tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25698425950061127962024-03-15T21:11:24.308-04:00loriann signori landscape paintings - Loriann Signoriloriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.comBlogger1744125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-75050286174729982842020-06-08T06:19:00.000-04:002020-06-08T06:19:03.155-04:00Clouds<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefx6gszavhyHmEE799f9YqJtcojHTLAZha5VPN2IOm0Z5DDsgI0RPAqGpM8KlCGpsXN3YuILXgc9lysaBUwdBI9yGNn8VoevS8mCZFVScWAgyrmzNDsReYGsTciUG5xBxwTSVpJVDRS8/s1220/clouds+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1220" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefx6gszavhyHmEE799f9YqJtcojHTLAZha5VPN2IOm0Z5DDsgI0RPAqGpM8KlCGpsXN3YuILXgc9lysaBUwdBI9yGNn8VoevS8mCZFVScWAgyrmzNDsReYGsTciUG5xBxwTSVpJVDRS8/s320/clouds+1.jpg" width="428" /></a></div>I have begun a new series. Clouds. This series will overlap vanishing boundaries as soon as I feel I understand their nature. My studio notebook is full of observations of clouds noticed. The diaphanous nature of clouds draws me inside. Delicate at one time and powerful at another clouds can express many emotions. One of my instagram followers said it well. "I feel like these clouds (you make) represent moods we don't yet have language for." I love that statement. (Thank you Berdine.) I have created twenty five so far. I will do at least 100. Here I show you the clouds in oil. Maybe next time I'll share observations in my studio notebook.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguc6QoO9TzZuE4I19kxgHgDmtAJykyYW-7j895eueex1gJ70X-s0VpRLMp90n3HnsgSQzPuINdUik-dCRod-wyy7UDsxF4Yef2TpH8Vzb2QLKmowKZKWIB2kVGztWAdUwtQ9gj0J5ya4c/s1028/clouds+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1016" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguc6QoO9TzZuE4I19kxgHgDmtAJykyYW-7j895eueex1gJ70X-s0VpRLMp90n3HnsgSQzPuINdUik-dCRod-wyy7UDsxF4Yef2TpH8Vzb2QLKmowKZKWIB2kVGztWAdUwtQ9gj0J5ya4c/s320/clouds+3.jpg" width="470" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_P-OVeQpMyHwYjtNyvbNmnYu0RXqOjsRdH2vvo66CleeeVMg9snDDzDIs__gZJXusK7NiSxJ3t5sj9lFyAWe3xpayqEds1u4gtpM9AYfxBIbXaixkRkm9uhNmbQTvfGS8W-TXNAZjmI/s1204/clouds+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1204" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_P-OVeQpMyHwYjtNyvbNmnYu0RXqOjsRdH2vvo66CleeeVMg9snDDzDIs__gZJXusK7NiSxJ3t5sj9lFyAWe3xpayqEds1u4gtpM9AYfxBIbXaixkRkm9uhNmbQTvfGS8W-TXNAZjmI/s320/clouds+2.jpg" width="477" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguc6QoO9TzZuE4I19kxgHgDmtAJykyYW-7j895eueex1gJ70X-s0VpRLMp90n3HnsgSQzPuINdUik-dCRod-wyy7UDsxF4Yef2TpH8Vzb2QLKmowKZKWIB2kVGztWAdUwtQ9gj0J5ya4c/s1028/clouds+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb0D1D0Zk73uLqV2q8-9HWHbVYvxrFxwcK4rSQeW7zXUBmaFDdnidfpds3Ol1tUSyvYXMAGVk252jAUVTUuSO1OXoR6r0Djx2FU6ieES-j08qoUhYB_MapAkgpiH0ZvZ_UH_toTb7Pww/s1040/clouds+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1040" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb0D1D0Zk73uLqV2q8-9HWHbVYvxrFxwcK4rSQeW7zXUBmaFDdnidfpds3Ol1tUSyvYXMAGVk252jAUVTUuSO1OXoR6r0Djx2FU6ieES-j08qoUhYB_MapAkgpiH0ZvZ_UH_toTb7Pww/s320/clouds+4.jpg" width="493" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb0D1D0Zk73uLqV2q8-9HWHbVYvxrFxwcK4rSQeW7zXUBmaFDdnidfpds3Ol1tUSyvYXMAGVk252jAUVTUuSO1OXoR6r0Djx2FU6ieES-j08qoUhYB_MapAkgpiH0ZvZ_UH_toTb7Pww/s1040/clouds+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-88644986015549012192020-05-04T04:56:00.000-04:002020-05-04T04:56:00.209-04:00vanishing boundaries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">My art is silently moving towards a different way of representing space and vibration. At this point </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> I feel it is most effective in my small multi-layered pastels. In the diminutive scale of a 6"x6" or 8"x8" I can play with the tension between color,
form and edge without a set agenda. No formal intention is present, just a trust that it's in there and all I have to do is turn up to work. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">This series is called <i>Vanishing Boundaries.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">My response has always been intuitive. But now I feel as if I have crossed another barrier. There are no special
techniques or processes. It's just simply what the painting needs. I am embracing confusion and finding my way to a separate peace.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">I'm not sure why this metamorphosis is happening now but I have considered that it might be due to the confluence of this tumultuous time of the pandemic and my own conflicted desires for the painting. The paradox of knowing that despite all that has gone before all we ever
really have is one perfect moment: the present. </span></span></div>
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Since the time of peripatetic Greek philosophers, many other writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking and writing. Henry David Thoreau said" How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live!" "Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move my thoughts begin to flow."<br />
