Jo M. Orise Art Update - June 2019

Jo's New Event

Group art opening this week.

WHERE: River Arts Gallery, Route 1, Damariscotta, ME.
                 On the North side of route 1. Can't miss it.

WHEN: Friday, June 7, 2019

TIME: 5-7 p.m.

The opening will have hors d'oeuvres, refreshments and wine.

River Arts Gallery building.

Regular Gallery Hours:

Tuesdays - Saturdays 10-4, Sundays 11-3

207-563-1507

This is my sixth year with the group. Shouldn't there be a celbration here for me? 😉

Join us. Have fun. Chat with the artists and art lovers. Look at the artwork. Bring one or more home.

Return to Port by Rockland Light, by: Jo M. Orise

Return to Port by Rockland Light, an oil painting, took several weeks to complete. I love schooners and actually live near Rockland Light, visible from my studio.

It is 12x16" oil on canvas, framed.

There are mountains beyond from this view. Seagulls roam from Rockland Light to our home, searching for another serving of whatever they can swallow, all the while crying out, "Mine! Mine!"

Or are they saying "Maine?"



If  you are interested in this artwork or any other works from my studio https://www.jomorise.com, send me a message at jo@jomorise.com.

Like and post a comment.

Thanks, Jo
"Smile in your mirror every day." JM Orise

Jo M. Orise Art Update - May - June 2019

Three things...kind of a late update. Sorry folks.

We returned from our winter sojourn and my studio needed to be reorganized. Again.

We moved in after finally selling our NH home. That was three years ago? Time does fly. Maybe it was two. No matter, I dreaded cleaning it out.

Emptied a pile of packed boxes marked Jo's Studio. I should have given them to Good Will or a school teacher.

Yes, the studio is now clear of the clutter. It just so happens the kitchen is just outside my studio doors. Can you guess where my clutter of boxes marked Jo's Studio are? You got it—in the kitchen.

WHO CARES about my boxes? I do.

THING ONE: 
Because I am opening my studio for the 2019 Scene About season. Tomorrow!

Come by. Say hello. Let me know how you like the bigger and neater studio.
Oh, and you can comment on my artwork too.

Maybe you need one for that empty space on your wall in the bedroom, living room, kitchen and don't forget the bathroom. How about the new garage...perk it up a bit.

Hours: Friday and Saturday 12:30 - 4 p.m. and Sundays 10 - 4 p.m.
Otherwise it is by appointment or perchance.

Monument Builders of North America
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Now these hours are not etched in stone...some days I may have to close early or not open for different reasons, like conflicting hours for shows and family matters.

Meanwhile, I'll keep painting and writing. I'll keep you posted.






THING TWO: 
I will be participating in the 17th Annual Festival of Art May 30 - June 2. See poster below.

THING THREE: 

May 31, 12:30 - 4 p.m., I am hosting an Art 2019 Scene About Opening at my Orise Studio-Gallery here: 312 North Shore Drive, Owls Head, ME. 

Come visit, bring a friend. I will have a few refreshments and a guest book sign in. Hope to see you here. I will most likely be nervous...since it is my very first official opening.

Should I invite the governor?

Don't laugh. I belonged to the Artist Guild of the Kennebunks. Our first art opening in Kennebunkport, Maine included an invitation to the President and the First Lady. Mrs. Barbara Bush arrived with several Secret Service men and her secretary. The First Lady was so gracious. She admired every painting on display. I will never forget that experience. 

Leave a comment.  I'll be happy to hear from you.

Jo M. Orise

"Smile in your mirror every day." JM Orise

Jo M. Orise - June, 2016 Art Update

As you know, the Damariscotta, River Arts Gallery art show is still on until June 16. See my previous blog for more information.

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Today, I have cause to celebrate! My art is now displayed at the Ducktrap Bay Trading Company gallery in Camden, Maine. They have a terrific collection of high quality crafts and fine art. The focus: Marine Art.

The owner exudes positive attitude and is so energetic, one can't help being swept up in his enthusiasm. I am very pleased to have met him.

When you visit the gallery, you will fine a few of my pieces there. Come on in to the Ducktrap Bay Trading Co., on Route One, Downtown, Camden. You will be utterly impressed at the selection of marvelous works displayed throughout the shop.

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I entered one large painting, 24 x 18" Grace Bailey Anchored at Curtis Light, oil painting, into the 14th Annual Festival of Art, Senior College at Belfast, Maine. The 2016 showing is for three days.

Location: UMaine Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Avenue, Belfast, ME  04915
Date: Festival weekend June 9-12

     6/09 Thursday, 6-8 PM. Opening/reception and first viewing. Music by Belfast Bay Fiddlers
     6/10 Friday, The art exhibit 9-5 PM.
     6/11 Saturday, The art exhibit 9-5 PM. Noon - 1 PM. Harpist Nancy Schroeder. 1-3 PM, Presentation by guest artist, John Whalley.
     6/12 Sunday, The art exhibit 12-3 PM.

http://www.Belfastseniorcollege.org for more information.

