Laraine Armenti

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Somewhere in China

January 18, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

lunch

ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — ZHEJIANG, no. 31 Except for scant details, my courteous young interpreter had limited knowledge of our location, destination, or itinerary. The adults were speaking among themselves, merrily enjoying a family-style vacation in the country. They barely looked out the bus windows. Twenty-four hours after leaving Beijing for Shanghai, I was somewhere in China without a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artist Residency, China, Photo Tagged With: hangzhou, tea, zhejiang

Re-paint

June 23, 2011 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

tomato

I prefer to paint "alla prima"—all at once—but recently I have been repainting earlier paintings without altering the basic structure. The painting above was repainted in the top third to change color relationships between background, objects, and cloth. I liked the glass and first egg, but I felt the placement was too close to the edge. I wanted to see if the the color and atmosphere could be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: egg, knife, paper bag, tea, tomato

Garlic with Egg and Tea

August 18, 2010 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Garlic with Egg and Tea, oil on maple panel,  10 x 10 inch (25  x 25  cm), 08/16/2010 Garlic with Egg and Tea, graphite on mylar,  5 x 7 inch (13  x 18  cm), 08/12/2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Graphite, Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: egg, garlic, tea

Bagel, Egg, and Tea, no. 2

August 14, 2010 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

bagel, egg and tea - no. 2; oil on panel

Bagel, Egg, and Tea, no. 2 — oil on maple panel,  10 x 10 inch (25  x 25  cm), 08/11/2010 Bagel, Egg, and Tea, no. 2 — graphite on mylar,  5 x 7 inch (13  x 18  cm), 08/11/2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Graphite, Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: bagel, egg, tea

Bagel, Egg, and Tea, no. 1

August 13, 2010 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Bagel, egg, and tea

Bagel, egg and tea, no. 1 — oil on maple panel,  10 x 10 inch (25  x 25  cm), 08/9/2010 Bagel, Egg, and Tea, no. 1 — graphite on mylar,  5 x 7 inch (13  x 18  cm), 08/8/2010 Bagel, Egg, and Tea, no. 1 — graphite on mylar,  5 x 7 inch (13  x 18  cm), 08/8/2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Graphite, Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: bagel, egg, tea

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