SIXSISTERS ART

Black Capped Chickadee - Original Watercolor

2012-01-17T08:09:00.000-08:00

This is my latest watercolor. Visit my etsy shop Sixsisters Art to see more affordable works of art.

Heart In a Bubble - Original Watercolor and Gouache 5 x 7

2012-01-09T13:51:00.000-08:00

This is new for Valentine's day. It is at my etsy shop Sixsisters Art.

Kitty Love - ACEO - Original Watercolor

2012-01-09T13:49:00.000-08:00

This aceo is available at my etsy shop Sixsisters Art. I have many pieces of affordable art.

Meadowlark - Original Watercolor

2012-01-02T16:17:00.000-08:00

This is my first painting of 2012! May we all have a very successful year in every way.

Dove Love - Original Watercolor

2011-12-07T09:28:00.000-08:00

This watercolor is available at my shop on etsy, Sixsisters Art.

Acorn Woodpecker - Original Watercolor

2011-12-06T07:19:00.001-08:00

Acorn Woodpecker - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Just listed this in my shop sixsistersart.etsy.com

Old Tree and Roots Connect Me To Thanksgiving

2011-11-18T03:05:00.000-08:00

Visiting my old neighborhood I reunited with an old friend.
The Chinese tree that I could always
see from my front yard and played around as a child.
It is a very old tree and I am sure that if
it could speak it would have great stories to tell about the centuries gone by.
Whenever I see
this tree it as if I am meeting an special friend.
We know each other. I am very grateful for this
friendship. We have weathered many storms and turmoils together.
The neighborhood is crumbling and not what it was. That is like most things in life as we grow
and change. Nothing stays the same. But this tree stays the same. It still greets you with it's
majestic limbs and it's strong presence. I am thankful that I still get to see this friend and
I am hoping it is here long after to give its greeting to another little girl.

Blue Christmas Tree - Original Watercolor

2011-11-14T07:12:00.001-08:00

Blue Christmas Tree - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

New in my etsy shop.

Cup of Joe - Original Mixed Media 9 x 9

2011-11-11T10:03:00.001-08:00

Cup of Joe - Original Mixed Media 9 x 9, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Museum wrapped canvas. At my etsy shop.

Snow Bunny - Original Watercolor

2011-10-28T14:24:00.001-07:00

Snow Bunny - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

5 x 7 inches. New at my shop on etsy.

Blue Heron - Original Watercolor

2011-10-24T07:01:00.001-07:00

Blue Heron - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Just added to my shop on etsy sixsisters art.

Cardinal Christmas Wreath - Original

2011-10-21T11:16:00.001-07:00

Cardinal Christmas Wreath - Original , originally uploaded by sixsisters.

New at my etsy shop Sixsisters Art.

Leaves In The Wind - Original Mixed Media

2011-10-20T12:32:00.001-07:00

Leaves In The Wind - Original Mixed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

New listing available at my etsy shop
Sixsistersart.

Mostly Yellow - 12 x 12

2011-10-10T09:37:00.001-07:00

Mostly Yellow - 12 x 12, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This is a new watercolor painting in my
etsy shop.

NEW PAINTINGS OF FAIRIES

2011-10-02T09:31:00.000-07:00

Abella - 6 x 6

Cein - 6 x 6

White Wonders - 8 x 10

2011-09-27T09:33:00.001-07:00

White Wonders - 8 x 10, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Astral - Original Watercolor

2011-09-14T10:17:00.001-07:00

Astral - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

NEW PAINTING IN MY ETSY SHOP.

Delight - Original Painting

2011-09-12T17:05:00.001-07:00

Delight - Original Painting, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

NEW PAINTING AT MY SHOP SIXSISTERS.

Almost Hidden - Original Mixed Media

2011-09-11T05:22:00.001-07:00

Almost Hidden - Original Mixed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This is my latest listing at my etsy shop.

Round and Prickly - Original Watercolor

2011-08-14T16:04:00.001-07:00

Round and Prickly - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Just finished and newly listed at my shop on
etsy.

All Natural - Original Mixed Media

2011-08-07T05:45:00.001-07:00

All Natural - Original Mixed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

New work at my shop on etsy. Measures
8 x 8 inches.