This is true of painting or any creative endeavor. Our chemistry changes when we walk. Our heart pumps faster and more blood flows to the brain. But to me it's so much more. Every time I switch paintings or get stuck on a painting I leave the studio to walk. I find it's best not to call a friend, listen to music, or any other distraction. I simply look and feel. When I return I am most likely ready to go again. I used to think that I was wasting time, but that is not so. My brain is undergoing a change.<br />
<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/walking-helps-us-think" target="_blank">Here is the article from the New Yorker. It describes this more eloquently.</a><br />
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Have you ever created a series? A group of painting, drawings that are all related and oftentimes the group is the same size. Why make series you ask? Well I could go on and on. But since you want to have more painting time I will be brief.<br />
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1. A series allows the brain the release of thinking what to paint.<br />
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2.When you begin a series, you feel you have this.... bu the surprise happens later, when you start to get a little bored. That, " Oh. it's those trees again" means you finally stop imposing your intention on your subject. <span style="color: magenta;">Your subject is the painting, not the trees.</span><br />
3. You now will try anything.<br />
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Ideas for a series:<br />
1. Work from your small studies- make many<br />
2. Focus on making landscapes without a horizon line or only a high horizon<br />
3. Do a black and white series<br />
4. Choose and abstract noun, verb, adverb or adjective as the base of your series<br />
5. Allow a poem or song guide your series<br />
6. Find a challenging format and make all of your paintings in that. Same size, same shape<br />
7. Focus on a technique that you want to master- an underpainting technique, a mark making<br />
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As you can see I continued by cherries...this time pompom cherries
since the regular delicate pink ones have lost their blossoms.<br />
The work has developed in the studio as well. Here is one large 30 x40 studio oil. It's in its infancy. I think I will do many versions that are small and in the studio. Play. <br />
What are you going to make your series about? <br />
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loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-15278441123327787112020-04-08T05:33:00.000-04:002020-04-09T06:58:33.664-04:00Secret Santa for the brain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Secret Santa for the Brain.....<br />
Yes, that's what I have taken to calling my process of working with my eyes closed. It's about memorizing and feeling. Then drawing with my eyes closed.I create the entire set up without my sight...then I open my eyes and see what I have.Then I continue my work as I navigate the skeleton my brain has given me.<br />
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These are all large pastels, at least 18x24, sometimes 20x30. I couldn't do it small since I feel your whole arm needs to be involved not just your hand. <br />
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<br />loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-64407331269620326862020-03-30T06:30:00.000-04:002020-03-31T19:28:41.335-04:00Painting as meditation (in the time of Covid-19)<br />
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Painting as Meditation<br />
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Painting, no matter when you do it, is a calling. While it's not an essential calling like nursing- those amazing people helping to save the world during this time of Covid 19- it's essential to hope. For me, the consistency of turning up every day and silently reaching a little farther is akin to a meditation. While I do meditate on the cushion each day, I also paint. Right now I have chosen to begin each day at the same scene and paint. I do not allow myself to deviate from the subject matter. The reason is- that by no longer thinking about what to paint, where to paint, I can go inward and simply paint the inner landscape as my mind works. Sit and without evaluation and thought simply put it down.<br />
So today, as I return to my forgotten blog I share with you a series of my cherry tree paintings.<br />
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I am slowly falling in love with this scene. I see and feel her differently each day.<br />
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Here you see a visual journal.. thoughts without being self-conscious.<br />
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It's good to be back to my blog... it's different than other social media. If you are still there and reading please let me know. Stay well my friends!<br />
