5th Annual Women Painters of The Southeast Exhibition

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Good News for the New Year

January 12, 2015 Kim Minichiello

Star Struck

$500.00

Watercolor

Mounted on Archival Board with 2" Wood Edge

12" x 12" x 2," (30.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 5cm)

Accepted into the 2015 Women Painters of the Southeast Annual Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Arts Association, Blue Ridge, Georgia

Inspired by the light and cast shadows on a bromeliad.

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Happy New Year! The year has gotten off to a great start! I received word that Star Struck has been accepted to the 4th Annual Juried Exhibition of The Women Painters of the Southeast. So honored to be in the show with so many fabulous artists who do representational work in a variety of media. This year the show will be at the Blue Ridge Arts Association, 420 West Main Street, Blue Ridge, Georgia. Dates are April 3-May 1. This is the third year in a row I have been in this show!

I'm teaching my "Bold & Dynamic Watercolor Workshop" at the 127 SoBo Gallery/Winter Garden Art Association. Sat. & Sun. Feb. 7 & 8. This 2 day workshop is packed with information on planning, designing, and composing a painting, all the nuances of painting in watercolor; papers, brushes, pigments, and lot's of helpful tips. The painting we will be painting, is Star Struck! For more information and to register click here.

Lately I have broken away from my monogamous painting practice and am working on several paintings at once. I've got a few plein air starts I want to continue to develop, one new larger work, and a 12" x 12" painting. Will share with you all when they are completed.

In the mean time, I hope everyone's year is also off to a great start. If you set resolutions or goals, I hope you have had a chance to contemplate what you would like to accomplish this year. Last year I set a few goals and didn't write them down. Some I accomplished and some I didn't. This year I've written them down and hope to integrate them in my calendar for the year by keeping them in my face!

I would also like to thank all my family, friends, and followers of my blog, for all your support! Your kind words and comments are greatly appreciated and mean a lot!

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Star Struck is Framed Without Glass

April 1, 2014 Kim Minichiello

Star Struck

$500.00

Watercolor

Mounted on Archival Board with 2" Wood Edge

12" x 12" x 2," (30.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 5cm)

Accepted into the 2015 Women Painters of the Southeast Annual Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Arts Association, Blue Ridge, Georgia

Inspired by the light and cast shadows on a bromeliad.

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Last year while I was attending the annual exhibition of the Women Painters of the Southeast. I visited a gallery where there was a watercolor artist who had mounted her paintings on board and sealed them. Therefore, there was no glass, mat board or frame. They were displayed just as an oil would be, painted on a gallery canvas. I mentioned to the gallery owner how intrigued I was by this since I also painted in watercolor. She mentioned that many collectors and galleries don’t value or maybe I should say don’t think there is as much value in works behind glass, and many galleries decline works that are. This piece of news was a bit shocking to me. Really? One more struggle to overcome for watercolor artists!

I don’t agree with this philosophy so I won’t be mounting all my paintings from now on, but I was still intriguedand wanted to try it. After doing some research I came across a video done by artist Birgit O’Connor. My new work Star Struck I thought would be the perfect candidate to give this process a try. Essentially, it involves mounting your painting to an Ampersand Clay Board, with a soft gel medium and sealing with and archival varnish with ultra violet light protection.

I like that you can hang on the wall or place on a table or shelf.

I was pleased with the results. I would like to experiment a bit more as to the final finish on the surface of the painting. The Golden Archival UVL Sealer comes in gloss, satin and matte. I am am also curious about the Renaissance wax that Julie Ford Oliver has recently tried, thinking that would give a nice sheen to the surface as well.

As I experiment a bit more I will be sharing the results, going into a bit more detail on the processes that have worked for me. Any artists materials I use, I am very conscientious of the archival factor. I have been assured by all the specifications that the materials I use for my paintings, paper, paints, mat boards, etc., are archival. The materials used for this process, board, soft gel medium and spray sealers also claim to be such. I know there are a few out there that won’t feel this is adequate protection for a watercolor painting. But, only time will tell! At least with the sealer you are also getting UVL protection.

This painting will be available at the

Winter Garden Art Association's

April Exhibition, 127 SoBo (South Boyd), Winter Garden, Florida.

A Good Way to Start the New Year!

January 3, 2014 Kim Minichiello

Lotus Nocturne

$175.00

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Limited Edition Archival Giclée Print Signed and Numbered, Edition of 300

Original painting is SOLD.

Image Size: Half size from original, 19.5" x 9.25," (23.5 cm x 49.5 cm)

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Happy New Year Everyone! As I look back on the year I’m so thankful I get to do what I love to do, paint and create a bit of beauty in the world! I’ve been thinking about some goals for the year, a new series of paintings I’d like to do. I am also planning on teaching workshops which I’m very excited about! What are your art goals for the year? If you would like, please share with a comment.

I started off the year with some great news! Two of my paintings, Lotus Nocturne and Bananas on Japanese Box, have been juried in to the 2nd Annual Women Painters of the Southeast Exhibition. This years show will beat the Magnolia Gallery in Greensboro Georgia, March 28-April 18.

Lori Putnam Demo

April 26, 2013 Kim Minichiello

I was very fortunate to attend a demo given by plein air painter Lori Putnam during the Women Painters of the Southeast Annual Exhibit opening festivities. Lori is an extremely dedicated and hard working artist and her passion for painting shows in her work. She is also one of the nicest and most sincere artists you could ever hope to meet. During the demo she painted a painting from a plein air sketch she had done on a recent “painting snow” trip to Wisconsin with Dawn Whitelaw, and she also had many inspiring words of wisdom about being and artist and how she got started on her journey. (Note: She had the photo to her right on a screen just for us to see the scene she was painting. During the demo, she referred to her actual plein air sketch, to create a bigger work.)

There were 2 take aways I have been pondering in my mind since the demo. One is to think about the purpose of your painting before you get started. Are you wanting to emphasize form, light and shadow, light and dark patterns, line, color? The painting she did in the demo is a relative value painting. Essentially just 3 values and how you make them relate to one another. There is a lot to think about during the painting process and hopefully part of that process will be intuitive but, to start with a plan of what you are going for instead of just haphazardly starting to paint resonated with me.

Lori was also the judge for awards for the show, which I can imagine must be a daunting task with so many great paintings to choose from for a select few. She said while viewing all of the work she was "looking for paintings that had not been painted from ego, but from the soul." I have heard this same idea, not exactly in these words, from other judges too. If we try and paint from that place where as Lori says, “soul” or our personality is reflected in our work and we feel we have achieved that it in the work we show, maybe the judges will feel it too. Something to think about.