My Paintings-"life": October 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

"An Event In Autumn" Kim Roberti's 6"x6" original oil on gessobord

6"x6" original oil on gessobord

$99.95 starting bid plus

$8. shipping and handling

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Quote of the day:

You don't get hung up on the scalpel if you're a surgeon.

You get hung up on what the scalpel will do. Artie Shaw.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

"On My Easel" Kim Roberti's 6"x6" oil on gessobord work-in-progress

6"x6" oil on gessobord work-in-progress

Quote of the day:

Making mistakes and occasionally appearing foolish is

the price you pay for learning and improving. _Adam Robinson.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

"Swagger" Kim Roberti's 12"X12" original oil on gessobord

12"x12" original oil on gessobord (Ampersand TM)

$99.95 starting bid plus

$9.95 shipping and handling

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Quote of the day:

Success is doing what you set out to do.

Art is not a foot race or a pole vault.

You can't measure it. Artie Shaw.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

"Cliffhanger" Kim Roberti's 6"x8" original oil on gessobord (Ampersand TM)

6"x8" original oil on gessobord (Ampersand TM)

$99.95 starting bid plus

$8. shipping and handling

SOLD

Quote of the day:

Funny thing about painting,

you don't know what makes it right but you know when it's wrong. _C.W.Hawthorne.

Monday, October 27, 2014

"On My Easel" 6"x8" day-2 work-in-progress

6"x8" oil on gessobord, (Ampersand TM)

day 2, work-in-progress.

Quote of the day:

If life were organized there would be no need for art. _Andre Gide.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

"On My Easel" Kim Roberti's 6"x8" original oil on gessobord work-progress

6"x8" oil on gessobord (Ampersand TM) work-in-progress

Quote of the day:

Give the paint a chance

Give the brush a chance. _John Marin.

Friday, October 24, 2014

"A Walk In The Park" Kim Roberti's 6"x6" original oil on gessobord

6"x6" original oil on gessobord

$99.95 starting bid plus

$8. shipping and handling

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Quote of the day:

"Art is mostly a matter of seeing" Rex Brandt.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

"On My Easel" Kim Roberti's 6"x6" oil/gessobord work-in-progress

6"x6" oil on gessobord work-in progress

Quickly blocked in size and placement of shapes.

I'll figure out how to go about painting it tomorrow.

Quote of the day:

"The life so short, the craft so long to learn" _Chaucer_

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

"Red Head" Kim Roberti's 10"x14" oil/linen/gatorboard

10"x14" oil/linen/gatorboard.

Needed to cropped from 11" width, more pleasing.

Some changes made to bring out model's red hair and porcelain skin.

Still need to take a look at her hand again.

Otherwise, I am happy with the result.

Quote if the day:

"To argue about art is just as useless as to speak about love.

Everything boils down to personal experiences and tastes." Nicolai Fechin.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

"On My Easel" Kim Roberti's 11"x14" oil/linen/gatorboard work-in-progress

11"x14" oil/linen/gatoboard, work in progress.

Abandoned the 9"x12" I started yesterday.

I thought the surface is a bit rough, perhaps I'll pick it up another day.

Got a good start on this 11"x14" in fact I like this format.

(after 10 years of painting daily on 5x7 and 6x6 of smoother surface of gessoboard.)

11x14 is huge! and toothy surface, what fun!

I need to move the model's hand up a little, and make it smaller.

Much to do tomorrow.

Quote of the day: (I don't know of this quote's origin. It was sent to me via FB.)

When you buy something from an artist
you're buying more than an object.
You're buying hundreds
of hours of errors and experimentation.
You're buying years of frustration
and moments of pure joy.
You're not buying just one thing,
you are buying a piece of a heart,
a piece of a soul,
a small piece
of someone else's life.