Peppercorns, Fennel and Cloves - Original Mixed Media - 12X 12

2011-07-26T10:59:00.001-07:00

Peppercorns, Fennel and Cloves - Original Mixed Media - 12X 12, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

NEW WORK at my shop on etsy Sixsisters.

Light In the Flowers - Original Mixed Media

2011-07-18T09:26:00.001-07:00

Light In the Flowers - Original Mixed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This is available at my shop Sixsisters on
etsy.

Hibiscus - Untitled - Mixed Media Original

2011-07-04T15:22:00.001-07:00

Hibiscus - Untitled - Mixed Media Original, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

measures 8 x 10 inches.

Flight Speckled Eggs - Original Watercolor

2011-07-03T07:18:00.001-07:00

Flight Speckled Eggs - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Orange Pop - Original Mixed Media

2011-06-25T13:04:00.001-07:00

Orange Pop - Original Mixed Media , originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Just finished this today.

White Diamond Hibiscus - Original Watercolor

2011-06-07T09:48:00.001-07:00

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White Diamond HIbiscus - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Just listed this painting in my shop on etsy.

Butterfly Bush ACEO

2011-06-07T05:52:00.001-07:00

Butterfly Bush ACEO, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Cooing Garden - Original Painting

2011-06-01T16:31:00.001-07:00

Cooing Garden - Original Painting, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Celebrating with the Moon - 5 x 7

2011-05-31T05:20:00.001-07:00

Celebrating with the Moon - 5 x 7, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

I'm Free - Original MIxed Media

2011-05-28T13:39:00.001-07:00

I'm Free - Original MIxed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

I saw this person in NY . I took a photo and this
is the result. Going to do a larger painting nexr.

little friend ACEO

2011-05-24T07:20:00.001-07:00

little friend ACEO, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

orphan bird - Original Watercolor

2011-05-23T21:02:00.001-07:00

orphan bird - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Nesting Doves - Original Watercolor and Ink

2011-05-05T10:12:00.001-07:00

Nesting Doves - Original Watercolor and Ink, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Manakin Bird - ACEO

2011-04-28T05:23:00.001-07:00

Manakin Bird - ACEO, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Ostrich Head - ACEO

2011-04-26T18:28:00.001-07:00

Ostrich Head - ACEO, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Red Ripple - Original Watercolor and Gouache

2011-04-14T16:28:00.001-07:00

Red Ripple - Original Watercolor and Gouache, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

New today at SIxsisters .

Message of the Leaves #1

2011-04-14T08:15:00.001-07:00

Message of the Leaves #1, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Happy Spring to all of my friends out there !

Ruby Beauty - Original Watercolor

2011-04-03T10:03:00.001-07:00

Ruby Beauty - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Print of HIbiscus 5 x7 lino cut

2011-03-25T03:56:00.001-07:00

Print of HIbiscus 5 x7 lino cut, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

House on the bluff

2011-03-23T11:46:00.001-07:00

house on the bluff, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Light Blue Hibiscus - Original Watercolor

2011-03-21T06:55:00.001-07:00

Light Blue Hibiscus - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Another addition to my series on the Hibiscus. This is available at my
shop Sixsisters on etsy.

Sandpiper Chick - Original Watercolor

2011-03-15T16:21:00.001-07:00

Sandpiper Chick - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This is available at my shop Sixsisters .

girl in garden - Original Watercolor

2011-03-14T16:33:00.001-07:00

girl in garden - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Patio Hibiscus - Original Watercolor

2011-03-13T19:32:00.001-07:00

Patio Hibiscus - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This is available at my shop SIxsisters on etsy.

Galactic Dreams Cards from Zazzle.com

2011-03-10T16:08:00.000-08:00

Galactic Dreams Cards from Zazzle.com

Blue Blush Hibiscus - Original Watercolor

2011-03-10T06:54:00.001-08:00

Blue Blush Hibiscus - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This is the third art piece I have completed on the hibiscus flower.

Lemony Hibiscus - Original Mixed Media

2011-03-02T12:50:00.001-08:00

Lemony Hibiscus - Original Mixed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

12 x 12 inches. Available at my esty shop Sixsisters.

