tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64670741485494570352024-03-13T00:08:23.474-04:00Aleada Aine SiragusaJourney with me as I create my art.<br> From the practical to a unique perspective,<br> experience the heart of an artist.<br>Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467074148549457035.post-30286358385349815822019-02-24T19:23:00.001-05:002019-02-24T21:01:41.891-05:00Fredericksburg Texas<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Fredericksburg was on our travel to do list because I heard it has a thriving art gallery scene. I researched the city and decided to make Insight Gallery first on our list to see for the few hours my husband and I had set aside that day on our cross country trek West on Highway I-10.</span><br />
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our stop to coincide with the opening of Insight Gallery on a windy and cold
Saturday morning in January. I was very excited to see many world and
nationally famous artists whose work I was already familiar with and I admire.
The venue I am interested in is the one which I also paint in, broadly speaking
that is representational art, primarily nature.</span><br />
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large paintings had me in awe in this well appointed Gallery which was artfully redesigned from a grain business. Mage Boudreau, an Insight Gallery representative took time to discuss the artists</span><span style="font-size: large;"> and their work with me. Madge Boudreau was
very knowledgeable and gave me some interesting background information on the
artists and their paintings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">There is nothing like seeing art in person, because you can see the
hand of the artist more than you can from a photograph. I first take
the time to allow my emotions respond to the art. But being an
artist myself looking at another artists work is a very informative experience
as I can analyze how and why the artist creates that particular work of art. In
other words, I learn something valuable, along with the delight my senses feel
towards remarkable beauty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After Leaving Insight Gallery we walked West down Main Street Artisans ~ A Texas Gallery, A Texas Hill Country Gallery with local lovely art and craft and then to R.S. Hanna Gallery also representing masters of representational art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another lovely store on a cold and windy day,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">note how cold the couple looks while they cross the street baring up against the wind</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Approaching the Church complex</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">from the rear we saw there were two churches and noted </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can read the historic information about </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">St Mary's Catholic Church on this plaque.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">St Mary's Catholic Sanctuary Built in 1863</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We spent time praying in the church before we proceeded</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to the newer church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">St Mary's Catholic Church was built in 1906</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Gothic inspired Native Stone Structure</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Built by San Antonio Architect Leo M. Deilmann </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent more time photographing this stunning church with its beautiful and scared statuary, stained glass windows, and intricate wood carvings</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Across the street in view of the older St Mary's Sanctuary the also marvelous, St Mary's Catholic School</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We stopped at The Sunset Grill for some large healthy sandwiches.</span></div>
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not sure we wanted to continue with gardening to the extent we had done in
Florida, but in the five years we have been here we could not resist learning
about the native plants and other compatible arid plants which can be grown
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we found in landscaping in this semi arid climate is to frequently water plants for the first two
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;"> Sunflowers are a native plant to New Mexico. The wild sunflower has a smaller flower than cultivated sunflowers. We encourage their growth by watering them in the early spring and remove the dead stalks in early winter. The sculpture I created with collected rusted metal, it is in the center of the yard. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">We get some fierce torrential rain storms with high wind and hail but often these rains will be short. This summer when the monsoons arrived we had rain almost every day. There is nothing like rain water for the health of the plants; it is like magic.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thread Leaf Groundsel Bloom</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Purple Verbena</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;"> We planted four Apache Plumes, which are a
natural plant to the region, so watering will not be an issue. In the
spring the Apache Plume gets white flowers that space themselves very nicely
like polka dots among the deep green leaves and later it grows purple plumes
which are very showy, often the flowers and plumes stay on the bush throughout
the spring, summer and into the fall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Apache Plume Flower</span></td></tr>
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garden has several varieties of sage, two verities are a blue green color and two are red sages. The red sages are dark green with a red flowers which the humming birds love. Natural plant
nectar I believe is healthier than sugar water for humming birds and other
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">The bird
of paradise and will reseed to form a nice grouping and this plant looks spectacular when it blooms. We have
several in the frontyard and Guy marks new ones with a flag along with the
other plants we are caring for so we can see them for special watering while
they are young. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">I bought
a beaver tail from Wal-Mart which is a cactus I learned about from visiting the gardens in
New Mexico State Parks. I like this plant because of its distinct pad pattern
and small size.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">We were
given some large fish hook barrel cactus from a neighbor who needed to remove
them and we also found some small ones of different variety in our yard.
I am gathering the seed from the barrels along with other seeds to propagate
inside the house in February and then we will plant them in spring after the frost.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Small Barrel Cactus in Bloom</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">In our neighborhood you can see several houses that
have spectacular large Ocotillos and they also grow on the mountainside
just west of us. The Ocotillos are not cacti but they have thorny branches and beautiful red flowers in the spring. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 24px;">We have two small Ocotillos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">City of Rocks State Park NM</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">Our
nearby mountains west of us have many Sotol plants, which are very noticeable
with long bushy spikes in spring though summer, some plants are male and some
female. We bought a couple of sotol plants for the yard from Ace this year
along with several of our other plants. Ace has an excellent native plant
selection in Silver City and the nice thing about the sotol is it does not die
after flowering.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Common Sotol - Desert Spoon</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">This wonderful old Buddleia bush, pictured below, has lilac type flowers which
the humming birds and butterflies just love. I prefer the Buddleia to the Lilac bush
because of the longevity of the bloom and it is also drought tolerant. We recently planted a small Buddleia in our front yard.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buddleia - Bloom</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buddleia - Butterfly Bush </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">Neighbors let us gather pups from their Parry’s Agave, this is a
blue green agave. Now we have a nice grouping of them in the front and
backyard. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Parry's Agave Pup</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">We were
quite smitten with the idea of having an Agave Americana because our frontyard
is very large on our ¾ acre lot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">But after careful consideration we decided
instead on buying seeds to start a few Whales’ Tongue Agave. The Whales’ Tongue
will get as large as the Agave Americana which may reach 3 feet tall by 7 feet
wide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;"> The Whales Tongue Agave thrives in our high elevation and can handle our cold and occasional wet winters better than the Americana Agave and best of all, it has no pups.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Parry's Agave</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">I do not have a photograph of the Whales Tongue Agave to show you but it is supposed to look like a huge Parry's Agave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">I am
attracted to the blue gray plants because it is contrast to the green and dusky
green Juniper bushes. There is variety when it comes to the desert blue green
plants and I have encouraged these plants to grow in the garden by watering them. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thread leaf Groundsel</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Winterfat, White Sage</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">I bought a round sink from Habitat for Humanity Re Store in Silver City to make a lovely bird bath for the birds, bugs and furry critters in our yard</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A water source for the critters; a round sink to which<br />we added a rock in the center so small lizards ect would not drown<br /> and we also placed branches around it for perches</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sand Aster Flowers - Tohoka Daisy</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">growing around the birdbath</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">Guy was
planning on weed whacking earlier this summer but he decided to wait for the plants to seed and we
are now enjoying watching gold finches eating the seeds from the leggy wild
flowers waving in the wind.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goldfinch eating wildflower seeds</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">One of
our favorite plants in the yard is the Desert Broom, it looks like a topiary
expert clipped it into perfectly round bushes. In late summer it blooms with
tight little yellow flowers which the birds and insects love. To keep its
lovely shape and manage its size Guy cuts it down before spring.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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will start cutting back on the grasses and also when the Datura goes to seed
and starts to die these will also be cut to the ground. Our three Datura, also known
as Moon Flowers are very large; one is about 3 feet tall by 7 feet wide.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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too many novel wildflower plants and grasses to name. Guy uprooted and removed
tumble weeds and some grasses and a few other problem plants several times this
year. In the winter it is a good idea to water at least once a month, but we
may have a wet winter like last year then this will not be an issue.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">The plants this year grew so fast it was hard to keep up with tending them. We had many new types of flowers and other plants. Below are two Mullens; these plants are as soft as they look. </span><br />
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like this is more labor intensive than mowing a yard but it helps with erosion and conserves water. </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 18pt;"> Best of all is the sharing of the bounty the plants provide with the bugs, birds and bunnies and an occasional group
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Humanity. The pool is a big hit with the birds and they visit several times a
day, particularly in the morning, all at once to wash and drink and then fly
away. Now that the birdbaths are freezing in the morning so when Guy gets up he
puts hot water in the birdbaths to thaw the ice. We are enjoying having so many
birds visit our yard and the birds in our yard will make great
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<span style="font-size: large;">Silver City is a unique high desert town art town on the Great Divide about 52 mile north of I-10. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Art Fest & Studio Tour was celebrated from October 7 - 16, 2016 this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Activities were expanded to include many more workshops and gallery demonstrations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I particularly enjoyed the Closing Reception- Champagne & Chocolates Art Couture on Sunday Oct. 16 from 4-6 pm at the Seedboat Gallery Annex and Courtyard. Featured were clever and beautiful art fashions by local designers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took photos of most of the fashions and wanted to share them with you. This is only some of the talent we have in the Silver City Arts District and in Grant County. So please come and visit us soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you click on the photograph you can watch the photos as a slide show. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For more information: <a href="http://www.silvercityart.com/">www.silvercityart.com</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master of Ceremonies Othy Aldrich quickly got things rocking!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silver City is a diverse group of individuals</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flower Power by Mary O'Loughlin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autumn Leaves by Mary O'Loughlin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silver City's Art Couture Fashion Show </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vintage Fantasies Couture Collection - Patsy Madrid</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fusion Boho by Rita Sherwood - The Place at The Palace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On Fire! -Kathi Anderson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enigmatic by Simon Sotelo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cape by Tatiana Kurakini - Tatiana Maria Gallery and TEKA Studio</td></tr>
