ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPE PAINTING Hi. Thanks for stopping in. You are bidding on a stunning original landscape painting. This painting recently won a prize at a local fair. There is particular attention paid to colors and light. This work of original art makes an excellent addition to your home, work, hallway, hotel, restaurant and/or stylish reception areas. Thanks again! Don't miss out, place your bid now. This is a one of a kind original painting. Size: 30 x 40 centimeters / 14 x 16 inches for the painting unframed. Painting ships UNFRAMED, yet framing instructions can be provided by request. This works perfectly with premade frames from your local store. -------------------------About the Artist ------------------------- The artist, Julie Angelos is a native Californian who currently resides in Italy. Her mother is a renowned sculptor and part of Ten Women in Venice who showcase their work on Abbott Kinney Road and has sold to famous people such as Jada Smith, Will Smith's wife. Her mother's work can also be seen at AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art in Los Angeles. The artist's inspirations include Van Gogh, Modigliani, Matisse, Miro, Henri Toulouse Lautrec and Picasso. |
On Sep-18-11 at 00:16:49 PDT, seller added the following information:
ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPE PAINTING Hi. Thanks for stopping in. You are bidding on a stunning original landscape painting. This painting recently won a prize at a local fair. There is particular attention paid to colors and light. This work of original art makes an excellent addition to your home, work, hallway, hotel, restaurant and/or stylish reception areas. Thanks again! Don't miss out, place your bid now. This is a one of a kind original painting. Size: 30 x 40 centimeters / 14 x 16 inches for the painting unframed. Painting ships UNFRAMED, yet framing instructions can be provided by request. This works perfectly with premade frames from your local store. -------------------------About the Artist ------------------------- The artist, Julie Angelos is a native Californian who currently resides in Italy. Her mother is a renowned sculptor and part of Ten Women in Venice who showcase their work on Abbott Kinney Road and has sold to famous people such as Jada Smith, Will Smith's wife. Her mother's work can also be seen at AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art in Los Angeles. The artist's inspirations include Van Gogh, Modigliani, Matisse, Miro, Henri Toulouse Lautrec and Picasso. |
Hi guys. How do you know when I’m going to post? I don’t even tell anyone on facebook when I post but I tell you my stats went up five times when I got back from my vacation. How do you know? Isn’t that weird how people know when you write and then they come visit without me telling anyone? hmmm.
That’s a good thing! It means people actually are reading this. I know you must be tired of reading my automatically generated old posts. I needed a vacation.
Big big news!
Yesterday I participated in a town event. It was an art contest where you have to draw a picture. The way it works is you go in the morning with a blank piece of paper, pay the entrance fee, about $10, you get a coupon towards dinner.
Then you have until 3p to paint your picture, turn it in by 4p max and judging takes place at 5p. It was a nervous exciting day because I get scared to paint and be judged although I am learning to overcome those fears. It helped to have children in the garden with me as I painted and my ipod playing music.
There's my painting.
Music ROCKS by the way. Amazing how it can transport you.
So, I’m painting in the garden, I finish the piece when three of my friends decide to write nice things about me. I tell you, they came in as a ROCKSTARS because it was just what I needed at the moment where I literally was flipping out over colors. I mean I have no idea what I’m doing painting. Especially a landscape.
Still, I did it. I framed the picture using an Ikea frame I had on the wall. I took it in and they put it up for display immediately with a number on it. Then this guy walks over and starts taking pictures of it. I hid in the background on a chair. I ran into a friend too, thank goodness. I didn’t tell him I was competing whilst we were chatting.
The judges come by and confer. Then as they were putting up the nine awards out of 25 entries, they came right next to mine and attached a number nine on the painting to my left. Then these two ladies sifted through the numbers looking at my painting and looking back at their list, then they walked away.
I wanted to grab my painting and run out before anyone recognized me.
Then they came back and stuck a number five on it! I was thrilled. I won a bunch of stuff, that included a huge salame! ha ha ha. We are in Italy! A salame. How classic.
Better light.
The HANDS’ DOWN best part was as I took my painting to go home when a man nearby stops me and asks me if I was the author. I said yes. Then he introduced himself as one of the judges and he said to me the magical words:
I thought this should have won first prize. I tried to convince the other judges. He said to me, The others are good work, what to expect in a contest, but your work had that something extra.
He called it a ‘hand’ in Italian, ormano. I think I get that from my mom. I am sure of it.
I came home and celebrated with family and friends. Great day.
The end.