Hibiscus - Mixed Media Original

2011-02-24T09:44:00.001-08:00

SOLD

Original Mixed Media

2011-02-18T13:02:00.001-08:00

Original Mixed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This is a new addition to my shop Sixsisters.

Wonder Tree - Original Mixed Media

2011-02-15T06:39:00.001-08:00

Wonder Tree - Original Mixed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

I love trees ! This is new today at my etsy shop.

Iris - Original Watercolor

2011-02-14T15:49:00.001-08:00

Iris - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Nova Scotia Lighthouse - Original Watercolor

2011-02-12T13:28:00.001-08:00

Nova Scotia Lighthouse - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Recently Discovered Painting By VIncent Van Gogh

2011-02-10T10:49:00.000-08:00

The Moulin Blute-fin

A recently discovered painting by Vincent van Gogh was actually rediscovered, or, maybe more accurately, liberated from the doubts about its authorship that came with the dubious reputation of its first discoverer, Dirk Hannema. The work, painted in Paris in 1886, shows the Moulin Blute-fin on Montmartre, with a remarkable number of figures crowding the scene

Peacock On The Lawn - Original Mixed Media

2011-02-07T14:04:00.001-08:00

Peacock - Original Mixed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Measures 6 x 8 inches and is available at my shop Sixsisters.

The Heart Wants - Original MIxed Media

2011-02-02T12:48:00.001-08:00

The Heart Wants - Original MIxed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Don't close the door - Original Watercolor

2011-02-01T12:49:00.001-08:00

Don't close the door - Original Watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Happy Valentine's Day !

Magnificent bird of paradise - block print original

2011-01-31T06:40:00.001-08:00

Magnificent bird of paradise - block print original, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

New print in my shop Sixsisters on etsy.

Paradisiac - Mixed Media Original

2011-01-25T11:21:00.001-08:00

Mixed Media Original, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This measures 12 x 12 inches and is available at my shop Sixsisters.

Mystical Tea Pot - Original Mixed Media

2011-01-16T10:42:00.001-08:00

Mystical Tea Pot - Original Mixed Media, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

Better to starve for three days than to miss a cup of tea for one - Ancient
Chinese proverb.
I love my tea. I drink several cups a day. It is good for you too.

This work is available at my shop Sixsisters

Visual Artists Street Team Gallery: One Blue Heart - Original Mixed Media measures 8 x...

2011-01-10T10:32:00.000-08:00

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Thursday Artist Quotes - Guiseppe Arcimboldo 1527 - 1573

2011-01-06T10:34:00.000-08:00

Water

What do you think of this ? It is amazing. I remember looking at this some time ago or it could have been
another of his nature works. He was an artist for the Hapsburg dynasty for 25 yrs. He created many such
pieces and one is more delightful than the next. There is a wonderful article about him at the

smithsonian.com.

Some people actually thought he was insane, Yea right. You can't be crazy and do work like this.
The detail is incredible. The smell must have been too. No refrigeration in those days.
I did not find any quotes from this artist. He did do a cartoon that hangs in a chapel somewhere.

Watercolor Commission

2011-01-02T07:57:00.000-08:00

I don't get very many commissions. I really enjoyed doing this one. It was a challenge , I will admit that.
But aren't challenges good for us ? I think they are. Give me a deadline and I will produce. It has
always been that way for me. I am a great procrastinator too. Seems like I need the pressure to give me
that extra push. How about you ? Do you need something to be hanging over your head before you
get it done ?
I want to try to take on some new challenges this year. Hopefully new commissions will come my way
too.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

2010-12-04T07:00:00.001-08:00

Santa card # 2 lino print, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

To all of my visitors and friends. Happy holidays.

Winter in Vermont and Sumac - original watercolor

2010-12-01T08:57:00.001-08:00

Winter in Vermont and Sumac - original watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This is available in my shop sixsisters. Use coupon code
holidayartsale2010

Fern Fronds - Original Watercolor and Ink

2010-11-29T14:12:00.001-08:00

Spores - Original Watercolor and Ink, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This is now available at my shop Sixsisters. It is in a 11 x 14 inche mat.

