Artid

I'm sure painters paint for all sorts of reasons. I do so simply because it makes me happy. Yes, I know this is an awfully simplistic answer and begs the question- why does painting make me happy-the answer to which I'll leave to the shrinks. Having spent a lifetime doing "real" work and now retired, earning a living is not my motivation-though making a sale is a terrific form of validation. I know I don't paint out of a sense of ego-though my chest swells at an appreciative glance or positive comment about my work. These motives are not why I spend endless hours totally engaged in attempting a work of art. Consider the 16×20 egg tempera "Against the Rail" shown here. When I saw the bicycle against a blast of morning sun off a Martha's Vineyard beach I knew I had to paint this scene, and doing so, repeats the joy and pleasure derived from each previous painting. Indeed, painting makes me happy.

Original oil on panel. Abstract studies, expressionistic in nature.

MORE experimental abstract explorations.......This one has a fair amount of knife painting......but overall it is about COLOR.

p-tone Toney

The Immigrant Heritage Week/ Semana de la Herencia del Inmigrante

New York City Celebrates

IMMIGRANT HERITAGE WEEK 2010

NY Book Fair was chosen to create this event for Immigrant Heritage Week 2010.

Opening event will be Thursday April 15, 2010 from 4 pm to 9 pm at the Queens Museum of Art. The event will be from Thursday April 15 through Sunday April 18, 2010 at the Queens Museum of Art.

Three Hispanic Artists were chosen to participate in this event and their paintings will be displayed at the Queens Museum of Art they are Jose Acosta, Marianne Sagbini and Hugo Sandoval. There will also be Poetry readings and lectures by Adriana Devers, Madelin Longoria and Laura Ovierto. There will be music and other entertainment related to the Mask and Dance celebration in culture.

Immigrant Heritage Week is a city-wide celebration that honors the experiences and contributions of immigrants in New York City. Established by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2004 and coordinated by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, Immigrant Heritage Week is a rich collection of free or low-cost programs that build cross-cultural understanding between diverse New Yorkers. www.nyc.gov/immigrants.

March..., its not spring, its not winter, its the month before income tax, it can be 60 degrees one day and a snow squall the next and then it will rain for days on end, not my favorite month. March is also my birthday month, an event my distant past that was a bright spot in a thoroughly forgettable month, not so any longer. I seem to be collecting more birthdays than a maternity ward. I have no intention of boring you, dear reader with a tedious list of platitudes and clichés on the subject of age except to say that I have finally accepted the fact that I'm am fast approaching old, [the kind of old that your grandparents seemed to be when you were 12]. I have of late been detecting in my behavior a profound change, I no longer sweat bullets when a letter from the IRS arrives, [don't worry you can have it all soon], I am more patient with my work and less patient with any external disturbances that disturb me, I say what I really think and I decided to open the latest mailer from ARRP. Getting old has its advantages, young boys hold the door for you and address you with, and "Sir" life is good. The best occurrence is a return to my artwork, I retire early and rise extremely early to completely throw myself into my latest work, and it's an exilhurating experience that I have not experienced since childhood. My priorities have changed, and as they say [here comes the cliché] the older you get the less time you have to waste. I intend to make up for the years spent exploiting my talents on retail and create something of lasting interest and beauty. Those of you who are familiar with my work, Cape Cod has always been my favored subject and annual summer pilgrimage, today the infernal winds of March took me for one brief moment to a isolated dune and the total bliss of art and the wisdom of age.

this weekend we are heading over to the east coast of florida for the 3 day "under the oaks" art festival in vero beach. the show starts on friday and will run thru the weekend. while friday looks a little iffy with possible rain...saturday and sunday look to be ideal for a visit to an art fair with sunshine and temps in the 70's.

we've been a part of this show in the past and were impressed with the vero beach area. we are happy to be going back.

attached is a new 12×12 painting we will have with us this weekend in vero.

we hope to see you there...

thanks for reading...

Whatever I finish by December 31, I'll copyright as a group. I submitted my name as a beta tester for the new digital submission system the Copyright Office is working on. Submitting photos of the work electronically saves a good bit of money. If I submit by mail it's $45 for the registration fee, $3 for postage, and $28 for ten 8 × 10" prints. A total of $76. If I register online and download the submission, it's $35.

Excerpted from An Artist's Path: Two Years Toward Professionalism, p. 10. http://bit.ly/7TKrSu

IDIOSYNCRATIC Amazing paintings by SCOTT SCHEIDLY Opening Reception Saturday, March 13th, 7-11pm

SHOW NOW ONLINE!

March 13th- April 10th HAROLD GOLEN GALLERY
2294 North West 2nd Ave.
Miami, Fl 33127
Wynwood Art District
305-989-3359
haroldgolengallery.com

Scott Scheidly will be present at the opening for your chance to meet this exquisite painter!

