Category: Artists
Oil Painter Alexey Steele in Jerry’s Artist Spotlight
Artist Alexey Steele uses Raphael canvas for his “novo-realistic” masterpiece – “The Dawn” Oil on linen 77″ x 186″ Alexey Steele, born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1967, began his art training at an early age in the studio of his father, the renowned Russian painter, Leonid Steele. He furthered his professional education at the prestigious Surikov…..
Jerry's -- 17/05/2013
Watercolorist Marcelo Daldoce works wonders in watercolors!
Brazilian artist Marcelo Daldoce works wonders in watercolors! Native to São Paulo, Brazil, Marcelo Daldoce moved to Miami in 2010 to pursue life as a full-time artist. While currently working out of his personal studio, the former Bakehouse Art Complex resident has focused his works with watercolor in wholly unique ways. Daldoce infuses the medium…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 09/04/2013
Advertising Using Art! Art as a selling tool
Art as a selling tool: selling as an art form! Art imitates life, advertising imitates art. More than one artist has described painting as a way of speaking, language without the words. Many works of art present a new perspective, sometimes making sharp insights about society. Advertising is also a visual means of conveying a…..
Jerry's -- 02/04/2013
A Jerry’s Online Street Team Art Project with Vincent Giarrano
Professional oil painter Vincent Giarrano uses Charvin Extra Fine Oil Colors in this impressive project! In our Artist Spotlight post about Vincent Giarrano, we learned about this award-winning oil painter and his background, and admired a selection of his atmospheric oil paintings of city life. In this post, Vincent guides us step-by-step through the creation…..
Jerry's -- 14/03/2013
Professional Artist Andy Russell – Artist Spotlight
Dreamscape painter Andy Russell loves Matisse acrylics! Artist Andy Russell is widely recognized as a master in acrylic painting. He embarked on his artistic journey over 35 years ago, when he began having recurring dreams of vibrant and ethereal landscapes, which he then started translating into acrylic paintings of immense detail and glowing tones. He describes…..
Jerry's -- 26/02/2013
A Jerry’s Online Street Team Art Project with Julie Petro
Julie Petro is an artist working in paint and residing in Colorado, and has gravitated to the impressionist school of art since she was a child. Her gallery of work is substantial, impressive, and varied. Beautiful painted flowers, commissioned portraiture, and smaller scale still-lifes find homes within her portfolio of work. But it is her…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 24/08/2012
Traditions of Impressionism by Julie Petro
A Portrait of the Artist: Julie Petro Petro, an artist working in paint and residing in south Longmont, has gravitated to the impressionist school of art since she was a child by Kyle Kirves for Longmont Council of the Arts It’s easy for the mind’s eye to conjure an image of a child, legs akimbo,…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 20/08/2012
Artist Spotlight – Stephen Jesic
Wildlife Artist Stephen Jesic featuring Matisse Structure Acrylic Paints by Robert Simon, New York Stephen A. Jesic was born in 1951 in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. Although showing artistic talent from his youth, Stephen was thwarted in his ambitions to be a painter as his traditional European parents felt it inappropriate as a serious…..
Jerry's -- 28/06/2012
Coastal Color: The Paintings of Sandy Nelson
Artist Spotlight – Sandy NelsonCoastal Color: The Paintings of Sandy Nelson Her work is included in over 60 corporate and museum collections including those of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart and George Steinbrenner, owner of the NY Yankees. She was named one of the top 200 artists in 1993 by the Artists’ Magazine and has…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 28/05/2012
My LIFE is art. ART is my life.
What is art? Even an art essay may struggle to fully define art. Being an artist isn’t just about putting pencil to paper, or brush to canvas & painting surfaces. Art can and does mean so much more than that, to so many people. Art is a way of seeing the world, a way manner…..
Jerry's -- 23/06/2011
Realist Revolution and Critical Relevance by Alexey Steele
The most Memorable Panel Discussion at PSOA After enormously intense and exciting Spring of our fantastic PSOA adventure in DC and the “Hottest Summer” on record with three concurrent shows and quite a bit of painting it’s great to come back and to reflect on most fascinating intellectual exchange and sharing of ideas we had…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 09/02/2011
Why is Graffiti Dead? by Miles Wickham
Maybe cuz….. Of all the well known and skilled graffiti artist in the world, which is in the thousands, there are a handful that I still to this day are admired for their uniqueness. Since graffiti is a limited artform in the sense that it is confined to an alphabet, it can be easy for…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 03/02/2011
Advice on selling art on the Internet
Information Overload The advice on selling art is so numerous on the Internet nowadays that the generic word of mouth advice artists used to hear from friends and neighbors has gone from “You’ll starve” to the Internet version of “it’s easy and this is all you do!” The experts are everywhere. With so much “advice”…..
Jerry's -- 27/01/2011
Using Pastels and Oils with Artist Jean Hildebrant
ARTIST STATEMENT Jean Hildebrant I was born in a small town in Oregon and had no access to art classes. I taught myself how to draw and use pastels and oil paint, by studying art books that I found in the local library. It was exciting to see how the Old Masters and current artists painted…..
Jerry's -- 08/12/2010
A Simple Guide to Photographing Your Paintings by Jeanne Bessette
Because of my previous life as a photographer, I am often asked how to photograph your paintings. I can’t stress enough how important good images of your work is. You spend endless hours creating beautiful paintings and if you follow a few simple steps, it will make all the difference in your presentation to the…..