tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220516842024-03-07T18:57:32.849-08:00Angela Saxon, Landscape PaintingsThe paintings of Angela Mathias Saxon are showcased here, plus shows and gallery links. A Leelanau County artist, Angela paints from the landscape, focusing on expressive movements in nature. Email: angelamsaxon@gmail.com. Website: www.angelasaxon.com. All reproduction rights reserved, ©2008 Angela Saxon. No images on this site may be reproduced for any purpose.Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-33407131623521497552010-11-21T08:33:00.000-08:002010-11-21T08:36:13.055-08:00painting from paintingsI'm convinced that painting from paintings is good. The hardest part at the moment is that I seem to have to finish a pretty realistic painting on a panel before I can really get at the abstraction that I want. I'd like to figure out how to have that process involve two paintings at least. The plein air versions of the paintings, and then the abstractions. Separate rather than on top of each other!Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-41716678596638010142010-10-20T13:55:00.000-07:002010-10-20T13:57:19.637-07:00Wednesday, Oct 20It's hard not to be seduced by the drama of nature. I'm stuck on that today.<br /><br />Or then I'm disappointed by the lack of drama when I need it.<br /><br />A day of looking, and some drawing....Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-20313379936865659662010-10-19T07:03:00.000-07:002010-10-19T07:04:50.670-07:00Notes, October 19<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikR1tg1AWSW5lrSfM9h3tbGTLrKJMHWjXnl4Rb5CHtOH13vh7G4MKNGyVFUJHLJogpFZvgI0p455QRxpynhrNlIM1k4AGxKK3YG9DhxoRy5EJB_3WX_Hp9mTo6UlrLwjP8-o-0iw/s1600/downsize.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikR1tg1AWSW5lrSfM9h3tbGTLrKJMHWjXnl4Rb5CHtOH13vh7G4MKNGyVFUJHLJogpFZvgI0p455QRxpynhrNlIM1k4AGxKK3YG9DhxoRy5EJB_3WX_Hp9mTo6UlrLwjP8-o-0iw/s400/downsize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529757760129881314" border="0" /></a>I had a great couple of hours of drawing time yesterday afternoon, the light was so dramatic. I was drawing in a very familiar location, but I very much tried to just respond to what I was looking at, rather than make it conform to some pre-conceived notion I might have of what the drawing should look like. I still think I was holding on to expectations a bit, but it will take practice.<br />I'm thinking about roadways, pathways, driving in a car, stuff moving into the distance and the distance coming at me. Red and green and orange, about drawing marks…how might I start to better translate some of the drawing marks, the excavating that happens, into my paintings?Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-40555345687055580542010-10-18T05:49:00.000-07:002010-10-18T05:59:14.289-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84ykifsu6H0Gclk0pDS4QMRmckU0juVB6ZyylmTKv45oPvIJlE9aRdl1lkV2LT-XYqxVf6gbD6TXOUXcdLuEP5X5Hdxy97GvaehtEasAW929Gqy-Nt2oXCRRdvQS8lGSg7WJYVA/s1600/PleinAir_July09.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84ykifsu6H0Gclk0pDS4QMRmckU0juVB6ZyylmTKv45oPvIJlE9aRdl1lkV2LT-XYqxVf6gbD6TXOUXcdLuEP5X5Hdxy97GvaehtEasAW929Gqy-Nt2oXCRRdvQS8lGSg7WJYVA/s400/PleinAir_July09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529367453283248850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" >Painting notes | October 18</span><br />I have been meaning to write more about my painting/process/thoughts, and figured that maybe by posting to my blog, I'd have more motivation to keep it going. Here's what I'm thinking about today, really me talking to myself, but then again not...<br /><br />These ideas keep popping to the surface: layers, excavation, revealing secrets, but also to hide information. To make it more work to get at the heart of the matter, less obvious, to obscure, be elusive. Sometimes I feel that my paintings have become too obvious. And the landscape isn't obvious. Or when it is, it can hardly be painted. A sunset. Flaming fall color... a rainbow. Right, not so much.... It's the subtle that is really fabulous. Might be that summer is past and that landscape can be over the top in as far as color and just general brilliance goes. I'm ready for the fall color to move on.....<br /><br />I need to both engage my eye and imagination, but also my hand. Brain, heart, hand? Can i abstract paintings from the plein air paintings/sketches? There are definitely recurring elements in the paintings to consider: horizontal bands. treelike in distance. sky. roads/pathways. clouds.<br /><br />Drawing: must draw today. Must draw every day. Richard Serra said so.Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-49878268359781195522010-04-19T20:01:00.000-07:002010-04-19T20:03:21.721-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:130%;" >What inspires me.....</span><br /><br />An acquaintance asked me to write something about what inspires me, for her blog. So thought I'd share it here too. Here goes:<br /><br />"As a little kid, when asked what I wanted to be, I always replied, 'an artist.' But then there was that question of what to paint or what to draw. I remember asking my mom this question many times. I suppose she offered suggestions, but somehow the void was never filled.