Hot in Fort Lauderdale - BAG Gallery Show

Last night was a beautiful HOT South Florida night; perfect for the opening reception of the Landscape and Still Life exhibit at the Broward Art Guild! Below are some of my favorite artworks from the show, which are on display through Aug 22 in the Gallery...

Second Place! My favorite mixed media landscape.

Lynn Greenberg's whimsical landscape. What a beautiful frame, too! :)

OMG, this is a PASTEL! Beautiful.

Rainy eve coloring in this moody oil painting by Bonnie Shapiro.

GLITTER everywhere in this highly textured painting! LUV!

Love the movement in this acrylic abstract landscape.

Such an interesting still life by Ken Harrison.

This is an amazing WATERCOLOR!

Diane Wall Karmiol's sculpture "Alone".

Me with my Pebeo Acrylic triptych "Upland".

To inquire about and purchase any of the artworks shown here, contact the Broward Art Guild at 954-537-3370, or see these and many more on exhibit at the BAG Gallery, 3280 NE 32nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308. Visit their website HERE.

Hope you are enjoying the summer heat and fun outdoor activities... and it's Back To School for Floridian's this month! Happy Arting! :D  Tristina

On The Bench - Textured Panels

I am a TEXTURE girl! There, I've said it... Artwork that has nooks and crannies turns me on. No surprise, then, that I LOVE Bill Creevy's paintings. There is an airiness and mood about them that is fatally attractive...

The great news is, Bill has 2 books full of his artwork and techniques for getting that yummy texture in his The Pastel Book and The Oil Painting Book, both published in the 1990's and still readily available.

The trick he shares in The Pastel Book about how he creates his layered and textured panels for painting with pastels and oils is invaluable if you want to create similar airy artwork.

Here's a picture of my first crack at creating panels for my own paintings...

I have found that besides the type of acrylic modeling paste Bill recommends in his book, I have had success with Golden's Coarse Molding Paste and Pebeo's High Density Modeling Paste as well. If you love textured surfaces and artwork like I do, give Bill Creevy's panel making trick a try!

Happy Arting!  :D  Tristina