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Palettes and Panels

June 14, 2011 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

oil painting palettes

Every field easel has it's own non-interchangeable palette size, it turns out, and they are not easily found after market. I don't like the one that came with the Soltek easel -- it's lightweight plastic that warped -- but I couldn't find one with the same dimensions in wood to replace it. Drew generously brought out the table saw over the weekend and cut two palettes to exact size (bottom of top … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools Tagged With: panels

Website Changes Complete

May 20, 2011 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Recent revisions to this website are complete. There is now a single location that combines both the blog and the former website, the first website was designed using static HTML pages, at one address: https://www.larainearmenti.com. If you have links to the previous blog, please use this new address. The blog scroll is now the HOME page of this site. To reach HOME from other pages, click on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: website

January 2011 Review

February 9, 2011 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Sorting a few year's worth of work in January had the benefit of revealing links among disparate media in ink, graphite, gouache, and oil painting. With a new set of photos, I completed two applications that may yield opportunities later in the year. The photographs are also part of an evolving restructure of this blog, collecting work into categories under tabs at the top of the page. Investing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Exhibitions, Ink, Tools, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: blog, camera, Maine

Brush Holder and Panels

December 7, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

This post shows two recent projects of making tools and materials for painting. Brush Holder I've wrapped brushes many different ways to protect them from being damaged during transport. A friend sewed her own brush holder that motivated me to make one for myself. My mother taught me how to sew when I was a kid; I used a leftover piece of canvas to make mine. A rigid mailing tube cut to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photo, Tools, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: brush holder, panels

New Site

September 28, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

I am pleased to announce the blog Laraine Armenti Art has migrated from being hosted on Blogger to being independently hosted using Wordpress. These changes consolidate the blog and website in one location — www.larainearmenti.com. All of the content from the Blogger site has been reformatted in the new Wordpress site. Blog posts will continue to be published approximately once a week with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: website, writing essay

Threshold

June 20, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Moving out of one art studio and into another is, by definition, unsettling. While full of promise and possibility, the change brings to an end a particular working phase. The previous room, its small size, pale yellow walls, shelves full of books and furniture that crowded every gesture, was the cocoon of work created there. Routine and efficiency, even inefficiencies, produced a certain result … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: new studio

Waiting for Paint to Dry

June 10, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

New studio, final paint. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: new studio

New Studio in Progress

June 9, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

17.5 x 18.5 / 324 sq feet, 9.5 feet to ceiling plus sky light, two casement windows Save … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools Tagged With: new studio

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