<br /><br />"I went to college to study art, and still was asking the same question….what should I paint? I earned my BFA in painting, and made a lot of paintings in the process. I explored color and pattern, the still life and interiors, and the general moving around of paint. But something was always missing--I was still searching for THE answer.<br /><br />A few years after graduating, after marrying and having my first daughter, our family moved to northern Michigan. I don't know what my exact feelings about landscape paintings was, but it wasn't necessarily something I ever thought I'd strive for.<br /><br />But there it was. The landscape. Staring me in the face all day every day. It is spectacularly beautiful in northern Michigan, in any time of the year. After a few months I finally started to paint it. And the more I paint it the more I see. My eye then and now is just drawn into places in the landscape. Light playing across a meadow, huge clouds towering over the lake, it's always captivating to me. Sometimes I wonder how many times I can paint a cloud over a lake, but so far it's new to me every time. And I think that it is through this subject matter that my work is starting to move away from the literal,...expressing more of the emotion of what I'm looking at, not just the imagery. Go figure. ; )Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-37644096043131416382010-02-19T12:33:00.001-08:002010-02-19T12:41:41.825-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ocuBNMvb_sKTIahdRlOWnFpyWMmvUDq4XGtNRimwWCP8RrvlsYtliMkd1W6I0WsQ4dzD-Jb-OhpDytwBfMHx6XWf8YFriAT86IsEsVu2S6UL4bqmcnZIhP4k1cal-AKzr5jJOQ/s1600-h/FieldPatterns_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ocuBNMvb_sKTIahdRlOWnFpyWMmvUDq4XGtNRimwWCP8RrvlsYtliMkd1W6I0WsQ4dzD-Jb-OhpDytwBfMHx6XWf8YFriAT86IsEsVu2S6UL4bqmcnZIhP4k1cal-AKzr5jJOQ/s400/FieldPatterns_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440056053084884130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTg8LNp5YpqbLvpB6ZM7MKRT_KMWjqCbTjO-dCXNgQ4wdlxxBR2Pzw7VeNMqZfA9c_B1vb_2i1lkV5xN2hTlQqe1FobSeJqDZZDxBj_cbDdD6yVGXSyA2PAr6zYZCzeH7_ziP-oQ/s1600-h/FieldPatterns_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTg8LNp5YpqbLvpB6ZM7MKRT_KMWjqCbTjO-dCXNgQ4wdlxxBR2Pzw7VeNMqZfA9c_B1vb_2i1lkV5xN2hTlQqe1FobSeJqDZZDxBj_cbDdD6yVGXSyA2PAr6zYZCzeH7_ziP-oQ/s400/FieldPatterns_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440056045080347074" border="0" /></a><br />Field Pattern Series<br />A new series of encaustics. These are 12" x 12" on panel. I've been working on a series of plein air paintings done on the back of Bicycle playing cards for a few years now. The delicate pattern on the back of the cards has become an integral element of that work. This new series is pushing that idea further.<br /><br />The delicate details of the background patterns play against the broad movements and geometric compositions of this series. The medium of encaustic lends itself well to this layering process. You can see the complete series at www.angelasaxon.comAngela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-52810918089411104332010-01-08T05:09:00.001-08:002010-01-08T05:14:12.080-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5ayUpuyWFZv7sfyqxhzlXvwvlMnxaJpk9odDVX_VJrBX5tmagWb7gc1DI-cPTnebtn9uz_pUQKtfEzcs09zxfvfSeipm7imwwJWkyO1R-lP5uAcbMcV9wWRuPdDWh_oK5_URoQ/s1600-h/MeadowDiptych_1_sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5ayUpuyWFZv7sfyqxhzlXvwvlMnxaJpk9odDVX_VJrBX5tmagWb7gc1DI-cPTnebtn9uz_pUQKtfEzcs09zxfvfSeipm7imwwJWkyO1R-lP5uAcbMcV9wWRuPdDWh_oK5_URoQ/s400/MeadowDiptych_1_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424355742417894098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">Meadow</span></span><br />I had forgotten how many issues there are surrounding a diptych. In actuality, there are two paintings, but they have to function as one painting. I feel strongly that each painting must stand alone, be successful without its companion. I originally started this new series thinking of convenience. How much easier to haul around two paintings that add up to 80" wide as opposed to one huge panel? But it is so much harder to paint. This is oil on canvas, each panel is 40 x 30.Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-27539598799350975122009-12-02T06:05:00.001-08:002009-12-02T06:11:53.428-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDsw2MT-lHc2x8FMMMK57kehS07Hih1rBrOg8yetTgxXh3IHT4kd98pi_6b82Nuxz9DvXInLvYpffL8kyWfJnHvSSktEdN9ke2l4wOl1Hkua-bOu7ej8Y2INJeGHMUVae-18qUg/s1600-h/November_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDsw2MT-lHc2x8FMMMK57kehS07Hih1rBrOg8yetTgxXh3IHT4kd98pi_6b82Nuxz9DvXInLvYpffL8kyWfJnHvSSktEdN9ke2l4wOl1Hkua-bOu7ej8Y2INJeGHMUVae-18qUg/s400/November_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410640309442405458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOBKX02d1XY6gPS1ph8CNVo184sldxl8ZKJq-Hn46X5YuAPS5a46oIZqkoR_3Cq5wqTeqy8qbbWfgA5SCggFyGdRI9V58KkK3fDZ-IpDywqavjAkFj9xxdioFk2AzoAeCyP0vmw/s1600-h/November_08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOBKX02d1XY6gPS1ph8CNVo184sldxl8ZKJq-Hn46X5YuAPS5a46oIZqkoR_3Cq5wqTeqy8qbbWfgA5SCggFyGdRI9V58KkK3fDZ-IpDywqavjAkFj9xxdioFk2AzoAeCyP0vmw/s400/November_08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410640299014841154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBjWciLrc41rH8NCu6Ys7IZyd61xO9g3BjwvjPuM5KwQSxAbTT46KOT0wooO15NFLNDmJzwmzzPRyp2zdge9VLtb16oo1PKqf_hAiQENtO_oh_VSRcUJX9sU0z5mlMKTpIpue3A/s1600-h/November_07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBjWciLrc41rH8NCu6Ys7IZyd61xO9g3BjwvjPuM5KwQSxAbTT46KOT0wooO15NFLNDmJzwmzzPRyp2zdge9VLtb16oo1PKqf_hAiQENtO_oh_VSRcUJX9sU0z5mlMKTpIpue3A/s400/November_07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410640291036779410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">November