tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89629950513754492322024-03-19T14:27:27.375-07:00My Life As A PainterKami Mendlik http://www.blogger.com/profile/05224417696522576773noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962995051375449232.post-11457316431557213482015-10-29T19:30:00.001-07:002015-10-29T19:30:36.963-07:00Bringing An Idea To Canvas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Living in the St Croix Valley of Minnesota, I spend a lot of time hiking our State Parks. Although, I certainly do lug my gear to these same places, it's often times I see something I need to paint when my paints are not at hand. So, I take a quick photograph and make some mental notes of the color harmony and the emotion I get while looking at the scene. This is an interesting way to start a painting. For me, it makes the painting process more conceptual than just reacting and attempting to capture the scene at hand when painting en plein air. The series of studies below, is my way of working out my 'problems' on canvas before actually hitting the larger canvas. </div>
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The idea or inspiration was first introduced to me when coming in from a hike at dusk in William O'brien State Park in the fall. I only had my iPhone along, so quick took a shot with my phone and stood making mental notes to myself of the impression at hand. What struck me most was the strong abstract shape of the water jetting through the land and how the land seemed to dissolve away. These memories are important to retain in order to hopefully translate this vision with paint in the studio. </div>
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I thought I'd share how I bring my ideas or 'concepts' to canvas. As much as I'd love to just start painting this concept out on my larger piece, I find it seriously helpful to work out my ideas and problems in small studies first. This is not reinventing the wheel here, but to some this is might be a new way of working out their painting problems. I first learned a similar method or approach years back from Marc Hanson. It was really helpful and still is! Now this is the format in which I teach my plein air to landscape classes. </div>
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1. The first study in value, is for me to work out my larger simple more abstract shapes.</div>
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2. Next, I take the value study and work up the painting with 1/2 tones, playing with variety in texture and edges.</div>
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3. The third study is when I start working out my values as color. I'm very deliberate to only paint in the average colors of each shape. No place to hide this way!</div>
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4. And lastly, I put all the pieces together practicing 'working out my problems'. It's freeing because these are just 'studies'. No stress, no fears, just painting out my ideas. </div>
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At this point in the process, I'm feeling pretty confident in moving ahead to my larger painting. The physical act of painting is easy, it's the BRAIN work that's hard! :) </div>
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"Evening Whisper"</div>
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Kami Mendlik http://www.blogger.com/profile/05224417696522576773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962995051375449232.post-12814069161539574732015-10-23T06:13:00.002-07:002015-10-23T06:13:45.208-07:00Broke, but with dignity! <div style="color: #3f2417; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; padding: 0px;">
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"Autumn's Light" is my latest piece from the studio inspired by the property right outside my studio window. Also, my own backyard! This is a very common scene here in the midwest, a mix of deciduous trees, along with a mix of pines; native grasses; and in this case, goldenrod which had just turned subtle shades of gray after it's intense couple weeks of warm yellows. And also not uncommon, a pasture divided by a dirt road, lined perfectly with telephone wires. </div>
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I don't know what it is with me, but there's almost nothing that stokes me more than loading up the palette knife with paint and laying in telephone wires! I remember one time years ago as a younger artist, I was commissioned to do this incredible large scene of the St Croix from the balcony of my clients home. The vista view, nothing short of remarkable for sure. However, what interested me most was the break in the horizontal landscape of the dynamic telephones poles running across the river and up into the sky, then the droopy tension of the wires connecting from pole to pole! So, I finish the painting, show the collectors, they say "we love it, except we want you to take out the ugly telephone poles". . . Say what?! I did not. That was the day I went home with a painting of a beautiful vista river scene with telephone wires in the back of my car, broke but with dignity. </div>
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At the time, I had no idea how often in years to come I would reflect on that moment of strength. There are so many times I think of the courage I had as a young painter, and wonder, where did that come from?? Logically, I had no business turning down that commission, I had no money, and for sure needed it. But I remember thinking, if I'm going to do this thing, I am going to do this thing honestly! I've now painted the river more times than I could possibly tell you, but that time, my curiosity was driven by the juxtaposition of those lines. The painting happened because of that curiosity, which has lead me here today. What if the curiosity was not driving the force, or was taken away because someone else didn't want it that way? I wonder then, what part would be the art? Would I still be the same painter I am today? I believe moments like that, are the moments that make us the artists we are, and are going to be. </div>
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Now, would it have mattered to anyone else if I would have put them in or taken them out? Probably not. It mattered to no one else but me, just like most of the things I'm driven to paint. But if I'M not interested in what I'm painting, NO one will be interested in my paintings. It's not what we paint, it's how we paint it. <i>Like Hawthorne stated "make much out of little, not little out of much!"</i>. I love that, and think of him and his inspiring words daily. Which leads me to the theme of the painting above! <i>"Make much out of little, not little out of much!"</i></div>
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Kami Mendlik http://www.blogger.com/profile/05224417696522576773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962995051375449232.post-9065958609057130092015-01-10T14:51:00.000-08:002015-01-10T14:51:08.076-08:00It's all Relative!! Painting Oranges And A Lemon! © Kami Mendlik 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Back in the studio after a little Holiday Break! During Christmas I was given a big bag of oranges and lemons picked fresh from the trees in their backyard in AZ. Very exciting was the fact that the stems and leaves were still attached! We just don't get that here in Minnesota! So I went fast to work in the studio 'practicing what I preach', studying the color!</div>
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<i>"Make much out of little, not little out of Much!" - Charles Hawthorne</i></div>
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I tell my students to keep their lights and darks separate, and even if it's painful, block in the average relative colors. Not a literal interpretation of what you see when you look directly into the color, but what it is compared to it's neighbor colors.</div>
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They often ask me if this is how I <i>REALLY</i> paint, well here's the proof!</div>
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For this entire study I used a basic primary palette of Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Ultra Marine Blue and Titanium White. </div>
