How to Paint a Chair and Thoughts on Painting

“How to Paint a Chair, a Work in Progress and My Thoughts on Painting.”

By Debbie Clarke

“Art is really a battlefield. Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good things.”
Edgar Degas, French Impressionist

Some music that I want for my studio archive: Sade. have always loved her work, and ’soldiers of art’ are ’soldiers of love’, in that if you are called to make art, you will make art for a very demanding mistress. a lover that will have no one between, that will wake you when you want sleep, that will delay you when you have appointments, that will make you not feel ‘well’ when you are not dancing with the muse. and muse seems too nice a word. dancing with a muse is neither romantic nor poetic. it is a hungry ghost in need of a door into this realm of reality. and when she truly decides to dance with, then through you, it is better than an orgasm.
the muse doesn’t dance every day, she is fickle in her love, and never obediant. i spend most of my days in the practice of seeing and drawing, so my hands, eyes, and heart are ready, whenever she decides to come, because that is her nature.

Here’s Debbies Interesting Video on How to Paint a Chair.

She filmed it with camera in one hand and brush in the other.

For more of Debbie Thoughts and Works check out her link below

http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/

On The Waterfront part I

 Men at Work

Capt. Bill from afar
close up. Please Shield your Eyes

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Painters of Cape Ann

Here’s a few more Beautiful Gloucester Paintings by Dennis Poirier.

Check out his Website for Availability and Prices;

http://dennispoirierstudio.com/

"Harbor Room" East Gloucester
"Governors Park" Gloucester, Ma

 http://dennispoirierstudio.com/

MORE FREE STUFF!!!!!!

Well as we head into the weekend, what better way then to give away more Gift Certificates. We have 2 $25.00 Gift Certificates for two North Shore Restaurants in Beverly and Salem. We are also giving away a 1 hour massage from Tammy Silveira Massage Therapy in Gloucester. NICE!!!!  After a long winter of shoveling, this would be a great treat!!!

Just click on the photo of the contest below to enter. You can enter once a day, and we will draw the winners at the end of the month.

GOOD LUCK!!!!

Win a 1 hour massage!!!!
Italian Delight!!!
Home Cooking!!

Feast of St. Joseph with Mary Parisi

Saint Joseph’s Feast is approaching in Gloucester and Mary Parisi is prepared.

I had the honor to speak to her and see her alter and talk about the Italian tradition in Gloucester during the Feast of Saint Joseph.

See Video below

Jay Albert’s Cape Ann Images Storm Coverage

Jay once again did some fantastic coverage of the latest coastal storm

Click this text to check his February Fury post with the damage and wave action from the Northeaster that hammered our coast

Part 3 Behind the Scenes at Gallo Productions

This is Part Three of “Behind the Scenes” taken at the Gallo Production Studios

Joey Ciaramitaro conducted three interviews for GoodMorningGloucester, these are snippets from those interviews.  The purpose was just to take some basic photographs and video to document the event. 

Joey did a great job with the interviews as always, but for me the off camera stuff was the most fun.

Hope you enjoy, and Joey thank you for being a good sport.

Winter Bash – Three Time Winner Virginia Burke

Virginia Burke of Beverly Mass was the Winner of the Cape Ann Animal Aid – Winter Bash Raffle, held at Cruiseport Feb 20th.   She adopted her dog “Tank” about a year ago from the Cape Ann Animal Aid, and after winning the raffle (a 42″ Panasonic Flat Screen TV ) they decided to re-donate the prize, back to the shelter to help raise money for the new facilities..

Ginny is a Three Time Winner, she has Tank, won a TV, and donated to a worthy cause.

The Gloucester Fishing Fleet

The Angela and Rose

The Angela + Rose
How Can You Tell this Photo Was'nt Shot Recently?
Angela + Rose
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Nominate your favorite Massachusetts places

Posted Feb 17, 2010 @ 09:27 PM
Massachusetts —
“1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts” is a new cultural tourism program that celebrates what is unique about the state, its communities and its people. The program also aims to stimulate cultural tourism, and increase visitation to the state’s wide range of exceptional historical sites, cultural venues and natural landscapes.

The state Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT) will accept nominations at Massvacation.com/1000greatplaces until Thursday, April 1.

All Great Places that are nominated must be open and available to the public. Only one nomination per person will be accepted. The commission will meet later in April to draw up a final list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts, which will be announced in May.

The 1,000 Great Places Commission was created by the Legislature last year. It is chaired by Eric Turkington of Falmouth, a former state representative and first House chairman of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development.

Things To Do- Fish ‘n’ Fiction Event Feb 23

Fish ‘n’ Fiction
A new series hosted by the Phyllis A. Marine Association
Sawyer Free Library, Friend Room
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
6:00-8:00pm
Suggested Donation of $5.00 per person
 
Captain Richard Arnold will lead an informal conversation on his personal experiences fishing on board the Phyllis A., out of Gloucester harbor from 1984-2000. Please come and join us with your own stories.
 This program benefits the Phyllis A. Marine Association who mission is, “to promote the history of gillnetting in Gloucester, Massachusetts through the display and preservation of the fishing vessel Phyllis A.” All conversations will be recorded for our oral history collection.
 Additional conversations will occur on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
We offloaded the Phyllis A back when we handled fish at our dock.  The Arnold Brothers were about as classy as you get not only on the waterfront but in humanity in general.  These men are role models believe me and to have the opportunity to hear the stories as told by Richard, well let’s just say it’s something that no one who loves the fishing industry should miss.

Half Moon Beach Stage Fort Park Pic From Donna Ardizzoni

 

 

Gloucester Day With the Bean – Pottery Making At Art Haven

After chatting with Bobby Ryan and Manuel Simoes at Ryan and Wood Distillery we headed back to Beautiful Downtown Gloucester for an art class.  Art Haven is an awesome place to learn and create and the staff is gifted with patience and ease with kids.  You can tell that David Brooks, Dawn Gadow and all the people working there truly love being with the children and what they are doing.  It obviously isn’t just a job for them but a calling.

All the kids were having a blast and it’s unbelievable how some of these very young children have developed their artistic abilities in the Art Haven program.

We didn’t have an appointment, we just popped in and The Bean started right in making about four different things.   A clay mirror frame, a couple rocks with her initials on them and a clay model of our cat Mr JJ Jinglenuts.

Gloucester Day With the Bean – Pottery Making At Art Haven, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

The Bean Making A Clay Mirror Frame at Art Haven
The Bean- An Artiste!

Gloucester Day With The Bean- Ryan and Wood Distillery

Although I knew I wouldn’t be able to cover the Ryan and Wood official launch of Folly Cove Rum I wanted to pop in and see how GMG photographer and videographers Thom Falzorano and Manuel Simoes were doing with the coverage.

We managed to squeeze in a short interview with Bobby Ryan while the Bean made fart noises on my neck.  Adds to the character of the interview I say!

Thanks to Manuel Simoes for these pics-