<br />loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-34556370028941459242019-09-16T06:00:00.000-04:002020-03-28T16:58:08.734-04:00we are the new contemporary painters- evolve and discover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Learning from the past is something all artists do. Sharing ideas and cross pollinating these ideas between artist groups is what has spurred on movements and discovery in the arts throughout time. Knowing that, we wonder, what can I contribute? What does our time period give to the masses? I think about this all the time, especially when I teach my beautiful high school students (on Saturdays.) They question everything. They want to know why is Joan Mitchell's large color statements as important as George Inness' Tonalist pieces? How can we talk about Louise Nevelson's huge piece in the American Art Museum and feel it as we do Joseph Cornell's boxes.<br />
Then you go see what the innovative artists of today are making. This summer when I was in NYC I saw one artist's wild carved, layered sculptural pieces of acrylic paint- he carved the paint!!!!, I was taken by beautifully abstract long photos of the Thames River by....... They stopped me dead in my tracks. One woman made hanging veils of acrylic paint that were translucent and resembled the feeling of laundry hanging between the tenement buildings .....but with a veiled luminescence. People are finding the answers to new all of the time. It's truly exciting... It gives hope.<br />
Then it goes back to questioning myself (and yourself.) Why do I (you) create?<br />
What motivates me (you)??<br />
There is no reason to just do what has been done before.<br />
The work I will share now is from my summer. It doesn't truly show my direction...yet. Each day I now spend time experimenting. I am feeling better. Thinking I might be finding a way, not just doing.<br />
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Subtractive drawing is one of my favorite things to do. It helps me visualize feeling rather than thinking. These drawings are from my spider mum series. I am trying to respond to them as explosions of joy rather than any analytical interpretation. Spring is on the way after all.<br />
These drawings are all large - 36x30. One of my galleries is doing a Georgia O'Keeffe tribute and I was asked to contribute. I first went to the National Gallery to look at her work. I don't want to copy it, as no one could do it better. I wanted to get into the essence. To me, Georgia simply made us look deeper at something that was small She made it grand.... that alone forces you to stop and see.<br />
I am also working on some spider mum paintings, but right now the drawings say it best.loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-13301496235759417132019-02-21T06:00:00.000-05:002019-02-21T06:00:07.321-05:00Dusk Falls and Paul Klee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good news! What a wonderful surprise when I heard that my painting, <i>Dusk Falls</i>, was accepted into the International Association of Pastel Societies biannual show Pastel World in Albuquerque NM. If I could give one piece of advice to artists... you can't be accepted if you don't apply.<br />
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I love to read about other artists, don't you? In my reading I found excerpts from Paul Klee’s <em>Pedagogical Sketchbook </em>(1925).<br />
Paul Klee interesting tid-bits:<br />
Paul Klee kept sketchbook since he was very young. The museum actually has ten from those days.<br />
He was left-handed. <br />
Another fact I didn't know was that he was the stay at home dad for the first 6 years of his child's life. His wife was a concert pianist and teacher. She traveled widely. He said his domestic duties got in the way of his art. (imagine that!)<br />
He said that it was in Tunisia that he began to understand and explore color. Here's a brief outline.<br />
Wonderful quote: "Art does not produce the visible but make it visible. "<br />
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This is the <a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-how-to-be-an-artist-according-to-paul-klee" target="_blank">link</a> to the full article.<br />
I love "Observe a fish tank."<br />
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loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-40864071424070125732019-01-14T03:30:00.000-05:002019-02-20T15:51:06.856-05:00intuition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am certain that my best paintings come from intuition and not from anything in front of me. This painting was begun a year ago.... then one day I saw it on the floor of my studio, picked it up, and changed it all without any thought at all. Simply responded.<br />
I worry that our commitments can strangle us into creating for a goal rather than allowing our intuitions to rule and respond. So here are some quotes I found to soothe my soul during times of questioning.<br />
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*If you persist in ignoring your intuition, you may find yourself stuck
in a permanent holding pattern instead of taking the risks that lead to
creative growth - Nina Leland<br />
*Intellect confuses intuition. - Piet Mondrian <br />
*The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful
servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has