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Starting by blocking in the average darks (shadow areas), identify as best you can the difference in colors between the different darks. I eliminate the tertiary at first to really 'push' the differences. I will modify this later on in the painting.</div>
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Once shadows are blocked in, start blocking in the areas of light. If your light is warm, then your shadows will be 'cooler'. It's all relative remember. You might think that the red in the far right orange is warm, but it's cooler than yellow! And Orange is composed of yellow and red. Making orange 'warmer' than red! Again, it's all relative!</div>
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Notice how each lit area in the oranges are slightly different than each other. This is not by chance, it was carefully studied and observed. Painting light with color is a manipulation of color temperatures and saturations.</div>
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Getting all areas relatively massed in and making any adjustments I see needed. Until you get all the averages covered, it's difficult to tell if you got it right! It <i>'ain't</i>' over till it's over!</div>
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The rest of the painting is careful and subtle observation of notes of colors within the averages. Each stroke I make represents a plane change in each light or dark to best represent form and light.</div>
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The finished painting! It's finished because I like it and each stroke symbolizes either a plane change, light, or dark and it's all relative to each other creating harmony and unity! </div>
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Keep posted in days to come. I'll be breaking this process down further.</div>
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Kami Mendlik http://www.blogger.com/profile/05224417696522576773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962995051375449232.post-1903264870100595462015-01-05T20:18:00.000-08:002015-01-05T20:18:56.973-08:00My Year!Where do I even begin? I thought of completely starting over with a new blog. . . had a brilliant idea for a brilliant new blog name, "Miles Of Canvas"!!! Well, thought it was brilliant and original until I went online to register, only to find 100's of others using that name for their blogs, websites, company names, etc. Guess it WAS a good idea, but not so original after all. <div>
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The last post I made was in February of 2014. I have not dropped off the face of the planet, but have most certainly been busy completely altering life as we knew it one year ago! Not to take Martin Luther King's line, but I had a dream! A vision. A vision for a place on a beautiful and inspiring piece of nature, where I could have my studio, share with my students and fellow painters, and finish raising my children. To get rid of the rent I've been paying in my past studio, simplify life, and paint, paint, paint in a place that moved and inspired painters from all over! Non of it makes sense if you are a person of logic, it only makes sense if you are a person who chooses not to function out of fear, believes life is what you make it, and believes that hard work and risk is worth every drop of sweat. That would be me. I thought, "what's the worst that could happen? I might not get it . . " Would be no further than I was without going for it, so I did! And I did it solely from my art. </div>
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In the past year I have sold my house of 15 years, purchased a 15 acre property in the country with a 150 year old house and a 100 year old hay barn, a 150 year old silo ruins, lots of trees, wetlands, buck thorn, which I have become completely obsessed with removing, trails, bats in the attack (hopefully got rid of them by now) . . . moved out of my downtown Stillwater studio which I had been renting for nearly the past 10 years, converted the 100 year old barn into my new studio and school, and now am doing a major renovation on this sweet little farm house which with might I say, lots of 'character'? Ha! Good word for lots wrong with it! It's okay though, we love it and it is now the place we call home. You see, the property was meant to be. It's the only explanation besides faith and the hard work it took to get here.</div>
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My plan had been to blog daily about our big adventure of moving the house and studio to the country. Well, it just didn't go that way! Every single day has been a challenge of enormous or small, but a challenge just the same. It's been quite a year and quite the journey, and we survived.</div>
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June 1st, I held my first plein air classes on the property. They went all summer long. In September, fall semester of classes started in the studio barn. In October I had my first show in the new 'old' studio barn. In October I also hosted OPM, The Outdoor Painters of Minnesota paint out. We had nearly 50 painters here painting the grounds all day! In February of 2015 winter semester will start up and painters will be here again weekly to study painting. The dream came to life and life we are living! </div>
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The day we moved. January 24, 2014, 30 BELOW ZERO PLUS windchill! You bet! </div>
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Brutal winter. . .</div>
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Yup, cold.</div>
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Our pretty, cold, road. Pretty though! :)</div>
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Time to get the studio barn functional for classes, but we needed a way to get up there besides the 'death trap stairs' coming up through the floor with a trap door.</div>
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Grateful for talented architect Peter Curtis for designing these amazing stairs!</div>
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Spring's finds, 150 year old silo ruins. This is after hours and hours of removing overgrown buck thorn with the help of my kiddo, Nick! We found tons of old artifacts from the original farm!</div>
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A labor of love . . .</div>
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. . . and dirt!</div>
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. . . . major transformation is taking place.</div>
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New floors, lighting, paint, heating, A/C, OMG.</div>
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The scenery across the road is . . . well, heavenly</div>
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As if!! You're kidding me! Poppies! What?? </div>
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I didn't need to go to Italy all these years, my own backyard.</div>
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Yup! Everywhere I turn.</div>
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Let the painting begin! Welcome painters, and they came!</div>
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Another painter, just studying the wetlands</div>
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One of my many demos this summer, happy!</div>
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Monday evening printouts, painters, collectors, Friends. </div>
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around the silo, and the sunflowers begin to grow.</div>
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Late summer, more beautiful early mornings surprises!</div>
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Welcome OPM! We hosted 50 painters to enjoy the land</div>
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Friend and painter Kim Casebeer came to visit and paint this summer!</div>
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School Mascots, Lester and Pinti!</div>
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My first solo show in the new studio! My kiddo Nick, on his phone. :) </div>
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Welcome and enjoy the show!</div>
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Just kicking' up my heals </div>
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The fall was stunning outside the studio window</div>