Plein Air Miniatures</span></span><br />Here are a few more in my series of little playing card paintings. I work on these on location...at the present from the cozy interior of my pickup. The small size allows me to work out compositional issues in the landscape in front of me, and then very much inform my larger paintings in the studio.Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-46061423258298471882009-10-29T07:05:00.001-07:002009-10-29T07:08:06.192-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwd-etgvy2BFw1sjoMt1nsFZLyiaF5yQqGTbWPwO1YMKdPwnyf5icGE9nKmTEKI34LXjQZnk0anPPT_JGtPpaUf_4lWWZUbYSL5bU4lbqiZ3fNIKAny4sxT9WCrgnecjTX0ePz_w/s1600-h/Oct28_AngelaOverlook.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwd-etgvy2BFw1sjoMt1nsFZLyiaF5yQqGTbWPwO1YMKdPwnyf5icGE9nKmTEKI34LXjQZnk0anPPT_JGtPpaUf_4lWWZUbYSL5bU4lbqiZ3fNIKAny4sxT9WCrgnecjTX0ePz_w/s400/Oct28_AngelaOverlook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398023047259340258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQZv8-eZPGsIEwLwA17BrVlrB03ZzKCjTyjVkBwInuFWcsV1_5cZ-sCCpzhcYDaciD2v85f6XNwOqFH7LyiCDdR2jSO_BnvX4qNATl_Dqso40QCtmZGQY8X8iGTCTpWXNEnAGxQ/s1600-h/Oct28_Overlook.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQZv8-eZPGsIEwLwA17BrVlrB03ZzKCjTyjVkBwInuFWcsV1_5cZ-sCCpzhcYDaciD2v85f6XNwOqFH7LyiCDdR2jSO_BnvX4qNATl_Dqso40QCtmZGQY8X8iGTCTpWXNEnAGxQ/s400/Oct28_Overlook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398023037151169746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">Lake Overlook</span></span><br />Painting from my favorite spot overlooking Lake Leelanau. The second photo is the painting I finished just at sunset. The light in those last two hours was amazing..Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-12975550140394191512009-10-26T14:04:00.001-07:002009-10-26T14:20:11.132-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidh_tBEdZ2j2QbKYQ5oi1RQjGBtWUbvnpn5wBikqFEz7X6_NnEtsu1iu7nOyGqVsQax9w1rbnlYV59471Pb5GNRCZgfxSoWzTgaoWMlqHYsWzHJnF5WfPgOhxFrmLW84hDusGEyQ/s1600-h/Cleveland09_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidh_tBEdZ2j2QbKYQ5oi1RQjGBtWUbvnpn5wBikqFEz7X6_NnEtsu1iu7nOyGqVsQax9w1rbnlYV59471Pb5GNRCZgfxSoWzTgaoWMlqHYsWzHJnF5WfPgOhxFrmLW84hDusGEyQ/s400/Cleveland09_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397018182970579714" border="0" /></a><span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" >Cleveland Exhibit Went Great</span><br />Here's a couple photos from my exhibit last weekend in Cleveland at the Mezzanine Gallery's temporary space. It is in a converted elementary school in the heart of Little Italy. Sold some paintings and met many wonderful folks! Thanks so much to Geoff and Kate Baker for hosting me for the weekend (and my sister..she's in the kitchen in this first photo...couldn't do these short shows without her!) Thanks to Sharon too....<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFaxPLfi8la5W9O634YI_BaHsFvCdsvUCoJi-VaYi9fVoiH0DHi0fcbT2mUQhtfKJU07aX6W4b1Jw30VnRmx64234my31T9QXdE_kOCvQ9CRQcSgmo7n_eLusEYppibl_Stl5IA/s1600-h/Cleveland09_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFaxPLfi8la5W9O634YI_BaHsFvCdsvUCoJi-VaYi9fVoiH0DHi0fcbT2mUQhtfKJU07aX6W4b1Jw30VnRmx64234my31T9QXdE_kOCvQ9CRQcSgmo7n_eLusEYppibl_Stl5IA/s400/Cleveland09_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397018177176788802" border="0" /></a>Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-63484820018902412052009-10-21T05:53:00.001-07:002009-10-22T17:56:34.697-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwemx_gmLbhjz-pOz_QQEjdEQCmlgTe20N7Y7cc04JCelXYegkm7UaRgAcUeiWi6GzepD7c2jKPKYL-qSeX5f0-t7wBeYV6q7IEVgRSczNC8qofKBe_ikS43l4bv9sySfomUqVg/s1600-h/0925_SafeHarborB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwemx_gmLbhjz-pOz_QQEjdEQCmlgTe20N7Y7cc04JCelXYegkm7UaRgAcUeiWi6GzepD7c2jKPKYL-qSeX5f0-t7wBeYV6q7IEVgRSczNC8qofKBe_ikS43l4bv9sySfomUqVg/s400/0925_SafeHarborB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395036604870762898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">Weekend show in Cleveland at Mezzanine Gallery</span></span><br />I'm taking it on the road again this weekend for a 2 day show in Cleveland. The gallery owners are renting a larger gallery space for the weekend so we can put on this event. Looking forward to showing around 25 recent paintings. The exhibit runs Friday night from 6 to 9 pm and then again on Saturday from noon to 4 pm. Friday evening I'll be giving a short presentation about this body of work. If you're in the area, please stop by. Email me if you want more information, angelamsaxon@gmail.com<br />Mezzanine Gallery<br />2026 Murray Hill Road #209, ClevelandAngela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-962068997993934682009-09-09T04:34:00.000-07:002009-09-10T06:09:01.817-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMi8nw1Ar1jmZ-EMnXtyy1U6c17Vtoy8EB56FiNEdgTnMJ0JW8LLggg2svwGKVeWptRoWwfeFz4iDkxXQAId9LhKx8rBcThyiufFwzLq5rxdX-5XzYzfSIgLPK-8mPmZXFmUcovA/s1600-h/AIC_CityView.