My View of Life on the Dock
Today’s a great day to tour the Art Gallery’s on Cape Ann. What else is there to do on a warm Drizzly, Foggy almost Summer Day? Boating, Beach, Cookouts? Maybe Next weekend.
Take a walk thru Downtown Gloucester, Rockport, Rocky Neck and check out all the talented Cape Ann artists.
Go visit a gallery today, take some pictures and send them in to GMG to be posted.
Visit John Nesta and see his Beautiful Paintings Of Cape Ann at his Gallery on Rocky Neck.
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From, deb Clarke;
Here’s a quick recap of my Memorial Day on East Main. Here are 2 pics: one is my reference material looking down on Joey’s docks across to the State Fish Pier with the city and western shore in the far distance, with a bit of green in the sky caused by the Canadian woodfires’ haze. I’ve been thinking alot about Cezanne and how he made plane changes in his paintings. Cezanne wanted to create a painting with the solidity of a sculpture. He didn’t rely on a directed light to illuminate objects; instead, he emphasized the form and organization of the picture plane through the direction of his stroke and color changes. The light seems to come from ‘within Cezanne’s paintings’. In my work in progress I’ve paid particular attention to the way planes meet. My space is getting a bit wonkie, and I am very interested in the spot that is in the very center of my painting.
Deb’s “Wall of Art” can be seen if your driving on East Main St. towards Bass Ave, on the right side of the road between Capt. Joe’s Lobsters (Joey’s place) and Zeke’s Restaurant.
Check out more of Deb’s Work by clicking the Link below.
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From Deb Clarke;
for a brief moment i thought to throw this painting away. and i begin the sharpie series. documentation of drawings to appear on a new tab “Sharpie Drawings”
Liz wanted to know what I would do next to my painting. Nothing. maybe I will sign it. The gesture is a completely different ‘scene’ than the one I started with. When I started to paint I did not know what was interesting about what I was observing. I made one spot of color against another. between conversations with students I painted and then ‘wham’ the dark shape pressing down on the center of the picture plane against the house caught my eye.
I dedicate this Video to my
Sunday Morning Painting Class.
Deb Clarke
I never knew Henry Miller painted. How did this escape me?
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Join Deb Clarke and her Sunday Morning Painting Class. We will be meeting at the Parking lot at the Cripple Cove Playground across from Zeke’s Restaurant in East Gloucester at 7:00am to 9am be there early to set up. Cost is $25.00 for a two hour class.
Deb has trained with some outstanding Artists. Including Cape Ann Artists; Ken Gore and Robert Gruppe. Anyone who has thought about painting should give it a try. all levels encouraged from newbies to pros. To register contact Deb via email: elli01930@yahoo.com all painting and drawing media welcomed, sorry, no watercolor.
To read more about Deb and her thoughts on Art check out her website:
http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
Even if your not sure you’d like to try, come down and check it out. You never know Maybe your Photo will make it in the pages of GMG.
Thanks for the reminder Mandy.
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Deb Clarke: elli01930@yahoo.com
Contact Debbie Clarke at;
elli01930@yahoo.com
http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
Due to weather conditions the class was held in Deb Clarke’s House. There were three students; Tom, Liz and myself.
Spot Color Painting was the assignment. Spot color painting is where you pick a color and relate that color to the rest of the painting. Debbie began by giving a spot color demonstration. Tom picked a scene outside one of Deb’s windows, Liz picked a hanging candle lamp and I picked a high shelf with three colored wine glasses and two silver pictures. Deb’s Knowledge of art, painting and color instincts are very inspiriring. The two hours flew by. I can’t wait for next week! Anyone whoever has thought about taking up painting should give it try. Twentyfive dollars is a great deal for the infomation you receive.
Contact Deb at; elli01930@yahoo.com OR http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
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questions, etc, you know what to do.
Even if your not sure you’d like to try, come down and check it out. You never know you just might pick up a brush. Maybe Joey will show up and give it a try.
http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
questions, etc, you know what to do.
best,
deb.http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
Class Location
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from Deb Clarke
From Deb Clarke;
From Debbie Clarke;
My former Teacher Shows us how to paint Herring and do it all!
He Takes Phone Calls While he Paints too.
You Gotta love him!
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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.
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://www.FrontieroGallery.com
David has a whole of cool stuff in his store- Main street Art and Antiques. This is one of them. Click the pic and select “all sizes” to see the full sized version
Carl B Friberg Lobstering Scene Painting At Main Steet Art And Antiques, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
What Up Homie Painting At Art Haven, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 