Laraine Armenti

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Gilbert Gallery Porter’s Prep

January 29, 2015 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

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A selection of my paintings and collages will be shown in the Gilbert Gallery, Miss Porter's School, 60 Main Street, Farmington, CT. February 1—28, 2015 View by appointment: 860-418-9557 Visual Arts Dept: 860-409-3701 www.porters.org ABOVE: Acrylic painted paper collage, 10"x8", 2015 Assembling frames with double weight mats, 19"x15" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Collage / Color, Painting, Photo Tagged With: Bonnard, skull

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

Goya and Bonnard

November 1, 2008 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

There is an absurdity to making small gouache copies of extremely large, well known oil paintings. I enjoy it. It feels like the difference between gazing through a window at delicious cakes compared to going inside to taste one. It's not the same as painting in a gallery before the original, or groping through the uncertain dark alleys of one's own work. It involves a deeper involvement than just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Copies, Figure, Gouache & Watercolor, Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: Bonnard, Goya

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