Tag: Art

Benjamin Moore mural

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It’s easy to take it for granted that we live in a city with lots of beauty, so it’s good to be reminded now and then that we are surrounded by works of art and ingenuity. For instance, I like this mural on the side of the Benjamin Moore store on Railroad Ave. – not just because it’s well painted, but because it is somewhat self-referential: a painting (on a paint store) of painters painting the wall they are painted on…

Eventually I plan to get photos of more of our city’s murals…

-Fr. Matthew Green

Origami class in Gloucester (change of date), plus photos from the convention in NYC

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About a week ago I posted from the annual Origami USA convention in New York City.  At the end of this post, I’ll include some photos of the amazing work that was on display there.  To help bring some of that origami goodness to Gloucester, I’ll be teaching a class at The Annie as part of the “Beyond Imagine” series of art workshops, on July 17 at 7PM ($5 donation The Annie per participant).  The date was originally going to be on July 3, and that date was informally announced, but then we realized it would be overlapping with The Horribles Parade, and that would be a bad idea…

I’ll start off with some simple models, and will work up to more complex designs as time and the ability of the participants allows.  The Annie is located on Washington Street, just north of the intersection with Main Street, in the Blackburn Tavern building (on the floor above Giuseppe’s).

To inspire you to learn origami, here are some photos of truly impressive origami from the exhibit at year’s convention, folded by artists from around the world:

Me, getting bitten by an origami dragon… an image of the passion for origami?

Another one found 6/24/2012

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Another “Art Rock” found 6/24/2012

The Email from JP;

“Hey, I found your rock today. I really love it man, its my favorite rock.

Thanks, JP”

Most “Art Rocks” are not posted on GMG. You have to stumble upon them most times. Not all that are left and found are reported back into headquarters. 🙂

“State Fish Pier View”

Dennis Poirier Artist Workshop Opportunity

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Dennis Poirier Artist Workshop Opportunity

“Painting Gloucester”

Dennis Poirier – August 24, 25, 26 –
“Painting Gloucester on Location”
Oil and Acrylic Workshop

A resident of Maine, but native of Gloucester, Dennis looks forward to returning to Cape Ann to paint in all of his favorite locations.  In this workshop, he will demonstrate his style of “broken” color painting techniques and teach the basics of picture making on location.  A demonstration will be given prior to the first class.  Subjects will include: marshes, harbor scenes and street scenes around Gloucester.  Students may take one or all three days.  All ages and levels of ability welcome.

To View Dennis’ work click on the Links Below

http://www.facebook.com/dpoiriergallery

http://www.dennispoirierstudio.com

 

Well Look Who Made InStyle Magazine–The Sarah Elizabeth Shop’s Acorn Press Lobster Place Mats

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Check them out at the Sarah Elizabeth Shop- www.Sarah-Elizabeth-Shop.com

View my interviews and pictures from the Sarah elizabeth Shop with the Late Isabel Natti in the links below

GoodMorningGloucester
Video Interview, Part II, Part III, More

More Stained Glass from St. Ann’s

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Stained glass window of Christ appearing to St. Margaret Mary, pointing to his Sacred Heart.

It’s been a while since I shared some of the gorgeous stained glass from St. Ann’s Church.

Cape Ann Artisans 2012 Spring Studio Tour

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Cape Ann Artisans 2012  Spring Studio Tour

Come find out why

American Style Magazine named Gloucester #6 in Top 25 Arts Destinations for cities under 100,000

Cape Ann is home to a thriving arts community, one of the oldest in the country.  For twenty-nine years Cape Ann Artisans has been inviting the public to visit their studios during their Open studio weekends. This year’s spring tour will be held June 23rd and 24th from 10 am to 5 pm each day. The self-guided tour along the scenic coastline of Gloucester and Rockport presents a unique opportunity to meet 21 professional artists and see their work in the setting in which it was created. The work represented includes: pottery, painting, sculpture, photography, mosaics, jewelry, hand-made glass beads, and weaving. Several of the artists will be demonstrating their working process during the tours.

Brochures with route maps will be available at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, the Rockport Information Booth on Rte 127 and at each of the artisans. A bright magenta Studio Tour banner will mark each location.

For further information: tel: 978-281-3347  www.capeannartisans.com
Many studios are open year round.

