True Colors Art Reception

Thanks to everyone that came out to the "True Colors" art reception at Crescent City Coffee Shop. I was so surprised to have internationally known artist Don Cincone stop by. I took a workshop from him earlier this year. What a talented artist as well as instructor. I felt so special that he made the trip - "just for me" as he said.

Dr. Cain Budds from Louisiana Tech University provided classical guitar music for the event. It was the perfect addition to the show. I was very impressed with his music and may secure him for one of our art events. If you are looking for someone to provide sophisticated live music for one of your events, weddings or dinner parties, contact the university and get in touch with him!

I was interviewed a few weeks ago by the Tech Talk, the La. Tech University's newspaper, and the article is due out this week. Can we say nervous? Why? Maybe because I was sipping on a venti frappe from Starbucks and was quite chatty? LOL. We'll see how that goes later this week.

Here are a couple of pieces at the "True Colors" show.

"True Colors" 24" x 24"

To purchase contact North Central Louisiana Arts Council, 318-255-1450.

"Mr. Know-It-All"

To purchase contact North Central Louisiana Arts Council, 318-255-1450.

 The Downtown Gallery Crawl is THIS Thursday! Make Ouachita River Art Gallery AKA The River Gallery, your first stop during this night of fun, food and art.  The River Gallery will have musician/singer/songwriter Amanda McDowell. The Gallery Crawl times are 5pm-9pm. We are at 308 Trenton Street / Antique Alley in West Monroe. The gallery just redesigned the way the members hang their art, so be sure to stop by any time to see. It's open Tues-Sat from 10am-5pm. phone 318-322-2380.

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

Painting with Don Cincone

The Ouachita River Art Gallery recently hosted an art workshop. A group of local artists spend 4 days painting with internationally known artist, Don Cincone earlier this month. Don's paintings are in the collection of many high profile people (such as the late Walt Disney). His background includes fashion design as well as painting and teaching. It was a privilege to be able to glean from his wisdom. His biography is fascinating. It's well worth the time reading it.

Mr. Cincone worked with each of the artists on "their own style". He focused on creativity and stressed that copying art is not creating - but creating something out of nothing is.

On the second day, we brought some of our artwork that we had previously completed for a critique. We all talked about what we liked about each other's art work. This also helped Mr. Cincone see our unique style which further helped him in directing us. Having him look at my previous art and hearing feedback from him on what he "saw" was extremely beneficial to me. It was probably the single most important information for me personally from this workshop. In a sense, it gave me a license to "continue to be me".

In addition, hearing him speak to each artist about their work was also beneficial. I learned hearing him talk about each piece, each person's style, and how they can use this to further develop their art.

 

He recommended various artists to study as well as books to read that may or may not have anything to do with art directly. He is a wealth of information.

We plan to have him back again - very soon! Everyone enjoyed their week together.


And on a sidenote, I'm the featured artist today on the Mixed Media May website! Check it out. There is a new featured artist every day this month.

Happy painting and thanks for stopping by.