June 8, 2018 We had so much fun last night! Thanks to everyone who stopped by! If you missed us, we will see you next month. #firstthursdaypdx
June 6, 2018 Have you been to our gallery yet? Stop by tomorrow for a glass of wine! First Thursdays are so much fun! Meet other artists, and lovers of art, share stories and cheers to local art! Tag your friends in this post, we will see you all tomorrow! #pdxart #firstthursdaypdx
June 6, 2018 Hey friends! Don’t forget tomorrow is first thursday! Stop by and have a glass of wine with us! #anniemeyergallery #firstthursdaypdx #favoritedayofthemonth
June 4, 2018 “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”- Swami Vivekananda #pdxartist #monotype
June 4, 2018 The variety of approaches to figurative art is enormous and almost as diverse as the history of art itself. In painting, figuration ranges from Photorealism (like that of Chuck Close) at one end of the spectrum to nearly abstract (like Pablo Picasso’s Analytic Cubism) at the other. For much of the 20th century, figurative painting was largely ignored by the Western avant-garde, but the course changed with the 1980s emergence of figurative painters like Anselm Kiefer, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and David Salle. #figuativeart #pdxart
June 4, 2018 A brief history on figurative art: Origins of figurative art can be traced back to the rock carvings or petroglyphs that were made by early man in the Paleolithic period. These are the early attempts of man to describe the world around them using art. Among the oldest paintings that use the concept of Figurative Art is a painting of an ancient Roman woman on a balcony. It can be found in the Getty Villa Museum in Pacific Palisades, California. The artwork has no name and the painter could not be identified, but it shows that from very early in history, man has been depicting human forms in paintings, portraits, and sculptures. #figurativeart #pdxart
June 4, 2018 Monotyping produces a unique print, or monotype; most of the ink is removed during the initial pressing. Although subsequent reprintings are sometimes possible, they differ greatly from the first print and are generally considered inferior. These prints from the original plate are called "ghost prints." A print made by pressing a new print onto another surface, effectively making the print into a plate, is called a "cognate". Stencils, watercolor, solvents, brushes, and other tools are often used to embellish a monotype print. Monotypes can be spontaneously executed and with no previous sketch. #pdxart #monotype