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A smashing success! </div>
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People came, they enjoyed . . . </div>
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Time for a beer, it's been quite a year!</div>
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A corner at the show</div>
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The last couple months have been very interesting to say the least! My kids, Paige and Nick and I moved. Six months ago was the start of a long process of selling our house of 15 years and buying a new one (OLD one, 140 years old one!) where we now live out in the country (just 6 miles from the home we left) and I will have my studio along with 15 very paintable acres. Exciting times, but challenging for sure! And Painting, this is the longest stretch I have gone without painting since I was pregnant with my now 13 year old son. It was about 6 weeks of no painting, ugh! Classes started back up a few weeks ago in full swing, and thanks to one of my students who took these pictures of my block in demo I can share them with you. This painting was a 2 hour demo done from a study and my photo using my Mac. The demo was on blocking in large shapes of color to create harmony in your landscape. All I can say is it's good to be 'Back At It!!' :) </div>
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<br />Kami Mendlik http://www.blogger.com/profile/05224417696522576773noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962995051375449232.post-41558161460624254522013-12-03T19:52:00.001-08:002013-12-03T19:53:48.427-08:00Studio Show, Dec. 12, 2013<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><em>Please join me Thursday December 12, for this very special evening of art and cheer in my studio!</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: underline;">Where:</span> St Croix River School of Painting</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: underline;">When:</span> Reception and Spirits - Thurday December 12, 5:00-9:00PM</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333300; font-size: medium;"><em><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Artist Talk by 'Me' and Short Poetry Reading by friend Chuck Bransford at 6:30pm.</span></em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333300; font-size: medium;"><em><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Chuck and Wife Diane traveled to Tuscany with me last year where he wrote a piece of poetry on my painting "Tuscan Broom Brush". He will be sharing that piece on this special evening!</span></em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: underline;">Extended Studio Hours:</span> Friday December 13, 11:00-5:00</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><em>I look forward to sharing my latest works and adventures with you! Hope to see you soon. Until then, I wish you and your family a safe, warm and Happy Thanksgiving! So much to be grateful for! -Kami</em></strong></span></div>
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This is a piece I painted from my front yard. The colors this year are intense, love it! </div>
Kami Mendlik http://www.blogger.com/profile/05224417696522576773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962995051375449232.post-18364237404309442812013-10-15T08:32:00.003-07:002013-10-15T08:32:29.523-07:00My Bear Story!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;"></span><br />
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Summer has come and gone, and fall has certainly arrived full of color this year! The St Croix Valley truly is an incredible place to live and paint. I have many favorites where I frequently visit and haul my paints to 'the spot' where I attempt to capture the fleeting colors of the moment. I love that I never quite know what is going to happen, or what I will end up with after a trip out painting. Plein Air painting is so full of discovering, strategizing, observing, experiencing, revealing, translating, the list goes on and on . . . . however, along with all that, can certainly come with a healthy dose of frustrations and challenges along the way. With that said, any day out painting is a good day! </div>
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I'm sure if you were to get together with any group of serious 'plein air' painters you'd hear some pretty incredible stories of their crazy experiences out painting, and if you gave some of them a beer in a pub after a long day out painting the stories would probably grow. The 20 degree winter day out painting suddenly may turn into now 50 mile an hour winds, not snow but ice, pelting the side of their face, fingers so frozen they are like popsicles stuck to their hands, now 20 <strong>below</strong> temps, but "I stuck it out for the sake of the painting" kind of stories . . . . .you get the picture! I often hear from people how 'lucky' I am to be a painter, and how 'relaxing' it must be . . . . ha! :) I don't believe it has anything to do with luck and I'll tell you, it's far from relaxing, but I do love it and wouldn't trade this life for anything else! </div>
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<strong>Now for MY recent plein air 'story'!! </strong></div>
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One of my 'favorites' in the Valley is William OB. State Park, (above). The day I shot this picture was a good day, I went out with a few of my painter friends, we met at the coffee shop in Marine and headed up to our location, then hiked into the park (about a 1/3 - 1/2 mile hike with gear <em>up hill each way!</em>;) It was cool and a little rainy which provided a nice blanket of rich color in the sky, and the land was saturated in color from the wetness, and soft light which allows the eye to see color so completely without great contrast of harsh sunlit areas. Loved it! What more could a painter ask for I say!</div>
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Chompin' at the bit to get out and do another study of this same place before the colors changed too drastically, I headed out at 7:00 AM a few days later, arrived on location around 7:30 AM. I had told my friend Diane that I would be heading out there to paint if she wanted to join me. I got out of my car and stepped into the crisp, cool, fall air. I saw my breath for the first time this year. I stood and listened before grabbing my gear from the back of the truck and heard lots of animal activity in the woods that morning and thought "sure . . . this would be the morning I'd see a bear". You see, it's been nearly 15 plus years that my Dad has been telling me I need to start carrying Bear Spray (don't worry, it causes no harm to the bear). I blow him off every time and tell him, I'm good, the wild life love me, they think I'm like Snow White out there, 'We Hang Out!". Deer lay by me and graze, and the turkeys come visit to see what I'm up to! It's true, they do! So, I hike up the hill, get set up, squeeze out my paints, put up a fresh new canvas, envision the possible potential for this painting that does not yet exist, feeling completely exhilarated still watching my breath as now the sun is brazing the damp foggy valley, looking miles out into the distance with my back is to the wooded tree line just 2o feet from where I stand, when my peace is suddenly jolted by an incredibly abrupt sound of what must be a very large tree branch forcefully cracked just behind me. In my 20 years painting out in Nature this is the first time I've ever heard this sound. I clap and make some noise, now breathing heavily and heart beating out of my chest. I hear nothing but complete silence. I calmly place my keys in one hand and phone in the other (remember I'm about 1/2 mile away from my vehicle) I don't see anything yet but I know it's a bear. What else could possibly make that sound? In an instant I make the decision to leave my equipment, to not go deeper in the park, but to walk back out to the road on the path that goes back towards where the sound came from. I speed dial my Dad while heading out (who I know is 50 miles away and could do nothing but to know where I am just in case. . . ). As I'm telling him my location I look up to my right and a 100 year old oak tree is moving like I never knew an oak tree could move, and I see the bear in the tree shaking the tree branches letting me know he's not happy I woke him up! I am now hyperventilating as he's only 2o feet from me in a tree and I'm on the phone with my Dad who I'm telling him repeatedly in a panic "I have a bear in my sight, I have a bear in my sight . . . .and close, in a tree!!" My Dad asks me over and over "is he still up there?? Are you past him yet??" Finally I am past him and my Dad says "Well, get out of there FAST!" Great idea Dad! Good thinking!!</div>
