Does anybody know?

Does anyone  know where and how to reach the man who makes these wooden, left over oil paint boxes for artists?

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Please leave comments below.

Thank you for your time.

My next show this Weekend. 

The Aldermere Art Show and Sale in Rockport, Maine.

Saturday August 11, 9-4 PM & Sunday August 12, 11-2 PM

You are invited!

I will display ten original, framed artworks and fifteen matted prints.

Here are a few pieces I will display at the show.

Belties with Clouds
Original Watercolor
by: Jo M. Orise

Beltie Stroll
Acrylic
by: Jo M. Orise

Fisherman's Gear
Watercolor print
by: Jo M. Orise 

For more information about my work, go to my website: http://www.jomorise.com

Click this link for more info about Aldermere's show. 

https://www.facebook.com/aldermere

At the show will be a display of over 200 framed hanging paintings plus hundreds of prints of belted galloways and scenic Maine coast settings by local artists.

Hope to see you there.

Please, share, like and leave a comment.

Jo

My Muse Drinks Coffee

Promoting yourself with words is a creative process as is art. Your goal: people will find, read and remember you.

Important too: the writer remembers what was written!

A couple visited my studio early this morning. After reviewing some of my work and chatting with the woman, also an artist, about her art work and what she hoped to learn and master, she and her partner then smiled, both acknowledging a quote, 

"My muse drinks coffee." They nodded as if that is truly what was part of my creative process.

"Where did you read that?"

"On your blog."

"Really. Are you sure?"

They looked a little confused. "Yes."

"Oh. Perhaps. 
I write so many things, I may have forgotten."

Photo by: mari lezhava

After the couple left, I went to my art blog and queried: "My muse drinks coffee."

Nothing. 

Hmm. 

Shorten the query. 

Nothing.

Examine the site more closely.

Ahh! Here it is. Part of a description of Jo M. Orise, the artist, on my blogger's home page: Painterly Comments.

What about Jo?

Jo M. Orise

Maine, Florida, United States

Welcome back. Click on the blog link below to see what's up on Painterly Comments blog. I paint. I write. Love it. Ain't it great to do what you love? My muse drinks coffee—I will never stop creating.

How would I forget that? That is who I am. And I do drink coffee which obviously now affects my muse more than it affects me.

I sit down to one more cup. Black. As usual. Hopefully, enough to stir up those sleepy, little grey cells.

Leave a comment.

Jo

Jo M. Orise - Art Update - August 2018 - 2 Awards!

71st Maine Lobster Festival Open Juried Art Show.

Sponsored by Camden National Bank, Rockland, ME

Woo Hoo! August 2, 2018 I was awarded two ribbons for my entries at the art show.

3rd Place ribbon

"Entering Deep Cove on the Maine Coast"  by Jo M. Orise

18x24" oil on canvas, framed 

Honorable Mention ribbon

"The Grace Bailey Anchored at Curtis Light"  by Jo M. Orise

24x18" oil on canvas, framed 

I've come close, so I have been told, earlier in my art career. So this is great to be recognized for two painting in one show. Thank you jurors. It feels great!

View the paintings at my virtual studio jomorise.com 

or

visit Orise Studio-Gallery here in Owls Head, Maine.

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Jo M. Orise - Art Update - August - 2018

71st Maine Lobster Festival Open Juried Art Show.

Sponsored by Camden National Bank, Rockland, ME.

Tuesday, July 31 to Friday, August 3, 2018.
Maine Lobster Festival Open Juried Art Show Opens
Friday, August 8, 2018 Winners are contacted.

July 31, I submitted two oil paintings. Keeping my fingers crossed. Have not been rejected yet. :-)

Theme being the lobster festival and the Maine Coast, I decided to submit these two paintings.
I know it is late notice, but as you know I am 'always busy' and me keeping up with me is sometimes hard to do.

Oil, 18x24". "Entering Deep Cove", Maine Coast.

I just love water and reflection

Oil, 24". "Grace Bailey Anchored at Curtis Light"

Oh, my photography skills are not great. The original painting looks brilliant and the colors are fantastic. 

See the artwork at my website: jomorise.com

We sailed the Grace Bailey. This was the view I got when we rowed back to the boat after lunch.

If you have time, come to the Lobster Festival, look up Camden National at 300 Main Street, Rockland—located on the corner of Maine and Park Streets. Parking in the back.

See ya.

Jo

Jo M. Orise - Art Update, June 7 - June 10, 2018

You are invited!
I am displaying my work at the Annual Festival of Art.
Location: Senior College-Belfast at the University of ME, Hutchinson Center

See you there!

Thursday, June 7, 6:00 - 8:00 PM Opening Night Reception and First Viewing (see below).

Meet the artists, join us for the refreshments, enjoy the entertainment.

Afterwards, visit me at my Orise Studio/Gallery, Owls Head, ME to view my latest work. Contact me for appointment. Open most weekends. Hours: Appointment or Perchance.

🎨 Jo