'Concrete'

Oil, Pigment, Acrylic ~ 36"x60"x1.5"

(my latest painting - Dec.'09)

SOLD - 'Elements of Life'

Thank you Sean & Hueili Wang

'Elements of Life' - Oil/Mixed Media - 30"x40"x1.5"
- Shown with up close detailed photos following...

Moby ~ 'Flower'

light for you

SOLD

'Anointed Vessel' ~ 30"x40" oil/mixed media

'Samoa' ~ 24"x24" oil/mixed media

Owner: Cathy Ridings Xamis ~ Lincoln, IL
Nov. '09

Aqua Art Miami

Exhibiting with Aleatoric Art at Aqua Art Miami / Art Basel Miami







"Presence of A Mother' ~ Oil on canvas - 48"x60"x1.5" ~ My most Aleatoric Painting:

Students: Vero Beach Museum of Art & Art Mundo Classes

Reminder: We will not have class next week due to my exhibit with Aleatoric Art at Aqua Art/ Art Basel Miami - Dec. 1-6

Recent Publications:

Featured artist in Indian River Magazine, Special Edition November/December '09, as part of Art Mundo Bank, Ft Pierce. Photo in my studio, standing with my painting called 'Synchronicity'.

Vero Beach Museum of Art Annual Report 2008-2009 brochure. Photo with my Summer Art Camp Students.

'Synchronicity'

Gone Fishing

Seminoles Mom

Happy Thanksgiving

'Desert Rain'

'Desert Rain' - Oil on canvas - 36"x48" - Nov. '09 ~ Inspired by Santa Fe, New Mexico

'Sandcastles in the Sea'

My latest painting, 'Sandcastles in the Sea', created Nov. '09. Oil on canvas - 30"x40"x1.5" - Photos shown: Original followed by close-up / detailed photos.

Happy Thanksgiving

FSU - Seminoles - Bryan

Bryan Stork, my son, #52 - Seminoles vs. Maryland Nov. 21, 2009
So happy they won - I was definitely fired up! Winning touchdown at last 32 seconds of game.
Woo Hoo!

Artist: Jonas Gerard

Open Studio

Painting in Progress:

Vero Beach Museum of Art - Winter Session

VBMA - Winter Session

Registration begins December 7, 2009
Winter Session begins January 12, 2010

Brochures available at the VBMA or view at www.vbmuseum.org (click on website at right side of blog).

My classes offered are as follows:

Creative Painting #25
~ This studio course for experienced and novice students will explore painting media with an emphasis on creative thinking. Discover the fundamental techniques of oil and acrylic painting, color and composition, and the study of form, space, and light. Students will develop observation skills through experimentation with various approaches, styles, and media.
Class meets January 14 - February 11
Thursdays 6-9pm

Abstract Painting #31
~ This course provides an opportunity to move beyond the pictorial tradition of oil, acrylic, and watercolor painting. Students will explore the use of non-traditional materials, including fabrics, to engage in spatial strategies on canvas by focusing on studio projects and assignments that develop a non-objective approach to color, line, and form.
Class meets January 13 - March 17
Wednesdays 1-4 pm

Encaustic Painting # 32
~ This ancient painting technique, developed in Greece and Egypt over 2000 years ago, uses pigment in a beeswax and resin base as paint. By applying to birch wood panels, students will learn to fuse wax with heat by using a propane torch, hot air gun, and/or encaustic iron. Demonstrations will be given regarding safety and how to color, inscribe, transfer, scrape, and polish the wax surfaces. The encaustic starter kit will be available from instructor for $50.
Class meets January 15 - March 19
Fridays 9:30am-12:30pm

Youth: Extreme Art Painting #52
For 9-12 year olds who love to draw and paint, this after-school class will take them beyond just paint to surfaces that use a variety of textural effects. Students will use acrylic, tempera, and watercolor, experiment by adding other materials, and will learn new techniques to use with brushes and tools to achieve radical results!
Class meets January 28 - March 11
Thursdays 4:30-6pm



In A New York Minute...


My next 3 goals to exhibit in Miami, Chicago, & New York...




19 years ago, November 15, 1990 I was blessed with the birth of my son, Bryan Christopher Stork.
Happy Birthday, Bry.




