{"id":5145,"date":"2016-05-05T08:59:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/?p=5145"},"modified":"2016-05-05T13:58:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T20:58:25","slug":"van-gogh-and-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/2016\/05\/05\/van-gogh-and-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Gogh and Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is about the progression of a painting, or rather a number of paintings that finally became one. It’s also about our show coming up this weekend.<\/p>\n

\"Hyatt-at-Easel-650-cropped\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pre-pre-van-gogh-115\"<\/a><\/h6>\n

Do you remember this one? I posted it a couple of years ago after our time in Tucson when we had the use of a\u00a0beautiful house belonging to friends. Anne was doing\u00a0her\u00a0art on one side of the room and I was on the other. I made this large abstract at the request\u00a0a gallery. When the\u00a0gallery\u00a0moved I got it back and decided to change it, turning it upright\u00a0and giving it more splash (left). Then I changed my mind again\u00a0(see below).<\/p>\n

\"Pre-Van-Gogh-1300\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The pieces on the floor are from practice sessions with models.<\/h6>\n

The “splash” effect didn’t satisfy\u00a0so I reconceived it altogether and made it into this\u00a0giant floral. I used much\u00a0paint in the process, but in the end still wasn’t convinced.<\/p>\n

\"Van-Gogh-1300\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Happy painter, with both ears intact. Click twice for a larger view. (Same with all photos.)<\/h6>\n

I painted over it again, taking inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh. Among the differences between his and mine is the size, and the wonderful texture I got by painting over another painting. Now I’m happy. I’ll keep the painting. That is, until someone comes along who\u00a0also greatly loves it. It’ll be part of our show this weekend. (Read on.)<\/p>\n

\"Living-1300\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The art\u00a0wall with steps to the loft.<\/h6>\n

Here’s a quick tour of how the show is shaping up. The\u00a0house is the same but different art on display. (Well, the house keeps changing, too.)<\/p>\n

\"Swat-Valley-1300\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Beneath the loft.<\/h6>\n

Every piece of furniture has its story, as does\u00a0the art. Here’s a small floral, a small landscape from an\u00a0Idaho trip, and an abstracted landscape from impressions I got\u00a0once descending into Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

\"Hall-1300\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Down the hall.<\/h6>\n

Here, on the left is the beauty in the red skirt, new from the Crestline trip. She looks\u00a0toward the stately\u00a0Blue Cowboy<\/em>, painted in Wyoming. Then on the right are a number of small still lifes\u00a0with very low prices just for the weekend.<\/p>\n

\"Dining\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The dining room.<\/h6>\n

I brought a few of my Native Americans back from where they’ve been hanging, complete with their wonderful rustic frames of reclaimed wood. That Masai spear isn’t always there . . . in fact, I’m never quite sure where to put it.<\/p>\n

\"Guestroom-1300\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The downstairs guest room, and the backside of the Bali<\/em> door.<\/h6>\n

Anne’s art, besides being distinguished from mine by both style and technique, is always framed under glass. Pieces not purchased this weekend will\u00a0likely be part of her offering this summer at the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts.<\/p>\n

\"Master-1300\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The master bedroom.<\/h6>\n

Besides Anne’s framed work, she has many unframed pieces, just as handsome, in bins. For that matter, the same goes for me. Bargains can be found.<\/p>\n

Hope you can join us. The show is\u00a0both Saturday and Sunday, all afternoon and evening. Sunday’s Mother’s Day<\/em>, yes, so take Mom\u00a0to lunch and bring her over. Or come Saturday. Here’s the invitation, with the details.<\/p>\n

\"2016-May-Show-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hope to see you. Either way, keep loving art . . . and life.<\/p>\n

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Here’s an invitation to our show this weekend with a sneak peak of what you’ll see, plus the making of a large Van Gogh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5145"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5690,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5145\/revisions\/5690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}