Mary Whyte 2011
Great still life by Mary Whyte showing her relaxed and fun style with watercolor.
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rediscovering my love for watercolors.
If you are needing a little fresh air , sunshine and an artistic boost then check out some of the
amazing workshops offered through Art in the Mountains.
Here are a few of the amazing pieces by Mary Whyte.
Mabel Just Loves Flowers
Acrylic by J.W Mark 2011
Drop by the Side Street Gallery in July to check out the great Anamalia art show.
I will be working on a series of crazy animal portraits this summer.
"Little Princess" watercolor by JWMark 2011
There is nothing more expressive than a pug's funny face. What personality they all have!
Acrylic on nautical chart by Jennifer Winship Mark
The painting I created in the window at Muse Art and Design to benefit Schoolhouse supply
It was very interesting painting at Muse the other day. Thanks for all your feedback on what subject I should paint. It helped me to make the choice of painting in my "nautical chart" style. I ended up painting a sailboat in the Humbolt Bay area in Northern California. It was a fun experience painting in a public place with all the comings and goings of artists, children and characters. The great part is I got to know Peter the very cool owner of Muse Art Supply. He is a really good guy with a lot of art and people knowledge.
When you hang around someone's work place for 5 hours and listen to them interact with kids, parents, artists, employees, crazy phone calls and the occasional street lunatic, you find out what they are truly made of as a person. Peter is an amazingly kind and incredibly knowledgeable artist that happens to own an art store. He knows so much about art supplies and techniques and he really listens to artists and their ideas so he can better help them through their creative process and encourage them along the way. It was a real pleasure hanging out as "living, breathing window display". I learned a lot about artists and the business of dealing with artists!
Check out the blog post that was created by an Art Institute student that hung out with me that day.The facts are a little "garbled ", but you will get the gist. You can also see the process of what I painted .
Check out the blog post that was created by an Art Institute student that hung out with me that day.The facts are a little "garbled ", but you will get the gist. You can also see the process of what I painted .
Beside sharing my painting techniques ,exchanging artistic ideas and chatting with the varied artists that came through the door I actually got time to paint. This is something I haven't done enough of lately. I secretly must admit the best part of my day at Muse was discovering some funky new art supplies from Peter. Hopefully many of these new ideas can be incorporated into some of our upcoming Open Eye Art events.
If you are interested in checking out all the Artist A Day art then click here. There was some great art at great prices that auctioned off last week. Hopefully next year you will get a chance to bid on some of the great art work.
If you happen to be hanging around the Hawthorne area and you need some inspiration or just want to chat about creativity, stop by and say hi to
Peter , Hawthorn's nicest guy,at
Peter , Hawthorn's nicest guy,at
Muse on 4224 SE Hawthorne.
Thanks for helping me out with your feedback,
Jenny Mark
Jasmin Felton, Tiffany White and Linda Rose
discuss the importance of water, creativity and good wine.
Megan O'Harrow's unique colorful approach to painting water.
Megan O'Harrow giving some insight into her artistic inspirations.
She paints a lot of pieces that have a Wayne Thiebauld
quality.
Linda Andrew's beginning abstract with
a serene sense of atmosphere.
Bev Ecker's wonderfully wet painting.
Joanne Mehl normally paints beautiful equestrian oil paintings but
she tried something new with the help of a little glass of wine!
Cathy Clifford'serene waterscape.
I have been working on images for our website lately and it seems
I am going off on some crazy tangents.
Watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark
I am rediscovering how fun and challenging it is to paint with
watercolors again.
What are your ideas on these Open Eye Art images?
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Here are some great pictures from our "tester" Eye Opening Workshop on
October 27th
Eye opening workshops blend inspirational and strategic
exercises with a “ hands on” creative art project,
held at dynamic off-site or on-site facilities.
Intensive, fast paced, energizing encounters are led by
two professionals from diverse art and marketing
back-grounds. Custom designed exercises and
“Eye Opener” stations utilize different cognitive
tools and stimuli to help drive fresh ideas and creative
problem solving.
Faye getting inspiration from the "synchronicity" exercise.
Juliet making sure we kept to a schedule
| Dana working out her ideas for a new high tech product for kids. |
“The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind…creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers.”
Daniel Pink
Maddie's concept for a cool mirror embellishment
Doug brainstorming his "tea party in a box" idea.
Not everyone is in their “right mind” ;
That is why we created Open Eye Art.
Whether we are right- brained, left-brained, type A, type B,
amateur or expert…everyone has an ability to be creative.
