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New Painting: Fifteen Minutes for a Quarter

Marilyn — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:00:22 +0000

[clear] Fifteen Minutes for a Quarter Oil on canvas 5" x 5" © 2011 Marilyn Fenn This is the third and final little rubber robot toy; this one is kind of a speed racer. He was both hard and fun to paint. He's very small and yet full of so much detail, but the detail is so tiny, it's hard to discern. His little face is actually not very detailed and kind of strange looking. Each of these little guys is in fact a slightly different color; one is more bright green, one more army green, and this one is in-between bright and army green. I aimed again for looseness with these last two paintings; it continues to be a struggle to overcome 20 years of painting habits, but I'm not unhappy with these.

“Rivers” at Wally Workman

Marilyn — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:49:54 +0000

Ryan Coover's River Blooms II, 2011 at Wally Workman Gallery [clear] Last weekend, we finally made it out to Wally Workman Gallery to see the group show "Rivers." So much excellent work! I was particularly interested in seeing two paintings by Ryan Coover, which were whimsical abstractions that seemed to contain microscopic life seen up a little closer. His two larger paintings were both beautiful and fascinating. I also really enjoyed the wonderful luminous colors in the large and small abstract oil paintings by Joyce Howell, and the lovely large worlds created by Saliha Staib. Neighbor Jennifer Balkan's paintings are always a delight to view; I love her hunky application of paint! Well, instead of reading my blatherings about how much I enjoyed all of the work in show, why don't you check out these photos I took of some of the paintings there:[nggallery id=115] Or view far better photos on the Wally Workman blog, where you can also find out more about all the artists and their work.

5×7 Exhibition Continues at the Arthouse through June 12th

Marilyn — Mon, 23 May 2011 22:12:32 +0000

[clear] The 5x7 show at the Arthouse is open through June 12th, sooooo you still have a shot at picking up some wonderful small art. [caption id="attachment_14670" align="alignnone" width="650" caption="Crowds checking out some of the art"][/caption] I did not end up going to the ArtSplurge (the first night opening when the art is initially revealed and available for sale), but the Art Social on the second night was great! There was pizza and beer, good live music and lots of friends, and a gazillion wonderful 5x7 paintings and sculptures! [caption id="attachment_14672" align="alignnone" width="650" caption="Some of the old building preserved"][/caption] The renovations at the Arthouse are excellent, allowing for much more exhibition space. The beauty of the old building has been preserved while also injecting some gorgeous contemporary design elements. I really love the modern variation of glass block windows. [caption id="attachment_14673" align="alignnone" width="487" caption="Modern version of glass block windows"][/caption] There were several art pieces in protest of the firing of the Arthouse's curator (see [intlink id="5x7-art-splurge-social-arthouse" type="post"]previous post[/intlink] for more on that story). Here are a few of the protest pieces I saw: [nggallery id=110] See more pictures of the opening crowds and the building here: [intlink id="art-openings-5x7-show-2011-opening" type="page"]Art Openings: 5×7 Show 2011 Opening[/intlink]. And see some of the gorgeous art on that's still on view at the Arthouse here (my two paintings are among this group of pictures; can you find them?): [intlink id="art-openings-5x7-show-2011-the-art" type="page"]Art Openings: 5×7 Show 2011 – The Art[/intlink].