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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

Rabbit and Pierrot with Shell and Brass Vase

December 2, 2007 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Rabbit & Pierrot with Shell and Brass Vase, gouache and pencil on stonehenge, 6.5" x 8", 11/2/2007 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artist Residency, Gouache & Watercolor, Graphite, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: brass vase, pierrot, rabbit, shell, VCCA

Rabbit and Pierrot Look at the Stars

December 2, 2007 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Rabbit & Pierrot Look at the Stars, gouache and pencil on Stonehenge, 6.5" x 8", 11/2/2007 … [Read more...]

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

Rabbit and Pierrot Back to Back

November 2, 2007 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Rabbit and Pierrot Back to Back, gouache and pencil on Stonehenge, 6.5" x 8", 11/1/2007 … [Read more...]

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

Rabbit and Pierrot Meet

November 2, 2007 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Rabbit & Pierrot Meet, gouache and pencil on Stonehenge, 6.5" x 8", 11/1/2007 … [Read more...]

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

Pierrot in Profile

November 1, 2007 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Pierrot in Profile, gouache and pencil on Stonehenge, 6.5" x 8", 10/31/2007 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artist Residency, Gouache & Watercolor, Painting, Still-life Indoor, VCCA Tagged With: ink, pierrot, walnut

Pierrot Toppled

October 31, 2007 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Pierrot Toppled, gouache and pencil on Stonehenge, 6.5" x 8", 10/30/2007 … [Read more...]

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

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