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The bear did not come down to greet me, thankfully! I safely reach my car and he says, "NOW are you going to go buy some Bear Spray?!" And I did, TWO cans!! I love bears and I think they are amazing creatures but I don't care if I ever see one that close again in my entire life! Sounds much more fun than it actually is! Yes, such a relaxing life!! :) Did I go back again? Of course I did! </div>
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Now to get my equipment. Diane and her sweet husband Doug showed up minutes later, and I tell them we can't go back in yet, "there's the largest bear in the entire United States waiting to eat us in a tree!!" Brave Doug feels confident and leads the way back in the park, the bear is gone, we get my equipment, I even did a quick study and survived another day painting!! Like I always say, "it's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it!" Embellised? Well . . . it may not be a documented fact that he was the largest living bear in the USA but as far as I remember he WAS! </div>
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I just returned home from a week long trip on Madeline Island WI where I taught a 5 day Plein air workshop, painted, and brought my two teenage kids (13 and 14 ages) and each a friend to create some warm summer memories! Seems kinda crazy when I see it in writing, :) but it was all good! Actually, much better than 'good', it was inspiring! Madeline Island School Of Art provides the perfect palette of hospitality for painters to completely engross themselves in inspiration and productivity. </div>
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My students capturing the shapes and colors of the lagoon from Town Park early in the week</div>
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My two biggest critics, my son Nick eating his ice cream cone and his friend Brandan </div>
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My view hiking into the sunrise. . . I spotted an early bird photographer hard at work already! Wonder if she knew she herself was 'art' :)</div>
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. . . and the sun comes up</div>
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. . . .the half of my class that decided to show up to experience this incredible morning</div>
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6:00 AM, painting number 2 of the day! no joke!</div>
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. . . me working to capture early morning light before our 7:00 breakfast. . . . </div>
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. . . next day . . .painters working in the afternoon light, I just love painters!</div>
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down at the beach standing in the shade catching the colors of high key light</div>
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is that Monet?? :) oh, no it's his look alike! :) </div>
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evenings were filled with family and friends enjoying the flavors of the island, life is good!</div>
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not only water and beach scenes but also lovely meadows and prairies right from the MISA school grounds</div>
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my 'crew' all cleaned up and ready for a much earned lasagna dinner in the barn</div>
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Me and my girls! Paige and her friend Olivia watched me paint my evening demo for my class, ice cream was the next stop!</div>
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Thanks to my awesome students for working hard and being a constant inspiration on my journey as a painter! </div>
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Once again, another year and time to paint the peonies! Each year around this time I'm chompin at the bit for the white peonies to open so I can paint them. This year they were a month behind usual blooming time and the blossoms were acting kinda funny. This piece was my third attempt at capturing this yearly event for me. The first two attempts were scrapped by the second day because when I came back for a second sitting on my paintings the peonies were completely melted and petal-less! Every single petal was on the table top! Finally my own garden peonies opened, I cut them myself the same morning, headed to the studio, arranged the setting and painted for two days until this painting was born. Now I'm packing and heading to Madeline Island where I am teaching a workshop for 5 days. Can't wait! </div>
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"Dusk At Bear Pond"</div>
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"Evening At Bear Pond"</div>
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"Madeline Island State Park"</div>
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I just returned home from eight days on Madeline Island painting, resting, and I guess 'retreating'. :) Oh, almost forgot to mention collecting sea glass! There's something very therapeutic about walking along a quiet beach finding little treasures, makes me feel like a kid. The weather was a little wet and cool, but I didn't mind. It created an even more serene quality to my week and the scenes I was capturing with paint, quiet subtleties. </div>
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I remember seeing a program on Mary Whyte a few years back (an incredible water color painter from Charleston) and was so inspired by her as an artist and a woman. The story was about her carving out time each year to rent a little house in the middle of nowhere to be alone and completely engrossing herself in her painting with no other distractions. I love my life and am so grateful for all that makes it full, but I will tell you, I feel so recharged and inspired by getting away and having time alone with no other distractions. I had a few people tell me how lucky I was to be able to do that, but it really has nothing to do with luck. I made it happen! Now I'm back home and everyone survived without me and are even more appreciative for me. It's kinda nice. :) </div>
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The top 2 pieces which I titled 'bear pond' were painted two consecutive evenings at the same time with completely different light effects, so interesting. I guess the second one might have been a little bit earlier, but it was close. Sun was just down on both accounts. Notice that if the sky is warm then the land is cooler, if the sky is cooler than the land is warmer. Same exact scene, totally different paintings! Making "much out of little, not little out of much" right? (Hawthorne) I could paint that simple little pond every day! Lucky for me the next night I was NOT painting that sweet little pond, because while I was safely inside looking out there wandered HUGE black bear slowly moving across the meadow from the pond. Hence the title, Bear Pond. </div>
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At least a couple of these paintings I plan to make into large studio pieces. This trip was just what I needed for a break and renewed inspiration! Now it's time to paint the St Croix Valley, so lush and green right now! </div>
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"Lovely Tuscan Tree"</div>
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Almost one year ago I traveled to Tuscany Italy where I taught an 8 day plein air workshop. Before arriving in Tuscany my daughter and I took an extra week to visit and travel through Rome and Florence. It was my third time traveling to Italy to teach and paint. Italy is one of those places that I have been where it feels like home to me, so comfortable and so beautiful and full of inspiration! I always tell my students that it's life's experiences that brings richness to the canvas, not just technical knowledge (although very important as well). Having the experience of being in Italy, breathing the air, eating the food, hearing the sounds and absorbing the sights through our eyes richness the soul of the artist. This experience will never leave me and as time goes by it seems to rich en. So, one year later I am now painting my memories and experiences of this life enriching trip. "Lovely Tuscan Tree" is my recent studio piece of this Lovely Tuscan Tree overlooking Sienna. I loved and will forever remember the beautiful weight and form of this tree and it gracefully opposed the distant cool blue recession. </div>