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Aqua Art Wynwood Miami

During the Art Basel Miami event, I will be exhibiting one work of art at Aqua Art Wynwood, with Aleatoric Art (MAMA - Movement of Aleatoric Modern Artists)

Aqua Art Wynwood Miami - Gallery District
December 3-6, 2009

Aqua Art Miami is a contemporary art fair that takes place in Miami concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach. Aqua started in 2005 as an experimental project at the Aqua Hotel in South Beach near Art Basel, and eventually expanded to include a larger booth-style fair called Aqua Wynwood.

This year the fair will focus on just the Aqua Wynwood location, consolidating the best of both fairs into one exceptional event. Aqua Wynwood opens with a VIP Preview Brunch on Thursday morning, December 3, and the exhibition continues through Sunday, December 6.

Based in Seattle, Aqua's organizers have made it their mission to promote innovative programming from the west coast as well as the greater USA and abroad, with a particular interest in young dealers and galleries with strong emerging artist programs. A number of new dealers have made their debut at Aqua, as well as other exhibitors and artists who have never shown at an art fair before.



See Links on right side of blog:

www.aquaartmiami.com
www.artbaselmiamibeach.com
www.aleatoricart.com

Art Basel Miami

December 3-6, 2009

Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Entrances:
Convention Center Drive (Hall D) and Washington Avenue
(Hall B)

Duration and Opening Hours:

Miami Beach Convention Center (Art Galleries, Art Nova,
Art Positions, Art Kabinett)
Vernissage for invited guests:
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Public Show Days:
Thursday, December 3 to Sunday, December 6, 2009:
Daily from noon to 8 p.m., last day until 6 p.m.

See http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com for more information.

Open Studio

My studio will open Friday, November 13, 7-9 pm, at the Art Bank, Orange Ave., Ft. Pierce, FL. Special event: Art Mundo Calendar Art. Come join us for appetizers/wine. View my works on the easel, and finished works exhibited.

Corporate Collection City National Bank - Winter Park, FL

Shown in photo: The friendly staff at City National Bank, Winter Park, and my painting (sold), 'Ephraim', at the entrance to the branch.



These paintings were selected for purchase (Nov. '09), and will be held in the Corporate Collection of City National Bank, Miami, FL. They are displayed at the Winter Park Branch. These 6 paintings are an addition to 6 of my other works selected and purchased for the Palm City Branch (June '09).

Paintings in order - Titles: 'Ephraim', 'Deciduous', 'Wild Sweet Orange', 'The When and Where', 'Eleven Stones', 'You Raised Me Up'.

SOLO EXHIBIT - Indian River County Administration Complex

My work has been selected by the Indian River Cultural Council, for a solo exhibit, at the Indian River County Administration Complex, Building A. July 30 - October 29, 2010. A special thanx to Sharon Morgan - www.artsywebdesign.net




Photo shown: 'Fabrications' - Oil painting on canvas - Sold - Corporate Collection of City National Bank, Miami, FL - This painting was purchased for the Palm City Branch.

Creative Painting -VBMA & Art Mundo Classes

Vero Beach Museum of Art - W 11/11
Art Mundo - M 11/9

Title: Abstract Painting No.5 - 1962
Artist AD REINHARDT (1913-1967)





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Lesson Assignment:

For the next 2-3 weeks we will be exploring
MINIMALISM & ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM:

This week we will focus on works by 'Minimalist Artist', Ad Reinhardt. I have seen some of his work in person, at the St. Louis Art Museum. In my own opinion, what was fascinating about his work, was that from certain angles the painting appeared to be one solid color. When I would approach the painting from another direction, and the closer I observed, it became more obvious that there were shapes (squares) vaguely visible in the painting.

There were no figures, landscapes, still life objects, nor movement in his work. Quite different than the work we have been exposed to previously. In the least amount of words possible, his work could be described as an abstract color field. It is possible that a narrative is expressed in his work, although, we can not be certain what it is. There is nothing narrated through conventional means in any way.

When Reinhardt was working on these geometric paintings, gestural abstraction was going in full force. Artists like De Kooning, Raushenburg, Pollock and Johns were all working in the Abstract Expression.

Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman as well as many other painters welcomed the spiritual into their paintings. In some cases, especially with Rothko, the spiritual was the driving force behind the painting. In Reinhardt's case, it seems that the simple geometry and bareness of the painting is all that matters. Reinhardt released his paintings into the world as 'nothing', and expected no more than that, yet it would take years for him to complete the work.

