November 13, 2011 at 12:30 am (Concept Art)
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There are two main components to being an artist. The first is obviously creating art. The second is the one that I, and many other artists, struggle with. The second is promoting your art.
I’ve been spending the past month focusing on the promotion of my work. It certainly has been paying off. I have my first solo exhibition at the Ocean City Arts Center March 2012. My drawings are now on sale at the Noyes Museum of Art’s gift shop. Currently, my work is showing in three group shows. People are posting my works in their tumblrs and pinterests. It feels good to be appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to look at my work. Thank you for taking the time to tell others about my work. It means the world to me.
Unfortunately, as I’ve been promoting my work, the time for creation of work has diminished. Illustrations like the one above are all I’ve had time to paint. Hopefully within the next week or so I’ll be able to make a serious painting.
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July 14, 2011 at 5:10 pm (watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, ashmen, bench, building, business, candy, cuisine, downtwon, food, ink, jen, local, paint, painting, pink, purple, road, shop, sidewalk, sky, stairs, street, summer, sweet, tracy, travel, watercolor
I love summer. I love sweets. I love how this mid July painting of a candy shop turned out. Chocolate covered strawberries, mmmmm.
Summer Sweet Shop. Watercolor and Ink on paper. 7″ x 6″ (17.8 cm x 15.2 cm).
Unframed: $200.00
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July 7, 2011 at 1:21 am (watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, asbury, ashmen, avenue, beach, beautiful, business, city, decoration, down, dress, fashion, front, heat, jen, jersey, new, ocean, orange, plein air, shop, shopping, shore, small, store, summer, town, travel. street, umbrella, vacation, watercoloer, windo
This watercolor painting of a Jersey shore store front won first place in the July 6th Ocean City Paint Out. Shop windows in vacation towns are always eye catching. Something about that orange dress demanded to be painted.
Down the Shore Store. Watercolor and Ink on paper. 7″ x 6″ (17.8 cm x 15.2 cm).
SOLD
Feel free to join me at next Wednesday’s Evenings Along Asbury plein air painting event.
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June 30, 2011 at 7:06 pm (landscape, watercolor on paper)
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Last night was the first Evenings Along Asbury of the summer. Besides great community events, every Wednesday throughout the summer there is a plein air event in Ocean City. Through this paint out I have met fantastic local artists like Ryan Simmons, Chuck Law, and Martini.
As an artist, most of what I create is done in solitude. Evenings Along Asbury gives me a chance to work adjacent to other painters for an entire season. Needless to say, I look forward to it all year. It is refreshing to see the downtown come together for the sake of the arts.
The following piece was painted last night between 5 and 7:30 pm. It won third place in the first Ocean City Fine Arts paint out of 2011.
Sunset. Watercolor and Ink on paper. 7″ x 6″ (17.8 cm x 15.2 cm).
Unframed: $200.00
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April 27, 2011 at 11:58 pm (watercolor on paper)
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Behind my laundry mat, there is a supermarket. The food is fresh and well priced. I would not know about this food market if it was not for my need to go on walks as my clothes dry. The store is called “Gokul: Indian Supermarket.” It is a beautiful building.
Secret Supermarket. Watercolor and ink on paper. 6″ x 7″.
Unframed: $175.00
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February 24, 2011 at 11:48 pm (watercolor on paper)
Tags: advertisement, art, artist, ashmen, bathroom, blue, board, brushm sketch, bulletin, business, clothes, coffee, corner, door, ink, jen, life, local, paint, painter, painting, pen, shop, shopping, sign, town
This past month, some of my small watercolor works were on display at Grooveground in Collingswood, NJ. To commemorate the occasion, I painted this wet sketch of Grooveground’s interior.
Coffee Shop Corner. Watercolor and ink on cotton paper. 6″ x 5″
Unframed: $100.00
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August 27, 2010 at 9:29 pm (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Tags: 3/50, air, art, artist, ashmen, beautiful, building, business, chain, city, clothes, color, door, front, gabrielle and co, green, hammonton, jen, jersey, light, local, new, ocean, open, paint, painter, painting, paints, plein, roof, sign, store, window
For my last plein air painting in Ocean City, NJ this summer I painted Gabrielle and Co.‘s store front. As their slogan says, the store is a “fabulous collection of beautiful things.” If you’re ever in Ocean City I suggest checking it out. Also, a new branch has just opened up in Hammonton, NJ. Stop by and say hi to Julie for me.
Gabrielle and Co. Watercolor and ink on paper. 8.5″ x 5″.
SOLD
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August 1, 2010 at 5:04 pm (ink on paper, pen on paper, watercolor on paper)
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Asbury Avenue in Ocean City NJ has an out door painting competition every Wednesday of the summer. This past Wednesday I won second place with this painting. The painting was a particular challenge as I chose to sit across the street from the buildings I painted. Large vehicles kept parking in front of my subject matter. I learned a valuable lesson about vantage point.
Across the Street. Watercolor and ink on paper. 8.5″ x 5″.
SOLD
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July 10, 2010 at 2:02 pm (ink on paper, Sketchbook Saturday!)
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I never do.
Below is a drawing from my sketchbook made during a Hammonton Arts Center board meeting. My skecthbook and I are still inseperable. Unfortunately, Twitpic seems to see more of its contents than this blog does.
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July 2, 2010 at 8:55 pm (art news, landscape, watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, asbury, ashmen, building, business, candy, chair, city, color, competition, downtown, draw, ink, jen, main, new jersey, ocean, ourdoors, outside, paint, painter, painting, plein air, sea, sky, street, summer, sun, tree
Wednesday was this year’s first Evenings Along Asbury. In the summer time, Ocean City’s downtown has a weekly plein air competition. The shops set up flags along the main street at designated painter’s points. An artist has between 5 pm and 7:45 pm to make a painting at that location. My small watercolor took about two and a half hours to create. In it I continued exploring the incorporation of ink drawing in my colored work. I am very proud and grateful to say that my painting received the first place prize this week. Below is my watercolor rendition of Asbury Ave seen from the front of Primo’s.
Candy Coated. Watercolor and ink on paper. 5″ x 8.5″.
SOLD
Also, here is a short montage advertising the weekly event.
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