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Good news! This painting will be traveling to The Small Works Show at the Bennington Center Of Arts in Bennington Vermont. I'm hoping to make it to the opening of this show in June, 2013. </div>
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Sometimes a painter just needs a little color! We still have snow here, a LOT and today I just needed some color. So, I went to the market to find some inspiration. Look what I found! As deep as my passion is for painting landscape, I LOVE painting flowers! Obviously I'm drawn to their vibrant and rich color but I love their life and vitality and when I paint them I'm just happy! Pretty good reason to paint flowers I'd say. :) This is what I did today in the studio. </div>
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Here in Minnesota it's still very much winter and we've had a LOT of snow this year, and it's still coming!! I love the snow and find so much inspiration from the harmony it provides but this time of year I am more than craving the river open, moving, and warm with the reflections of It's banks pulling down. It's almost as if I need it more for my soul which as far as I know is where my art comes from. Years ago I would not have imagined that my muscle memory for imagery would ever be as strong as it is now but it's even stronger. Especially for images and scenery I have painted from life countless times. On these two studies above, I used a couple photos I took last year along the river, the photos were used simply for memory 'joggers'. The imagery from the photo supplies enough info to trigger my memory of the scene when I was standing there and I'm able to use the photo as a spark to make a painting. As far as color reference goes the photo was virtually no help at all. The greens looked as if they were green straight from the 'lime-green' Crayola Crayon. The warmth and feeling of a place has everything to do with temperature and saturation of color, not so much the local color. </div>
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I each of these paintings in my 2 advanced studio classes last week as a demo on how to paint reflections. They were each painted in under an hour. It won't be long before we'll be out on the banks of the river again painting the moving water from life! </div>
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I'm not sure where the time goes these days but I do know it go by quickly! My issue is not so much finding the time to paint, like so many struggle with, it's finding time to keep up on all the other things in life, such as computer work and cleaning my house! This morning when my kids absolutely could not find one clean sock and I got out of bed to trip on a pile of laundry I decided, okay Kami - A break from painting, clean your house!" So, that's what I'm doing! And to tell you the truth, I think of it as a way to clear my head so that next week I can paint even better! :) </div>
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Not to mention my 12 year old is in hockey! Never thought I, of all people would be spending more time in a day at a hockey rink or driving to one, than along the river with my paint box, but I am, and now finally realizing this season of my life will pass and is passing faster than I want it to. I remember when he was 5 years old, we were driving to the rink at some unGodly hour in February, I was grumping about it, I looked back at happy freckle faced kid with his stick across his lap and he said "Mamma, you don't get it! This is my ART!!" :) Forever changed my attitude. I watched him that morning on the ice, put down my Henri Art Spirit, and saw the hunger and passion in his eyes, just the same way I feel about painting, and GOT IT! Yup, it is his art. This passion can be very inspiring if we let it be and hopefully we can bring it to and through our art. All these pieces of our lives.</div>
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I've been meaning to make this post on the building of "It's Where I Paint" for a good couple of weeks now. I've since painted many paintings that have yet to be posted, and started up teaching winter semester of classes at my studio and school, St Croix River School of Painting. I promised weeks ago to my students I would have this demo here posted so here it is! </div>
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The large studio piece is 24x24. I worked from my plein air piece 12x12 and a really bad photo of the place. All I can say is thank you Nature for revealing such absolute beauty through light and color! I could have never done this painting without studying directly from the source last summer. My photo was virtually useless where color and temperature is concerned! A camera can record objects and color but not temperature. If you want to paint landscape, you need to get your butt outside and paint directly from Nature herself. </div>
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I start off by using Transparent Oxide Red with Gamsol and lay in a wash. Partly to loosen up my arm and partly to get rid of the white canvas. I do not always use an undertone (wash) but most likely if I'm painting a warm light source I like to use a warm tone. For instance when I'm painting a winter scene I may just go directly into my white canvas or I might lay in a Magenta undertone. </div>
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As far as I'm concerned, this initial lay in is the most important part of the painting, the rest is just painting. The concept and composition really needs to be solid right from the start. I'm so much more conscious of this now than I used to be. I used to just start painting with little thought to my division of space and how I could best say what I'm trying to say. </div>
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Still working up drawing with only paint and thinner, no white. I'll often times use a paper towel at this point to push and pull the shapes.</div>
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And I'll keep working the shapes until I'm happy with what I see when I stand across the room. Then I start working up darks, I always leave my light areas until I absolutely need them to relate my darks to. Just understand the reason is that the canvas is already in the key of light, the darks need to be developed by you. Since everything is relative and we are simply manipulating our small range of value to create an 'effect of light' it's important to get as much of the canvas covered as possible. </div>
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Here you can see how I develop my pools of color. I start by using a limited palette of Ultra Marine, Cad. Red, and Cad. lemon or Cad yellow light. They are all mixed separately with white at the same saturation levels. Then I begin to merge the 3 primaries together, this way I keep a clean mixture of paint, that I have control over. I see way too many times students just grabbing paint and guessing and they make nothing but 'mud' as we tend to call it in the painting world. Most colors I've seen in Nature of tertiaries. This is where we have difficulty mixing color. A tertiary is a color composed of each of our primaries, yellow, red, blue. I think of each color as have a dominant primary, then a secondary, then the 3rd. If we mix them equal or at different saturation levels, we lose control over our color and people get frustrated. Try and identify what the dominant primary is in your color, then your 2nd, then your 3rd. This will help you identify and mix your color with less frustration. And if you want to know more about this you can take one of my color mixing workshops! :) </div>
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On with the painting! You can see my plein air piece to the side here. I just continue to mass in my large averages.</div>