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<br />Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467074148549457035.post-49587164316386999122016-08-14T20:25:00.000-04:002017-09-23T16:17:36.471-04:00The Artist as a Clown Part 1: Mother Daughter Artists; Aleada and Leela Siragusa, Perform as Clowns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Pinellas County Arts Council<br />Boo Ehrsam artist organized the </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">parade in 1982 in connection with their spring </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Art Surge Festivals</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggd4aHlIGBkkiCmPFvN_q6P2XrvsLmOrrNQ1a19JeuIg6-XajxtIzla_Feb4u3DuaJ5gvA1kAp29ZtvCctGUljYGqNZJfTaJEektgXRUii1qxY94OQEarivPCB5i79ra80-Jmwl6T65jM/s1600/MERMAID1w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggd4aHlIGBkkiCmPFvN_q6P2XrvsLmOrrNQ1a19JeuIg6-XajxtIzla_Feb4u3DuaJ5gvA1kAp29ZtvCctGUljYGqNZJfTaJEektgXRUii1qxY94OQEarivPCB5i79ra80-Jmwl6T65jM/s320/MERMAID1w.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This award winning Mermaid </span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>soft sculpture<br /> by Boo E</b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>hrsam was the queen of the parade.<br /> Learn more about this prolific artist in links below.</b></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><a href="http://aleadasiragusa.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-artist-as-clown-part-2-dave-ryan-at.html"> Dave Ryan at Clown Alley Orlando Florida</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations and salutations to Dave
Ryan, our good friend, on his graduation from the prestigious school
of clowning, “Clown Alley” in Orlando Florida.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dave was my daughter’s best friend
through middle school and high school. So I had the privilege of
along with Leela, watching him growing up in those very formative
years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leela and Dave were always very involved with theater,
especially comedy and graphic art. You could say those two were Born
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<span style="font-size: large;">As an artist Dave wears many different
hats, oh aside from the formidable collection of clown paraphernalia.
Dave’s professional resume includes, face painting and puppetry, where
he not only performs but makes the puppets and he writes his own skits. He
has worked for most of the large theme parks in Orlando including
Disney, Universal Studios and Sea World.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So as one artist to another and also
one clown to another, my hats go off to you and I say, "nicely done
and I am so proud to know you".</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I moved to Florida in 1981 I met
Mae Noell at the Chimp Farm in Tarpon Springs. We got to talking and bonded over our mutual love
for the animals and art.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">T</span><span style="font-size: large;">his is Mae Noell with her original </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was born into a family of
performers; her father and mother were both well established
vaudevillians; “top bill” show people. Her father Jack Roach was
a ventriloquist, comedian and lecturer her mother was a talented
dancer and musician. Her family later owned and operated a medicine
show selling ointments and salves; much like what is available to us
in health stores today. The free entertainment brought the folks in
and the medicine payed the bills.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mae's father hand carved his own ventriloquist dummy and the component parts, this was not an easy feat to accomplish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While Anna Mae Roach was busy helping
her parents and learning the trade; Bob Noell was busy learning his
own skills as a ventriloquist puppeteer and comedy skit performer
while traveling the small towns of eastern United States with his
foster father and mentor Doc Etling who owned the San Blas Indian
Remedy Co, Medicine Show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Bob and Mae met it was true love,
marriage, followed by children and a career traveling and
entertaining which eventually evolved into with their own unique form
of entertainment; “Noell’s Ark Gorilla Show”.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Their headliners were chimpanzees who wrestled people. May said they called it Gorilla Show because folks
out in the country at that time did not recognize the word
chimpanzee. Women would get in the cage with the chimps and the
chimps would be gentle with them doing things like examining their
hair and pulling out their bobby pins. But the young men who thought
they could get the better of the chimps were in for a whopping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When the the Noells retired they step up the
Chimp Farm in Tarpon Springs Florida; a home for retired primates. At
the Chimp Farm they also took care of some other animals, such as a
bear in a cage whose owner was going to shoot rather than build a
bigger cage and they owned a nearly 90 year old 12 foot long
alligator who was at the farm before they bought it. The primates and
other animals they took in were usually sick, old damaged, or
abandoned; these were animals that would have been put down.
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that zoo’s would contact them for advice, because at the time many
of the zoos were having trouble with their breeding program. </span></span><br />
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T<span style="font-size: large;">his is a pastel I painted of one a babv chimpanse born at </span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Mae told
me how many books on primates and zoos had included them as experts
in handling the primates. I went to the Clearwater Florida Library on
her recommendation and looked at many books sighting the Noell’s as
experts and resources in the field of primate care and breeding.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The animals at the Noell’s Chimp Farm may not have the latest most
luxurious cages but what made them happy and able to breed well was
the love and attention they received from the Noell family; their
caretakers. What Mae said is what made them good breeders was love;
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vaudeville days with yearly performances; a fundraiser at the </span><span style="font-size: large;">Masonic
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T<span style="font-size: large;">he Smithsonian Institution interviewed
May about her background with the medicine show. I have a copy of her
one of her personal accounts of those days. I am sure many of those
herbals ointments and tonics sold at the Medicine Shows are similar to the ones I buy in my local health food store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is Red Skelton with one of his famous clown paintings; to learn more about his art I have posted two sites, but also do your own search on this master clown and expert </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you look at television you can see the vaudeville acts and the medicine show as influencing the birth of this new media and how it's influence continues to this day. Think of the sale of soap and cough medicine as funding the shows you watch and the old time medicine show comes to mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brooks McNamara, Professor of Drama,
School of the Arts, New York University said , “ Mae Noell, veteran
medicine show and carnival worker, entertainer, historian and artist
is a living encyclopedia of the customs and traditions of the outdoor
amusement business. She is considered one of America’s National Treasures.”
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am grateful for the time I was able to spend
with this remarkable woman; meeting her family and her extended
family of primates and the other animals which they adopted and cared
for. I am so happy to see that the Chimp Farm has survived as <b>The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary</b> and is
still being run with the loving care of the children and grandchildren
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A Clown by George Luks 1929</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;"><b>The Great Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being an artist clown I was excited to find and buy the book: {The Great Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown edited by Jean Clair sold in connection with an Exhibition organized by Pierre Theberge} Yale University Press, New Haven and London in association with the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 2004. The selected clown art was researched from this book. Footnotes to access more information on these paintings are posted below this article. <span style="text-align: center;">Front Cover of Book copies of the book may be hard to find; search on Google or Amazon.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Intrigue by James Ensor 1911</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Ensor is an expressionist painter, oil on canvas</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Pip and Flip by Reginold Marsh 1930</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Social Realist Painter of New York's </span></span></b><b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">colorful characters,</span></span></b><br />
<b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">this image from Coney Island </span></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Soir Bleu by Edward Hopper</span></b><b style="line-height: 0.22in; orphans: 1;"><span style="font-family: , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 1914</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hopper is an American original. </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Whitney Museum in has an </span></span></span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 0.22in; orphans: 1;"><span style="font-family: , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">extensive collection of his work.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b style="line-height: 0.22in; orphans: 1;"><span style="font-family: , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a 4 part blog on The Artist as a Clown</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://aleadasiragusa.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-artist-as-clown-part-1-mother.html">The
Artist as a Clown Part 1:</a></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://aleadasiragusa.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-artist-as-clown-part-1-mother.html"> Mother Daughter Artists; Aleada and Leela Siragusa, Perform as Clowns</a></span></span></span></h3>
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Artist as a Clown Part 2:</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://aleadasiragusa.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-artist-as-clown-part-2-dave-ryan-at.html"> Dave Ryan at Clown Alley Orlando Florida</a></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://aleadasiragusa.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-artist-as-clown-part-3-noells-from.html">The Noell's from Vaudeville to The SuncoastPrimate Sanctuary</a></span></span></span></span></h3>
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Artist As A Clown Part 4: </a></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://aleadasiragusa.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-artist-as-clown-part-4-clowns-in.html">Clowns in Art History</a></span></span></span></h3>
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Grande Parade </i></span></span><span style="color: #1822cd;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;">at
the Grand Palais, Paris</span></span><b> </b></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Commentary
on <b>The Great Parade Exhibition</b>, with more photos of the art.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 0.22in;">Excellent
image of the painting,<b> A Clown” by Luks</b> from the Boston Museum of
Fine Art with commentary by Janet Comey. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 0.22in;">This
image is the image which was chosen for the cover of “The Great
Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown,” exhibition catalog.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "libre baskerville"; font-size: large;"><b>Honre
Damier </b>more art and biography</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "libre baskerville"; font-size: large;"><b>John
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "libre baskerville"; font-size: large;"><b>Gustave
Dore</b> for more of his art and biography</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "libre baskerville"; font-size: large;"><b>Jose
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art and biography</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "libre baskerville"; font-size: large;">Who
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Marsh</b> commentary with 3 paintings; Ephemeral in New York</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"> What have they done to the earth?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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they done to our fair sister?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ravaged
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Lightening Bolt is the Symbol of the Mating of Heaven and Earth</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The is Mother Nature, she is the embodiment of all women.<br />She is to be loved, respected and revered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Emissary is a Symbolist Painting created in regards to worry and prediction of Global Warming and Earth Changes. Symbolism was a movement in the 19</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">century with a gothic philosophy dominated by predominantly Catholic artists embodying biblical and mythological themes in a new way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"> “Vox clamantis in deserto” A Voice Crying in the Wilderness</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aaron prays over the Scapegoat to take the sins ot the people into the desert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Phoenix Rises from the ashes of destruction<br /> and brings Hope & Renewal </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">So study Women's Art History I did. Here </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> are the books we used: {Women Artists 1550 - 1950} by Ann</span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> Southerland and Linda Nochlin and {Women </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Artists </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> and </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> Recognition and Reappraisal From
the Early Middle </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Ages </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">to the Twentieth Century}</span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> by Karen Petersen and J.J.