Sometimes we just need a little help bringing the right brain back
into balance with the left so that we can open our eyes to
our own creativity.
Saga sharing some of her "passions"
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Jennifer Winship Mark Acrylic and Collage on Nautical Chart 2010
I am finally settling down to price, title and frame my 28 Nautical
chart pieces.
Jennifer Winship Mark Acrylic and Collage on Nautical Chart 2010
Many of the Pacific Coast Charts I used for these pieces were in
the collection of Don Ritz . Many were actually on his sailboat for
many years.
Jennifer Winship Mark Acrylic and Collage on Nautical Chart 2010
I am looking forward to doing more charts of the San Francisco area.
Jennifer Winship Mark Acrylic and Collage on Nautical Chart 2010
This chart has a distinctive Northwest inlet feeling.
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CategoriesJenny Mark, Oregon lavender, Pacific Ocean, Salmon Fishing, acrylic painting, nautical charts, ocean, sailboats
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Watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark 2010
Here are a few big eyed "eye-dias" I have been working on for
a project for OPEN EYE ART. I had so much fun doing these
studies in watercolor.
I would love to experiment with an ETSY store just
to see if there is a market for
prints .
I must admit this girl was another Mark Ryden inspiration.
Jennifer Winship Mark
acrylic
I took a great Gold Leafing Class from Nancy Thorn www.goldleafdesign.net and learned a minute smattering of the many tricks of Water Guilding and Oil Guilding.
Here is the Italian Style frame I guilded and then created the traditional scraffito painting details using traditional egg tempera that I scratched into using a sharpened stick.
The acrylic painting is an experiment I did for our
OPEN EYE ART
Can you find the eye in this piece?
Jennifer Winship Mark
collage, acrylic on nautical chart
40 x 50
Butterfly Boats off Peacock Spit
Jennifer Winship Mark
collage, acrylic on nautical chart
22x18
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CategoriesColumbia River Maritime museum, Gill net boats, Pacific Ocean, Peacock Spit, Salmon Fishing, acrylic, collage
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acrylic and collage on nautical chart
35 x 45
Cape Blanco Light House
I Worked for 6 days solid and
finally finished my last 5 nautical chart acrylic paintings. I first
aged the nautical charts, stamped, collaged, gold leafed, wrote and spattered all to give
a "depth" to the art piece. I have become an expert on all sorts of obscure historical facts about the NW coast. I have even discovered my ancestors came to Oregon before Lewis and Clark. The Winship Brothers arrived in Oregon on the Albatross and tried to set up a fur trading fort, but it was unfortunately flooded out.
I always knew I belonged in the NW ! Now it is time to frame these 28 original works.
Jennifer Winship Mark
collage and acrylic on nautical chart
40x48
Scene from around Canon Beach Oregon
collage and acrylic on nautical chart
40x48
Turn of the century Gillnet Boats fishing the mouth of the Columbia River where it meets the Pacific Ocean.
These boats were known as the Butterfly Fleet. They were efficient , graceful and beautiful.
Jennifer Winship Mark
collage and acrylic on nautical chart
40x48
Sailors off Vancouver Island
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
View from the walk way at Lake Lugano.
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
Gorgeous window framing a classic Lake Como View
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
Beautiful forgotten Window.
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
View out of our Varenna room.
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
Amazing wall and shutters from a side street in Milan Italy.
Even the trashy blue tarp seen through the bars adds an element
of beauty to this composition.
Amazing wall and shutters from a side street in Milan Italy.
Even the trashy blue tarp seen through the bars adds an element
of beauty to this composition.
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
This will soon be painted on top of one of my nautical charts.
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
The old path way that snakes around the waterfront in Varenna Italy has dozens of breathtaking views.
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
Even on a cloudy day this view across Lake Como is still rich in color and beauty.
Watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
This piece was inspired by my favorite artist Mark Ryden.
Watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark c.2010
I'm working on ideas for our new creative adventure
Open Eye Art!
Watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
Another idea that was influenced by some striking green shutters
I saw in Bellagio Italy. Another reminder to keep your eyes open all the time.
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c.2010
View from our room at the Hotel Florence in Bellagio
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
Morning sunrise view from the hotel Spendid in Lugano Switzerland.
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
View from our haunted room at the Villa Cipressi in Varenna
just before the rain.
Photo by Jennifer Winship Mark c. 2010
View from the top window at the Degli Orafi in Florence
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CategoriesBellagio, Degli Orafi, Florence, Hotel Florence, Italy, Lugano, Splendide, Sunrise, Varenna, Villa Cepressi, windows
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