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Thanks,

Jo

          

Jo M. Orise April, 2016 Art Update

"Morning Watch" by: Jo M. Orise

 NEW artwork is now available for viewing at my virtual gallery, http://www.jomorise.com

27 paintings in 11 months!


Rumor is, "Spring has arrived." Therefore I am getting my artwork ready for upcoming art shows. My plan includes group shows and solo shows.



Go to  http://www.jomorise.com See what I've created and please leave a comment. 

• A 'Like' AND Written Words are always appreciated. It is delightful to have people "like" my work or "not like" my work. I welcome honest critiques

•  Critique: a careful judgment or opinion about the good and bad. Questions may be  asked, such as:  'have you tried.....' or 'have you thought of....." or "why did you do/say that?" Critiquing is something I introduced to my art students as well as to my animation students. It is practiced to assist one in a journey of creativity without being rude. Critiquing art and manuscripts has been around since the 1800s.

A painter at work en plein air - dog in a 'flow state'. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

After working so many hours, a simple "like" is nice, but words have more lasting power. 

Oh, but I do "like" lots of things—popcorn, pizza, comfortable shoes, being in a "flow state."  (See previous post re: 'flow state')

I am now officially a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Click on link below.

• Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce, information about Jo's studio/gallery events on the Maine coast.

Yes, I plan to open my home studio to the public by appointment. It will be fun to find out what will happen.

English: Schooner Isaac H. Evans under full sail on Penobscot Bay. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Stay tuned. I'll post my upcoming shows in time for you to plan to come and enjoy the display of work by me and others wherever we may be.

Check out my blogs and my website. Please leave a "comment" AND a "like". I'll will reply. 

If you want to be on my list of people to be notified of upcoming events, follow me on FaceBook or on Wordpress-Blog or BlogSpot-Blog (this blog) or on Twitter. 

Thanks for reading and I hope you smiled today.

Please share this post. 

"Smile in your mirror every day." Jo M. Orise

New Work by Jo

I'm working on a few different paintings. 

One is a portrait of a boy with a conch while sailing on a schooner. Been thinking about this one for a few years and decided to just give it a try. His mom sent the photo for me to create this portrait three years ago, but she has not yet placed the order.

She has contacted me three years in a row, but still no order. She has purchased some of my artwork and loves them.

first sketch by Jo M. Orise

Therefore, I wonder why she changed her mind each time for the protrait.

Now this picture is in my head and wants out.

What do I do?

Draw it. Experiment with it. Lots of fun as I challenge myself in the process.

Here you see the first drawing in my sketchbook. It was okay. After noting things that need to be changed, I drew it on water color paper that had been soaked and stapled to a board to shrink tight.

Still, I put off painting.

So, I got another piece of water color paper, soaked it and just started painting the figure and its surroundings—no stapling, no drawing, just painting.

Boy With Conch Aboard.
by: Jo M. Orise

First it was wet-on-wet technique, then wet-on-dry.

What do you think?

I usually draw a few fine lines and erase them later. None of that here. Like I said it is pretty rough...but fun to do and see.

Next, I'll just pull out the prepped water color paper that has the last drawing waiting for me.  I look forward to this last part. It will be fun and I'll post the finished piece.

See my other protraits at jomorise.com .

Looking for comments, tips.

BTW, the wavy looking boom is really the warping of the water color paper. That will straighten out in time.

Leave a comment or a post. I love to know what people think.

Jo

Jo M. Orise Art Update - September, 2015

Solo Exhibition by Jo M. Orise

You are invited to a solo art exhibition of new and older works, which include oils, acrylics and water colors. There are a couple of water color limited edition prints.

Owls Head Light by Jo M. Oriseoil on canvas 10 x 14"

Location: The Brown Bag Restaurant Cafe, 606 Main Street, Rockland, ME.

The month of September, 2015.

Restaurant hours: 
Breakfast:
Thur, Fri, Sat 7:30 am - 10 am
Lunch:
Tues - Sat 10 am - 3 pm,

Bakery hours: Mon - Fri 10 am - 3 pm, Sat 7:30 am - 3 pm.


If you can't find what you want, contact me and we can talk about creating the perfect painting for you and your home.

Whether you purchase or just view the artwork, please take a card and send me a note. Let me know what you think about the pieces. I always love to hear from viewers. Critiques are always welcome.
 

While you are at the Brown Bag, try their great food creations.

Chef Kelvin performs magic at the cook-stove.

The staff is friendly and fun to talk to. They are like family.

If you get to know the regular customers, you'll find them friendly with great stories to share. You must go there and experience the ambiance. Our first visit was in 1999 and we got hooked.

So, friends—and soon to be friends—go to the Brown Bag Restaurant Cafe, enjoy the food, look at my artwork. If one moves you, an employee will be happy to remove it from the wall for you and assist you with it's purchase.

Bring an artwork(s) home—you will have something special to enjoy for years to come.

