Artist Grantee Posts
The latest blog posts from the Creative Pinellas Grantees
Tools of the Trade
Tools of the Trade By Lea Umberger Where to start.....the tools of the trade costume designers use to complete a costume sketch range from collage, sketching, pen and ink, 3D paper mache, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, and now digital! More on the digital in a future post- I purchased a new [...]
The Portrait Project-part 1 Women’s Caucus for Art
The portrait project consists of a series of 36, 10 x 12 of paintings of women who are crucial to making our community thrive and function. It includes women in a broad spectrum of economic status and of a variety of occupations. The purpose of this project is to honor and celebrate 2020 women’s suffrage and to honor the women of St. Petersburg who are crucial to its operation. Leadership grounded by science and elevated by art.
My solo exhibition-Relative Motion: Focused Observations
What inspired this work is interaction with the natural world, which ignites my senses and my intellect. Rhythm, pattern, and repetition color dictate my process and the direction each work will take. I become inspired through direct observation and by immersing myself in nature. The inherent themes of permanence, impermanence, and transience become the basis of my work.
Hurricane Fun Centers will Improve Evacuation Rates
what we need are hurricane fun centers
July 12, 2020 Composing En Plein Air
Composing En Plein Air By Joseph Weinzettle There are different methods of plein-air composition. First, there is the standard "window" method for composing your drawing or painting and there is a more open-ended way. The window method was described Italian author-artist Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) who started with a drawn [...]
Fun Grunt Work. (blog post #11)
Fun Grunt Work. By Steven Kenny Not many people know about my ongoing series of abstract paintings that I began creating in 2016. They are most easily described as "target" paintings. Each is comprised of concentric circles of varying colors and widths. They are a wonderful break from my [...]
Listen Up Film Series 2nd Anniversary!
Listen Up Film Series reaches it 2nd year anniversary! By Lea Umberger JULY 2020 marks the 2nd anniversary of Listen Up Film Series that has been presented by Daddy Kool Records from the beginning of its conception! For a little background on Listen Up Film Series- you can check out [...]
Urban Plein-Air July 5, 2020
Urban Plein-Air By Joseph Weinzettle Pleinairism is typically associated with nature - wilderness or rural settings. Hudson River School painters completed plein-air works in the natural settings of upstate New York, essential toward composing their larger scale studio works. The Impressionists often completed their plein-air works in park settings outside [...]
4th of July BOOM! (and Historical Yumminess)
Happy 4th! Some painted critters from the historical painting in progress, The History of this Plot of Earth, in the historical building formerly, Old City Hall and now The Cultural Center, in the historical district of my beautiful historic City of Tarpon Springs. BOOM! Y'all.