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Dad’s Night Out going on now at Bodin’s Historic Photo

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Come and try some wine and cheese from The Cave, which will open next week at 44 Main Street!

Several other places are also involved. Ask Fred and he can tell you where else to get special deals and treats tonight!

Another origami sighting in Gloucester!

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The other day I stopped in to the Lone Gull Coffeehouse for the first time, and to my surprise and delight, saw origami!  Not stand-alone origami, but origami cranes used very creatively as part of a type of collage, by artist Kate Dagle.  Here is a sampling:

She has a a variety of different works on display – beautifully combining the cranes in different colors, patterns, and compositions.

While you admire the artwork, I highly recommend trying out one of the Lone Gull’s incredible variety of soda or lemonade. They have quite a list of different flavors they can mix into your beverage.  I had a “white peach lemonade”, which was delicious.

Brendan Pike’s art is on the wall in the background. It looks very nice, but I must admit, all my attention was focused on the origami…

The Lone Gull Coffee House is located at 146 Main Street.

-Fr. Matthew Green

State of the Art Gallery II

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Many times I’ve walked down Pleasant Street and passed by the State of the Art Gallery II (18 Pleasant St.).

Unfortunately, I have always been there at the wrong time to find the place open.  Last Friday, however, I was at the right time – and I am very glad I was! They have an amazing selection of art for sale.

I can’t really afford to buy these works for now (parochial vicars don’t get paid that much) but it’s well worth the visit jut to look a these beautiful, truly “museum quality” works of art.

I had a nice chat with Roger Armstrong, the proprietor.  They have another location on Rocky Neck.  The gallery I visited is located more or less across the street from the Pleasant Street Tea Company, so the next time you visit one, maybe you can stop by the other…

Bearskin Neck is heating up!

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As the weather is starting to warm up, the shops, restaurants and galleries are opening up and getting down to business. I stopped by for lunch and a stroll the other day.

I had lunch with friends at Top Dog of Rockport.  If you like hot dogs, this is the place to go! They have an amazing variety of hot dog / topping combos, with creative names like “German Shepherd” (which comes with sauerkraut) and “Italian Greyhound” (with grilled peppers and onions). For those who, like me, don’t eat hot dogs, they have other offerings as well. I had a bowl of clam chowder, which was hot and delicious!

Kayaks were out and available for rent:

Corey Tevan (about whom I posted a while back) has added more paintings of trees and flowers to one corner of his gallery. I love his art – if I had the money (and the space to hang them) I’d buy at least half the paintings in his gallery:

Chris Coyne did some work on his gallery over the winter, and has filled it with more of his beautiful paintings of local landscapes and cityscapes. If I had a room for Corey Tevan’s work, I’d have another for paintings by Chris:

Eugene Quinn is also back after being away all winter. I didn’t get a photo this time, but you can check out his work on his web page.  I’d have to have another room in my dream house for his landscapes and still life works.  He also does portraits sometimes, but doesn’t have any on display right now.  He has a very sweet and affectionate dog named Layla who tried to “kiss” me on the lips. No thanks!

There are loads of other great galleries and shops to visit.  I hope to visit a few more of them soon and share more photos. It’s worth walking down Bearskin Neck just for the view at the end. Here’s a partial panorama (looking southeast):

Photos of St. Ann School’s Celebration of the Arts

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On Wednesday, St. Ann’s School had it’s Celebration of the Arts – much like what the public schools had a couple of weeks ago, but just for one school.  It included a student concert and an art show.  Here are a few photos of the art – I want to make a video with some clips from the concert too, but that won’t be ready on time for today’s post…

An overview of the gym, where much of the art was on display:

The 8th graders made some creative self portraits:

The show as also about creating art on the spot. Here, students make trading cards to swap with each other.

Click below for a complete slideshow

-Fr. Matthew Green

A Beautiful “Angel Fish” Watercolor

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A Beautiful “Angel Fish” in Watercolor

From Carol McKenna
“Asian Brush style painting of an Angel Fish complimented with watercolor from Sakura Field Sketchbox which Paul Frontiero has posted about using on post card stock ~ I have used this sketchbox for several years now and really like it. I prefer the pan watercolor versus the tubes; fits more with my fluid style of painting.