Amazing Paintings by: SCOTT SCHEIDLY
(in his own words)
Ohio Born. At age four I attempted my first art project by devouring a 10 pack of crayons thus turning my diaper into a Jackson Pollack. At age six I was introduced to the sweet nectar of school paste. At around this same time period I began producing turkey drawings by tracing my hand. At age seven I lost my thumb in an unfortunate Big Wheel accident ending my successful "Hand Turkey Period". At age ten I ate more paste, however at age eleven I switched to water based paints & modeling clay. Between age twelve to sixteen I was in a daze from the paints I had eaten which I found out to be oil based. I did not produce much art during this time which we will call the "Your Sons Not Quit Right Period". At age seventeen I had kicked my habits and refined my skills and began to earn money with art for the first time by doing fellow students art projects for lunch money. At age twenty I apparently graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and moved to Florida unbeknownst to me. I still live in Florida where I enjoy floundering about and painting pretty pictures, and I still eat paste now and again just to remind myself of my roots and how I ended up like this. Some day I hope not to be famous.

Have you considered the Treasues of the Snow? Job[38:22] It says that no 2 snowflakes are the same. Also when it snows, everything is so white and clean. I love the snow. This is a New Work that I just finished. It is a mixed media painting. I started with watercolor, I used gesso for the snow, india ink in some of the trees and pastel on the very last to give it more color. It turned out to my liking. I hope you like it too. It is a peaceful scene. Millie

I am offering these fun and informative art workshops in the Seattle area:

"Beeswax Collage: Celebrate Spring!"_ April 10, $115 Learn the basics of working with collage and beeswax!
Edmonds Community College/ ArtsNow, Edmonds
www.edcc.edu/artsnow
Register and Info: 425-640-1243

"The Painted Page: Celebrate May!" _ April 24 _ $57. (Spring quarter catalog)
Collage and paint free-form books!
ASUW Experimental College, UW Campus, Seattle
www.exco.org, Register and Info: 206-68-LEARN

"Cabinet of Curiosities" _ May 15 & 22 _ $80. Make an inspiring cigar box assemblage!
Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett
www.artscouncilofsnoco.org
Register and Info: 425-257-8380

I hope to see you in class!

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**TITLE: A View from the Seashore

**SIZE: 14" × 11" × 0.8"

**COLORS: Rich in vibrant colors such as green, blue, brown and white.

**MEDIUM: Original Oil Paint

**GROUND: Stretched Canvas

** The highest quality materials are used to meet the excellence you desire.**
**SHIPPING: Canada Post Priority Ground. Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard. **

**SIGNATURE: Always signed. Either on the Verso or the Front when possible.

***Priced as marked. But NO REASONABLE OFFERS WILL BE REJECTED.***

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**TITLE: Sailing Towards the Sunset

**SIZE: 11" × 14" × 0.8"

**COLORS: Rich in vibrant colors such as orange, yellow, red, magenta, blue, black and white.

**MEDIUM: Original Oil Paint

**GROUND: Stretched Canvas

** The highest quality materials are used to meet the excellence you desire.**
**SHIPPING: Canada Post Priority Ground. Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard. **

**SIGNATURE: Always signed. Either on the Verso or the Front when possible.

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**SIZE: 11" × 14" × 0.8"

**COLORS: Rich in beautiful colors such as blue, magenta, orange, black and white.

**MEDIUM: Original Oil Paint

**GROUND: Stretched Canvas

** The highest quality materials are used to meet the excellence you desire.**
**SHIPPING: Canada Post Priority Ground. Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard. **

**SIGNATURE: Always signed. Either on the Verso or the Front when possible.

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**COLORS: Rich in beautiful colors such as red, blue, magenta, and brown.

**MEDIUM: Original Oil Paint

**GROUND: Stretched Canvas

** The highest quality materials are used to meet the excellence you desire.**
**SHIPPING: Canada Post Priority Ground. Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard. **

**SIGNATURE: Always signed. Either on the Verso or the Front when possible.

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** The highest quality materials are used to meet the excellence you desire.**
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**SIGNATURE: Always signed. Either on the Verso or the Front when possible.

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** The highest quality materials are used to meet the excellence you desire.**

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**GROUND: Stretched Canvas

** The highest quality materials are used to meet the excellence you desire.**

**SHIPPING: Canada Post Priority Ground. Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard. **

**SIGNATURE: Always signed. Either on the Verso or the Front when possible.

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**TITLE: Find a Way Home

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**The Chinese characters in the painting means Fly Freely

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** The highest quality materials are used to meet the excellence you desire.**

**SHIPPING: Canada Post Priority Ground. Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard. **

**SIGNATURE: Always signed. Either on the Verso or the Front when possible.

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**SIZE: 48" × 20" × 0.8"

**COLORS: Rich in vibrant colors such as orange, yellow, red, magenta, green, blue and black.

**MEDIUM: Original Oil Paint

**GROUND: Stretched Canvas

** The highest quality materials are used to meet the excellence you desire.**

**SHIPPING: Canada Post Priority Ground. Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard. **

**SIGNATURE: Always signed. Either on the Verso or the Front when possible.

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** The highest quality materials are used to meet the excellence you desire.**

**SHIPPING: Canada Post Priority Ground. Your art will be shipped to you professionally packed with protective packaging material and wrapped in cardboard. **

**SIGNATURE: Always signed. Either on the Verso or the Front when possible.

***Priced as marked. But NO REASONABLE OFFERS WILL BE REJECTED.***

*** Thanks for looking! Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at info@qiqigallery.com or visit www.qiqigallery.com***