 Visit my website: www.jomorise.com

Scammer If I Ever Saw One!

This is NOT my painting. Image of Owls Head Light Station in Owls Head, Maine, USA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I received an e-mail first thing this morning.

Michael Silverberg [mmmoreef@gmail.com]

Monday 6/4/2012 1:16 AM

Good day to you over there, My name is Micheal Silverberg I'm from phoenix and my eyes caught this particular work(Owls Head Light), i will like to have it for my new apartment this month.please let me know if the piece is available, if yes let me have the detailed price and more information about it. i will be waiting to read from you.Regards.

I've sold artwork over the Internet before, but this didn't seem okay.

Michael has a problem in spelling his name correctly more than once. So, which is it Mike?

Grammar is not very good either. Salutation? A bit strange.

So I do what I always do. Contemplate, then act—what can I find out about Michael Silverberg at mmmoreef@gmail.com?

Any search engine will do. I got lots of information about Michael who has an alias was well.

Kathleen McMahon, artist, http://www.kathleenmcmahon.com/info/scammer-names.html has done a terrific job as an Anti-Scam Samurai. Visit her website and check out the long list of names scammers use. This is only a partial list.

If you get an e-mail and it doesn't seem right, go with your intuition and do some research. It will pay off.

As a former computer science teacher, I developed an Internet Safety curriculum where I taught my students to question what they saw and read on the Internet. Compare what is said on one site with another. Check your sources. What is their motive? Are there lots of spelling and grammar errors. If it sounds too good to be true? Then it usually is.

Go to http://www.artistsnetwork.com/articles/business-of-art/scam-letter.

So how do you protect yourself and report those nasty scammers?

Here are some tips you can use to avoid becoming a victim of cyber-fraud as seen on http://www.fbi.gov/

• Do not respond to unsolicited (spam) e-mail.

• Do not click on links contained within an unsolicited e-mail.

• Be cautious of e-mail claiming to contain pictures in attached files, as the files may contain viruses. Only open attachments from known senders. Scan the attachments for viruses if possible.

• Avoid filling out forms contained in e-mail messages that ask for personal information.

• Always compare the link in the e-mail with the link to which you are directed and determine if they match and will lead you to a legitimate site.

• Log directly onto the official website for the business identified in the e-mail, instead of “linking” to it from an unsolicited e-mail. If the e-mail appears to be from your bank, credit card issuer, or other company you deal with frequently, your statements or official correspondence from the business will provide the proper contact information.

• Contact the actual business that supposedly sent the e-mail to verify if the e-mail is genuine.

• If you are asked to act quickly, or there is an emergency, it may be a scam. Fraudsters create a sense of urgency to get you to act quickly.

• Verify any requests for personal information from any business or financial institution by contacting them using the main contact information.

• Remember if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

To receive the latest information about cyber-scams, sign up for e-mail alerts on this website. If you have received a scam e-mail, please notify the IC3 by filing a complaint at www.ic3.gov.

Check this: http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/reporting_to_ISPs.php :

How to Report a Spam, Scams and Abusive Use of Email Accounts and Hosted Websites

If you have received spams and scams that are coming from a Yahoo, Hotmail, AIM, Excite, Gmail or other public or free email account, you can report it to the provider to have them shut that account down.  Here are the addresses -just forward the email to the appropriate address with the subject "Abusive use of account":

Email providers

• AOL - For AOL members only to report spam: tosspam
• GMail - gmail-abuse@google.com  - Report GMail spam
• Hotmail - report_spam@hotmail.com 
• MSN -  report_spam@msn.com
• Yahoo.com email accounts: abuse@yahoo.com;
• Yahoo.co.uk email accounts: uk-mail-abuse@yahoo-inc.com

Website hosting providers

• Yahoo! Stores - To report Yahoo! Stores that are advertised in spam emails - store-spam@yahoo-inc.com
• Yahoo! Hosted Domans - to report Yahoo! hosted websites that are advertised in spam emails: domains-abuse@yahoo-inc.com

Be on the lookout at all times. Protect yourself, your family and friends.

Hope this helps. Leave a comment.

Jo

www.jomorise.com

PS:I'm back with an update. I forwarded the e-mail to GMail's link (as seen above) at 12:04 AM and got a robotic response at 12:05 AM.

GMail provided me with a choice of forms to fill out. It was neat, quick and easy.

You will need the message header so they can track them down.

• GMail has instructions on how to find the header. 
• In Microsoft Outlook, I found the header when I opened the message and clicked on View/Options and the Internet Header was there. 

1. Click within the header report in that window
2. Press CTRL + A to select all
3. Press CTRL + C to copy and close the window. 
4. Click in the form where the Message Header is needed
5. Press CTRL + V to paste what you copied from Microsoft Outlook.

So DON't delete the scammer's e-mail until you have reported the villain to the proper reporting bureau. That is crucial if you want the scammer gone.

Click on the 'comment' link below. Share your experience with scam e-mail.

Jo