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">What is amazing is this woman's strength that she became an artist at all considering the limits placed on what was known as the weaker sex.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;"> Gentileschi was blessed with the opportunity to learn art because her father who was a well know artist accepted her as a student, women at this time could not study in an art academy. Gentileschi's father hired another artist he had worked with to teach </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">her perspective; Agostino Tassi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> Unfortunatly </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">Tassi</span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> raped </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">Gentileschi</span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">. This man was disreputable and had been convicted of arranging the murder of his own wife; I guess her father
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">After
Tassi raped Artemisia </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">Gentileschi</span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> her father took </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">Tassi</span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> to court where he was found
guilty and sentenced to 8 months in prison but he was later acquitted.</span><br />
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the trial Artieimsia </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">Gentileschi </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">was subjected to torture with thumbscrews which was then a
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considered a sexually licentious woman, this often overshadowed her ability as
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> Artismisa Gentileschi is according to Harris and Nochlin, "the first woman in the history of Western Art to make a significant and undeniably important contribution to the art of her time." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">Artismisa Gentileschi painted </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">mainly women from mythological and biblical stories and these </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">subjects probably resonated</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">with her as a woman. Also because she was a woman she would not be allowed to study the nude figure but she had access to her own body to study the female nude.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">I mention Gentileschi's rape because one in 3 women is reported to have been raped so this is a serious issue and it undoutably affected Gentileschi's choices of subject matter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">When I go out to paint en plein air I always go with either my husband or a buddy. I do not want to be a statistic. Rape is is a reality in many women's lives, perhaps we could say in all women's lives because of the specter of possibility. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">Artismisa Gentileschi's paintings have a theme of power and anger, perhaps because of the rape and trial ordeal she went through at an early age which changed her world and the way the world looked at her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27.6px;">In Scottsdale Arizona in October 2015 I had the honor of attending A Symposium on Women and Art in the 21st century.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Azaima Anderson; <br />A sensitive righteous musician and song writer <br />with a big dash of humor<br />Performed at Yankie Creek Coffeehouse in Silver City NM</span><br />
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Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467074148549457035.post-48871020466561969312016-02-21T18:35:00.001-05:002016-02-23T13:24:59.422-05:00Sketch and Wash Orlando Vacation Drawings<div class="Standard">
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Universal's City Walk. It is within walking distance of my daughters place so we went
there almost every day for lunch or dinner and to look around. We also spent two days at the Universal Studios. We went there especially to see the two Wizarding Worlds of Harry Potter because my family
and I are huge fans. I did not have time to draw while at Hogsmeade or Diagon
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lose and carefree as a quick sketch should be. I almost always carry sketching
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the be in such a large city to have the opportunity to render images of unusual
architecture and crowds of people; especially because I live in the country where I
paint trees, mountains and animals more often than not, which is what I prefer; but this city life was nice for a change. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas </span><span style="font-size: large;">Tree & Headless<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Manikin </span><span style="font-size: large;">Wearing a Pokémon Hat & Yellow Scarf</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Watercolor 6"X 6" on Master's Touch Watercolor Paper</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Mist and Sand Glow at End of Beach"<br />Cape Canaveral National Seashore<br />Oil on Birch Board 11in x 14 in</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/137158669">The Landscape of the Gila</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/peterbill">peter bill</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Landscape of the Gila</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Closing Reception as part of the Gila River Festival</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am happy to have two of my oil paintings chosen for this art show at McCray Gallery on the Western New Mexico University campus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a must see show. Peter Bill, Associate Professor of Art curated the exhibit. You will enjoy the diversity of art objects chosen for the show. Weavings, ceramics, gourd bird sculptures, a look and smell peep hole installation, photography, films, and oil, acrylic and encaustic paintings in a variety of styles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> WNMU is one reason my husband and I chose to live here; for the
culture the University adds to the area. Because of my respect for the University atmosphere I was particularly pleased to be
part of this show. I enjoyed meeting and talking to Professor
Peter Bill and some of the other professors and students including, Casney Tadeo, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">the undergrad assistant/'manager" working on her internship at the gallery for the BFA program at WNMU and</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Chala Werber, the graduate gallery assistant. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all who worked on the show. Western New Mexico University helps make Silver City one of the best small art towns in the USA. </span><br />
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<strong style="font-size: 14pt;">September 24 - <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_400018639" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">27, 2015</span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Gila River Festival is an annual event in Silver City. This year it is a most important event because the well being of the Gila River, New Mexico's last wild unfettered river is under attack from plans to divert the river from its natural state. Most of the people in Grant County are against this but the legislators and committee seem to be continuing towards diversion. Along with extensive damage to the river the people of Grant County will end up paying for much of the cost of this boondoggle. There are better alternatives to getting the water needed for farms and livestock. </span><br />
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Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467074148549457035.post-61574073345205285622015-08-17T23:24:00.001-04:002015-08-18T13:56:18.355-04:00Painting and Drawing at City of Rocks, a New Mexico State Park<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite places to hike and just have fun is the New Mexico State Park, City of Rocks. My husband and I enjoy hiking the rocks. There are picnic tables in nooks around the park which provide a good amount of privacy and all have views </span><span style="font-size: large;">worthy of painting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The photographs above were taken in 2002 during our first visit to the Silver City area. You can see the scale of the rocks from this photo. Our daughter Leela was in her last year of High School. She is now a professional 3D environmental Artist. She is reading in the photo and I am painting. I have some links more to blog pages about Leela's art and career at the end of this post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like to hike up with a sketch book to paint the small stunted trees among the cliffs which I like to call by their Oriental name, Bonsai trees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bonsai Tree in Rocks:<br /> Watercolor and Ink 5"x7" </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is camping in the park some with electric and water and more sites around the park without. The park has clean bathrooms, showers and a visitor center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We hiked a new trail in City of Rocks this spring to Table Mountain but it was too hot for us to climb it. I get low blood sugar so we brought water and chocolate in a belly pack but unfortunately the chocolate was melted so we sucked it off the metal wrapper and got it all over our faces and laughed the whole time. It may have been the best chocolate I have ever had!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watercolor sketch of Table Mountain 4"x6"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watercolor sketch of Table Mountain 4"x6"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">View from one picnic site on the east side, beautiful</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above is Cook's Peak seen from the same picnic area as the two views of Table Mountain</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I painted the view below this spring on the west side of the park as the sun was going down and reflecting on the rock walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above is a different Balancing Rock painted in 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been blessed with rain just about every day this summer and I am working on a number of paintings in my studio most of the time instead of plein air painting. The Mimbres River is filled and when we visited Las Cruces I was happy to see the Rio Grande filled with water too, as it should be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are planning to travel as soon as the weather cools down to camp out in more of the State Parks in New Mexico so I can spend a good amount of time uninterrupted at the parks painting en plein air. I plan update my blogs to include information on this endeavor with suggestions and insights on painting in the State Parks of New Mexico. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Y</span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">ou can see more information on the New Mexico State Parks at: </span><a href="http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SPD/" style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SPD/</a></div>
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Happy St Patrick’s Day!</div>
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Aleada Aine age 27</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a photograph of me holding my blackthorn walking
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Guy but each time I walked to the tree, it disappeared.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">So I memorized just where it was to walk up and show it to Guy.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> It was only visible for
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<span style="font-size: large;">This tree face reminded me of the Weirwood tree or Heart
Tree from the popular </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Fantasy Book and TV Series; Game of Thrones</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. These trees </span><span style="font-size: large;">often had a face carved by the Children of the Forest in its trunk, and
is</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the
center of the religion Old Gods of the Forest Religion. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bev Doolittle is I believe, the most famous artist painting