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still massing but starting to get some opaque paint on the tree trunks. I tend to work up my entire painting at once, meaning not finish one area but work up all the areas.</div>
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Starting to break into the large flat averages by noting notes of color shifts that would represent form and vibration within the masses. </div>
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Thinking quite a bit about form within the island. . . </div>
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"It's Where I Paint!" 24x24 oil on linen</div>
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So, as you see I got a little too deep in the zone once starting the water and forgot to photograph it. . . oops! </div>
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Again, my pool of greens in it's different values and temperatures. Each time I go into another mass, I clean my palette and start a new pool. </div>
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Last Saturday I hosted a painting demonstration at my studio. I had a very good turn out with lots of painters, some collectors and even a writer! </div>
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It was a full house! I started the day off with a discussion on how I came up with my concept for my large studio piece (20x24). You can see to my left I have my Mac set up with a photograph of the scene, on the far easel on the right is my 16x20 plein air piece, and in the studio I came up with a small 6x8 color study to try and improve my composition and color in the 20x24 studio piece, that was the plan anyway!</div>
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I get started on a piece of C12 linen mounted on gator board, oil primed. I begin moving a thin washy layer of transparent oxide red mixed with turps. </div>
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After I play with the drawing a bit I always wipe it out to tone the canvas.</div>
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In this phase I'm still moving pretty freely but I'm more deliberate with my drawing and division of shapes. Still in a transparent oxide wash until I like the drawing. </div>
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I wish I had more photos of the stages of developing the painting but this is what I have. You can see here my shapes are pretty much in. If you were at my demo you would see me in this phase using my papertowel to clean up negative shapes until I'm happy with the drawing.</div>
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The color on this photo is not correct, it's not nearly as yellow but you can see how I start laying in color.</div>
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I move all around the canvas pretty quickly covering all large masses in averages. </div>
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This is a close up of my green pools, they move from temperature to temperature. </div>
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A close of my sky holes in the trees. </div>
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A close up of the temperature notes as they move away into the distance. </div>
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My 6x8 studio color study in hopes to achieve this same light in a larger version!</div>
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The final finished demo! 20x24, painted January 12, 2013. </div>
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Last week I was in AZ for the AWA show, American Woman Artist show in Tubac, one hour South of Tuscan. I flew in on Halloween where I met friend and painter Kim Casebeer to paint in between events. We had scouted out our painting location the evening before in Catalina State Park to save time Thursday morning. We were both just about set up when I realized I did not have the right quick release for my tripod!! :( boooo!!! In case you don't know what that is, it's the piece of hardware connected to my paintbox that connects the tripod to the box. Without it there is not a way to secure the box. Kim was already set up and the light was fantastic. I quick called her to let her know what was happening and decided to go back to the parking lot, find a picnic table and make the best of what the situation was. Hard to not get to crabby when you travel all the way from MN to AZ to paint, have perfect fleeting light and find this out. But, like I always tell my students "no excuses!". So, I made a painting! </div>
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My set up! I was canopied by the trees so couldn't see the tops of the mountains so zoomed in on what I could see, trees! </div>
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'my little plein air study from sitting at the picnic table making the most of the situation'</div>
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It was an interesting study of light. It was really interesting to note the differences between the mountain area in the back to the warmth in the trees in front. It's all 'relative!' </div>
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Luckily by the next painting we had gotten a hold of a painter that lived in the area (Carol Sweeney) and she borrowed me her soltek easel for the day so I could stand and paint. Thank you Carol! We went back to the same place to try and catch the mid day light. Funny enough, we ended up both standing under the trees where the picnic tables were because it was too hot to paint without shade over us, and in the desert there is not a lot of shaded areas. </div>
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The 'start' above is how I started my next painting, blocked in washes of color . . .</div>
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After the opening at the K.Newby gallery, we ran out quick to catch Friday's light fleeting quickly! this study was done in about 45 minutes, if that. . . </div>
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(me painting Friday evening after opening exhibition)</div>
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Saturday we were to paint at the Sonora Desert Museum, an incredible place near Tuscan. The quick paint was 9:00-11:00. </div>
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It was a very quick, refreshing, inspiring, and productive painting trip! </div>
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This is my latest studio piece, just finished! Art making is interesting. . . Is there ever one way to make art? In "The Story" my approach was much different than my last two studio pieces. In the bean field pieces, I had a very deliberate plan as to how I was going to paint the pieces and spent more time planning my studies than I actually did painting the 2 @ 20x24 paintings. I knew I wanted a very buttery paint quality, an alla prima approach where I planned to finish the paintings each in one session with lush wet edges melding into one another and bold stroked of paint. That worked out well for those two paintings, in fact I already pre-sold one of them for our show opening Friday in Pepin! </div>
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Now, the painting "The Story" was completely different in my approach. I worked from a photo I had taken a couple years back in Door County, and knew when I shot the photo I'd be making this a large painting someday. I have very vivid memories of the 'mood and feeling' I had for that day and place. I felt very much a part of the place and knew it would be important for me when creating the painting that I would want to translate that feeling, there was a sense of mystery to the place as well. This is a painting I would say I 'painted myself into'. </div>
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When starting this painting I had no intention of working through this piece quickly, I knew I would work in layers in attempt to build up the depth through transparencies to create in the painting the feeling of vibrancy in the grasses and queen anne's lace in the large foreground area. </div>
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I worked back and forth with warms and cools until I felt I achieved what I was after without hopefully over working it! After time and thoughtfulness to this painting, it's finished. :) </div>
