Art Update - July 12 to August 10, 2019

Jo's New Event

Group Art Show Opening

THEME: Night and Day - artist's interpretation

WHERE: River Arts Gallery, Route 1, Damariscotta, ME
                                  On the right going North on Route 1

WHEN: Friday, July 12, 2019

TIME: 5 - 7 p.m.

Join us.

Have a glass of wine, a few goodies and lets chat about art—everyone's art. All artists participating usually attend the opening.

We artists will be happy to speak with anyone interested in art. 

Why not?

We spend most of our time sequestered to a studio, staring at a blank piece of paper, canvas, block of malleable material, etc., entrancing music in the background.

Thougts of food, lunch, dinner, breakfast slip by without a hitch until Hubby comes in.

"Have your decided what we'll have for:

 A. breakfast 

B. lunch 

C. dinner 

D. other?

A daily multiple-choice for which I sometimes earn a gold star.

For those who can't make the opening, the artwork will be on display July 12 until August 10, 2019. So come then and bring family and friends.

For more information, call the gallery 207-563-1507 or visit https://riverartsme.org

River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, ME

Regular Gallery Hours: 

Tuesdays - Saturdays 10 - 4 pm

Sundays 11 - 3 pm

207-563-1507

What will we show? Well, I submitted three paintings to be juried. That is the stressful part. Will they be accepted? One? All three? Maybe—none?

Here are the pieces I submitted:

Morning Watch - oil on canvas - by: Jo M. Orise

Morning at the Dock - Port Clyde
- acrylic on canvas - by: Jo M. Orise

Eventide - oil on canvas - by: Jo M. Orise

If you are intersted in any of these pieces or other works from my studio, https://jomorise.com, send a message to info@jomorise.com.

Note: If the artwork is at the show, you can purchase directly through the River Arts Gallery.

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Thank you.

Jo M. Orise

"Smile in your mirror every day." JM Orise

I Have Things To Do

English: Belted Galloway Cattle, Bishopstone. The Belties of Faulston Manor waiting to be taken to there new field. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

"Can't do that just now, dear. Not possible, ask me later..." My  mantra this past year as I painted similar scenes over and over again. My goal was to create a series of belted galloway (aka: belties) paintings and ocean scenes of the Maine coast.

Hubby and friends repeatedly ask, "Why are you painting cows?" Why not? They are part of the same ecosphere I belong to. The more I look at them, the more I see what they are. I feel a sadness in their limited existence. We know the specter of slaughter looms ahead for the breed. Their eyes divulge innocence and desperation. Is the desperation in my mind? Are they able to decipher the reduction in population in their meadow could mean their time is coming up—never to be seen again? We get around that chilling idea as we focus on the beauty of their pastoral existence whereby observers with a sense of aesthetics stop to take notice or snap a photo.

Belties Red Glow
Artist: Jo M. Orise

One of my college professors chided a few students who claimed they could not finding proper subject matter worthy of their attention to paint from their 'limited' surroundings. Worthy subject matter? Open your eyes. Worthy subject matter is all around you.

Curtis Island Light
Artist: Jo M. Orise

Don't just look, see what you are looking at. You'll find something interesting for a painting or poem or story. Compose a few thumbnails, write a rough draft—do something then think it over. At least you've begun a process.

Not all creations are masterpieces. Learn your craft and learn to throw away work that doesn't meet your goal as a pretty good piece. Who decides a creation is a masterpiece anyway? Not the artist.

Paint, write, create whatever you wish, but do it with passion, don't be afraid to chuck it and start fresh. Keep learning as you go. Spend hours studying your artwork's progress, reading what you've written. Share with people of similar interests what you've done, listen to their comments. Don't take their critiques as personal indictments of your incompetence. Listen and learn from these comments and thank the person who critiques for having the courage to tell you what she/he thinks.

Decided what you are happy with and then leave it alone. Let time pass then return to your work and decide if it is still good enough. Go on to your next creation and you will see growth and greater understanding of your craft and your ecosphere.

Picture found at:
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Here is a pictures of egosphere and ecosphere, which I thought interesting and to the point.

What do you think.

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