the hidden patterns in nature which contain images. I thought I would share this artist with some of the younger folks who read this blog and who may not have had the opportunity
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<span style="font-size: large;">I read some time ago Leonardo De Vinci told artists he was inspired
by images he found in wood grain patterns and other natural forms and he advised
them to look at these shapes for inspiration. I see faces and all sorts of
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quest to relocate that we were going to move to a mountainous area in the
southern region of the USA. We liked the cool summers and the mild winters here
in the Silver City NM area. We moved from Florida in the summer of 2012 and were
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snow here and the weather is great for hiking all year long. When we do have
snow in the Mimbres Valley where my husband Guy and I live, we celebrate. The
snow does not last very long on the ground except in the higher elevations; we
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">The painting shown above
was done just after New Year’s Day on an overcast but bright day. I was
surprised how the trees and the mountain were affected by the snow and the
overcast sky. We usually have red or a rust color in the trees and in the
mountain but everything had a pale green cast which I had never seen before.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I made adjustments to the foreground of the painting by eliminating a
shed and a tree in view and substitute this with an uncluttered view of our
neighbor’s snow covered lawn and beyond this uncut light yellow ochre grass. I
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">Here is another Snow Day
Painting painted en plein air at Bear Canyon Lake. My husband and I like to go
out to hike often while enjoying the cool weather. I was very excited when a
friend told us one day recently that the snow was still on the north side of
the canyon. I gathered my supplies and made it there in the afternoon. It was a
fairly mild day and for most of the afternoon I kept my wind breaker jacket off
until the wind picked up when the sun started to set.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I will pass on reading Deborah Solomon’s Book on
Norman Rockwell but here in my blog I will comment on her premise that Norman Rockwell had homoerotic feelings. I watched a review of the book on the Colbert Report and followed it up with a Google search and I have listed below the articles I read on the review of her book. Concerning the accusation that he had sexual
feelings towards men is a great way to get attention and to sell her book. Would this book have gotten
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since posting this blog a few of people have commented to me that it does not matter whether</span><span style="font-size: large;"> he was attracted to men in a sexual way because he is a great artist; case closed. And while I do agree it does not matter what Norman Rockwell's inclinations were, I think it is important to artists that their work be regarded in the manner it is intended and that we do not interject our own (particulary sexual) interpretations into the art. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One common misinterpetation in art is that Lord of the Rings was allegory about World War II. To this the author JRR Tolken replied that it was not true and that he hated allegory in all forms. This false notion was refudiated by Tolkin himself, unfortunatly Norman Rockwell cannot have this opportunity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think it is strange that an art ciritic who usually writes about modern art would be chosen to write a biography and critique about Norman Rockwell, a painter in a realist manner. Writers of Modern art, especially abstract art, do have a way of reading all sorts of things into a painting; how else would they get away with convincing people a solid black or white painting is art without their complex conceptual ideas explaining the validity of the piece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> But with Norman Rockwell and most other realist paintings, the work is self evident what you see is all you need to know, you don't need deep psycological insights into the artists motives to explain the piece, just look and and take the time to experience what you feel about the painting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I have several books on Norman
Rockwell that describe how his paintings came about from start to finish and some have great sequential photographs of his work, in progress. One book in particular covers his use of the photograph and how he uses his models in the painting. If you are interested you can do a
search for these books, they are probably out of print but you may buy them for a reasonable
price in the second hand book market. The one book I have on hand is Norman Rockwell Illustrator, by Author L. Guptill. You may also look for books from the Norman Rockwell Museum Store. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The one thing that I did learn about this
artist from my books is he sent people drawings and paintings just because they wrote that
they admired them and that he was considered a generous and humble man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ms Solomon used the painting below in particular to represent her view that Norman Rockwell had homoerotic feelings towards men. About the sailor touching the other sailor's knee, this is an artistic device to connect the two people, it is
not a subtle gay pass but friends do occasionally touch each other in emotional
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two friends and wonder, are they a couple? Whether shopping for a couch or
picking out a pet together, they may just being friends hanging out, offering
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Heterosexuals have bad marriages, divorce and problems
and it doesn’t make them gay, Ms Solomon;</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">just dysfunctional and it certainly does not indicate a homosexual leaning as she impliied</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Norman Rockwell's art tended to be whimsical, filled with pathos; he spoke to the heart of Middle America. He stated in one of the books I read that he liked to use teens in his paintings because they
were awkward; I suspect he leaned towards drawing teen boys because, like most great writers, his art is somewhat autobiographical; he drew from his
own life and what he knew and what he personally experienced at such an awkward and disconcerting time of life. He said in one
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ms Solomon said that he was a figure painter and most figure painters like the ones she mentioned in the Colbert Report; Picasso, Matisse, and Gaugan all painted women as their main subjects. What Deborah Solomon did not recognize is that while Norman Rockwell does paint figures, he was a commercial illustraitor who in the fine art world would be more accurately categorized </span><span style="font-size: large;"> as a <u>Genre Painter</u>; one who paints slices of life with the intent of showing us views into people's lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Genre Painters have a more complex illustraitive motive for their art than the figure painter and their work often has humorous, social or spiritual statements. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First is Jan Steen was a Dutch Genre Painter of the 17th c.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Jan Steen showed psycological insight and humor in his genre paintings which is similar to Norman Rockwell's art. In this painting, "The Eve of St Nicolas", we see a family recieve their gifts only on boy is crying, he apparently was bad and recieved only a birch rod. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jean Baptists Greuze was a French Genre Painter in 18th c.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The Village Bride is a scene of the "lower class" is a staged allegory with a pictorial sermon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I remembered Genre Painters from my college days in art history class in the 70's, so I looked up the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">two artists </span><span style="font-size: large;">who were referenced on the subject so I now can share the information with you so many years later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While at college I spent a required year studying H.W. Janson's Book, History of Art for my BFA degree from The University of Akron, I had a wonderful teacher, Earl Ertman. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">BY DEBORAH SOLOMON</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 27px;">My dear husband Gaetano Siragusa, aka Guy, has a spiritual connection with devotion to Mary: Mother of God. While a young man serving in Vietnam he made a promise to the Virgin Mary that if he survived the war he would create a shrine to the Blessed Mother.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">When we were at the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;">Mesilla Valley Mall in Las Cruces NM</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> a couple of weeks ago we
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to honor Our Lady. This is a porcelain statue which stands 6' tall including the </span><span style="line-height: 27px;">pedestal</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">. We were originally looking for a statue to put outside but this was so beautiful we decided to buy it and put it in our living room and we do have a great location for it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;">So in keeping with my concept of having a 6' devotional statue which would be subtle but be able to be seen I decided it would just be painted with a blue background much like the Della Robbia Statues I have seen in many museums in the eastern part of the United States. Della Robbia statues are made of which porcelain, much like our </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;">statute</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;"> and they usually just have a blue background or limited color, leaving the figures white.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While I
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image.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">As I read and studied more of the
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also grew. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">As I worked on painting her image, my European roots and knowledge were transcribed by a new deeper appreciation
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The paint tubes I am using for the flesh tones are dried out, the burnt sienna is usless and the burnt unber is also dried but may be workable, these are older tubes of Golden Acrylic Paints. A description of her olive skin says it has a greenish cast so I try working with the burnt umber with a touch of red, but this is not working well what I am getting is a flesh tone with an unhealthy cast. I look at my husband's face and analize the color of his face because he has a classic olive complexion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 4; I decided I was happy with the face now and the over all painting and although I still have more painting to do on the statue, she can be place on the pedistal once again. I will work on she again this spring and complete it but for now I am happy with it and we will enjoy her this way and I will get back to working on my studio paintings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Guy of is Italian descent, namely Sicilian, with one grandmother who was Spanish. He has a light olive complexion. I was concerned that I had painted the face of Our Lady too dark so I had him stand beside her and angle his head in the position she was in, I<i> </i>am happy to say, it was spot on </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Silver City Museum has an absolutely beautiful and educ<span style="font-family: inherit;">ational show devoted to Hispanic New Mexican Devotional Art. The art is from the collection of Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts, who have collected this spiritual genre for around 25. They published a boo</span>k called, "Our Saints Among Us: 400 Years of New Mexican Devotional Art," this tells the story about their collection and it is ava<span style="font-family: inherit;">ilabe on sale at the Muesum book store where I also found a book on maki</span>ng your own Retablos or Spiritual Icons and several small icons which you may buy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I learned while reading the information from the museum collection at the <b>Silver
City Museum</b> that for the artist making the image it can be a spiritual devotion.
