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Lemon

July 11, 2010 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Lemon, oil on linen panel, 5 x 7 inch (13 x 18 cm), 06/29/2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: knife, lemon, plate

Lemon

July 10, 2010 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Lemon, oil on linen panel, 5 x 7 inch (13 x 18 cm), 06/28/2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: knife, lemon, plate

Bananas and Blue Napkin

February 23, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

For my recent series of oil paintings on paper, I prepared Arches 300 lb. cold press watercolor paper with two or three coats of acrylic matte medium. Re-reading notes from a workshop, I discovered that the recommendation was for one coat of matte medium followed by two coats of acrylic gesso. No wonder too much oil was being absorbed from the paint. Learn by doing — that's what works. ABOVE: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: apple, bananas, blue napkin, clementine, lemon

Teapot and Lemon

February 20, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Teapot and Lemon, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 02/14/2009 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: lemon, teapot

Book Review

February 8, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Still Life with Oysters and Lemon by Mark Doty, Beacon Press, 2001 A personal narrative about art, love, life and loss that is equal parts poetry and philosophy. In "Still Life with Oysters and Lemon", a small 17th century Dutch painting by Jan Davidsz de Heem is the catalyst for Mark Doty’s illuminating meditation on intimacy. His layered contemplation of the still life’s ordinary subject — … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: banana, lemon, mark doty, teapot

Butter Pot, Green Apple, and Lemon

February 5, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Butter Pot, Green Apple, and Lemon, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 02/02/2009 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: butter pot, green apple, lemon

Postcard

October 23, 2008 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Today marks the completion of several intersecting projects that I have worked on in the last three months. My website is updated with work from this year: it has a new structure, changed from being grouped by medium to being grouped by year or by genre. Two paintings for two shows are framed and donated, both to fund raisers: one for a non-profit gallery, the other for Aids Action. And the blog … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: knife, lemon, teapot

Teapot with Knife and Lemon

September 2, 2008 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Teapot with Knife and Lemon, oil on linen panel, 5 x 7 in (12.7 x 17.78 cm), 8/19/2008 Teapot with Knife and Lemon, oil on linen gatorboard, 8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm), 8/15/08 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: knife, lemon, teapot

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