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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Celestial Skyscape, Marina Petro, Journey To The Moon

Journey To The Moon
11x14
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Abstract Floral Acrylic Painting, Blue On Red, Marina Petro

Blue On Red
8x10 
Acrylic painting on canvas by Marina Petro
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Another lively and bright painting to lift your mood! This is the second acrylic painting I created in my attempt to acclimate to painting at my new studio/gallery in town. There is more yellow detail in the actual painting but it seems to be imperceptible in the photo above. The photo at my Etsy Shop picks up the yellow detail a bit better. If you click the HERE link just above, it will take you there. In any case, it was relaxing and fun to paint and I hope you enjoy it...

Today's Quotation: "Figuring out our gifts in life is part of our journey to becoming enlightened human beings."
-John Edward
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Abstract Floral Acrylic Painting,Red On Blue, Marina Petro

Red On Blue
8x10
Acrylic painting on canvas
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This piece is a bit of a diversion from the familiar styles I work in. It is the first painting I created when
I was moving into my studio downtown. I didn't want to take on anything challenging...just needed to see how it 'felt' painting there. So, I pulled out my acrylic paints (I usually work in oil) and just began to paint...so, here it is. The picture posted here looks duller than the actual painting. In reality, the reds are quite a bit brighter. It is a happy painting and lifts my mood when I view it...hope it brightens your day too...I have a few more paintings I painted there in an attempt to acclimate and I'll post then soon. I'm still acclimating...

The Arts District on Beekman Street is participating in the Saratoga Springs Fall Festival taking place this weekend, Sat. 30 and Sun. 31 from 10am to 5pm. It's worth a trip to our beautiful city and Arts District for this event.  I will be at my studio/gallery on the first floor at 79 Beekman St. I'll have my original paintings, large and small (many on sale) cards, and prints...

Free trolley rides from Broadway to the Beekman Street Art District will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Beekman Street shops and galleries will host an “International Harvest Fest” as part of the Fall Festival. Enjoy Native American storytellers and totem carvings, Ugandan crafts, Kwanza displays and artwork depicting the memorial folk art of Latin American “Day of the Dead” celebrations.

There will also be an assortment of entertaining demos and interactive opportunities; children’s loom demos to pumpkin floral arrangements, free acupuncture and massage treatments, magicians, costume contests, musicians, harvest pottery, open galleries and more.
 

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Today's Quotation:  "When the power of Love overcomes the Love of power, the world will know peace. "
-Jimi Hendrix


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Sunday, October 24, 2010

International Artist Day-Honoring Tom Vincent

Andrea's Lillies
16x20 Oil on canvas, painted by Marina Petro, under the tutelage of Tom Vincent
Purchased by Saratoga Hospital for their permanent collection.

Honoring Tom Vincent, Master Painter and Teacher
October 25 has been designated International Artist Day. I am participating with two of the website/blogs I am a member of in this event, Daily Painters International Art Gallery and Artists International Gallery.  Our member artists were asked to choose an artist who has had significant influence for us. I chose my recently deceased teacher, Tom Vincent.

I'd considered myself a self-taught artist until life brought me to Tom Vincent. It's been said "When the student is ready, the teacher or master appears." I was ready in my 60's...quite a long wait for the master, considering I'd been painting since I was 14. But...life is what it is... has its own timing and reasons. I am in deepest gratitude for the three years I had under the direction of my beloved teacher, Tom Vincent. He passed away 2 months ago, in September 2010. I chose to honor him on International Artist Day not only for helping me develop greater skill and encourage me toward excellence, but for the palpable love he had for all his students and the love he invoked in us for him. He touched all our hearts and you can say we all had a love affair with him.

I drove home after my first class with him with tears of gratitude streaming down my face, thankful for being guided to this remarkable teacher. I can hear his voice now daily whispering to be patient...and very very careful when I was in the throes of a difficult passage in any given painting and just wanting to finish and be done with it. That was his strongest message to me and one I sorely needed...and will continue to employ, admittedly, not without resistance, but realizing the benefit and doing it regardless. I promise Tom...I will...

He didn't teach a technique or insist we paint as he does. That would be close to impossible anyway, because he painted masterfully in a variety of styles and subjects, from realistic portraits and landscapes in classical oil, to spontaneous intuitive automatic paintings, abstracts, and much more. He met each of us at our individual levels and taught us what we needed to progress and unfold. 

I'd taken pictures of some of his paintings but unfortunately, did not record the titles. Here they are below. I've also included his obituary which contains the highlights of his life. I hope you can read it. I did the best I could to enlarge it for viewing. If you can't read it, click on it and it should open to a larger version.  I hope I've done due justice to you with this, dear Tom...
by Tom Vincent




by Tom Vincent
This was a large painting, about 6' x 8'

 Tom in earlier days...
City Lights by Tom Vincent
This is a very large painting, about 6' x 8' created as an automatic, intuitive painting.

Tom Vincent and Marina with her painting "In The Pink"
Taken a few weeks before his death.






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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Lost Angel, Abstract Angel Oil Painting by Marina Petro

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Lost Angel
5" x 7" 
Oil painting on stretched canvas. Painted around all sides. No framing necessary.
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Today's Quotation: "Only by intuition can the artist attain the energy of creation and the light of the cosmic presence. Intuition is the creative grace or gift of psychic or immediate knowledge that arises in human consciousness and is transformed in vision and the power of images."
~Serge Ponomarew
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Pumpkin Patch-Autumn Landscape Oil Painting, Marina Petro

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Pumpkin Patch
16" x 20"
Oil on canvas
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Photo truly doesn't do this piece justice. The detail on the leaves is beautiful if I must say so myself. This painting is currently being displayed in the window of my studio at Beekman St. in Saratoga Springs. It was painted from a photograph I snapped at a neighbor's pumpkin patch.

Today's Quotation:  "Every moment, there is news coming out of silence."
~Ranier Maria Rilke

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Monday, October 4, 2010

Phoenix Rising 1, Fire Bird Art Print, Marina Petro

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Phoenix Rising 1
24" x 48"
Oil on stretched canvas
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This painting was never exhibited.  I've had it hanging around my studio and upstairs in my storage room for several years. Last week I decided to bring it to my studio in town at 79 Beekman St. and within a week it was sold. I'm happy...

Today's Quotation: "The road to enlightenment is long...so bring some snacks and magazines..."
~Anonymous

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