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Tempus Fugit

September 16, 2017 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

This month marks ten years since I stopped working as a graphic designer for international meetings to devote more time to painting. My hectic pace of life, of client deadlines and to-do lists, kept interrupting painting. The change led to forks in myriad unmarked roads. I had wanted to discover what might be possible, to cultivate my potential, and I was motivated to make the change by nearing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: apple, bird, pink pitcher, plum, shell, teapot

New from Vermont

August 14, 2017 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Bennington, Vermont continues to inspire me as an artist. This year I returned to Art New England, a Mass College of Art workshop program that convenes on the Bennington College campus each summer. It is a remarkable gift to work every day for two weeks without other responsibilities, far from the madding crowd. The focus yields incremental but essential changes in my work, especially while guided … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Acrylic, Collage / Color, Figure, Landscape Outdoor, Oil, Painting, Workshop Tagged With: ANE, bennington, Brigadoon

Masterpiece Copies

May 21, 2017 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

"Paris offers... the museums in which you can study the old masters;... from 12 to 4 you copy, in the Louvre or the Luxembourg, whatever masterpiece you like." — Zola’s letter to Cezanne, 1858 ~~ Art made in eras that are historically and culturally different from our own provides a limitless source of instruction and inspiration. For the artist, the process of copying masterpieces internalizes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Copies, Figure, Gouache & Watercolor, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: European painting

Looking at Watteau

April 10, 2017 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Five years ago, I spent time in Madrid indulging in the feast of the city and in some of Europe's greatest museums. I carried a sketchbook with me to draw in the galleries. A few pages shown here are of Jean-Antoinne Watteau's paintings at the Thyssen-Bornemisza. Watteau was the progenitor of the 'fêtes galantes' genre, theatrical scenes of idylls and pastorals. Other visitors were kind to me, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Copies, Drawing, Figure, Graphite, Ink, Painting Tagged With: fêtes galantes, handbook, Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, uniball, Watteau

Figure in Four Directions

October 1, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Once again this year, I had the good fortune to make art in an intensive workshop taught by Ken Kewley. Titled "Abstraction for Realists — Working from the Model: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Collage, and Sculpture", the workshop was held at Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, Massachusetts, in September 2016. Select tabs above labelled PROJECTS > WORKSHOPS ATTENDED to see more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Collage / Color, Figure, Painting, Workshop Tagged With: Ken Kewley, Truro Center for the Arts

Vermont Gouache

August 11, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Benn, VT, 072316

In July I took a road trip to paint outside in southern Vermont. Choosing to use watercolor and gouache on paper solved numerous itinerant-painting related issues. Watercolor and gouache dry fast, have quick set-up and clean-up, and need very little storage space. The paint doesn't melt in the heat or threaten to ignite within a baking car. There are no combustible rags to dispose. These … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Gouache & Watercolor, Landscape Outdoor, Painting Tagged With: bennington, sketchbook, Vermont

Winter Gouache

April 9, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Avocado, 031116, 5x8 in sketchbook, gouache, 2016 Pitcher, 022116, 5x8 in sketchbook, 2016 Studio, 012216, 5x8 in sketchbook, gouache, 2016 Plums, 012116, 5x8 in sketchbook, 2016 Squash, 013116, 5x8 in sketchbook, 2016 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gouache & Watercolor, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: avocado, pitcher, plums, sketchbook, squash, studio

Still-life with Truck

February 22, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

gouache, 102115

Recent gouache paintings done in a Canson mixed-media 9x12-inch spiral bound notebook. ABOVE: Still life, 102115 — 2015, gouache, 8x8 inches Still life, 100515 — 2015, gouache, 7.5x7.5 inches Still-life with Truck, 092515 — 2015, gouache, 5x7 inches … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gouache & Watercolor, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: truck

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