Orange Kitty - aceo original watercolor

2010-11-26T06:06:00.001-08:00

Orange Kitty - aceo original watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

A new ACEO at my shop Sixsisters.

Grey Kitty - aceo original watercolor

2010-11-24T15:58:00.001-08:00

Grey Kitty - aceo original watercolor, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This aceo is available at my shop Sixsisters.

Black Beauty - Hand Painted Tile

2010-11-24T10:26:00.001-08:00

Black Beauty - Hand Painted Tile, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

This is available at my shop Sixsisters.

Did you make this ?

2010-11-16T16:58:00.000-08:00

I have been giving out handmade gifts for many years. It makes for a stress free Christmas , well a lot

less stressful anyway. It can never be truly stress free I guess.

This year I will be giving hand painted tiles to my nearest and dearest. I loved creating the design

and painting them. I have learned along the way about what to do and not to do. That is always

part of learning something new.

I also did my first floor cloths. They are not that big but I had enough to learn by doing smaller ones.

They turned out beautifully. I don't know if I will go on to do larger sizes. My space is limited .

You need lots of room to do this kind of work. Thanks to my friend Kate for letting me pick her

brain. She does fabulous floor cloths. You can see her work at heronkate s on etsy.

I also did a watercolor for a holiday swap with a team I belong to on etsy . I have been doing

this for a few years and always enjoy seeing what other team members have done.

If you are having a handmade holiday I hope it is the best one ever !

This is one of the tiles I did.

This is a detail shot of one of my floor cloths.

Ash Throated Flycatcher - Original Watercolor

2010-11-09T05:54:00.000-08:00

You can see this at my shop Sixsisters along with other affordable works of art.

Dark Bird - Original MIxed Media

2010-10-22T08:54:00.000-07:00

This piece measures 12 x 12 inches. It is available at Sixsisters.

New Works At Sixsisters

2010-09-22T11:41:00.000-07:00

1. Seed Pods - watercolor on 6 x 6 inch aquabord

2. Water Lilies - watercolor on 6 x 6 inch aquabord

3. White Wings - Mixed Media on museum wrapped canvas 6 x 6 inches.

4. Orange Sky - Mixed Media on museum wrapped canvas 6 x 6 inches.

I hope you enjoy looking a my latest works. Thanks for visiting. Joan

Remembering Beauty - Original Watercolor 9 x 12 inches

2010-09-06T06:43:00.000-07:00

Available at Sixsisters

New Original Watercolor Paintings - Birds Eyes

2010-09-02T09:26:00.000-07:00

Bird's Red Eye - 6 x 6 inches

   Bluebird's Eye - 9 x 12 inhes


New watercolors at my shop Sixsisters.

Robin In Winter - Original Watercolor 6 x 8 inches

2010-08-10T09:04:00.000-07:00

This is a new addition to my shop Sixsisters.

In The Meadow - Original Watercolor and Ink

2010-08-06T20:35:00.000-07:00

This is one of many fantasy paintings that I enjoy doing.

New Mixed Media "Treasured "

2010-08-02T11:10:00.000-07:00

This 10 X10 canvas is available at Sixsisters.

Mockingbird - Original Watercolor

2010-07-28T11:11:00.000-07:00

New watercolor now available at my shop Sixsisters. Measures 8 X 8 inches in frame.

Neighborhood Girl - The Sea shell

2010-07-24T13:06:00.001-07:00

Neighborhood Girl - The Sea shell, originally uploaded by sixsisters.

New addition to the NG series.

New Addition at Sixsisters today

2010-07-22T11:25:00.000-07:00

This is brand new today. I have matted it so it is ready to go in a frame or put on a little easel.
Please stop by Sixsisters and see all of my art.

THE WINNERS ARE ....

2010-07-21T09:56:00.000-07:00

CONGRATULATIONS to Allie and PaperMoon.

They are the winners of the fairy aceo give away.

Thanks again to everyone who entered.
Allie and Papermoon I hope you enjoy your aceos for long time to come.

Allie I was unable to find your profile page. If you have a shop at etsy please let me know.
You can contact me at sixsisters.etsy.com

Joan

White Orchid - Original Watercolor 8 X 10 inches

2010-07-20T17:24:00.000-07:00

I loved doing this painting. Orchids are so lovely and fragile. I tried to capture both in this watercolor.
I hope you enjoy viewing it.