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMi8nw1Ar1jmZ-EMnXtyy1U6c17Vtoy8EB56FiNEdgTnMJ0JW8LLggg2svwGKVeWptRoWwfeFz4iDkxXQAId9LhKx8rBcThyiufFwzLq5rxdX-5XzYzfSIgLPK-8mPmZXFmUcovA/s400/AIC_CityView.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379824808972997202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWB2HS_QIEzHVKCh_Izn4ijd9RZWPwcaQu4mAZT0njFNKg4d9pBFuEMATsxhR2me9Dgau-Hz6nmYWGGaeA2SiA7OqMP1Z6uKr_tp0fhz56O6srR57FI_5DgCua2ez-MbuP9HkZTA/s1600-h/AIC_ModernWing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWB2HS_QIEzHVKCh_Izn4ijd9RZWPwcaQu4mAZT0njFNKg4d9pBFuEMATsxhR2me9Dgau-Hz6nmYWGGaeA2SiA7OqMP1Z6uKr_tp0fhz56O6srR57FI_5DgCua2ez-MbuP9HkZTA/s400/AIC_ModernWing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379824730958642738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP6PQWANQkGAQmm9QA26VPyzz1KiGs7HvG9W3B3QuDW_9JqmcP7MQFBJInv4QJ4yD5pwOpknsvprSgKBVBNEqACDQTxfHTM1TEI1ijwe3lzMQ_zDhLf3M77lNQwRmhy-8gmonOg/s1600-h/AngMichael_AIC1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP6PQWANQkGAQmm9QA26VPyzz1KiGs7HvG9W3B3QuDW_9JqmcP7MQFBJInv4QJ4yD5pwOpknsvprSgKBVBNEqACDQTxfHTM1TEI1ijwe3lzMQ_zDhLf3M77lNQwRmhy-8gmonOg/s400/AngMichael_AIC1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379824634668769938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" >Cy Twombly at the Art Institute Chicago</span><br />I was so lucky to catch this exhibit last weekend (with Chicago pal Michael). I'd always been a fan, but didn't realize how much i would be captivated by his new work. If you have a chance, go see this. It's up until Oct 11th. Here's a link to the AIC site:<br />www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/CyTwombly/overviewAngela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-6331482616421636002009-08-30T08:25:00.001-07:002009-08-30T08:33:04.399-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLUZOiz6_bnW_8UoFh_rvFkjsmS2vtqqXj5xda7VDrjDlJJisDh-7O8wexQ0pHlApk9E3yC5F98UQU7YyeNOr35BwZJFIaIpnJVOOwguSFjqJ7-NRLDTTzp5Y3GOJMc0xoNdiuQ/s1600-h/CIMG5224.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLUZOiz6_bnW_8UoFh_rvFkjsmS2vtqqXj5xda7VDrjDlJJisDh-7O8wexQ0pHlApk9E3yC5F98UQU7YyeNOr35BwZJFIaIpnJVOOwguSFjqJ7-NRLDTTzp5Y3GOJMc0xoNdiuQ/s400/CIMG5224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375778530304238642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">Rainy Days</span></span><br />In mid August, I participated in a plein air event through Water Street Gallery. It ended up being a cold, rainy, seemingly miserable day for mid-August in Michigan. But once out, i really started to get into the smaller range of colors and by the way that the intense summer greens were subdued by the overcast skies. A blue sky can just be so obvious. With the rapidly changing overcast sky, i had to be so much more a careful observer, had to really look hard.<br /><br />The event at Water Street ended up going great. I sold a number of paintings as did many of the other artists that participated. And I think it's launched me into a new series of work. This is one of my watercolors from yesterday..the second rainy, cold weekend day in a row for us, but now i'm rather looking forward to these days.<br />You can see more of these watercolors from Friday and Saturday (8/29-30) on my website: www.angelasaxon.comAngela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-82519923899825515532009-08-26T05:09:00.001-07:002009-08-26T05:14:10.521-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPBrvnqbqtj6whG_5kc11N4HrNK2KLIrcwbJ4bZ0nyAbbxvqi3QWCKcbDTHtHkct18K0C_AisQAKICw0mxTAY_ynRrf5AYZNl03AstzhhFzDR3poAyN85RMoGgDMxMMZOR7PWvw/s1600-h/0936_LakeColors_sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPBrvnqbqtj6whG_5kc11N4HrNK2KLIrcwbJ4bZ0nyAbbxvqi3QWCKcbDTHtHkct18K0C_AisQAKICw0mxTAY_ynRrf5AYZNl03AstzhhFzDR3poAyN85RMoGgDMxMMZOR7PWvw/s400/0936_LakeColors_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374243662311032770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" >New Summer Paintings</span><br />Summer is fast and furious up here in the north and I always feel that I have to absorb as much of the summer color and flavor as I can! I've been painting a series that is just about water. The ever changing colors and textures are endlessly fascinating to me.