forgotten the gift. - Albert Einstein <br />
*I believe I rely heavily on intuition and depend on an intuitive
response from my audience. I am a great believer in intuition, for men
and women alike. -Jane Freilicherloriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-137512188616292832018-12-25T07:00:00.000-05:002018-12-25T07:00:13.232-05:00Merry Christmas, Happy Winter Solstice and New Year<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>HOW IT SEEMS TO ME</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><em>Ursula K. Le Guin</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the vast abyss before time, self<br />is not, and soul commingles<br />with mist, and rock, and light. In time,<br />soul brings the misty self to be.<br />Then slow time hardens self to stone<br />while ever lightening the soul,<br />till soul can loose its hold of self<br />and both are free and can return<br />to vastness and dissolve in light,<br />the long light after time.</span></div>
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Ah, Flash. My sweet kooky Flash was quite a rascal. She did one very remarkable thing long ago, she chose my husband. Flash hated everyone, but me; until one day when this new man came to visit and she promptly sat in his lap. That was the moment when I knew I should take a closer look at this one. Fast forward, Flash and my hubby had a love affair for 20 plus years. During that time I painted her and that painting sold. Many years later my husband said, "I wish we still had that painting." He said that same thing about once a year since. So finally I took the hint. I made a new Flishy Flash painting.....in fact two of them. he will get to choose. Which one to you like best?loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-24832184015551514332018-12-21T06:31:00.000-05:002019-06-09T12:36:05.354-04:00the agile mind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just finished reading the new <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-Vinci-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1501139150" target="_blank">Leonardo book written by Walter Isaacson</a>. Loved it! The stories and the insights, I loved it all.This reading dove-tailed (in thought) nicely into the new article in Start-up- <a href="https://medium.com/swlh/the-most-important-thinking-habit-nobody-taught-you-fdcd48bfa2d9" target="_blank">The single most important habit nobody taught you. </a><br />
What do you think that habit is?<br />
<i>Be flexible.</i> Allow your mind to be elastic and forever be changing. Question and wonder. Realize you don't really know and things change. That was Leonardo.<br />
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those wishing to tap into elastic thinking, Mlodinow suggests carving out time
for daydreaming, talking to people outside your social circle, absorbing great
art out of your comfort zone, listening to ideas or concepts you actively
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loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-32759663175962778022018-12-06T06:10:00.000-05:002018-12-06T06:10:09.827-05:00color, emotion, risk-taking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Working just on vibration while trying to simplify the landscape so that the vibration in the color is the most important concept. I hope that through thee color vibration I can distill to the emotional content. I have think (at this point in time) that constant risk taking is the way there.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>People mistakenly think that art is about nature, or about an artist's feelings about nature. It is instead a path of enlightenment and pleasure, one of many paths, where nature and the artist's feelings are merely raw material. (Wolf Kahn)</i></span></span>loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-20853379952349784282018-11-26T05:30:00.000-05:002018-11-26T05:30:02.164-05:00the muse and the love and sympathy of a friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The lake continues to be my muse. It's amazing how quickly her moods have changed during our autumn storms.<br />
I have been reading <i>An Ideal Country</i>, the wonderful book about Dwight William Tryon's work, I love his subdued tonalist beauties that are well represented in DC's Freer Gallery of Art. You can check out the treasure trove of images on their website. They own both large oils and smaller, even more beautiful pastels. When you have time go to their site. I leave you with a quote.<br />
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loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-69380395083840693972018-11-12T05:45:00.000-05:002018-11-12T05:45:07.270-05:00poetry and painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/elizabeth-gilbert-early-hours-adam-zagajewski" target="_blank">A beautiful poem</a>,</span> read wonderfully, can be an inspiration for a new version of art.<br />
Just listen to Elizabeth Gilbert read <a href="https://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/elizabeth-gilbert-early-hours-adam-zagajewski" target="_blank">Early Hours</a> and I can guarantee that your mind's eye will see delicious images and feel.<br />