Two Fairy Aceos - give away

2010-07-14T08:23:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I have had a give away. It must be over a year.
I thought it was about time to share my fairies with my viewers and my
friends. There are two this time. They are both lovely and have added
embellishments to them that make them extra special.
All that is required is that you leave a comment .
I will then choose two names and announce the winners this time next week.
So on July the 21st you can stop back in and find out who won.

Thursday Artist Quotes - Nancy Spero 8/24/26 - 10/18/09

2010-06-23T16:03:00.000-07:00

Msypole - Take No Prisoners
*The shapes you see are actually heads. They are making faces, some have their tongues hanging out.

Glory - 1967 - war series

Female Bomb - 1966

O.T. 1988

Nancy Spero

Spero was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1926, but a year later her family moved to Chicago, where she grew up. After graduating from New Trier High School, she studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating in 1949. Among Spero’s peers at the Art Institute was a young GI who had returned from service in World War II, Leon Golub. After her graduation from the Art Institute Spero continued to study painting in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and at the Atelier of Andre Lhote, an early Cubist painter, teacher and critic. Soon after her return to the United States in 1950, she married the painter Leon Golub, and the two artists settled in Chicago.
An activist and early feminist, Spero was a member of the Art Workers Coalition (1968-69), Women Artists in Revolution (1969), and in 1972 she was a founding member of the first women’s cooperative gallery, A.I.R. (Artists in Residence) in SoHo. It was during this period that Spero completed her "Artaud Paintings" (1969-70), finding her artistic “voice” and developing her signature scroll paintings: Codex Artaud (1971-1972). Uniting text and image, printed on long scrolls of paper, glued end-to-end and tacked on the walls of A.I.R., Spero violated the formal presentation, choice of valued medium and scale of framed paintings. Although her collaged and painted scrolls were Homeric in both scope and depth, the artist shunned the grandiose in content as well as style, relying instead on intimacy and immediacy, while also revealing the continuum of shocking political realities underlying enduring myths.
Spero has written: "I’ve always sought to express a tension in form and meaning in order to achieve a veracity. I have come to the conclusion that the art world has to join us, women artists, not we join it. When women are in leadership roles and gain rewards and recognition, then perhaps 'we' (women and men) can all work together in art world actions."

I do these posts to bring these artists to my friends who may not know about them or their work. I am not the original author
of the information that is gathered here. I pick and choose among the many resources that are available and show a small
view of the work and the life of the artist I choose. Sixsisters

New Additions for Spring 2010

2010-04-16T08:18:00.001-07:00

Baltimore Oriole

Day Lily

Orange Tip Butterfly

These are all ACEO'S and Original Watercolors they are available at my shop Sixsisters

Thursday Artist Quotes - Alberto Giacometti 10/11/1901 - 12/11/1966

2010-03-25T08:12:00.000-07:00

Alberto Giacometti

Giacometti was born in Borgonovo, now part of the Swiss municipality of Stampa, near the Italian border. His father, Giovanni Giacometti, was a painter. Alberto attended the School of Fine Arts in Geneva. In 1922 he moved to Paris to study under the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, an associate of Auguste Rodin. It was there that Giacometti experimented with cubism and surrealism and came to be regarded as one of the leading surrealist sculptors. Among his associates were Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso and Balthus.
Between 1936 and 1940, Giacometti concentrated his sculpting on the human head, focusing on the sitter's gaze. He preferred models he was close to, his brother and the artist Isabel Delmer. This was followed by a unique artistic phase in which his statues of Isabel became stretched out; her limbs elongated. Obsessed with creating his sculptures exactly as he envisaged through his unique view of reality, he often carved until they were as thin as nails and reduced to the size of a pack of cigarettes, much to his consternation. A friend of his once said that if Giacometti decided to sculpt you, "he would make your head look like the blade of a knife." After his marriage to Annette Arm his tiny sculptures became larger, but the larger they grew, the thinner they became. Giacometti said that the final result represented the sensation he felt when he looked at a
woman.