<br /><br />I spend a lot of my time just looking, trying to see what's really happening on and below the surface of the water. Trying to convince my painter eyes to not necessarily believe what i think to be true about water, but rather to actually SEE what's happening. You can see more of this series on my website, www.angelasaxon.comAngela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-70465072881337063582009-05-01T06:51:00.001-07:002009-05-01T07:05:10.566-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FkIAUp9ZqJ5F2GBSCYJqftMKmrTCrU1MPJbBTFUSvwsUfBnoxHgkCfH3aDczc7eCAMgYeQmqegiK6B8aUKGl5I8WMVvRaqGvuFTZFf5KcGT6_LQznLIepFGMCGrEp8usJtYSxw/s1600-h/AprilSalon_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FkIAUp9ZqJ5F2GBSCYJqftMKmrTCrU1MPJbBTFUSvwsUfBnoxHgkCfH3aDczc7eCAMgYeQmqegiK6B8aUKGl5I8WMVvRaqGvuFTZFf5KcGT6_LQznLIepFGMCGrEp8usJtYSxw/s400/AprilSalon_front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330853407358694466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">April Salon</span></span><br />Trying for a different approach to reaching patrons, a friend and I participated in a salon at the home of my sister and her husband in northern lower Michigan. Our thoughts were that by showing work in a home setting, and by creating an event that had at its heart an open forum for discussion and comment, we'd be able to open up the possibilities for engagement with a new group of individuals.<br /><br />Royce Deans and I each hung new work and in addition, we showed a couple series of still life paintings that Royce and I make collaboratively. We managed to fit over 40 paintings! You can see photos at www.angelasaxon.com. Click on SALON at the top of the page.<br /><br />Early in the evening, we gathered for a lecture of sorts: my sister introduced the evening and then Royce and I each made a presentation. We then opened the discussion up to everyone present. Conversations were lively and engaging--it seemed that everyone enjoyed the openness of the evening.<br /><br />We decided to keep the work up for a few weeks and then have a salon closing the weekend of May 8/9th. Email me if you're going to be in the Ann Arbor area and would like to attend. angelamsaxon@gmail.comAngela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-43191078704522533172009-04-13T15:13:00.001-07:002009-04-13T17:32:53.891-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAgjwki_06HsiJD-e1S4G5tk86KG4rADaxP033v0FIxzq4rningrkOVV4l4-995UYFLclp6KGrgWZTtyHMbA-lBh2Pd_mApHRINROjA0mlFi8rjk8p-2vtcMrHgz3S08pvpfRqA/s1600-h/0906_LastLight.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAgjwki_06HsiJD-e1S4G5tk86KG4rADaxP033v0FIxzq4rningrkOVV4l4-995UYFLclp6KGrgWZTtyHMbA-lBh2Pd_mApHRINROjA0mlFi8rjk8p-2vtcMrHgz3S08pvpfRqA/s400/0906_LastLight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324306305647164994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">Late Light</span></span><br />One in a new series of middle-sized paintings. Thinking about light and shadow, and how a controlled but relatively raw brushstroke can define.<br />This is 16 x 16, oil on panel. The rest of this series is posted on my website, www.angelasaxon.com if you'd like to see more.Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-71651976411430705292009-02-17T15:17:00.001-08:002009-02-17T15:20:08.903-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcpa8danMW3l4sIEjmFGA1S-raJDGJGdc4XAnwaY4LNCy4Fkr36Dd0YX-sWe-oUbDEDFxVS694xb7GiIBy6EL4E_jRGbMMBJLmFcdEktUqJaDU44frVc0T1s7wSYMV9hJdBd1vw/s1600-h/Four_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcpa8danMW3l4sIEjmFGA1S-raJDGJGdc4XAnwaY4LNCy4Fkr36Dd0YX-sWe-oUbDEDFxVS694xb7GiIBy6EL4E_jRGbMMBJLmFcdEktUqJaDU44frVc0T1s7wSYMV9hJdBd1vw/s400/Four_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303909961289352786" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br />Number Four in my current series, "Divisions"</span><br />This is 80 x 36", oil on panelAngela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-56269686088075858462009-02-11T13:01:00.000-08:002009-02-11T13:04:24.621-08:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" >An email interview with gallery owner, Emily Amy</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Emily Amy, owner of Emily Amy Gallery in Atlanta posed the following questions to all her gallery artists. I thought it might be interesting to post those answers here...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">An interview with my artists:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What is your earliest memory of making art and when did you realize that you were an artist?</span><br />When I was around three, my parents let me use their oils and I painted a picture of my siamese cat playing with a ball. I can remember moving the paint around as I watched the cat...at least I think I can remember. I still have the painting, so that might be what triggers the memory. Regardless, I was hooked. When asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always responded, "an artist." (Though there was that period when I was maybe 9 or 10 that I changed that to "a billboard painter..."). I realized I was an artist after college, when I kept at it hard when nobody was really looking.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tell me more about your creative process.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What inspires you? Please be as broad as you like.</span><br />I am inspired by what I see as I go through my daily life. When I lived in a big city, I painted interior spaces. Having lived in a beautiful, rural area for the past 20+ years, the landscape now is what inspires me. Specifically, I'm drawn to intimate spaces in a large scene. Pulled into the landscape by a detail that is often quite far in the distance. That rush of moving into a visual space is what I try to capture in my work.