Paintings go hollywood film 'Nights in Rodanthe'

When Irene Tison have got a call on last year that her paint was going to be a part of hollywood movie. She is not a classical trained artist but always she watched her mother sketch scenes of life in a small town outside Ridgeland. Right now she paints images of southern life like baptisms on sunny days, river fishing, girls in their sunday best. She has been shown her work mostly locally in shops in St. Helena and Savannah and on Hilton Head Island. 'Nights in rodanthe' has been opened today, Richard Gere and Diane Lane star in the newest film adaption of one of Nicholas Sparks novels. This film has This film has been taken place in the outer banks of north carolina. The above photo was "Fishing Pals" by Irene Tison will be featured in "Night in Rodanthe".

Japanese artist advertises vietnam exhibition through paintings

Takeo Akiko, Japanese artist, she loved drawing and wanted to become a painter when she was small. Recently, her first exhibition was organised at the green space gallery in HCM city and it will be travelling to japan. Twenty-nine paintings feature beautiful countryside landscapes and friendliness connected with nature in Bao Loc, Can Tho, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, as well as streets in Hanoi and HCM City. While reading a book by famous Japanese painter Nagasawa, her dream of being a painter was re-awakened in 2003. Then she had a many meetings with well known painter. Yokohama hosted an akiko exhibition entitled "Beautiful Scenes I saw in vietnam" in sep 2006".Takeo Akiko only have used water-colours in her works. She planned to gather all of her paintings in a book named "Vietnam Tourism Handbook by Takeo Akiko's Paintings".

Japanian of Shin hanga paintings

Recent years, there has been significant growth in the appreciation of shin hanga internationally reflects in ever- increasing prices on the market. Original paintings in the west by designers of shin hanga are not as commonly exhibited. European and american artists had a tremendous admiration of ukiyo-e. During the Meiji, Taisho and early showa periods, japan experienced tremendous changes and moderization and the world of japanese printmaking was not an exception. By the mid 1910's and into the 1920's, watenabe actively sought out of new artists with whom he could work, recriting from both traditional japanese painting and western style painting. His aim and intention was to produce a new type of art, western influenced but utilizing japanese printing technologies and subjects so this new genre came to be known as 'shin hanga'.

George De Forest Brush in THE INDIAN PAINTINGS

The first exhibition of George de Forest Brush's remarkable great paintings of Americal indians will be on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington , Sep 14,2008 through jan 4, 2009. Inspired in part by the recent rediscovery of an Aztec Sculptor 1887, the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue will offer groundbreaking new research on Brush's works with long prized by collectors, yet available for public viewing. The exhibition of 21 paintings includes life studies of young Arapahoe and Shoshone men completed in 1882, while Brush was living Wyoming, also as studio paintings with indian subjects completed following the artist's return east. The exhibition catalogue is the first scholarly study to investigate in depth the aesthetic sources and the historical complexity of Brush's indian paintings. This exhibition has been opened on sep 14 at 2:00 p.m., the lecturer was given by Anderson for George de forest in the indian paintings.

General issues on canvas paintings

There are some artists who have used their art primarily as a tool to draw attention to environmental and general social issues. Mohammed llyas Hussain is one such artist whose paintings focus on issues afficting the contemporary society. A self-taught artist, who also runs a trust to help school dropouts, Mohammed llyas explained his choice of subjects saying that it is his way of repaying to a society that provides for his existence. Most likely his origin in kerala and right now his life in ooty have made him particularly sensitive to the plight of the forests in general and the elephant in particular , which has not been lost its habitat but is also mercilessly hunted for its tusks. He also tackles subjects such as terrorism, destruction of peace through a dove hung on a rope strung between guns or by depicting the earth attacked by missiles. While these paintings have themes that are socially relevant, a greater mastery over the medium and his paintings were displayed at Lalit Kala Academy.

Karin Davie paintings at art museum

Karin Davie is best known for her colorful, and evocative paintings that use undulating stripes and contorted gestures to obsessively animate the canvas and immmerse the viewer. The exhibition includes six new oil paintings as well as two multi-media wall pieces made of cast resin and LEDs. The exhibition title, symptomania, a combination of the words "symptom" which is traditionally indicates a departure from normal function indicating the presence of abnormality, and "mania" a serve condition characterized by extremely elevated mood and energy. The new paintings continue her interest in "the gesture" as the image, perception, the body and metaphor. In these symptomania paintings, sinuous strokes of alternating dark and vibrant color snake across the canvases. Karin Davie says, "I've always been fascinated by paintings potential to affect the perceptual space of the viewer, the idea of making a 'moving painter' one that appeared alive and engulfed the viewer's space forcing an interaction between object and viewer.".

Use oil painting without turbs

One of the problem is some people have with oil painting is the turpentine or solvent used to thin the paint and wash brushes. Whether it ia an allergy, because you are painting in a room that has poor ventilation or a shared studio space, its not wanting to use turps doesn't mean you don't have to abandon oil paints. Without solvents you can paint , with just oil to thin the paint. The main difference is that it takes too longer for your paint to dry and it doesn't disperse quite as easily as in turps. There is also as alternatives such as zest-It, which is citrus based and would be an option unless citurs or orange gives you a migraine. "Odourless" or "non-toxic" are also available, but make sure to check what's in it. We can use Water-soluble oil paints but it is very expensive than traditional oils, try to new open acrylics produced by golden, which have a working time comparable to oil paints.

known about some tips for paintings

Looking for painter? Painting your house can be a big job, with a big reward. But before starting to paint your house, you will need to make some critical choices, whether you are doing the job youself or hiring a painter. First, how do you know when it's time? Definitely plan to see paint peeling, bubbling, cracking or fadding, demaged wood, or siding that is becoming rusted or discolored. Once you decided to paint, there are many things to consider, such as color combinations and paint sheen. The important thing in painting is preparation. Make sure that all surfaces are properly cleaned, repaired and free of dirt, chalk, flaking and peeling paint. choose flatfinish, it is typically used for main surface of your home and also to hide imperfections. Use water-based paints(latex, acrylic) can be used over most surfaces. It is easier way to apply and clean. Once the type of paint for the project is decided ,move to choose a right color scheme. Lastly, consider your surroundings and you don't match with your neighbours, just harmonize with them.

Oils on Canvas Paintings by jerald

Jerald leans is the good professional young painter in america. His work was included in the celebrated "Freestyle" exhibition at Studio museum in Harlem in 2001. He will be in kansas city this friday to show the new oil on canvas paintings at Jan Weiner. Jerald didn't want to go to college, so he started setting up his own exhibitions. The work in his kansas city , the most measuring a modest 20 inches by 23 inches, will be reflecting those hours spent in museum. Jerald leans spent all his freetime at the St. Louis Art Museum. This canvas painting is described as the direction of brushstroke and about the texture of the brush.