I certainly had that experience while working on this statue and while painting
it I was contemplating the information I had read about the specific imagery of the
details of the statue and how she appeared to Juan Diego and the </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">miracle</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of the image she left behind and the flowers. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>Please go to my links at the bottom of the Blog post to find more information on this statue. </i></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">This is the original Icon, a miracle left by the visitation of The Virgin of Guadalupe</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.silvercitymuseum.org/PDF/Exhibit_2013SaintsAmongUs.pdf">"Our Saints Among Us Revisited", Exhibit Opening Thursday, September 5, 2013 at the Silver City Museum, (press release)</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://www.virginmotherofguadalupe.com/our-lady-of-guadalupe-image/message-symbols"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Virgin Mother of Guadalupe: Message and Symbols</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.theotokos.org.uk/pages/approved/words/wordguad.html"><b>Theotokos: Words Spoken by Mary At Guadalupe</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=456"><b>Catholic Saints: Our Lady of Guadalupe</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vincent Van Gogh, was so very unique in his approach to art and although
his contemporaries were more successful partly because they rendered form more
accurately, it is certainly debatable that their work showed the passion
which Vincent Van Gogh's art displayed. As far as the world at large, I am sure
people recognize Vincent Van Gogh's name more frequently than any artist
in the Impressionist movement, perhaps because of the tragic life he lived but
I hope they also experience the genius and mastery of a work done because of
and in spite of his tortured soul. The miracle is that he believed in himself
enough to continue his art through such adversity, thank God for his
brother Theo who supported him both emotionally and financially. To see his work in person and to also experience the texture
which is an integral part of the experience is just wonderful. He is so much
more than a starving artist and his is a success far beyond this material
world. Perhaps it is an artists strength of spirit and life experience which is also
reflected in a work of art, I hope so.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.828125px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> one of Van Gogh's late works</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Pickvance_1986.2C_272-273_143-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1em; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh#cite_note-Pickvance_1986.2C_272-273-143" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[130]</a></sup><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To find more of Vincent Van Gogh's art and information on his life</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh </a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This is where I found these paintings and there are plenty more posted there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I just needed to say how valid and important his work is and dear to many peoples hearts and obviously from this post, to mine..</span><br />
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and into our new home is a life changing event for my husband Guy and me. We
bought a manufacture home from Solitaire, a company in Deming NM and moved into
our new home last November. We bought the largest home Solitaire built to
accommodate a large<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> 19’x14’
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While preparing the yard for the home they dug up a large volcanic ash rock slab which is an interesting conglomerate. We decided this would make an excellent sign with our names and house number on it. Guy fashioned the sign on metal and on the back of the rock he painted pictographs like ones found in this area. I am standing next to the rock so you can see the size of it.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Volcanic ash rock found on the property</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">on the back Guy painted pictographs like ones found in this area</span></td></tr>
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arriving in Mimbres New Mexico we chose our property in two days because of the
spectacular view of the Black Range this lot in Casa Adobes provided. The view
centers on Sawyer’s Peak, for those of you familiar with the Black Range. I now
have so much beautiful views to paint right outside our front door almost 360 degree
views of the mountains. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front View of the Black Range from our house</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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collected driftwood from an arroyo, with the owners permission of
course, to create a natural wood sculpture garden in the front yard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Guy usually accompanies me on my paintouts and to keep busy he is studying the local plants. We did so much research and planting in Florida, which is a semi tropical environment so now it is exciting to face a whole new ecology, which here in the Mimbres Valley is semi-arid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are fascinated by the profusion of flowering plants, many in large bouquets. Guy teaches me about the plants he is studying and having more information on them makes me appreciate them all the more. We are sticking to xeriscaping and using native plants in our yard. But most transplanted plants need some watering in season the first two years. We are also not mowing yet, to allow the plants to go to seed. Guy is eradicating invasive and problem plants individually.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guy on a walk in Casas Adobes</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After considering our options, having a
studio inside the house we concluded was best for my work and the studio is far
enough away from the kitchen and our bedroom so we are far enough away from
paint fumes. This was a similar situation with my studio in our previous home in
Florida.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am very
busy both working in my studio and plein air painting outside. Having a studio to myself again
is so welcome because while our house in Florida was up for sale we made the
studio into a family room so people could better visualize themselves living in
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Guy is
having a workshop built soon and aside from his own woodworking pursuits he
will be cutting panels for my paintings and also making some of my picture frames.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When Guy does get his workshop up and running most
of the large shelving I have in my studio will be moving into his workshop. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have books on the floor everywhere in
the house. Guy will be building a library-office in one of the bedrooms off
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Den by the folks at Solitaire; hey I could call it my Artists Den! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Artists Den does not have a door yet and it is
not designed to have a door so Guy will build a hanging barn door for it, which
I am looking forward to personalizing. I need a door there because there are
times while I am working on a painting when I do not want people to see it until
I am ready for the painting to be shown.</span></div>
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Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467074148549457035.post-18013707037972455462013-02-04T12:26:00.000-05:002013-02-04T17:03:08.755-05:00 Scrapbooking Used For Spiritual Growth<span style="font-size: large;">I learn best by writing or drawing<span style="font-size: large;"> and</span> I am sure many artists and other people also learn this way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I came upon the ministry of Joel Osteen on TV I wanted to learn his positive messages and incorporate what he was teaching from the Bible into my way of thinking and being. His ministry helped me though some hard times by teaching how God really felt about me; about all of us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To learn these lessons <span style="font-size: large;">in a deep<span style="font-size: large;">er way </span></span>I knew I would need to write the words down. <span style="font-size: large;">I decided to create</span> my own personal book <span style="font-size: large;">which </span>I would also illustrate with collage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used a small spiral index card binder to create my book. I recommend this to anyone who would like to create your own personal art book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above is the front page of my personal Spiritual Scrapbook. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pictured below</span> are some of the pages I created and<span style="font-size: large;"> with it</span> I offer some suggestions to you for creating your own book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, I think it is great to have a box with some cut out photos from magazines, perhaps advertising, I mainly used catalogs that interest me. When I made my little book I decided that I would not go out and buy things but I would use items I found around my house. I found a few stickers and a glue stick and some pens. I also had on hand color swatches from renovating the home we were living in at the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used a standard sized spiral index card binder and painted the front and back with gesso. Because gesso is a clay based paint it is highly absorbent and accepts paint very well. Using the gesso allowed me to paint over the bright shiny cover on the index card binder. Artists use gesso to seal canvas and boards before painting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The yarn was tied to the metal <span style="font-size: large;">spiral</span> wh<span style="font-size: large;">ich</span> gave a nice soft texture and was <span style="font-size: large;">intentionally</span> added for this effect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The old key tied to the y<span style="font-size: large;">arn</span> was from at a sermon our minister in Florida, Reverend Victoria Long at the Passe Grille Community Beach Church gave where she handed out old church keys to remind us of the Keys to the Kingdom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The art in the book evolved as I worked with it. Simplicity gave way to technique as I learned what I liked and how to use the color paint samples effectively. I kept in mind to create with a bold fun carefree attitude, this was not <span style="font-size: large;">to be </span>work, but a learning tool and a freeing practice which I can then take into my paintings and other art forms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I worked on the book one device which evolved was the use of the line to frame the image and add a color note to the page, take the pink lines or bars in the above picture. I have seen this done in some abstract paintings but now that I have added it to this little book and I may use it again in a painting at a future date. It is interesting how a new technique evolves as one works on different projects or with a new medium.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I enjoy my little book and find it very helpful in my own spiritual development and because I made it myself, it is all the more personal to me. </span><br />
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Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467074148549457035.post-26900128354649877602012-05-10T13:29:00.001-04:002012-05-10T14:12:08.411-04:00Drawing on the Edge: Working in the Zone<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">I studied figure drawing and painting with</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Christopher Drake, an excellent artist teaching at The Morean Art Center in the late 1980's, in St Petersburg Florida. He came over once to look at a pastel which I was working on; he pointed to the head and told me that he liked the scribble I had done to create the form. He told me the ability to draw like this is an excellent skill to have and that it is called, drawing on the edge.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"> He then explained to me that, drawing on the edge, is when you use a scribble to define a shape. He said not all artists are able do this type of spontaneous drawing and that it has a special interesting vitality to it, which is particularly attractive.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Salvador Dali comes to mind when I think of wonderful drawings of this nature; especially his figure drawings. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">I also love to create a wire form around the figure in those quick early sketches which artists do to warm up in a life drawing session. These early warm up sketches have a vitality or edge to them and have a look that is interesting and pleasing as a work of art.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is also good to use this style of drawing when you work from life with animals who are moving or have the potential to change position while you are drawing them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdW5xHYwUbos1mkk9gaTS9XKPwp7G9UP7ozXFRpy-xT7z8HeTMMlt9eLywpaYwvEf893xBaH98HCW_BEuglyy2fN_3l3WeHAeBbYK7AxcNTp-4yQ5o0szaWSU5sFAlkyCM2I4bTgItwP0/s1600/BirdPB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdW5xHYwUbos1mkk9gaTS9XKPwp7G9UP7ozXFRpy-xT7z8HeTMMlt9eLywpaYwvEf893xBaH98HCW_BEuglyy2fN_3l3WeHAeBbYK7AxcNTp-4yQ5o0szaWSU5sFAlkyCM2I4bTgItwP0/s320/BirdPB.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizx0-mZEEbswvQe57tzJsKpdNsOjyXCdt4jRt_tnEb8qtTWzqWmfHgP_cEF3-_OHBeuhszXvSPBiYwPiRTpVLIV3iBnBDwcB2_fIRncPgBbvDonBQShq1Oj9raj9FXXBmWuqj5tyrrxjQ/s1600/CatStudy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"> To do this type of sketch you dance your pencil around the figure quickly defining the inside and outside shape. In this way you get the form drawn quickly while also keeping life like look of the animal. This is especially important when you are drawing an animal in motion. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">A drawing of this nature can often tell more about the animal and its nature than a more studied look. This can also be compared to using fewer words to tell a story.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards is a good book to help a student learn how to draw and work in this spontaneous style. For me it was a natural part of my evolution as an artist. I developed this drawing style on my own, when I was a child.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4FkO0HgrtNdyHu9N7L5m8Rqg4sMioDoGbGXCtynSAvMy-i1zllmAnExMw0c2STXG6c4z90D8wRl0vfjXhBBlEonXlgU_u3i8YkOtvrbbGtcOZi468lPXB0UisjCC2wa3XCBdnmjFUyQ/s1600/SU10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4FkO0HgrtNdyHu9N7L5m8Rqg4sMioDoGbGXCtynSAvMy-i1zllmAnExMw0c2STXG6c4z90D8wRl0vfjXhBBlEonXlgU_u3i8YkOtvrbbGtcOZi468lPXB0UisjCC2wa3XCBdnmjFUyQ/s320/SU10.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Whether drawing the quick sketch with edge or a detailed painting; I know of the importance of creating energy in my art. The Chinese call it Chi. Chi energy is considered by the Chinese to be the most important ingredient in a work of art. With Chi energy, you see the artist’s life energy infused into the art work to the point where the work itself takes on a life of its own. The flow of Chi is created with a state of mind that is as refreshing as it is demanding. This is the time when the artist feels at one with what she is working on; transcending thought and yet intensely aware. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Runners and other athletes’ get this feeling when they describe, “being in the zone”. When the artist is most intense and fully absorbed, she opens herself to this flow of energy. Things happen when you create in this zone. The art has a spontaneity and ease that can open the artist to new levels of expression and power. </span><br />
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</div>Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467074148549457035.post-53711085033981824872012-05-02T09:27:00.001-04:002012-05-05T16:30:40.767-04:00Sunset Reflections:: Organ Mountains; Las Cruces, New Mexico<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohL0j6p-Nzj6P6JYmPpVyryQRDfMjc9d6SpTqCnhBNZkQC2Z3Ng2dddO7133k6J1HAKi2lP0ddUt6r9pCiXVlUWoBOhCYeEZKCkEFcYt5V5_fjU0POyFAfSRwrMXt0el2fUdg90maCx8/s1600/LasCruces.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohL0j6p-Nzj6P6JYmPpVyryQRDfMjc9d6SpTqCnhBNZkQC2Z3Ng2dddO7133k6J1HAKi2lP0ddUt6r9pCiXVlUWoBOhCYeEZKCkEFcYt5V5_fjU0POyFAfSRwrMXt0el2fUdg90maCx8/s320/LasCruces.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Oil on Canvas on Birch Plywood Board 12"X16"</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">I painted this is on a high ridge overlooking the Las Cruces, Organ Mountains. While I was painting it a Vietnam Veteran came by and started talking.<span> </span>He told me how he recently lost his wife whom he had met in Vietnam while serving over there.<span> </span>He was headed out west to live in his RV near one of his daughters. We talked about how beautiful the drive west on I-10 is. And he told me how he had planned to take this trip with his wife and now he not only had a bad heart but was grieving the recent and unexpected loss of his wife. He talked about his love for her, his family, and Vietnam.<span> </span>We then fell silent; two strangers come together, the artist and the soldier, both elders with many years and miles behind us, on our journey to the West, brought together now in silent revere by this majestic setting sun over the Organ Mountains.</span></div>Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467074148549457035.post-58788963055827036772012-04-24T16:38:00.001-04:002012-04-24T16:44:03.317-04:00Virtual Paintout: Keying a Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1lT2-29iOyNTiuHksR2eyT410sj2mP2EK7egcVPqAqEomjlY2tJQ0uSxbNllO6SkH7AU6qbl8cZTPcIQV0ZI2_bd_1GH5wlu_kpSjq9XGftHkt_YzjhGWjkeFzW7SFwR3fjp16Tmlu0/s1600/DressWindowT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;">This painting was created using </span><a href="http://virtualpaintout.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;">GoogleStreet Views</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;"> and posted on </span><a href="http://virtualpaintout.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;">The Virtual Paintout</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;"> which is hosted by Bill Guffey. At the beginning of each month, artists are given a new place in the world to explore using Google Maps, Street Views. I enjoy "walking around" and choosing a scene to paint and while I am looking I learn quite a lot about the area. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;">It is amazing what Google has done with their cameras and what you can see and learn about a location when you zoom in using the street view icon, which is a little man on the distance bar. It is also interesting to see what other people have chosen to paint. Here is the link to see the <a href="http://virtualpaintout.blogspot.com/2012/03/st-petersburg-russia-march-2012.html"><span style="color: blue;">The Virtual Paintout: St Petersburg Russia</span></a> paintings, including my painting, "Dress In Window".</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
