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The Joy of Painting

The Joy of Painting

September 20, 2015 | by

Suchitra Bhosle was in Seattle, Washington, looking for a job that would put her new MBA degree to good use, when she received news that her father had passed away. She put her job search on hold to travel back to her native India—and returned to the United States with an entirely different focus in mind. Back in Seattle, Bhosle stopped sending out resumes and started looking for workshops that would help develop the aptitude she had always had for art. Suchitra Bhosle Arches of II duomo De Taormina Oil 16″ x 12″ “The movement of the interior light of
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Chasing Light

Chasing Light

September 20, 2015 | by

In early July, recently home from a trip to Ireland, Michael Godfrey was excited about the landscape he saw there, some of which he sketched on his new Galaxy tablet and will later transform into completed pieces in his home studio. That trip, he says, had long been on his bucket list and became a reality, when Godfrey’s wife Kim arranged the adventure. Godfrey has been fascinated by the great outdoors since he was a young boy. “I was born in Germany and was an Army brat,” he says, adding that, when his father was transferred back to the States,
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Lorenzo’s Land

Lorenzo’s Land

July 20, 2015 | by

Lorenzo Chavez loved faces. He loved looking at them; he loved painting them. When he started to paint outside with a friend, however, he tossed his dream of being a portrait painter aside and began a love affair with the land. Whether he is painting the desert, the ocean, or the foothills near his home in Parker, Colorado, Chavez is totally committed to capturing and sharing his feeling of excitement at what he sees before him. Lorenzo Chavez A Winter Landscape Pastel 16″x20″ “After a new snowfall, the sun will enlighten the colors with strong varieties of warm and cool
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There Are Places that Speak to Me

There Are Places that Speak to Me

May 20, 2015 | by

“There was validation and hope.” That’s how Jill Carver describes the impact of her first solo exhibition 14 years ago at the New Zealand Embassy in London. The paintings she showed at that event were ones she had done in New Zealand, while on a sabbatical from her job as a curatorial researcher at the National Portrait Gallery in London. She sold 10 of the 20 paintings she exhibited and was more than pleased. It would be several years, however, before she would take the plunge into fine art as a professional. Now living in Austin, Texas, Carver was born
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Ah, Sweet Color!

Ah, Sweet Color!

May 20, 2015 | by

A burst of color in a painting, particularly when placed against a moody background, is a delightful surprise. It is poetry; it is magic. Color can be as soothing as an ocean sunset, or it can knock your socks off. While most of us appreciate a good black-and-white piece, we find color, when properly placed, leads our eyes along a route the artist has skillfully set for us. Kevin Beilfuss Sarah’s Diary Kevin Beilfuss trained at the American Academy of art in Chicago, Illinois, and has been painting professionally for 26 years—13 as a freelance illustrator and 13 as a
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Memory Triggers

Memory Triggers

March 20, 2015 | by

George Hallmark’s wife Lisa answers the phone and, when asked how she is, responds, “I’m great; I’m married to the most wonderful person I’ve ever met.” A few days later, during the interview for this article, Hallmark says of Lisa, a former executive secretary and professional singer, “She is the love of my life, and she takes care of me every day.” To say that these two are happy would be an understatement. Their relationship is an enviable combination of love, admiration, and support. In fact, when Hallmark talks about his paintings, he often uses “we” rather than “I.” For
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Seeing with the Heart

Seeing with the Heart

March 20, 2015 | by

The influence of the Italian landscape is clearly evident in the paintings of Colorado artist Mark Pettit. It’s not a huge stretch to understand his proclivity for the Italian essence in his art, as he believes that Italy is his domestic equivalent of a soul mate. At the same time, nature is Pettit’s backdrop. When he’s not painting, he spends most of his free time on two wheels—road bikes, mountain bikes, or a Harley Davidson, “because this puts me directly in touch with nature and is an excellent way to see and experience the beauty of the American West.” Mark
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All About the Light

All About the Light

March 20, 2015 | by

Debra Huse Above Avalon Oil 12″ x 16″ “This was painted on location, overlooking Avalon Harbor on the California island of Catalina. The perspective makes an interesting challenge for a painter. We are looking down through the trees at the boats moored in the harbor and at the Catalina Island Yacht Club. What joy, standing amidst the eucalyptus and painting this incredible vista on a warm, summer day.” Debra Huse Running With the Wind Oil 24″ x 36″ “This is a favorite of mine. My husband Randy and I were invited to sail in a regatta, in a boat called
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A Universal Chord

A Universal Chord

March 20, 2015 | by

Mike Untiedt lives right in the center of downtown Denver, Colorado. He can ride his bike to see the Colorado Rockies play baseball, drop in at any number of good eateries, or shop the downtown stores. Yet the oil painter’s heart and mind are often in another time and another place. “I like painting cowboys,” says the 63-year-old Denver native of his focus on painting the outback lifestyle. “Cowboys strike a universal chord, but I try not to make it too ‘cowboy,’ so people of all backgrounds can identify.” For Untiedt, a natural born storyteller, the direction works. Michael Ome
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The Passion Continues

The Passion Continues

January 20, 2015 | by

A small boy of 7, with curly dark hair, bright brown eyes, and a serious expression, walks home from school, looking at shop windows, as he passes. A movement in one of those windows catches his eye, and he stops, when he sees an artist on the other side of it. The boy is mesmerized, as he watches the artist mix colors and move his paintbrush across the canvas. Slowly, a mountain appears. The wonder of seeing that painting evolve stays with the boy and creates in him a desire to create similar scenes—and evoke similar responses. That boy was
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