colors. Likewise, I've kept the white areas where very light colors will be applied, so those colors will not be altered by the darker underpainting. (Things I learned in art school.)</div>
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<br />There's more to come and I'll keep you posted. Thanks for taking a look.</div>
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Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-77179085011835741002020-04-25T19:02:00.001-06:002020-04-25T19:02:11.733-06:00Irises in the Buddha garden<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PHOTO: Carol L Adamec</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just outside my door: such a delightful gift from Nature!</span></div>
Carol L. Adamechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665277433157771233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437592519835697237.post-22337919047582048952020-04-21T15:14:00.000-06:002020-04-21T21:40:51.967-06:00"Art in the Time of Coronavirus" ... food for thought <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original: <b><i>Tribal Kimono</i></b>, 2020. 24"x36", mixed media on panel.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How is it that being under New Mexico's "</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">stay-at-home</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">" mandate provides so much "free time" at home, yet the days seem to fly by during the current Covid19 crisis? I know I could be/should be in the studio painting away for hours on end, since there are no places to go or things to do to distract me. But that is not happening, and I am flummoxed by it all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I do try to resist the newsfeed and emails on my cellphone, computer, and iPad. I have avoided watching daylong media reports on the TV as well. I even put my cellphone in another room while I am working in the studio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yet, the notification <i>ding </i>on my electronic devices is seductive and being "informed" is addictive: Is it good news or bad? Is the curve flattening? Are the number of infections rising? The death rate increasing? Is there a test yet that is truly reliable? Any progress on a vaccine so this can be over? When will my stimulus check arrive? Will our country go broke for working people? Or will working people die if they go back to work? Whom to believe: Wall Street? or Scientists, Doctors, Healthcare Professionals? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How will I know if I don't at least look at the headlines to know what is going on in the world at large? And then I am hooked for hours on end, reading every incoming scrap of news and related story. And day after day, another day has slipped by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back in my small, personal world of home and studio is<b style="font-style: italic;"> Tribal Kimono,</b> a painting I finished last month just as Coronavirus was replacing our "Normal Lives" and cancelling my April exhibit at LRoss Gallery in Memphis. It's quite different from many of my other kimono paintings which are based on organic, harmonious, nature-based forms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Tribal Kimono</b> is geometric, map-like, with strong opposing arrow shapes, rendered in black white, grey, red and gold. There is chaos and order, light and dark, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">pattern and randomness.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As I look at this painting today, I ask myself: Did Covid19 seep into my subconscious as I worked on this kimono painting during January, February, and March? Are the horizontals and verticals the charts and graphs of coronavirus spreads, deaths, recoveries? Are the dotted areas hotspots of outbreaks? Are the curves rising or flattening? </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Which beliefs, opinions, and facts are right</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">--in the blacks, whites, or greys? </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Which "authorities"--government, scientific, healthcare, corporate, political, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">religious--should we follow?</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Which arrow is the direction our country should take? </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Are the red areas warnings and dangers? The gold ones, truths and solutions? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since "We're all in this together", does </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">this painting somehow represent the current "tribal" kimono that America is collectively wearing?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What do you think? And how are these days in the Time of Coronavirus going for you?</span><br />
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