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</div>Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467074148549457035.post-13960501017695626932012-04-06T15:54:00.002-04:002012-04-06T16:17:37.493-04:00He sustains my soul, by him only; I am fulfilled.<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Ephesians 3:19</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">May you experience the Love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6esSoXfOgEIzaaWVza4m_gr8Xq4Ot20cY7_G7tzGiEO8sPnvaw5nNSfWgFx_a9mZk2qAXstVAsVF_Ir87bsy9tpiTpHnj3SkW57V7aPi_XaVti0k1G3C6JZvQSjMe0mr9T050QIUqv3s/s1600/ChristGrapevineB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6esSoXfOgEIzaaWVza4m_gr8Xq4Ot20cY7_G7tzGiEO8sPnvaw5nNSfWgFx_a9mZk2qAXstVAsVF_Ir87bsy9tpiTpHnj3SkW57V7aPi_XaVti0k1G3C6JZvQSjMe0mr9T050QIUqv3s/s320/ChristGrapevineB.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Have a joyous Easter. These two crosses were inspired by lessons from the <a href="http://www.companionsinchrist.org/">Companions In Christ</a> Bible study book.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;">As a teacher in Oriental painting at the St Petersburg College in Florida, I wanted to teach the brush strokes used for painting grapes. I grew the purple grapes on my fence which are common in Florida, so I had a great subject to study. I spent time dry brush painting the grapes while studying and practicing the brush strokes. This lead me to create the above painting which was displayed in the annual national competition of the<a href="http://www.sumiesociety.org/frame.htm"> Sumi e Society of America</a>, Salmagundi Club, NYC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Bible study group of which I have the good fortune to work with, is now studying the Psalms, using the book; Entering the Psalms; Meeting God in Scripture, published by <a href="http://www.upperroom.org/">The Upper Room</a>. In Session one </span><span style="font-size: large;">we read Psalm 104, which celebrates God as the creator. One of the suggestions for study was to write a prayer praising God for creation. Since I love to write poetry and have written other prayers, I was eager to write my own personal psalm, which I will share with you now. </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Vast is the universe my God has made. Both infinitely large and infinitesimally small; God brought creation into being. Beyond my wisdom and judgment, God breathed life into all creation. He set the cycle of birth and death in motion and thus created time. Circle within circle spiraling upward, all I see vibrates with the joy of God's hand. Though small and vulnerable, God endowed me with love and reason and set me on this path. As his child I learn and grow. With the freedom to make my own choices; I am able to reach for the stars. Always I desire the loving embrace of my God, my Creator Father. He sustains the world; he sustains my soul. By him only; I am fulfilled.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">As I said before we are the Joan and Melissa Rivers of Plein Air Paintout. Please allow me to expand on this, if you will. As a famous comedian, Joan is mainly known for is her wit, her humor and she is now also known for her great relationship with her daughter which leads to many good stories and fun as they work together. Leela and I have a banter among ourselves along with her father, my husband, Guy. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> I treasure the time we have to paint together with so many laughs along the way.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">So here is the second edition of the Mother Daughter Paintout, which takes place in areas around St Petersburg Florida.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"> Here we are on location at Fort De Soto Park at a southern area of Pinellas County. I have painted here several times before and you can see these photographs and learn more about the park in my <a href="http://www.aleadasiragusa.com/gallery.html">Gallery</a> and my <a href="http://www.aleadasiragusa.com/links.htm">Links</a> page.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1EPkHrWgcP-bmWCZuVUtrdJxejAzvwbng5QjNWJrfbNZQfii52dqmDlPQyByqcNn7Jfj7TSOjopWugET_04M6k5o54tgWilINb9XEbnrh-jeP7vV2xevqGxw-Q7BHzjTF7Y1QAXxERA/s1600/LeeInk544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1EPkHrWgcP-bmWCZuVUtrdJxejAzvwbng5QjNWJrfbNZQfii52dqmDlPQyByqcNn7Jfj7TSOjopWugET_04M6k5o54tgWilINb9XEbnrh-jeP7vV2xevqGxw-Q7BHzjTF7Y1QAXxERA/s320/LeeInk544.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">This is Leela's watercolor looking out on the water from the picnic area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above is a a pen and ink Leela drew looking from under the bridge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not far from where we live is the Veterans Memorial Park where I have also painted and drawn many times. I drew and painted the view above while on a walk with my dog and Leela's cat. again you can see more paintings done here in my <a href="http://www.aleadasiragusa.com/gallery.html">Gallery</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">L</span><span style="font-size: large;">eela drew this energetic picture at one of the picnic area's in the park. I like the expressive movement in the foliage and that she left it "unfinished", it reminds me of a Van Gogh sketch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I painted this small watercolor overlooking the inlet towards Madeira Beach at the same picnic table.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;">The above prayer I wrote to go along with this drawing. It is taken from Mark 14:3-9 </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: black;"> Scapegoating: </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span> </div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">If you mention that you have had no support from your parents from an early age, it may not be scapegoating, but a response to the often used, “my parents saw what a great artist I was at an early age”. You may be just saying; like I did, “hey I made it as an artist in spite of some things that didn't go my way”. Are we to always just be silenced when we point this out? Should I just leave large gaps in my life instead of saying things weren't always rosy? There is a balance here that needs to be struck between biographical information or just complaining, and blaming. Hey it's ok to inform and perhaps encourage others who may be facing illness, or a busy child rearing career coupled with outside work, all sorts of reasons you may not be producing to your fullest potential. When we focus on people’s complaints as being just scapegoating, perhaps we miss the point; we need to encourage by showing ways to create art, in spite of everything. That's what I try to do, just give people the tools they need to express themselves; no matter what. I did it; I was able to take the time to be an artist; I was blessed with opportunities along with some setbacks; but hey, that's what life's about!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;"> The drawing and prayer I created to go along with this drawings taken from Mark 14:3-9 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I created it originally for a lesson from the book, The Way of The Scripture, Companions in Christ chapter 4 exercise 3.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mark 14:3-9</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">New International Version (NIV)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <sup>3</sup> While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <sup>4</sup> Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? <sup>5</sup> It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages<sup>[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+14%3A3-9&version=NIV#fen-NIV-24760a" title="See footnote a"><span style="color: blue;">a</span></a>]</sup> and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <sup>6</sup><span style="color: red;"> “Leave her alone,”</span> said Jesus. <span style="color: red;">“Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. </span><sup style="color: red;">7</sup><span style="color: red;"> The poor you will always have with you,</span><sup style="color: red;">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+14%3A3-9&version=NIV#fen-NIV-24762b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</sup><span style="color: red;"> and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. </span><sup style="color: red;">8</sup><span style="color: red;"> She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. </span><sup style="color: red;">9</sup><span style="color: red;"> Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">if you put yourself in this woman's place you will see what a brave thing she did. She was not allowed to touch Jesus, considered to be a Rabbi. Perhaps she touched him while she poured the oil over his head. Now here are the 12 apostles rebuking her harshly, just look at the picture, 12 against two, there she is entering this place and doing this act which outraged so many. She is just a woman, and as we know in those days and even many places today she is considered a second class citizen by being female. Now Jesus comes to her defense,</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: red;">“Leave her alone,”</span> said Jesus. <span style="color: red;">“Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: red;"> </span>[how healing for her and enlightening to the apostles,]<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: black;">So here I am in the year of our Lord 2012, sharing this passage with you after having spent more than one evening discussing this in class.</span> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: red;">Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div>Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467074148549457035.post-85550832841526055612012-02-27T17:01:00.006-05:002012-04-08T00:29:34.032-04:00Mother Daughter Dinosaur Paint Out<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">You can say Leela and Aleada Siragusa are the Melissa and Joan Rivers Mother-Daughter Team of Plein Air Art. For those of you who do not know the term, plein air simply is French for painting or drawing out of doors from life. