Dear Art Lover,
While in Florence, Italy, I have been working on learning a new way (for me) to draw and create designs in my two-dimensional works. I have also been working in my spare time to create paintings of some of my favorite images from various experiences over the last several years.
New Figurative Artworks
So, I would like to present to you now several new small works.
Portrait of Maria is a work in pastel. Pastel is a new medium for me - a relative explosion of color that I began to use when I was acting as a madonnara (street painter) here in Firenze (Florence) some time ago. The drawing is about 40 x 25 cm on a dark grey paper. Although it is too early for me to know if I will really master this medium, I do know that I will continue to improve how I depict faces.
Other paintings (and yes, everything is for sale. Just ask.) include:
Pizza in Munich - New Oil Painting - see my blog for details:
http://artbyborsheim.blogspot.com/2007/10/painting-pizza-in-munich-germany-lovers.html
and The Blue Dress is a small oil on a rippled-textured board measuring 11" x 3 7/8" (28 x 10 cm). The blue is the same rich cobalt blue I used for last month's Blue Madonna and while images do not show very well, the half-nude woman has red hair. There are two bands of purple framing her in the background. She is available for only $150, plus $20 shipping. Please contact me if you are interested.
![[figurative portrait contemporary art]](http://www.borsheimarts.com/news/images/news0710_Maria_pastel_portrait.jpg)
"Portrait of Maria" pastel portrait |
![[figurative painting Munich contemporary art]](http://www.borsheimarts.com/news/images/news0710_PizzaInMunich_painting.jpg)
"Pizza in Munich" oil painting |
![[figurative painting contemporary art]](http://www.borsheimarts.com/news/images/news0710_TheBlueDress_painting.jpg)
"The Blue Dress" oil painting |
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Study for the Naked Gondolier - New Pencil Drawing
![[contemporary art drawing nude gondolier man]](http://www.borsheimarts.com/news/images/news0710_NakedGondolier_drawing.jpg)
Lucio, an Italian man, has been modeling for my latest pencil drawing. I have spent about three hours four days per week for three weeks creating this drawing as a study for a series I would like to do entitled "The Naked Gondolier." I hope you like him. And I do thank you for your continued interest and encouragement. I am a slow producer and I want to create many things, so it is great to know that people ask, "Hey, how is that project coming along?"
This drawing of the standing Lucio is also available.
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Blog About Tuscany, Italy
I have been having a lot of fun with my new blog:
http://artbyborsheim.blogspot.com
At least since the eighth grade, I have been writing in journals. My English teacher Mrs. Brand encouraged all of us kids to get comfortable writing. She told us to write for the first twenty minutes of every class. She did not care what we wrote about - even if it was not sentences - she just wanted us to write. I do hope, however, that this training has helped me to write less dull commentary for you to read today.
I am still learning many technical things about blogs and have recently added a subscription form for those interested in receiving an e-mail whenever I post something new. Unfortunately, at this writing, although functional, the confirmation e-mail looks rather generic and may look like spam. I hope to have that remedied soon.
Here is an example of the kinds of things I am writing about on my blog:
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Siena, Italy - Art Exhibit of European 'Purismo'
Yesterday, I went with my friend Hafiza to Siena, a popular town in Tuscany, Italy. We went to see the mostra (exhibit) titled
"Nel segno di Ingres [in the sign/mark of Ingres]
Luigi Mussini e l'Accademia in Europa nell'Ottocento"
It was held at the Complesso Muscale in the Santa Maria della Scala (Saint Mary of the Stairs), right across from the "Zebra Castle," as my friend Michael Graziano once named the alternating dark green and white bars of marble that make up Siena's Duomo.
The exhibit wanted to show the influence of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres on the work of Senese painter Luigi Mussini and other artists, as well as depict some of the dialogue between 'purism' and 'naturalism' in European art during this time period. It is quite good. Here is a list of my favorite works in questa mostra [this exhibit]. (Please realize that these titles are in Italian and you may know their titles by other names.):
- "Abele Morente" 1842 by Giovanni Dupré
Disegno su carta (drawing on paper).
This work is absolutely fantastic! Subtle white pencil marks in this drawing on a mid-toned paper of the reclining arched figure of the dying Abel made one want to reach out and touch the figure.
Property of the Uffizi in Firenze.
- "Ulisse riconosciuto dalla sua Nutrice" 1849 by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
("Ulysses recognized by his nurse," upon his return from Troy)
If I could have located an image of this incredible painting that is on loan from La Rochelle Musée des Beaux Arts de La Rochelle (I assume in France), I would explain to you how intelligent and magnificent the composition is! Can anyone locate an image of this artwork "Ulysses Recognized by his Nurse" by Bouguereau for me?
- "La Riconoscenza" 1853-4; marble sculpture by Giovanni Dupré
riconoscere = to recognize or to admit, acknowledge
Private collection - a beautiful seated woman holding a broken chain in front of her knees. Delicate and shown with lovely lighting!
- "La carità educatrice" 1817-1835; marble sculpture by Lorenzo Bartolini
This sculpture depicts a mother with one child standing by her feet while she holds a baby against her body. The way the baby's cheek is pushed against her shoulder, with his fingers close by and while one foot dangles away from her lower arm are just two examples of how magnificently carved this sculpture is.
- "Amore in agguato" 1854-58; marble sculpture by Lorenzo Bartolini
The title of this marble of a seated and resting Cupid figure was translated into "Love Lying in Wait" for the exhibit, but my dictionary says that agguato means a more daring trap or ambush.
- And I enjoyed the dramatic lighting on two paintings: Alessandro Franchi's "Trasporto di Santo Stefano" 1864-8 and Cesare Maccari's "Un episodio della vita di Fabiola" 1870.
Here is a link to the site of La Rochelle Musée des Beaux Arts de La Rochelle (but it only shows the painting in a bizarre, highly foreshortened view):
http://perso.orange.fr/musees-la-rochelle/b-arts/a/expo_1.htm
Thank you also to my friend, geologist Dr. Fabio Biselli who explained to me that mostro means monster. Ah the difference one vowel can make! However, it is my spoken confusion around kind people that enables me to refine my Italian vocabulary and grammar. Trying is learning.
Oh - this exhibit "Nel segno di Ingres" continues through to 6 January 2008. I highly recommend it - and relaxing Siena.
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Web Class - Florence, Italy
Back by popular demand - I am teaching how to create your own Web site. Geared towards artists, the marketing information can be used by anyone. One day only - and in Florence, Italy. Hurry, class is 17 November. Details online at:
www.borsheimarts.com/webclass.htm
In closing, thank you for your continued interest. I enjoy your feedback and friendship.
Thank you for reading.
Peace,
Kelly Borsheim
21 Ottobre 2007
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