A return to my favorite lake, although the leaves are now floating in the breeze rather than on the trees, beauty is everywhere. Repetition of scene can be your best friend. The scene is internalized and the feeling and the play become more important.loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-42917446663314717332018-11-08T06:30:00.000-05:002018-11-08T06:30:07.505-05:00autumn colors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Autumn is my favorite of all seasons. The colors are like sirens which draw me to the rocks. I want them all but have to always bear in mind that it is through the use of neutrals that the colors begin their songs. Here are a few of my pastels this week. All of these are morning plein air paintings. In the afternoons they come into the studio with me and we try to work together to create new images simply by allowing them to inspire me rather than to copy them.loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-64270216336823753952018-10-22T04:44:00.000-04:002018-10-22T04:44:01.847-04:00Why do you paint that way? (and our influences)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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At the Metropolitan Museum of Art there is an exhibition of Eugene Delacroix's (1798-1863) work. He is not on my top ten list of favorite painters but still I felt that it is a must see exhibit. After viewing his impressive paintings I began reading more about him.<br />
In my reading, the one quote that struck me was, "A great number of talented artists have never done anything worthwhile because they surrounded themselves with a mass of prejudices, or had prejudices thrust upon them by the fashion of the movement." And that was say in the 1800s! That quote made me think. Why do I choose the way I paint? Why do you choose the way you paint? Is it to conform to an idea of what we should be doing ... studio, plein air, abstract or realism... or is it because it defines YOU, the painter you are and how you think?<br />
This can only bring us to the influence of Instagram and Facebook upon what we do. I compare Instagram and FB to a marvelous chocolate shop... so many good, yummy works. Which do I want? (Or which do I want to be like?) Does it help us to look? Or would we be better off carefully selecting our influences like we do our friends? Choosing to spend time looking through museums or reading a great art book? As you can tell, it's my dilemma too. I give them up and go back (like chocolate.) Do we need to break the spell?<br />
The thought that pops in my head-<br />
<i>Our painting life is precious. Be careful with whom you choose to associate. </i>loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-23338570555518917952018-10-16T09:01:00.001-04:002018-10-16T09:01:34.151-04:00nuggets from the field<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been very busy painting ever since summer began. My time has been filled with many painting events, painting trips and teaching. I know how fortunate I am to live a life where I can live my passion! And I am grateful every day. One of the many wonders of traveling while painting is meeting new people. I have met some super friends in the field, some people who have challenged my thinking, and some people who are like thinkers. Ignited by conversations I have some personal tips to offer. This is what I think, you make think otherwise, feel free to comment. You may first want to view my facebook page new video <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LoriannSignori/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">https://www.facebook.com/LoriannSignori/ </span> </a> and see what is in my studio at this time. For some reason I can't seem to add it to my post. On the link you will see a video of my last solo show (first) and the my most recent studio view (second). Check it out.<br />
Here are my tips:<br />
* Work consistently. While your work is a passion it is also a job. Schedule regular hours. I have found that on the days I teach I must be in the studio at 4:30 AM in order to get my work done while I am fresh, not dead to the world. That 4:30 shift is also my most productive since my brain is not totally on. I am responding instead of thinking.<br />
* Work on many paintings. Your brain and the painting benefit from time away to process (and with oil-to dry)<br />
*I take walks in between paintings to clear my mind. It's amazing how solutions come while you aren't thinking.<br />
*Your creativity is precious, only trust the opinion of those people you admire.<br />
*Draw, and then draw more. Your drawings are for you and they are better than photos.<br />
On another note I just received notification that one of my paintings was accepted into the IAPS web show that begins on November 1st. I will post again soon, but always feel free to check my facebook artist's page or my instagram feed. I post often in those places since i can do them from my phone. Blogger has still not updated its app. <br />
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<br />loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-60999241611067845852018-09-17T05:07:00.000-04:002018-09-19T13:11:45.937-04:00New work with Silver Lake<br />
