HEARTFELT EXIBITION AT THE VANCOUVER PRINT ROOM

I am currently in a group show, Heartfelt,  at the Print Room in Vancouver curated by Torrie Groening.

You are Invited to a Reception for the Artists Wednesday, February 13th  Heartfelt 2013   www.vancouverprintroom.com

Heartfelt 2013 Opening Reception Wednesday, February 13, 7-9pm Opening hours for Heartfelt 2013 12-5pm Wednesday-Saturday 11am Saturday mornings: Coffee + behind the scenes peek Other times by appointment The Vancouver Print Room occupies the top floor of a former church in the Strathcona neighbourhood. Open by appointment or by invitation, the showroom space features contemporary prints and works on paper. Most of the framed and unframed artworks are available for purchase. With print exhibitions, projects and events, the Vancouver Print Room celebrates traditional printmaking while exploring the connection artists are making to new media. 823 Jackson Avenue @ Prior St. Vancouver (604) 889-4150 info@vancouverprintroom.com www.vancouverprintroom.com

Contemporary Painting with Water Based Media Class

HAPPY 2013 TO ALL AND HOPE YOUR NEW YEAR WILL BE ADVENTUROUS, CREATIVE AND FULFILLING!

I am teaching an exciting course at UC Berkeley Extension for those that may be interested in pursuing more art opportunities.  If you know any artists, students, or art enthusiasts that may want to explore water-based practices and media, pass this on.

The class starts on Thursday, February 7 at 6:30pm

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Contemporary Painting With Water-Based Media

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San Francisco, Thurs. Feb. 7, 6:30 pm, 10 meetings

X414.3 (2 semester units in Art)

An elective in the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts and the Specialized Program in Painting

Get an introduction to the process and techniques of traditional watercolor painting and water media as a component to mixed-media works. Engage in a laboratory of contemporary practice using water-based media such as paint, gouache and ink. Through directed experimentation, you learn to develop a unique visual language using this luminous and spontaneous medium. You also gain expertise by examining methods of critical analysis, color literacy and contemporary painting issues.

Prerequisite: Drawing Fundamentals X405 or consent of instructor

JUST ADD WATER EXHIBITION AT STUDIO QUERCUS

JUST ADD WATER: Watercolor Exhibition at Studio Quercus

STUDIO QUERCUS

Phone: (510) 452-4670
385 26th Street
Oakland, CA 94612

First Fridays: 6–9 pm (in conjunction with Oakland Art Murmur)
Saturdays: 1pm–5pm (for the duration of each show)
Thursdays and Fridays, by appointment
 

JAN 12 – FEB 16, 2013

Just Add Water

A survey of Bay Area artists who use water-based media on paper.

Studio Quercus is pleased to present Just Add Water, a survey of Bay Area artists who use water-based media on paper. The show, featuring works by eight artists with widely varied approaches, opens January 12 and concludes February 16.
Water-based work, employing watercolor, gouache, ink, or acrylic, traditionally has been used to explore ideas that might later be fully developed in oil on canvas. However, the spirit of experimentation and exploration that is associated with works on paper can be beautiful and inspiring, and is echoed by the artists featured in this show.
The featured artists — Amy Wilson Faville, John Fadeff, Michael Hall, Scott Hewicker, Alex Jackson, Carrie Lederer, Kara Maria, and Francesca Pastine — offer a broad overview of what is possible in water-based mediums.

I Seem to be on the Eco/Green/Re-purposed Blog radar

ECO ARRIVALS also picked up on my Artforum Excavations.

Francesca Pastine’s The ArtForum Excavation Series is seriously artistic

 

 

The NYC-born, San Francisco-based artist Francesca Pastine loves to bring myriad landscapes, socio-political issues, feminine sensibilities and peculiarly modernistic responsiveness to the fore through her incomparable paintings. However, the artist has another knack for creating remarkable artworks out of discarded magazines. The ArtForum Excavation Series demonstrates magazine art in all its glory. 

 

The sculptural pieces of art are created out of ARTFORUM magazine pages. The artist neatly cuts around the paper, while making sure that chosen book parts remain intact to reveal explicitly intricate artistic patterns inside the frame. As Pastine puts it, her manipulations revolve around the central theme of exploring “curious juxtapositions”. Considering the fact that her X-acto blade is the only equipment that helps her create her art, you will go into raptures over the final versions. Browse through the gallery to unravel mysteries behind Francesca Pastine’s exemplary magazine art:

Inhabititat Magazine Reviews My Work

Francesca Pastine Carves Artforum Magazines to Make Amazing Sculptural Topographies

by Morgana Matus, 01/07/13

The arts and culture publication Artforum may be used to commenting on the world of museums and galleries, but now they find themselves as the work of art itself. In her Artforum Excavation Series, Francesca Pastine carves the magazines to form colorful, sculptural pieces that seem to melt down the wall, fold in on themselves, and form sculptural structures. Using an Xacto blade, the San Francsico-based artist painstakingly carved each page creating what she calls "unsolicited collaborations."

Read more: Francesca Pastine Carves ArtForum Magazines to Make Amazing Sculptural Topographies | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Reinhold Fiege from me-magazine did a write up on my work.  Thank you Reinhold!

Blogged on COLOSSAL, Art and Visual Ingenuity

Christopher Jobson featured my Artforum Series on his smart and visually centric blog, COLOSSAL, Art and Visual Ingenuity. According to Christopher, "Colossal is a Webby-nominated blog that explores art, design, and photography, with a focus on work that is non-digital in nature," so it does not surprise me that my Artforum work, with it's tactile nature, caught his eye.