Below are photos of my work which of are ‘She Spirits’ done in sennelier oil pastels, Asian style brush paintings , Haiku on digitally manipulated photos (also called Haigas) and Photography. They can all be viewed in Kahn Studio and Good Morning Gloucester Gallery. More of my work and information about me, Carol L McKenna may be seen at my blog www.acreativeharbor.com ~ Hope you will stop by. ”
www.acreativeharbor.com

www.acreativeharbor.com

Kathleen Miller Shows Hers!

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 Kathleen Miller Shows Hers!

5th Submission in the series, “Show me yours and I’ll show you mine”

Kathleen Millers Paint Box

Cape Ann artist Kathleen Miller brings along her paint box for outdoor painting. The box sits either on the ground or on her lap, with her palette board attached to an easel setup as she paints. The paint box is an essential piece of equipment, containing everything she needs, except the canvas. In it, Kathleen packs her vibrant Gamblin oil paints, flat and filbert (rounded) brushes, and two pallete knives. “Almost all of the paintings I do in the summer are plein air (done outside),” Kathleen says. “I love painting all types of subject matter, although I’m especially drawn to the water.  Typically, I paint in the late afternoon, which has really nice lighting effects.” When asked to share a funny experience that happened to her while painting on location, she told about a time that she was set up at Stage Fort Park and a rat ran over her foot.  In spite of that, she made a beautiful painting of Half Moon Beach. “You never know what will happen when you paint outside!” she laughed. “You might end up with a beautiful painting with bugs stuck in it…  That’s just part of the experience!”  Her style, in her own words: “My feelings, expressed in color and design, are more important in my paintings than subject matter.” She likes to make small paintings, although she does larger works as well. Kathleen Miller currently has 57 original oil paintings displayed at Bodin Historic Photo & Fine Art in downtown Gloucester.You can look at Kathleen’s work on:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kmillergallery

 

Fredrik D. Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930

MANDATORY FOB ATTENDANCE FOR THE FIRST GMG MUG UP OF THE SEASON SUNDAY MORNING!!!!! and Barry Marshall Represents

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Breaking UPDATE 6:50AM:

ALICIA COX, OUR BUDDY FROM MAIME’S KITCHEN IS MAKING A PAN OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST COFFEE ROLLS FOR MUG UP- GET THERE EARLY OR YOU JUST KNOW ED IS GONNA DEVOUR THE WHOLE BATCH!

We’re starting off the season tomorrow morning with a BANG! and if you’re one of our FOB’s we expect you to come on down and revel in the positivity and fun that will be sure to ensue. Meet your favorite GMG Contributors and other FOB’s, Bring a dish (not mandatory) and just plain come hang out.
DO NOT THINK THIS IS SOME TYPE OF INCLUSIVE PARTY! WE WANT YOU TO COME ON DOWN EVEN IF YOU ARE SIMPLY A CASUAL READER OF GMG AND EVEN IF YOU"VE NEVER LEFT A COMMENT OR BEEN TO ANY OF OUR OTHER EVENTS!!!

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COME ONE COME ALL!!!!!!

THERE WILL BE FOOD, THERE WILL BE COFFEE, THERE WILL BE STICKAS, THERE WILL BE OTHER GMG PEEPS, THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE MISSING IS YOU IF YOU DON"T COME!!!!!!

Barry Marshall visiting from Pacific Grove, CA, represents at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery.  You might remember seeing Barry’s paintbox on Paul Frontiero’s post https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/barry-marshall-shows-his/.  Barry is originally from Gloucester, was on Rocky Neck years ago, and back visiting until May 26th.  Aside from the fact that Paul and Ed were jonesing for deviled eggs and didn’t want to wait until Memorial Day weekend, tomorow morning’s Mug Up is also so Barry can meet some GMG peeps before he heads back home to the Central Coast of California.

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If you didn’t check out Barry’s artwork, you can see it at  http://www.barrymarshallpaintings.com/ and come by for Mug Up tomorrow morning from 9:00-11:00 am at Khan Studio & the GMG Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave., G3 and say hi to Barry before he leaves.

