Laraine Armenti

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VCCA Still-life

May 17, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Postcard no. 1, oil on paper, 9 x 9 in (22.86 x 22.86 cm), 05/13/09 Postcard no. 2, oil on paper, 9 x 9 in (22.86 x 22.86 cm), 05/14/09 Bonnard, oil on paper, 9 x 9 in (22.86 x 22.86 cm), 05/15/09 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artist Residency, Figure, Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, VCCA Tagged With: Bonnard, green apples, VCCA, Virginia

Horse and Pine

May 4, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Horse and Pine, oil on paper, 9 x 9 in (22.86 x 22.86 cm), 05/01/09 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artist Residency, Landscape Outdoor, Oil, Painting, VCCA Tagged With: barn, horse, pine, VCCA

Pine Tree

May 3, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Pine Tree, gouache on paper, 6 x 8.25 in (15.24 x 21 cm), 04/28/09 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artist Residency, Gouache & Watercolor, Landscape Outdoor, Painting, VCCA Tagged With: pine, VCCA

VCCA Barn

April 29, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

VCCA Barn, oil on linen, 11 x 14 in (27.54 x 35.54 cm), 04/25/09 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artist Residency, Landscape Outdoor, Oil, Painting, VCCA Tagged With: barn, VCCA

VCCA Barn & Office

April 28, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Horse and Barn, gouache on paper, 6 x 8.25 in (15.24 x 21 cm), 04/26/09 Studios, ink, 5 x 5 in (12.7 x 12.7 cm), 04/26/09 Office, gouache on paper, 6 x 8.25 in (15.24 x 21 cm), 04/26/09 Office, ink, 5 x 5 in (12.7 x 12.7 cm), 04/26/09 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artist Residency, Drawing, Gouache & Watercolor, Ink, Landscape Outdoor, Painting, VCCA Tagged With: barn, horse, office, VCCA

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

April 18, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

I am pleased to announce that I have been awarded a Fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, Virginia. This will be my second residency at VCCA, attending for a month each time. The VCCA is located next to Sweet Briar College, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in rural Virginia. I will be among approximately 20 Fellows focusing on our own creative … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artist Residency, VCCA, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: VCCA

The Meditations of Rabbit and Pierrot

January 1, 2008 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Last summer a friend gave me a hardcover bound sketchbook she'd made using Stonehenge cotton paper for the text block. She recommended pencil, if you don't erase, and water-based media, for which I chose gouache (opaque watercolor). I began on the second page — my habit for sketchbooks and journals — to do still-lifes using objects already in the studio. As the work progressed, turning the pages … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artist Residency, Drawing, Ink, Still-life Indoor, VCCA, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: bookarts, paper, pierrot, rabbit, VCCA

Rabbit and Pierrot — The Distant View

December 2, 2007 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Rabbit & Pierrot — The Distant View, gouache and pencil on Stonehenge, 6.5" x 8", 11/2/2007 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gouache & Watercolor, Painting, Still-life Indoor, VCCA Tagged With: pierrot, rabbit

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