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Silver Lake in Ocracoke has continued to obsess me. Months of distillation time help me feel rather than see. In the studio I am working with different methods, although all are on thick watercolor paper. The top painting is large, 22x30 and the surface is simply sanded. <br />
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This one has the additional layer of art spectrum pastel primer. it is smaller, maybe 8x8.<br />
Each painting has a completely different feel. Do you have a favorite? I know I do.loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-41208755817814165962018-08-09T06:16:00.000-04:002018-08-09T06:16:02.579-04:00back to the field<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Certain places compel us to paint. They simply stop us in our tracks when we see the siren calling us to the rocks. You see the poetry of color her words soft and sweet. The fields on Whidbey Island do that for me. Her rhythms and shapes make my heart beat just a little bit stronger. This are all plein air.<br />
Next stop, Prince Edward Island, Canada. <br />
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<br />loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-89639214066299897872018-07-24T06:30:00.000-04:002018-07-24T06:30:05.106-04:00making of a painting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Last week I was on the Island of Ocracoke, off the coast of North Carolina. It has a small harbor they call Silver Lake. This small body of water has always obsessed me but this time I arrived in Ocracoke with the simple idea that I would color study it over and over.<br />
I mostly used memory although some have been started by some plain air, like this one. Once I could separate and begin to work the following day I was free from what i saw and eager to simply play with color.loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-299709268591575932018-06-29T04:34:00.000-04:002018-06-29T04:34:03.165-04:00sanibel thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Maybe because it's summer and I am thinking of the beach.... that's why I have taken out my Sanibel smalls and sketches from my trip this spring. Normally I only work with the places I know inside out. I am going to make an exception since I see Sanibel in my head when I am here in my studio. I am fascinated by the way palm trees have a kind of lace work that my Mid Atlantic trees lack.<br />
More sketches and studies will evolve and I will see where it takes me.<br />
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organic developments.<br />
Veer away from the obvious.</span></div>
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Avoid falling into stylistic rote.<br />
Hone your tendencies and allow your flare to show.<br />
Don’t worry about finishing uninteresting things,<br />
but bring promising stuff to completion.<br />
Hang your best work in your studio for a second look.<br />
Make the work you’ve always fantasized about.<br />
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Postpone extensive external feedback.<br /><br />
I read something like this once. I wrote it down and adapted in my words. i wish i could remember where I found it so I could give credit.<br />
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As I continue working with the many ideas from Josef Albers, it feels like my eyes have been opened to possibilities I never thought possible. I feel more sensitive to the interaction between adjoining colors. Therefore I decided to add a painted frame. It allows me to do more with less. My favorite locations figure strongly in my new studies. Since when they are the muse there is no unnecessary thinking about making a place- it simply is, without effort. All the effort can go into the color vibration and melting.<br />
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Below please see the before painting... simply not exciting.<br />
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Now more about Josef Albers:<br />
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Josef Albers investigation into color was done by using minimal means -paint straight from the tube. He applied it meticulously
with a palette knife. His focused selection of colors took him through a journey, a serial investigation into rhythm, mood and spatial movement. loriann signorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738796573576452724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569842595006112796.post-11189328082872687292018-06-14T07:00:00.000-04:002018-06-15T13:03:41.384-04:00albers and me<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Ok, so now I begin processing the information I learned at Cynthia Dantzic's workshop.<br />
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This was how the painting looked first (below.) At the top is the painting in its new form. I added a frame in pastel so that I could play the colors off of each other. I moved back and forth, trying to make a new relationship between the two. It's just the beginning.<br />
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