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What artists, in particular, have influenced your work and why?</span><br />I have looked at deKooning's work for many years. The confidence of his marks, whether he's working in a figurative style, or loose and flowing -- that confidence is so engaging to me. It more than describes whatever he is rendering.<br /><br />Right now, I'm looking at Eric Aho's quarry paintings. I saw an exhibit of that body of work in NYC and was blown away. There's an awkwardness that he seems to portray, even in the midst of a stunning landscape.<br /><br />Franz Kline was a revelation for me. While always appreciating his large black and white paintings, I thought that they were probably executed in some wild mad dash of energy. But after reading more about his process I came to understand that they are very deliberate. That opened a door for me. I was trying to push a looseness into my own work, but kept running over myself, so to speak. With my current body of work, after the small preliminary sketches and studies for a painting are finished, and I think that I understand what I'm going to paint, I can slow down and really plan my moves one at a time: planning the specific brushstrokes, loading the paint carefully on the brush, etc. Controlled spontaneity.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What hobbies/interests do you have aside from making art?</span><br />I spend a lot of time in the summer on the water, either sailing, swimming or hanging out at the beach. We usually take a long summer vacation on our sailboat. Sitting on the deck, watching the endless horizon pass by, or gazing for hours at the passing water, changing color as depths change. This very much informs my painting. I pretty much always have my sketchbook and drawing stuff on hand.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How do you remain engaged and motivated when you are beginning to feel bored or complacent in the studio?</span><br />There are a number of ways that I push past those frustrating places. In my current work, which is all quite large, I'm at the same time working on a series of very small paintings. The small paintings help me to work out issues for the large work, trying different variations on the composition, etc. They help to keep ideas flowing.<br /><br />Another project has very much influenced my work for the past couple years and has almost eliminated those times of restlessness in the studio, which is wonderful. I began a collaborative series a year or two ago with another painter. We initially began working together as an experiment, one that I initiated as I have always had a desire to work in tandem with another artist. We chose a subject matter that was intentionally different from each of our own personal work: the still life. Through a process of trial and error, we developed a format for our process. We work together on a setup, making small sketches to fine tune the composition. We then take turns on the painting, from the initial charcoal sketch to the end of the painting. While one of us is painting, the other is generally watching the work. We comment and discuss aspect of the work more and more as the painting develops. We generally put in 2-3 sessions on each painting.<br /><br />One of the struggles that faces me regularly in my own studio occurs when I'm fairly deep into a painting, and some part of it isn't working. There's a reluctance to wipe out that area or to paint it out, to realize that because I won't let go of one “precious” area in a painting the entire piece isn't as strong as it could be. Painting with another artist, together on one painting, spreads that responsibility out a bit and makes it so much easier to be daring and make some necessary change that pushes each of our own work forward. For me, this has completely validated the time and effort I've put into these collaborative sessions. In addition, we are developing an interesting body of work. You can see the work if you like on my website, www.angelasaxon.com, under Extra Stuff.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Where do you see yourself in 10 years?</span><br />Isn't there only one answer? A really successful artist, selling work, getting great reviews, fame (well, I actually don't care so much about fame, just want to have my work out there).<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What is your current passion project in the studio (or outside the studio) and what is next for you in 2009?</span><br />I'm in the middle of a new series of very large paintings and very small paintings. The very large paintings started first. I'm working 80" x 36 and 60" x 36, oil on panel. Exploring what, at first, seemed to be the simple relationship between sky and water or sky and land. Horizontals. Half and half division. How the top of the painting relates to the bottom. As I've gotten farther into the series, I'm starting to understand that the interesting relationships are much smaller in scale than the large sky/land or water relationship. The scale of marks is exciting for me: the movement of paint on a large scale describing intimate details.