P.S.  In case no one can tell, Joey wrote the top part of this post.  Hope to see as many of you as can come tomorrow.  And remember, anyone who comes as a stranger always leaves as a friend.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Public School Students’ Art at the Cape Ann Museum

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Here are some photos of the elementary school childrens’ art on display at the Cape Ann Museum as a part of the “Gloucester Public School District Arts Festival” on Saturday, May 12.  The museum put a lot of work into hanging all these creations!

(To get these big shots, I had to take several photos and use panorama software, which led to a bit of distortion and broken lines here and there… I need to get one of those special panorama tripods that eliminate parallax!)

I am not sure if any of this is still up.  The brightness, simplicity, and freshness of it all created a real ambience of upbeat enthusiasm!

“A Tale Of Two Paint Brushes” from deb Clarke

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“A Tale Of Two Paint Brushes”

From deb Clarke;

“My David was good friends with Armand Sindoni and received one of Armand’s paintbrushes, along with a giclee print of one of Armand’s last paintings as a remembrance gift from Armand’s family.  The brush was proudly displayed above Armand’s print, until we moved.

A few months back I was painting when David took the brush from my hand, claiming it was Armand’s.  I said:  “Well, you better put it someplace safe, because if I need a brush and find a brush, I use it.”  and that was that,  until yesterday.  Yesterday I cleaned a flat brush when I realized the handle was encrusted with chrome green, a color I do not use.  The handle was used to mix a vat of paint (something I have never done). The ferrule encrusted with old oil.  I checked all of my paintbrushes. The ferrules of all of my old brushes were scraped clean. of encrusted paint.  A former studio assistant used a razor blade to clean my old brushes (a practice I put an end to…the bristles were getting shaved in the process).    I showed the brushes to David, told him that chrome green was a color commonly in use by painters of Armand’s generation, then showed him my greens based on veridian and thalo…my greens lean towards blue. David agreed.
The flat is the Armand Sindoni brush, the bare ferrule bright brush is mine.”

Another Sidoni Painting:

Deb Received the random email from a Sidoni connection;

To Debbie Clarke,

This is so random, but I was scanning old family photos and came across this old double exposure.  The painting is an Armand Sindoni portrait
of my uncle Richard Duncan, who was a friend of Armand’s in Lynn.  So I googled Armand to share information about Armand with family on facebook and saw your
paint brush story.  Unfortunately the portrait went missing from storage unit during a move so very long ago.
It’s just a snapshot in time (& not a very good one) but I thought you’d appreciate seeing it.

love your magpie nest!!

Elizabeth Chapman

http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com

Students art at the Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library

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As part of the Gloucester Public School District Arts Festival last weekend, students’ art was on display at the library, across the street from City Hall. Here are a few photos of the exhibit there. Click on any of the photos to see it bigger.

Unfortunately, it seems that some or all of the art has already been taken down. Some of it was really amazing!

Bill Hubbard Shows His!

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Bill Hubbard Shows His!

3rd Submission in the Series “Show Me Yours and I’ll Show You Mine”

http://bill-hubbard.artistwebsites.com

Paul,
This was a great idea until I tried to take a picture of my “corner” and came to the reality that I actually have four.  My wife is an artist and a writer.  I paint.  We live in a 2 bedroom apartment which has her sketches and my paintings on 8 walls of three rooms.  I even have a painting in my bathroom.  So, I’ve attempted to  show it all in two pictures.  For the last few months I’ve been painting out side quite a bit but now, the the advent ofhot weather, I’m back in my corners till fall.
I try to paint with a pallet limited to Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Deep Red,  Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue and Permanent Rose and get away with it when I’m outside and have limited space.  However, in my corner I’ve found good use for Daler & Rowney’s Flesh, Yellow Ochre and Ivory Black.  I paint mostly with large bristle flats and rounds but, for detail utilize a few sable points and a couple liners for rigging.
My mother taught me the rudementaries of oil painting and I took several of Bob Benham’s adult ed courses at GHS.  I also fished with Emile Gruppe and was fortunate to be invited to tag along for a number of his outings back in the 1960s.  I lived on Cape Cod and fished and painted with watercolorist, Anton Stetzko who introduced me to waer colors.  When I moved here to Florida I started seriously to paint again and took up Acrylics which I now mix with pen.
Visit my artists website and Blog at:
http://bill-hubbard.artistwebsites.com