1. See Links on right side of blog, under Neoplanet vistors globe, labeled: 'Minimalism & Abstract Expressionism'. (Don't get ahead of yourself and view works by Jax and Rothko, in steps 2-3 , until you have completed all of the links in step 1.)

2. Then go to the link labeled: Step 2 'Jax Chachitz'. Now, compare the two styles. For those of you who thought there was nothing much to the Abstract Expressionist paintings that we have discussed/studied earlier , what do you think now? Jax is a contemporary artist. Note the limit of 3-4 colors. Please don't ask me to pronounce her last name. :)

3. View works by Mark Rothko on Step 3. Does it appear to be minimal or abstract expressionism? Do you feel his work has emotion?

4. Ask yourself the following questions comparing the Minimal & Abstract Expressionism Paintings, ( and from our previous study and discussions of Joan Mitchell and/or Willem de Kooning):

~Which style would you consider the most exciting for you to paint? Why?

~Would you consider one style to be painstaking for you to create? Why?

Your assignment will be to create an Abstract Painting. It will be your decision on how you approach this painting, so please prep your canvas, ahead of time, according to what direction you are going to take with your work. I will be demonstrating some tips/techniques/solutions to the different approaches, and we will have a discussion in class.


AD REINHARDT

AD REINHARDT - music video

Poem found in Reinhardt's notes:

The More Loving One
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.

How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.

Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.

Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.

-- W. H. Auden


MARK ROTHKO
Photos with Quotes by Mark Rothko


MARK ROTHKO
Music Video of Works


MARK ROTHKO
Tour of Black Form Paintings

Spider

move your cursor... spider will follow...

SOLD ~ Z Street

Sold 'Z-Street' at Bodega Blue - Halloween Costume Party

Trick or Treat Music

Art comes in all forms...

Artist Interview for Wicked Local - Plymouth, MA

photo Oct 09

1. Why are you an artist, Vickie?

It's who I am. Art defines me. I found something of my own.

2. Could you tell us some more about your paintings?

I work on several paintings at a time. Some evolve very quickly, and some take time. Process is very important. The spontaneity, planning and/or not planning, mark-making, layering, covering up, uncovering, scraping, sanding, creating chemical reactions... all help to create a final work of art.

3. What artists have influenced you, and how?

Jackson Pollock: the power of the unconscious
Joan Mitchell: her use of color and brushstrokes
Willem de Kooning: impulsiveness
Mark Rothko: emotive power of color/light
Jasper Johns: intelligent simplicity
Pablo Picasso: playfulness/volatility
William Turner: use of light vortex

4. What style do you consider your work?

Aleatoric Abstract Expressionism. I have many processes and techniques to create art. Because my work evolves mainly from the freedom of spontaneous painting, much of my work is created by chance or by accident. The process of creative energy has a message, and therefore gives the painting a voice.

5. What inspires you to paint, and how do you keep motivated when things get tough in the studio?

The inspiration for the abstract work begins in the studio with drawing, color, and just playing around. As the painting evolves, the story line unravels a relationship between intent and accident. I am inspired by the process which includes the fear, the courage, the self-doubt, the discovery, and the letting go to enter into that mysterious subconscious 'zone' of creative energy that makes a painting work. When things get tough in the studio, I switch mediums. Encaustics have given me a new direction to retreat to.

6. How have you handled the business side of being an artist?

One of the most disappointing aspects of the education that I pursued is that I was learning more about Math and Biology than I was about art. The art classes seemed to teach more about the technical and the history of art more than about the process of creativity. None of the courses I took prepared me for the business side of being an artist. I am always looking for help in this area. I find the business aspect to be challenging, and always feel I am not doing enough. It takes two different people -- the one who makes the art, and the one who markets it. I find it difficult to be both at the same time, so the marketing comes in spurts.

7. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

In theory, I will be creating and selling in my own gallery, but it would be great to have several more supportive galleries around the country to have one person shows, to be included in more museum shows, and to sell the work at higher lucrative prices. My art has supported me in many ways during this financial crisis in the US, however, in 10 years I would like to consistently sell my work in order to continue creating art.

8. What advice would you give to an artist just starting out?

Get the business skills, and make sure you have a backup plan on how to make a living. As far as making art: have a space where you can go everyday, and close off the world to allow yourself to enter into your creative realm. And never give it up.

Blue Man Group