Miami Watercolor Society -Signature Members & Award Winners Exhibit

The Miami Watercolor Society

Invites you to the Opening Reception of the

Signature Members & Award Winners Exhibit

Date: Saturday, October 1st, 2011

Place:Hunter Gallery

3390 Mary Street, Suite 128

Coconut grove, Fla.

Time: 7 pm

 

Saturday is also the Coconut grove Gallery Walk night. Lots of art, live music, and great restaurants. While there, don't forget to drive by the corner of Grand Avenue and Douglas Road for a peek at "Nassau Daddy".

Daniel “Krave” Fila…...At The Lowe

What happens at the Lowe….cannot stay at the Lowe!

I must tell you about the lecture/presentation we had last week. It was mind-opening and inspiring. Imagine having a graffiti/urban artist at the Lowe. If the word illegal or maybe gangs comes to your mind when I say graffiti, you are right, but graffiti has moved on to become an acceptable art form created legally and on commissioned walls.

Some of you may not know the name Daniel “Krave” Fila, our lecturer, but if you live in Miami you may have seen his art. Daniel started out as a Miami graffiti artist. He is now better known internationally as an urban artist. His lecture/presentation further opened my mind to this art form. He talks about this art with so much love and passion. 

Daniel Fila explaining urban art (assisted by Docent Joan Treacy)

Daniel Fila demonstrates the various lettering.

Daniel's  work can be seen from the walls of the Wynwood Art District, to the wall across from Domino Park in Little Havana, to a million dollar waterfront mansion. That indicates that his art has crossed ethnic and financial boundaries throughout the City. As a traditional artist, not yet out of the box, Daniel made me want to experiment and express myself in yet another manner. Daniel, here’s what you inspired.  It may not be my art form, but it was fun. To see Daniel's work and video click here  or on the underlined words above.

Much success to you!

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Tick Tock..........Wall Clocks!

Whether we like it or not, we are ruled by the 24 hours in a day. We seem to have clocks in every room of the house.  We must get up at a certain time, to be able to get to work on time, stay there for a specified period of time, etc.  Time…....…can’t ignore it. 

Deny Designs has decided to have us enjoy the way we look at time. You may not like the time the clock tells you or where you need to be, but you can always enjoy the art on it.  Deny Designs has given us the beauty of original art on the faces of  the clocks.  To view the entire collection click here.

"A Walk on the Beach" - Wall Clock

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Colorful Coleus

"Colorful Coleus" - Watercolor on Yupo

Ever noticed a coleus? Maybe you don’t know it by name, but it is that small bush with leaves that looks like  God just threw in the entire color palette. The leaves can be green, yellow, burgundy and sometimes a mixture of all of those and more.  Here in South Florida, we are fortunate to be able to grow these year-round as long as they get some shade in the summer. My friends up north are able to enjoy them in the summer. In fact, this past June I saw the most beautiful ones throughout Chicago.

I have always been so inspired by these that I figured the only way to capture their beauty was to let the watercolors go wild on a piece of yupo paper. For those not familiar with my art, yupo is a synthetic paper that allows you time to manipulate watercolor on the surface of the paper (no absorption) until you like what you see.

You may think that I am only looking up at the sky because of my fascination with clouds, but I also have to check that my feet are on the ground, from time to time, and get inspired by what is below.

What has inspired you this summer?

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What Kind of Painter Are you?

Photography plays a big role in the life of a painter. Many of us paint directly by looking at the photo or at times the photo is just an inspiration to a work of art. I have taken a couple of art classes in the past few years and it is funny to see how different art teachers have an approach to photographs. I had a teacher that did not want to see realistic paintings. He would say if you want it to look like the photo……just look at the photo. I have also had teachers that I have had to stop them because they were so detailed and realistic that they wanted me to paint even the smallest twig in the photo.  Here’s an example of a painting inspired by a photo. Can you see how I changed it?

Photograph taken by my friend Niki

"Niki's Beach" - Oil on canvas - Available for Purchase

What kind of a painter are you?

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