Best of Show at Artel Gallery
What better way to begin a new blog than with celebratory news. This spring I discovered the Artel Gallery (@artelPensacola), in Pensacola, FL. I saw two amazing shows: the Women's Show and "Art As...
View ArticleQuick Study: Square Apples
I’m connected with the most amazing painter on Google Plus, +Lena Levin. She started a couple of challenges: “Chagall Challenge”: making a Chagall-inspired artwork (in any medium, traditional or...
View ArticleQuick Study: Red Apple
This image is part of my “Quick Study” challenge. The first thing I do when I walk in the studio is grab a small canvas or board and sketch with paint for ten minutes—like stretching before running....
View ArticleQuick Study: Holy Apple
Solo Series, No.3 This image is part of my “Quick Study” challenge.
View ArticleAphrodite
#FirstFridayArtWalk on G+ is open to all! I'm posting this as a submission to the #FirstFridayArtWalk, hosted by Samantha Villenave, on Google+.
View ArticleCommunion
I stopped painting for two years after my father died in 2009. This was the the canvas that reclaimed my creative spirit. Bach’s “Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor” paired with Gavin Bryars’ “Sinking of...
View ArticleSpiral Studies
These are just studies. I'll post more info along with the final piece. Enjoy!
View ArticleQuick Study: Twins
The original painting is the second image down. It was a little dark and lifeless for my taste. So I rescued it in Photoshop with a combination of Selective Color, Curves and Black a& White. I...
View ArticleEnchanted
Besides tests and studies, I've painted about six airbrush pieces. The first, Aphrodite, was an exciting accomplishment but I didn't spend enough time working out a technical methodology, rather, I...
View ArticleI Am Now on Fine Art America
Welcome To My Newest Adventure I am now on Fine Art America! Through FAA you are able to purchase my images as prints, framed prints, stretched canvases and greeting cards in a variety of sizes. And in...
View Article“The Green Vase” Accepted in to the 24th Annual Cinco Banderas Competition
"The Green Vase" makes a second appearance in the Artel Gallery! This time, the juror David Braly--the nationally recognized artist from Montgomery, AL--voted it into the Twenty-fourth Annual Cinco...
View Article“Gala One” is Purchased by the Cinco Banderas Permanent Collection–(Updated)
Friends, as of last Thursday night I have the honor of being a part of the Cinco Banderas Permanent Collection, at the Artel Gallery (@artelPensacola), in Pensacola, FL. Thank you, Artel Gallery!
View ArticleQuick Study: ceci n’est pas une pomme
This piece was a quick-study of using negative space boldly. After completion, the title “ceci n’est pas une pomme” (this is not an apple)—an alteration of Surrealist artist René Magritte’s statement,...
View ArticleI Stole Dali’s Dove (updated)
I am grateful for honest people. Ironic? Maybe. One of my favorite classes in college was life-drawing. We exercised our imaginations through a lot of experimental sketching, but we were required to...
View ArticleOra Sento
"Ora Sento" is on display in the 2012 Members' Show, December 4, 2012 to January 4, 2013, at the Artel Gallery, Pensacola FL.
View ArticleThe Awakening
Happy New Year! An angel to help guide you into the New Year. May your Joy be infectious. May Creativity reign in your life. May Love keep you lightheaded.
View ArticleNettles
Follow me on Twitter @TerreBritton “Nettles” (c)2013, Acrylic on Canvas, 16″ x 19 3/4″ Stage 1: “Nettles” (c)2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 16″ x 19 3/4″ Based on this drawing from (c)1989, Graphite on...
View ArticlePickled Ginger
Although I’ve named these paintings “Faux-Rothko . . .,” these actually are not Rothko imitations. I’ve obviously used a formal resemblance, but that’s where it ends.
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