' When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to see in it. '

I do these posts to bring these artists to my friends who may not know about them or their work. I am not the original author
of the information that is gathered here. I pick and choose among the many resources that are available and show a small
view of the work and the life of the artist I choose. Sixsisters

Thursday Artist Quotes - Christo and Jean-Claude

2010-03-04T03:16:00.000-08:00

The Gates Project - New York City Central Park - 2005

Running Fence - Marin and Sonoma County, State of California

Wrapped Coast - 1969 - Little Bay Australia - One million square feet

Surround Islands - 1983 - Biscayne Bay - Greater Miami

Christo (born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, Bulgarian: Христо Явашев, June 13, 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (born Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, June 13, 1935 – November 18, 2009) were a married couple who created environmental works of art. Their works include the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin and the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, the 24-mile-long artwork called Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin counties in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.

Although their work is visually impressive and often controversial as a result of its scale, the artists have repeatedly denied that their projects contain any deeper meaning than their immediate aesthetic. The purpose of their art, they contend, is simply to create works of art or joy and beauty and to create new ways of seeing familiar landscapes. Art critic David Bourdon has described Christo's wrappings as a "revelation through concealment.]To his critics Christo replies, "I am an artist, and I have to have courage ... Do you know that I don't have any artworks that exist? They all go away when they're finished. Only the preparatory drawings, and collages are left, giving my works an almost legendary character. I think it takes much greater courage to create things to be gone than to create things that will remain."
Quote from Jean-CLaude "Artists don't retire. They die. That's all. When they stop being able to create art, they die."

I do these posts to bring these artists to my friends who may not know about them or their work. I am not the original author
of the information that is gathered here. I pick and choose among the many resources that are available and show a small
view of the work and the life of the artist I choose. Sixsisters

Two New Watercolors in Bird Series

2010-02-24T12:20:00.000-08:00

Black Winged Stilt - 5 x 7 inches

Painted Snipe - 5 x 7 inches

Both of these paintings can be found at sixsisters

Sunshine Blog Award

2010-02-19T06:06:00.000-08:00

I just received a Sunshine blog award from one of my BBEST friends Pam.
Thank you Pam. This is a great way to share appreciation of each others
blogs and all of the hard work and fun that goes into each one.
I will be passing this on to five other bloggers. Fun !

Point of View - Original Mixed Media

2010-02-04T15:00:00.001-08:00

This piece measures 9 x 12 inches. It can be seen at my shop SIxsisters.

Thursday Artist Quotes - Arshile Gorky - April 15 1904 ? - July 21 1948

2010-01-27T08:00:00.000-08:00

Portrait of Walinska

The Artist and His Mother

Nighttime Enigma and Nostalgia

Organization

I do these posts to bring these artists to my friends who may not know about them or their work. I am not the original author
of the information that is gathered here. I pick and choose among the many resources that are available and show a small
view of the work and the life of the artist I choose. Sixsisters

Gorky, who had no formal art training, studied art by looking at other artists, such as Cezanne and Picasso, and trying to paint like them. He continued this practice with Kandinsky, Miro and Matta , and only began to develop his own personal style in the early 1940's. He was influenced by Cubist composition and by Surrealist ideas, such as automatism, which meant creating with the unconscious, rather than the conscious mind and reason. Andre Breton, in the first Surrealist Manifesto in 1924, wrote that the unconscious was the real expression of the mind, as opposed to reason, or aesthetic or moral preoccupations.

" The stuff of thought is the seed of the artist. Dreams from the bristles of the artists brush. As the eye functions as the brain's sentry, I communicate my innermost perceptions through the art, my worldview. ”

— Arshile Gorky

Happy Holidays and a Peaceful New Year

2009-12-18T05:30:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and a very Peaceful New Year everyone !
Blessings to all of my friends and all who visit here.

New Section added to my Etsy Shop

2009-11-02T06:02:00.001-08:00

Red Poll

Scarlet Pitta

Blue and White Flycatcher

Scarlet Tanager

Green Heron

Plover Chick

These six prints are available in my etsy shop Sixsisters.
They are all printed on archival paper . The would be a great gift
anytime of the year. Each print measures 3.5 X 5 inches.
This is an affordable way to own art .