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My fall studio classes started up again last week! It was really good to be back teaching in the studio with all the eager and inspiring painters I am privileged to teach. I always welcome, and do realize I need breaks from teaching to have some of my own space to paint and breath but I know for certain that teaching is a huge part of my art and feeds and challenges me as an artist. I have a strong need to share my findings through teaching and painting. </div>
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The two pieces above were started as demonstrations for my Thursday and Friday advanced studio classes. The top piece was my Thursday 'demo', I came in to the studio early Friday morning before my next class to finish it up. "Wide Open Spaces" was my Friday class 'demo' which I finished today. Because I had spent most of Tuesday and Wednesday on working out compositions, value studies, then color studies I was able to approach both my larger pieces confidently and freely. I spent more time planning these pieces than I actually did painting them. A good solid conceptual plan pays off! I feel that if I have a clear plan of where I'm going with my paintings I can achieve a freshness and confidence in my paint quality that I'm after. </div>
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WOW! It's been a while since I've posted on my blog, but it's certainly not because I haven't been painting! In fact, I've painting painting like crazy this summer and now fall. I do have to admit though, I've been posting almost daily on Facebook and have gotten away from my blog somewhat. I think it might be how instant, easy and casual posting on FB is for me. Blogging, although good, is a bit more of a process, but I'm going to start working on getting back here more regularly, especially now that summer is over and I'll be in the studio more.</div>
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It's gotten to the point that I don't even know where to begin with this post so I thought I'd begin with the most recent works I've done. Above are all pieces done outside on location observing first hand how the light effects the colors I'm observing and attempting to record, not to mention having fun trying! </div>
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So, breaking back to blogging. I'll keep it brief and just say hi, here's my latest works! Please check back soon! </div>
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This summer has certainly had many memorable moments, but at the top of the list was my past week teaching on Madeline Island at the Madeline Island School Of Art, MISA! Madeline Island is just off the shore of Bayfield WI where you have to take a ferry to get on the island. I've taught in so many amazing places but there is just something about being on an island that really helps to leave the rest of the world behind and become completely engrossed with painting. </div>
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In the evenings I would go out and paint and invite the class to either watch me paint or paint along. This evening was on the ferry docks where people ferry their vehicles over from Bayfield to the Island. The 'plan' this night was to paint the sunset but when I turned around and saw the 'Beach Club" wrapped in a blanket of warm sunlight I couldn't resist all the amazing shapes and went for it! </div>
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The Club House piece</div>
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We were out before the sunrise, and just as the sun peeked over the horizon, the sky also turned dark and started storming, this photo was taken with my iphone, completed unedited, </div>
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The school has incredible painting grounds blanketed with flower filled meadows and trees that recess in layers and upon layers. Truly a painters heaven everywhere you turn!</div>
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Not to mention all the charming farm house and out buildings!</div>
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Me doing what I do, paint! And at sunrise no less (those who know me well would be truly amazed at the fact I was up that early!) But look! Who wouldn't be!!? Ya know when I'm out painting, I realize and am reminded why I paint, there really is no place else I'd rather be and I feel pretty fortunate that I am a painter!</div>
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Here are the troopers going in for yup, breakfast! Already got a painting in by 7:30 am and then heading back out! </div>
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Me and The gang, we clean up well! </div>
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The grounds are covered with incredible buildings, the one on the right is one of the studios, done right!</div>
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Two of my favorite painters and hey they snuck out early before the rest of us that morning to get it started! </div>
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My ferry dock painting. A very memorable night, A very memorable week!</div>
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"Beach Club - Madeline Island"</div>
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I am most honored to announce that my painting "Field Of Goldenrod" has been accepted into the AWA, American Woman Artists National 15<sup>th</sup> Annual Master & Signature Member Show and National Juried Competition Exhibition.<br />November 2 – November 25, 2012<br />K Newby Gallery + Sculpture Garden<br />19 Tubac Rd • Tubac, AZ 85646-4217<br />Phone: 1.520.398.9662 </div>
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<a href="http://www.americanwomenartists.org/events/featured-events">http://www.americanwomenartists.org/events/featured-events</a></div>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fall Classes and Workshops 2012</span></strong></div>
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Fall classes are filling quickly! </div>
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Beginning the week of September 24th, I will be holding 3 different semester based studio classes at my studio and school,</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">The St Croix River School Of Painting</span> </div>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mondays 5:00-8:00 pm</span></strong></div>
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<strong>~Fundamentals Class working from life~</strong></div>
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<strong>Classes start Monday September 24th - December 10th</strong></div>
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~<em>This class is currently full but I am taking names for a waiting list~</em> </div>
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If you are interested it is worth being on the list as last minute openings do occur for unforeseeable reasons</div>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Thursdays 9:30am-4:00pm</span></strong></div>
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<strong>~Bi-weekly studio class for experienced painters~</strong></div>
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<strong>Classes start Thursday September 27th - December 13th</strong></div>
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<em>Please see 'classes and workshops' page on my website for exact bi - weekly dates</em> </div>
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This class is not intended for very beginner painters but the experienced oil painters wanting to improve their work to greater levels and work larger in the studio. I designed this class to allow painters to have the time to fully engross themselves for the day in painting one piece and to completely get into the 'zone'. During the semester you can expect to start and finish several paintings. </div>
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We take a one hour lunch together as a group to have a break and a good 'art talk'! </div>
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On the first day of class I will be giving a lecture and full 3 hour demonstration while discussing my approach to working up a large-scale studio painting. I will have prepared 3 small studies based on a previous plein air painting done earlier in the summer, and a photograph for reference. Of the 3 small studies one will be a black and white value study; a color study; and the last a more finished version of what I am after in my studio piece.</div>