<br /><br />The small paintings are 3.5" x 2.5", oil on playing cards. I started this small series to work out details for the large paintings. But likewise, have been surprised by how expansive the small work feels. They have kind of switched places. The big paintings have an intimacy about them and the small paintings feel more vast. I'm still trying to figure out what this is really all about. In the meantime, I'm continuing just to paint.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What is your favorite color and does that influence your color choices in the studio?</span><br />I don't think I have a favorite color. Being a landscape painter, I find that I often am most frustrated by green. And try to challenge myself to not always see the sky as blue. The tube of paint that I can't do without is Daniel Smith's Quinacridone Burnt Orange. I add it to almost everything. That and their Tiger's Eye Genuine.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Do you consider yourself a self-taught artist or a classically trained artist?</span><br />I received formal training while getting a BFA in Painting from Indiana University, how to mix paint, be archival in my techniques, prime a panel, etc....but that's information that, once internalized, is just a tool. I have taught myself to see and to interpret that in paint. I'm always learning. Moving from series to series seems to be the way I progress.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What (or who) had the greatest influence on you as you developed as an artist?</span><br />This was going to be really hard for me to answer, and then it came to me. It's the landscape. Nature. The great outdoors. But not any outdoors seems to do. Luckily for me, I'm enraptured by the one that surrounds me now.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Why do you work in your preferred medium?</span><br />I love the richness of oil paint, and the slowness of the drying gives me time to work the surface. I work on panel as opposed to canvas because of the smoothness of the surface. I paint with very soft black sable brushes. The combination allows for quick, smooth brushwork.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How do you know when your work is finished/do you ever know?</span><br />Sometimes I am certain; I’m positive about it. Generally when I'm not, it's not finished and I just haven't admitted it to myself. Some paintings are never finished. Lately, I've been telling myself that there's no reason to not continue to work on a painting...that the worst thing that could happen would be to have a "finished" ugly painting. So I either dig back in or sand it off and start again if that happens.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What is your favorite museum to visit nationally/internationally?</span><br />Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Park, Washington DC<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What is the most inspirational show you have ever attended (visual arts or otherwise)?</span><br />The Gates Project, Christo. Central Park, NYCAngela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-87429622915078694592009-01-14T16:04:00.000-08:002009-01-14T16:08:35.038-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjE2WbmnC4y4uu2x59EHcl7_wlfTn4_KpNpDjK2V7jHERJfwup4uMk6B_b5COL5dc44WuREkaoUoAj4wjZXu-a-Tk-vhyphenhypheniNgaNnxkGTtFtaaW9tssAKoabw8SGL8MfUTYa8MV9A/s1600-h/Saugatuck_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjE2WbmnC4y4uu2x59EHcl7_wlfTn4_KpNpDjK2V7jHERJfwup4uMk6B_b5COL5dc44WuREkaoUoAj4wjZXu-a-Tk-vhyphenhypheniNgaNnxkGTtFtaaW9tssAKoabw8SGL8MfUTYa8MV9A/s400/Saugatuck_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291305275461877442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">Two recent paintings of the beach in Saugatuck, MI</span></span><br />12 x 12, oil on birch panel. I also posted a couple of new landscapes on my online shop: www.GalleryA.etsy.com<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7SIhdzb3OemOCVq38-C-gfPciXnZ5XWdZiDS6AFDFcmhoPdvL6zLqH50k4UxVBjVHm9l1E_FnSZQMIyWMcJdgTkkClkRJ_rVsbrItgG35EzWubpTBkXrV_zTQ7u6LZq13dhwow/s1600-h/Saugatuck_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7SIhdzb3OemOCVq38-C-gfPciXnZ5XWdZiDS6AFDFcmhoPdvL6zLqH50k4UxVBjVHm9l1E_FnSZQMIyWMcJdgTkkClkRJ_rVsbrItgG35EzWubpTBkXrV_zTQ7u6LZq13dhwow/s400/Saugatuck_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291305123130080402" border="0" /></a>Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-83014326210868943962009-01-01T15:31:00.001-08:002009-01-01T15:35:01.970-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYo9bfEcz1rKYSJsFcpPC7byChwu6I2w16lAOdnuunIKZeKlyIYtxGfsRMR616O_z4bj9QTerVCboOzJKqc_jcTaMJcHHFU_5bfjVvehBut1BOTL1D17RMHGss-ip3d4blqffnIw/s1600-h/A048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYo9bfEcz1rKYSJsFcpPC7byChwu6I2w16lAOdnuunIKZeKlyIYtxGfsRMR616O_z4bj9QTerVCboOzJKqc_jcTaMJcHHFU_5bfjVvehBut1BOTL1D17RMHGss-ip3d4blqffnIw/s400/A048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286472258008527090" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" >P</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" >ears</span><br />I painted a few pear still life paintings as part of my playing card series of miniature paintings, for sale at www.GalleryA.etsy.com.Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-37296241515422801602008-12-07T09:53:00.001-08:002008-12-07T10:00:06.196-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibg4Jzvo55iPnkEUvcd3Gs-7kkLu3K-a-uBJgNGoukoINVOEbULXHTtsZOHHZ3iWyj3lNZJ1M6pqQmTQFXoeCLWNVwdYtCBL-gwtxOAfm59CjU4o_CkuuLDS1qEiJ2L4QkKkWBqQ/s1600-h/A021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibg4Jzvo55iPnkEUvcd3Gs-7kkLu3K-a-uBJgNGoukoINVOEbULXHTtsZOHHZ3iWyj3lNZJ1M6pqQmTQFXoeCLWNVwdYtCBL-gwtxOAfm59CjU4o_CkuuLDS1qEiJ2L4QkKkWBqQ/s400/A021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277107983387510290" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" >Visit my new online shop:<br />www.GalleryA.etsy.com</span><br /><br />I am working on a new series of paintings...on playing cards. Tiny landscapes and still lifes in oil. So far I think there are 20 or so available in my shop and I'll be posting them regularly. They sell for $25 each.<br /><br />I began these miniatures in response to the current economy, but have really been engaged working on them! Even though the cards are small, there's a lot of room for detail and expression.<br /><br />I'm using a fairly large brush, a #14 filbert, but am also using my palette knife to "urge" the paint into small spaces. By painting on the back of the card, I can work with the patterns of the card, letting it show through the layers of paint in some places.<br /><br />Take a look at my shop, and share it with friends if you like too. www.GalleryA.etsy.comAngela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-22842822232320707302008-11-19T08:08:00.000-08:002008-11-19T08:11:49.201-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">Perceiving Nature</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Time for a new artist statement after the opening in Atlanta.</span><br />My work is an exploration of nature—my attempt to describe the natural world that influences me. But at the same time, I’m making paintings, and my thesis so to speak, is about paint: not skies and water, trees and clouds. A natural deconstruction of imagery takes place in the rendering, a break with the literal. By allowing the medium to emerge—flowing marks, moving paint, surface textures—I am approaching an interpretation of the sublime in nature. Nature doesn’t care whether we look or not. The most awe-inspiring visual moments in the landscape: sunrise and sunset for example, can appear the most trivial when painted. Finding a language to describe my discoveries, to lead a viewer to see these intimate details, is the goal of my work.Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-60567181372860499122008-11-10T06:44:00.001-08:002008-11-10T06:47:45.229-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fYYBEnE-sRZPuVtuUzqsP2YsWWU0J5TqTWA8o5ois-wE9OQZ-IVbQy2XkCGHooyHF9l5HoEk2-p4bw2dKlBtCvDmEQsUZB8dLIDL_UoFDJ9wCUgo_Q94nfzQEnFy2a089JYvGw/s1600-h/Saxon_EAG10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fYYBEnE-sRZPuVtuUzqsP2YsWWU0J5TqTWA8o5ois-wE9OQZ-IVbQy2XkCGHooyHF9l5HoEk2-p4bw2dKlBtCvDmEQsUZB8dLIDL_UoFDJ9wCUgo_Q94nfzQEnFy2a089JYvGw/s400/Saxon_EAG10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267039952550568114" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" >A great opening reception at Emily Amy Gallery</span><br />I went down to Atlanta this weekend for the opening of a group show, Nature Interpreted, at Emily Amy Gallery. It is a beautiful gallery located in an up and coming area of Midtown called the Brickworks. I'm really excited to affiliated with this exciting new gallery. You can see more photos of the exhibit on my website: angelasaxon.comAngela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-58083831225204342102008-10-22T14:18:00.000-07:002008-10-22T14:22:57.549-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5VDxYPMj8948WLMTPtCrkGIFshP6bCgKLIpaN5Xw80zgbfaNZ0y1BZBhgJGsobfhuCzhQGCJ5LGkIz1AfH8Yvk4Kfmzp83xQjK05gxQB4giUU4l4EKRg4nCy8WynHj8ZAnI4cQ/s1600-h/TheHarbor.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5VDxYPMj8948WLMTPtCrkGIFshP6bCgKLIpaN5Xw80zgbfaNZ0y1BZBhgJGsobfhuCzhQGCJ5LGkIz1AfH8Yvk4Kfmzp83xQjK05gxQB4giUU4l4EKRg4nCy8WynHj8ZAnI4cQ/s400/TheHarbor.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260091629604857218" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-size:130%;" >The Harbor</span><br />This is the second in this large format series, 80" x 36".Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22051684.post-33213442962192207172008-09-28T07:46:00.001-07:002008-09-28T07:48:34.172-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSCTJFypxxgQMlHIZS2WCJPZ1aPzjs5iBmyzOxfKK001yrJGC8DABD3c5vCWinOqOLZxr3yzZfXklThxKv9WChFeEdypwjJ0JmJTzqEaGfTSWo_Vpcwo0UmzkiBqWPnX6aoVwRw/s1600-h/WoodsOne.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSCTJFypxxgQMlHIZS2WCJPZ1aPzjs5iBmyzOxfKK001yrJGC8DABD3c5vCWinOqOLZxr3yzZfXklThxKv9WChFeEdypwjJ0JmJTzqEaGfTSWo_Vpcwo0UmzkiBqWPnX6aoVwRw/s400/WoodsOne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251083800594154690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">Woods Series</span></span><br />A new painting from a new series. 24 x 29, oil on panel.Angela Saxon, Landscape Paintingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835290094723640079noreply@blogger.com1