Two New Items at SIxsisters Shop

2009-09-26T13:36:00.000-07:00

Dove of Peace - Original Acrylic Painting

Neighborhood Girl - ACEO - Original Watercolor

You can see these items and many more affordable works of art at my Etsy shop Sixsisters.

Thursday Artist Quotes ~ Helen Frankenthaler - 1928 American Artist

2009-09-09T09:23:00.000-07:00

Madam Matisse

Photo of artist preparing to start work

Mountains and Sea

"It was all there. I wanted to live in this land. I had to live there, and master the language."
Said by Frankenthaler after first seeing a Jackson Pollock exhibit.

Her career was launched in 1952 with the exhibition of Mountains and Sea. This painting is large - measuring seven feet by ten feet - and has the effect of a watercolor, though it is painted in oils. In it, she introduced the technique of painting directly onto an unprepared canvas so that the material absorbs the colors. She heavily diluted the oil paint with turpentine so that the color would soak into the canvas. This technique, known as "soak stain" was used by Jackson Pollock and others; and was adopted by other artists (notably Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland) and launched the second generation of the Color Field school of painting. This method would sometimes leave the canvas with a halo effect around each area to which the paint was applied.

Moon Over the Junk Yard - Original Acrylic Painting

2009-09-01T08:12:00.000-07:00

You can see this painting at Sixsisters.

Thursday Artist Quotes ~ William Blake 1757 ~ 1827

2009-07-20T07:27:00.000-07:00

The Lovers Whirl from Dante 's Inferno

Ancient of Days

Beatrice addressing Dante

Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing.

Sconfitta

William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English
language". His visual artistry has led one modern critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced".

In 1788, at the age of 31, Blake began to experiment with relief etching, a method he would use to produce most of his books, paintings, pamphlets and, of course, his poems, including his longer 'prophecies' and his masterpiece the "Bible." The process is also referred to as illuminated printing, and final products as illuminated books or prints. Illuminated printing involved writing the text of the poems on copper plates with pens and brushes, using an acid-resistant medium. Illustrations could appear alongside words in the manner of earlier illuminated manuscripts. He then etched the plates in acid in order to dissolve away the untreated copper and leave the design standing in relief (hence the name).
This is a reversal of the normal method of etching, where the lines of the design are exposed to the acid, and the plate printed by the intaglio method. Relief etching, which Blake invented, later became an important commercial printing method. The pages printed from these plates then had to be hand-coloured in water colours and stitched together to make up a volume. Blake used illuminated printing for most of his well-known works, including Songs of Innocence and Experience, The Book of Thel, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and Jerusalem.

'The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.' Blake

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Thursday Artist Quotes ~ Leonora Carrington ~ 1917 ~

2009-06-09T08:26:00.000-07:00

Bird Bath

Tuesday

Leonora Carrington

I Wanted To Be A Bird

Leonora Carrington (1917- present) is one of the major figures in the twentieth century Surrealist movement. Carrington, like other Surrealists, sought pictorial avenues to gain access to the unconscious, the irrational, and the instinctual. Carrington wove pieces of feminine self-awareness into fantastic narratives of magical beasts, impossible rooms, and incredible gardens. Her vocabulary included animal and plant imagery with many fantastic or metamorphosing hybrids. The rooms or landscapes were often perplexing and bizarre, in which the unusual creatures acted out strange rituals. Carrington was born in Lancashire, England in 1917 and was a spirited child growing up. After expulsion from several English schools she went to Florence to study art. Back in London, Carrington was impressed by seeing the First International Surrealist Exhibition in London and became friends with Max Ernst who was lecturing in London. Together they went to France and lived and worked together for the next three years. In 1940 Carrington fled to Spain to escape the Nazis. In 1942 she moved to Mexico where she has lived ever since.

"I didn't have time to be anyone's muse...I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist." --Leonora Carrington, 1983

Edward Hopper - 1882-1967 Thursday Artist Quotes

2009-05-07T06:28:00.001-07:00

Morning Sun

Nighthawks

Solitude

Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. In both his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life.

this quote is taken from a statement made after visiting France. "Whom did I meet ? Nobody. I'd heard of Gertrude Stein but I didn't
remember having heard of Picasso at all. I used to go to the cafe's at night and sit and watch. Paris had no great impact on me."