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span><span style="font-size: large;">iger Woods PGA Tour 11 - Xbox 360 - Scottsdale</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Leela's name is on 6 of the Tiger Woods PGA Tour Games.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is nothing better than being able to paint and visit with my wonderful daughter, I am so proud of her and I’m so grateful we share so much.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIN8ANvvIp7ZkEBVjRzBffKcEfZc1W4yV59s864Jh0ZU0OnoJyBKKHm6b4B5l8ZnSahtZtnfJJqse_1ORNyQ9W2-S4VGMC50aYMbG9kdNQgo4g6hsl7dJgBkqYUwAMOVbeH_CtQWVvwVs/s1600/DinoWorld.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIN8ANvvIp7ZkEBVjRzBffKcEfZc1W4yV59s864Jh0ZU0OnoJyBKKHm6b4B5l8ZnSahtZtnfJJqse_1ORNyQ9W2-S4VGMC50aYMbG9kdNQgo4g6hsl7dJgBkqYUwAMOVbeH_CtQWVvwVs/s320/DinoWorld.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: large;">W</span><span style="font-size: large;">e are at the old entrance to Dinosaur World.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;">We have annual tickets to Dinosaur World, a charming theme park with over 150 life-sized Dinosaurs in a lovely Florida landscape. These Dinosaurs are just waiting for the opportunity to pose for the people who dare to venture through a woods filled with toothy Mesozoic creatures.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leela has always been a fan of the dinosaur and every time we drove past the dinosaur at exit 17 on I -4 in Plant City Florida, she would say how she wanted to see Dinosaur World. Aside from the large-scaled dinosaurs the park has information on each featured Dinosaur, educational videos, fossil digs, picnic areas, a great gift shop, and this Wednesday they are opening a new dinosaur museum.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dGgYtsq7WDdu4b0Est0WW3TPcGCw0psX1d3NzgFBOA8jNBjMOoGrSOjJvwdEJmYlox6X4HTlfhgPiRpM6l-HSnF_x73yQtKj3rLNsOOFTYfDdFFDSLu5VkiXmktb8tBnSL7vxNKNSso/s1600/Walking-through.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dGgYtsq7WDdu4b0Est0WW3TPcGCw0psX1d3NzgFBOA8jNBjMOoGrSOjJvwdEJmYlox6X4HTlfhgPiRpM6l-HSnF_x73yQtKj3rLNsOOFTYfDdFFDSLu5VkiXmktb8tBnSL7vxNKNSso/s320/Walking-through.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see by this photograph, these dinosaurs are life sized.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;">There are three <a href="http://www.dinosaurworld.com/">Dinosaur World </a>Theme Parks in the USA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first day we visited the park we visited we didn't have much time to create art because of the size of the park and educational information put out on each dinosaur took most of our time. We were so excited with the opportunity to paint dinosaurs in nature, though late in the day. I started a painting and Leela drew and finished a ink drawing with watercolor and pastel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We came back another day when Leela drew another ink picture and I finished the painting I started.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SQRfA8ZgQCG-RSbacrRvm_PZT7L1INS7cxq7g9h0Ab4O9bsyZ9xC7WIG86ajyuzHpnQ8ZgyNwWlDhWy4AR2xm6_3aNuuDyKSfOe66xySUTKNl20jRAK7yUrepV4ZvwPnoHsr-qc_e9c/s1600/AleDRW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SQRfA8ZgQCG-RSbacrRvm_PZT7L1INS7cxq7g9h0Ab4O9bsyZ9xC7WIG86ajyuzHpnQ8ZgyNwWlDhWy4AR2xm6_3aNuuDyKSfOe66xySUTKNl20jRAK7yUrepV4ZvwPnoHsr-qc_e9c/s320/AleDRW.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am using a small watercolor 24 pan set of Koi Watercolor, a water brush, and Escoda Travel Brushes. </span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above is my first Dinosaur, a Saltasaurus painted in watercolor which I finished on our second day to the park. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcSzBrHamF4eKIC_akZcsUR3H64vOnw3n7jnq_Z8jiMMkySRUmJxtuUEUWbeRb63SuQEUCKPYksOwsYrcYHijeB7i99lo0R9lxPKY9X-ygquOxBy18KhxRlayctOFV6xE4YqRm7X6OS0/s1600/LeeInk534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcSzBrHamF4eKIC_akZcsUR3H64vOnw3n7jnq_Z8jiMMkySRUmJxtuUEUWbeRb63SuQEUCKPYksOwsYrcYHijeB7i99lo0R9lxPKY9X-ygquOxBy18KhxRlayctOFV6xE4YqRm7X6OS0/s320/LeeInk534.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><i><span style="font-size: large;">L</span></i><span style="font-size: large;">eela found this small colorful Utahraptor</span><span class="hasCaption" style="font-size: large;"> dinosaur</span><span style="font-size: large;"> among the ferns. She used ink, watercolor and pastel on the picture above.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarSwMPS58ziThPGCJ2Li6vS_rDkonu5WZpvI3GHl0Fm32JEWZwAOEOnwTAHoY5YmXyrV9_LMDQIk8NOiyFwA6xKgYyxTofOw5s25nP8IlbCfgo9gSD4NDeE5du0-yvxNuIn9n91P4O0k/s1600/DinoLeeW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarSwMPS58ziThPGCJ2Li6vS_rDkonu5WZpvI3GHl0Fm32JEWZwAOEOnwTAHoY5YmXyrV9_LMDQIk8NOiyFwA6xKgYyxTofOw5s25nP8IlbCfgo9gSD4NDeE5du0-yvxNuIn9n91P4O0k/s320/DinoLeeW.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Later Leela decided to draw the Saltasaurus Dinosaur with an emphasis on the waterfall.</span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhiTLp_MXOhgOd6jynqDnN7Gj0MXuLF4-hHpVrQWAsWNf6ScKGXE79eqNeBoLAa3ps1o8If7IRb3R3rFCx3bH5UNsKMJ-_dkQecHtXy_xQ_h_55-WItMhXEFKkn4KEbnJaleoi6ISAFPM/s1600/LeeInk542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhiTLp_MXOhgOd6jynqDnN7Gj0MXuLF4-hHpVrQWAsWNf6ScKGXE79eqNeBoLAa3ps1o8If7IRb3R3rFCx3bH5UNsKMJ-_dkQecHtXy_xQ_h_55-WItMhXEFKkn4KEbnJaleoi6ISAFPM/s320/LeeInk542.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leela drew this Saltasaurus Dinosaur the second day while I was finishing my painting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tw-GzwDY9ZEWZ88RXPtGs10rv_d2l2HSeK0AZ4bRIHogMjIvtG67aRmkMeQG9RKWApKkH41MI58uCc4IoVhWmOUazzQ_FVNhstfJejzU3EmLeakSLr_tkHBHIbUF4IzXKeMcsf3DIsM/s1600/DinoFamily.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tw-GzwDY9ZEWZ88RXPtGs10rv_d2l2HSeK0AZ4bRIHogMjIvtG67aRmkMeQG9RKWApKkH41MI58uCc4IoVhWmOUazzQ_FVNhstfJejzU3EmLeakSLr_tkHBHIbUF4IzXKeMcsf3DIsM/s320/DinoFamily.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">The third day there we stopped to pose for a family portrait with the Ceratosaurus Dinosaur which I was planning to add too my next painting. Back for another visit with more time than we allowed for our last visit. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9KOHRTeBRFBJoBsBIujM1gKCUYfm88raSXOFFYur5gJfLUJbFd-S7RGtR1KbE8LDECeCv2pkANeKinE0Vpy_AzNYCttN6eC0mz7S10uuWsjMsWjeo9ALeVVYvBCpgJFj8GfRDQjtMGA/s1600/AleDrBlueDino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9KOHRTeBRFBJoBsBIujM1gKCUYfm88raSXOFFYur5gJfLUJbFd-S7RGtR1KbE8LDECeCv2pkANeKinE0Vpy_AzNYCttN6eC0mz7S10uuWsjMsWjeo9ALeVVYvBCpgJFj8GfRDQjtMGA/s320/AleDrBlueDino.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Below I am standing to get a better view of the Ceratosaurus Dinosaur for my painting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQRsgLviKCUGGoYuocTKUvlbL7PwZpBbTV2QFHGBr2-0Px6sepHv_KyixS07UG88u8Gm47eXbS3Wrmkav0TVSfkVN2lFImgMvw2_18mZ2ddGT5gVHevknc00xVWFc9luAZIcC38CHeO8/s1600/AleSmirk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQRsgLviKCUGGoYuocTKUvlbL7PwZpBbTV2QFHGBr2-0Px6sepHv_KyixS07UG88u8Gm47eXbS3Wrmkav0TVSfkVN2lFImgMvw2_18mZ2ddGT5gVHevknc00xVWFc9luAZIcC38CHeO8/s320/AleSmirk.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here I am with my pensive look studying my composition, the setting, light, and dinosaurs. With me is my little toy poodle, Basil, which Guy took for a long walk while we painted.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LhoRXqQnExyHLuRrpDRAovJRpgi-LMswBUJ5B6iYGKdEIny-LykMZcFe5RQHUJoHoguAkglK5UjYccvB7qU9dqlYj2HjbRYuBBkVrMAbDL3FO59nkyr4v90lKdGZZPdiOB-HMII3bJw/s1600/BlueDinoW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LhoRXqQnExyHLuRrpDRAovJRpgi-LMswBUJ5B6iYGKdEIny-LykMZcFe5RQHUJoHoguAkglK5UjYccvB7qU9dqlYj2HjbRYuBBkVrMAbDL3FO59nkyr4v90lKdGZZPdiOB-HMII3bJw/s320/BlueDinoW.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I knew I would paint the blue small dinos, the </span><span class="hasCaption" style="font-size: large;">Tanystropheus </span><span style="font-size: large;"> in the ferns with the fierce Ceratosaurus approaching in the distance.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQRsgLviKCUGGoYuocTKUvlbL7PwZpBbTV2QFHGBr2-0Px6sepHv_KyixS07UG88u8Gm47eXbS3Wrmkav0TVSfkVN2lFImgMvw2_18mZ2ddGT5gVHevknc00xVWFc9luAZIcC38CHeO8/s1600/AleSmirk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Above are the dinosaur sculptures I drew which are located at the first courtyard when you enter Dinosaur World. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The tall necked Dinosaur is missing his name sorry but the large one on the right is the Acrocanthosaurus and the one just below it is a Juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I drew them while I waited with the dog for Leela and Guy to get out of the new museum. As I mentioned before, they are life sized and very realistic which of course, you can see in this drawing. Since these are in the courtyard they are on a mowed lawn with a plain building in the background which I chose not to include. It would would have cluttered the design.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gRBjWzEClbdgqfwi4akcfIpXsHnqtlJPdpf_roIzBZelSra6xV0Bs3ywnxov-3DGXTKkCWq70dmNQYsiFrWa8ERdWYKfPu3REKnkgxAW0ACnBm1tsWpB4KW6O0IOZ9KN12UHY-66UtY/s1600/MeDrDinoW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gRBjWzEClbdgqfwi4akcfIpXsHnqtlJPdpf_roIzBZelSra6xV0Bs3ywnxov-3DGXTKkCWq70dmNQYsiFrWa8ERdWYKfPu3REKnkgxAW0ACnBm1tsWpB4KW6O0IOZ9KN12UHY-66UtY/s320/MeDrDinoW.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here I am drawing from a picnic table outside the museum with the Acrocanthosaurus in the background. On this day we </span><span style="font-size: large;">attended the opening of the Dinosaur museum. </span><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I will share more of our art from our paintouts soon; so please visit again, Aleada Siragusa</span></div>Aleada Aine Siragusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689252609787621519noreply@blogger.com0