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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Night Is Young, 12073, Red High Heel Torn Paper Collage Painting by Contemporary Texas Artist Nancy Standlee

The Night Is Young, 12073

Red High Heel Torn Paper Collage Painting

12x12x1.5" on gallery wrapped canvas

I used this high heel for my "talk/demo" for the Lake Granbury Art Association Monday evening and finished it up yesterday in the studio. If you are interested in attending a 2 or 3 day workshop using the torn paper method please contact me by email address below this post. I will post a cupcake later in the week using the torn painted paper technique and I could combine both methods.

Also if you want an experimental acrylic workshop, my friend, Carol Nelson will be at the LGAA at the end of May and there are a few more openings. Click on the LGAA link above and go to workshops.

Background:

The white printed background wraps around the painting and covers the sides and the title is taken from text in the collage. Other words in the background are best, private, queen, .com, pretty things, Mad Men, love that, fabulous, of course I do, the girly show, I wake to run, chic. There are more of these heel collages in my future using different colors for the high heel and they are great decor for a vanity area.

Painted Paper Collage Methods:
When I was speaking about the painted paper collage, I mentioned how I kept my acrylic paints moist and ready to paint foundation color on small supports using a divided plastic box for beads I found at Michaels. I attached a sticky back felt to the top of the slots and then spray with water and enclose all with a wet sponge in a plastic bag and keep in my refrigerator. These paints stay workable and ready to use for months, saving paint and the removing lids of paints. I don't paint on the foundation for the torn paper above but I'll post one of the painted paper collages later where I use this painting method of painting a loose color foundation color before I begin the collage so I hope I don't confuse you. One of the members in the audience Monday night expressed an interest in seeing my palette. When I paint a large acrylic painting I put the paints out on a piece of heavy plastic or large palette. The above is used for small works and some people like to use the weekly plastic pill holders. I do have my whites, blacks, buffs and grays in one of those and I put the felt on the lids also and keep those in refrigerator also along with the colors.

32 well paint palette box

Events:

FWCAC collage exhibit April 6 to June 29, 2012
http://www.fwcac.com/?exhibitions_detail/2287

Nancy is the featured TAC (Texas Artists Coalition) artists at the FWCAC Cafe April 6 - June 29, 2012 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center (FWCAC), a 77.000 square foot facitlity at 1300 Gendy St in the museum district. Go to the website and sign up for their newsletter and bookmark the events page to see what event you’d like to attend HERE. http://www.fwcac.com/calendar/month.php?date=201206
Directions: and parking: I parked in the garage south of the FWCAC and it is $5.00 but the art center will validate your ticket for $3.00. http://www.fwcac.com/?about/directions

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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Orchid Series, Blue Square 12069, Mixed Media Abstract Acrylic Painting by Texas Artist Nancy Standlee

Orchid Series with a Blue Square, 12069

10x10 x 7/8 in. depth wood cradle

This series of paintings have been experiments with orchids, purples, blues with orange and red highlights, small paintings that used a Venetian Plaster foundation on canvas and board. I like working on the above foundation on American Easel Birchwood because you can work thick with the texture without danger of the pieces cracking or falling off. Click HERE to read a description about the wood cradles at Dick Blick. I also like the Ampersand Gessobords HERE.

Here are two other paintings in the series that are on my Daily Paintworks gallery.

Kimbell Museum reminder:

The Age of Impressionism exhibit will be up until June 17. Click HERE for more info. I went on Friday and saw paintings I've only read about in books and it was such a treat to see them up as close as I dared with the security guards making sure your nose didn't invade the painting space.

My friend Carol Nelson, Colorado will be in Texas:

Carol Nelson will be at the LGAA the last of May for her Experimental Acrylic Class and the last I heard there was a spot open. My first workshop with Carol I flew to Denver to take a 2 day then she was in Granbury last year and now this is a 4 day and it will be filled with new and exciting acrylic techniques. She is also teaching at the Artists Showplace in Dallas in October so if you need some new touches to your paintings, join Carol.

Program:

Collage Talk and Demo, May 14, 2012 7:00
I will give a lecture and demo on a high heel shoe part of the process.of using torn paper, found, and hand painted paper in the collage process I use in my portraits, animals, and still life collages.
At the Lake Granbury Art Association, Granbury, TX

EXHIBITS:

Just a few more days to see the wine painting exhibit at the LGAA or the exhibit at the OPOMAC in Graham, TX. I have 14 collages on exhibit at the FWCAC until June 28.

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Monday, May 7, 2012

Coffee Cup Collage Paper Painting, 12066 ~ Hand Painted and Found Paper ~ by Texas Collage Artist Nancy Standlee

Coffee: Save the Date

Hand Painted Paper Collage with Found Papers

12x12x1.5 gallery wrapped canvas

One of the newest additions for the FWCAC exhibit in Fort Worth. Some of the found papers came from a Womens World magazine in 1931 and some are from my hand decorated and painted papers in the front of the cup.

EVENTS:

FWCAC collage exhibit April 6 to June 29, 2012 Click HEREhttp://www.fwcac.com/?exhibitions_detail/2287

Nancy is the featured TAC (Texas Artists Coalition) artists at the FWCAC Cafe April 6 - June 29, 2012 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center (FWCAC), a 77.000 square foot facitlity at 1300 Gendy St in the museum district. Go to the website and sign up for their newsletter and bookmark the events page to see what event you’d like to attend HERE.

Directions: and parking: I parked in the garage south of the FWCAC and it is $5.00 but the art center will validate your ticket for $3.00.

Collage Talk and Demo, May 14, 2012 7:00 Click HERE.

