Hi, whoever you are!
All I really want to do is show people my paintings, because, like all artists, I long to share what I see with my eyes and paint with my heart. I am a fine art painter of landscapes, people, still lifes, and a few abstracts. I guess you can call me a contemporary realist. I am infatuated with what I see. My strengths are in my use of color and composition, but I think I have some surprising takes on content.
I am a second career artist. When I came back to art, I started by doing drawings and working in oil, but now I work in acrylic on stretched canvas with painted sides. Some of my work is framed. After many years of college-teaching, doing research, writing, some of which is about health care (yeah), I retired and came back to my first love, painting, and I never look back.
When I came back I was moved to paint affirmations of life and a celebration of beauty (See Misty Light); but recently I have also painted beauty contrasted with the "terrible" in the real world of our time. I juxtapose images of the Iraqi war, and Afghanistan with serene and beautiful scenes of American life. Lately I have been working with arresting images from public photos (See In Afghanistan). I hope that people will connect with what is going on "In The World." I also express my joy in life in my landscapes, people, and still lifes; I only paint what I love to see.
So here I am in a blog. And you can see all my work at http://www.zibbet.com/Egilpatr
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So here is what is going on with me in the real world:
ReplyDeleteFrom MARCH 23 to May 1, 2010, I will be showing my painting, Misty Light, at GALLERY 307 in the Chelsea area of New York: 307 7th Avenue, near 32nd Street; suite 1401. The show is called Works on Walls. Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 11am-5pm. Come to the Artist reception: Thursday, April 15th from 6-8pm. Phone: 646-400-5254. I am excited to be in a brick and mortar gallery in New York again!
From APRIL 23 to 25, 2010, Amnesty International is sponsoring the first Human Rights Art Festival in Silver Spring MD. My anti-war paintings will be shown! My work is scheduled to be on display at the Highland Coffee House, 8200 Fenton Street, Silver Spring, MD.
YAY!!! Eleanor ... you did it! Welcome to the blogosphere. With your permission, may I add a link to your blog from my own. Partly because I know other people will love to come visiting, and also because it makes it easier for me to keep an eye on you ;)
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Blog World ! I'll be a follower too, as I'm sure you will add something new every day, LOL ! !
ReplyDeleteGood for you, Eleanor! You are a wonderful writer as WELL as a wonderful painter! (Not that I'm AT ALL surprised!) My blog is www.bluebusgirl.blogspot.com if you want to have a gander...
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