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It's remarkable how successful this class has been for painters! The bi weekly schedule gives you time to paint on your own at home but keeps you on task and checking in every other week.</div>
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If you are interested in pushing your work to the next level, this is a perfect class for you! Please feel free to contact me with any questions.</div>
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<em>~1 opening due to a recent unexpected illness~</em></div>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fridays 9:30am - 4:00pm</span></strong></div>
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<strong>~bi-weekly studio class for experienced painters~</strong></div>
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<strong><strong>Classes start Friday September 28th - December 14th</strong></strong></div>
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<em>Please see 'classes and workshops' page on my website for exact bi - weekly dates</em> </div>
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This class is not intended for very beginner painters but the experienced oil painters wanting to improve their work to greater levels and work larger in the studio. I designed this class to allow painters to have the time to fully engross themselves for the day in painting one piece and to completely get into the 'zone'. During the semester you can expect to start and finish several paintings. </div>
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We take a one hour lunch together as a group to have a break and a good 'art talk'! </div>
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On the first day of class I will be giving a lecture and full 3 hour demonstration while discussing my approach to working up a large-scale studio painting. I will have prepared 3 small studies based on a previous plein air painting done earlier in the summer, and a photograph for reference. Of the 3 small studies one will be a black and white value study; a color study; and the last a more finished version of what I am after in my studio piece.</div>
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It's remarkable how successful this class has been for painters! The bi weekly schedule gives you time to paint on your own at home but keeps you on task and checking in every other week.</div>
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If you are interested in pushing your work to the next level, this is a perfect class for you! Please feel free to contact me with any questions.</div>
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<em>~3 openings left~</em></div>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">2 Fall Workshops</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Workshop # 1: One Day Color Temperature Class</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Where:</strong></span> Crossings in Zumbrota Minnesota<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">When:</span></strong> Saturday October 6th, 2012</div>
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This class is all about color! LOVE LOVE LOVE color!</div>
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The focus of this class is to help you develop a clear approach to determining and mixing the color at hand by identifying the temperature relationship of the colors. We will be using a limited palette of yellow, red, blue and white and mixing colors ALL day with the palette knife. </div>
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This one day will help your color tremendously! </div>
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This class is for painters of ALL LEVELS and will be an achievable challenge for all. </div>
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class will fill quickly, to reserve your space contact Crossings at this link</div>
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<a href="http://www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/">http://www.crossingsatcarnegie.com</a></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Workshop # 2: Two Day Still Life Workshop</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Where:</span> Crossings in Zumbrota Minnesota</strong></div>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">When:</span></strong> October 26th and 27th, 2012</div>
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This class is not a 'how to paint a still life' class but rather how to USE the still life as inspiration to make a painting full of light and color!</div>
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Still life is such an excellent way to study from life! The workshop will start with a lecture and full demonstration on my approach to painting a still life Alla Prima. These two days will be focusing on structuring your painting by massing in your average lights and darks in color and refining your painting by noting the shifts as the planes move around the form. You can expect to have a finished painting by day two! Please email me with any questions. This workshop too will fill quickly, to reserve your space contact Marie at Crossings at this link</div>
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<a href="http://www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/">http://www.crossingsatcarnegie.com</a> </div>
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<strong>Thinking Ahead!!</strong></div>
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Next week I'm off to Madeline Island where I'll be teaching a 5 Day Plein Air workshop through MISA, Madeline Island School of Art. Madeline Island is a beautiful remote island off of Bayfield WI and near the Apostle Islands where you have to take your vehicle over on a ferry boat. I've been busy preparing for this workshop and am really looking forward to painting with and</div>
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meeting new and old painting friends!</div>
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The 'thinking ahead' part. . . :) Because my workshop filled up so quickly this summer with a waiting list, next summer I will be teaching TWO workshops on the Island, one in July and one in August. It is not too early to reserve your place!! Please visit MISA's web site to see more info on these 2 workshops offered in the summer of 2013. And as always, feel free to email me directly with any questions. I've been incredibly impressed at how well this organization is being run and look forward to a long term relationship with this elite school of Art! </div>
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<a href="http://www.madelineartschool.com/">http://www.madelineartschool.com</a> </div>
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Enjoy the rest of your summer! Kami </div>Kami Mendlik http://www.blogger.com/profile/05224417696522576773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962995051375449232.post-13994025809239752982012-07-27T17:09:00.003-07:002012-07-27T17:09:34.589-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"June Light On The Dam"</div>
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20x30 oil on linen</div>
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I don't know how it's possible that it's already the end of July! But it is, and I've been totally engrossed in painting this summer. By the end of the summer I'll have many many paintings to share that I painted studying the pond mostly done 'en plein air'. "June Light On The Dam" was inspired by an 11x14 plein air piece and was painted in the studio. The heat we've had this summer has provided us with some incredible light! This was a piece that I knew needed to be large. I could not have had the knowledge needed to paint this painting without studying it from life first. The colors I observed were colors I wouldn't have imagined in my wildest dreams! </div>
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If you click on the image you can see detail of the painting enlarged. </div>Kami Mendlik http://www.blogger.com/profile/05224417696522576773noreply@blogger.com2