I will give a lecture and demo on a high heel shoe showing part of the process.of using torn paper, found, and hand painted paper in the collage process I use in my portraits, animals, and still life collages.
At the Lake Granbury Art Association, Granbury, TX

Design on Wine exhibit at the Shanley House Gallery in Granbury, TX.
Wine themed art work in conjunction with the Granbury Wine Walk. I have two paintings in the gallery now showing through May 20th.
224 North Travis, Granbury TX 76048, open weekends and on special class times during the week.

Canvas by Canvas and Personal Art Exhibits until May 18, 2012 at the Old Post Office Museum and Art Center in Graham, TX. Call for hours.
Phone: (940) 549-1470
OPEN: Tuesday thru Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Canvas by Canvas - a collaborative art group that I belong to and I also have approximately 40 pieces in the show.

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Friday, May 4, 2012

Rooster Torn and Hand Painted Paper Collage Painting by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

Run to Me Little Chicks. I Will Feed You. 12065

12x12x1.5 torn paper and hand painted paper collage painting on gallery wrapped canvas

(The title came from text from a vintage children's book).

I've completed this rooster collage painting this week for the FWCAC show in Fort Worth. I've sold 4 collage paintings from the show and needed to cover a bare spot. The red area is collage from my hand painted papers and the feather area is from found papers like vintage books, music sheets, or crossword puzzles. The background is a Texas map with a few postal stamps for more design. The show will be on exhibit until June 28, 2012.

Some have asked me about the cradled Ampersand panels that I painted the Polka Dot Roses on in the last few posts. At Jerry's Artarama you can get them in flat panels, 3/4", 1 1/5", and 2" depth. Here is what my 3 foot long one looked like below. I haven't painted the edges yet and you can see a big drip on the side. Sometimes I like to stain with a light walnut but with the background being so dark I feel like maybe it would look better to paint in a dark color also.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Totally Random, updated, 12064, Acrylic Textured Abstract Painting by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

Totally Random, 12064

formerly 12005

30x24 abstract acrylic with a Venetian Plaster underpainting

I took this over the top colorful abstract to the Carolyn Riegelman workshop last week and with some coaxing worked on calming some of the intense colors by putting in more neutrals. I hope you like the update.

The old painting below:

My collages are on display at the FWCAC HERE. I found out this week that I've sold 2 more, making that 4 collages sold. Today I've been painting and designing more collage papers and getting a demo/lecture for the May 14 meeting at the LGAA in Granbury, TX.

Also, I have two paintings at the Design on Wine show at the Shanley House Gallery in Granbury and a palette knife painting below in the gift shop. One similar sold in the Wine Walk auction last week.

Palette Knife painting in the Shanley House Gallery gift shop.

Feed the Birds SOLD

Dena's Daisy SOLD

Exhibit of Canvas by Canvas paintings and each artist's individual paintings are still on display at the Old Post Office Museum and Art Center in Graham TX. Call for hours open. I have about 30 plus paintings on display.

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Monday, April 30, 2012

Polka Dot Roses 2, Acrylic Textured Drip Floral Painting by Nancy Standlee Texas Contemporary Artist

Polka Dot Roses 1

12 x 12 x 2" acrylic painting on Ampersand Gessoboard with Cradle

I experimented with acrylic drip florals on Venetian Plaster grounds in the Carolyn Riegelman workshop last week in Granbury. See previous post for more information.

See my online gallery HERE at Daily Paintworks.

Carolyn with one of her paintings. She works much larger than my little puny 12x12 above.

Four Granbury friends, Pam Fritz, Jackie Stengle, Diana Littlejohn and Lynda Robinson are having a special show, Creative Innovations, at the Langdon Center Art Gallery until May 23, 2012 in Granbury, TX.

Pam with one of her florals in the show.

Pyrrole Red:

For the non artists, this is a color of a red paint and Carolyn loves it but no one in the class knew how to pronounce it....well, smart me I said I know how to spell it but not say it but I left out one R and added two L's.. and made a feeble attempt to educate the class with the Texas sound of "pie-rollie". Then Sharon, next to me in class, and I got to saying it with an Italian bent like Pie-roll-lay which sounded like something you might put on top of a plate of spaghetti. Now I couldn't stand not knowing and after coming home I've found out the correct pronunciation and can't wait to start dropping that name into all my art conversations. Click on that little speaker HERE and you can hear the correct way to say it but I still like my pie-rollie and I may have said it so long there will be no turning back. If Carolyn painted it, it probably has a little pyrrole red in there somewhere.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Polka-dot Roses Painting, Acrylic Abstract Floral Drip by Texas Artist Nancy Standlee

"Polka-dot Roses" 12061

36"x12"x2" acrylic mixed media on Ampersand Gessobord

I've been with about 20 other happy artists for a 4 day workshop in Granbury, TX at the LGAA with instructor artist, Carolyn Riegelman from Denton. The above painting is one of my favorites from several I finished at the workshop (some were starts from a previous workshop). My photography does not do this one justice as there is a lot of depth with the many layers of drips, splashes and graphic lines. The workshop title was "Acrylic/Texture Abstract" and we used some venetian plaster for our texture. I will post more photos and paintings from the workshop in the coming posts.

The Shanley House Gallery is hosting the Design on Wine, Wine Walk Show for the month with some great wine art paintings. I have two pieces in the show, one in the gift shop and one palette knife sold at the Thursday night auction. All this is in conjunction with the 3rd annual Granbury Wine Walk.

An upcoming workshop with Carol Nelson is filling up fast so contact Diana Littlejohn at the LGAA site if you are interested in attending.

There is an ongoing collage show of some of my torn paper and painted paper paintings are at the FWCAC click HERE for more information.

I have about 40 pieces in the Old Post Office Museum and Art Center show along with the group I paint collaboratively with, Canvas by Canvas. Call for opening times.

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