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In This Issue New Painting News and Events Inspiration from an Old Master |
Greetings! Enjoying the warmer weather and sunshine? Everybody's outside biking, strolling through the park, driving with the top down, golfing, barbecuing, gardening, and if you're an artist perhaps you're plein air painting. It's all the flowers and produce that's becoming available now that inspired me to choose a particular master artist to present for this issue. You'll know what I mean when you see the painting. Crazy or ahead of his times? I call it thinking outside the box. I hope you enjoy this issue. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to your friends! Stop by my blog to see other items such as a long list of useful art resource links that will be of interest to both the art collector and artist alike and an Art Newsreel powered by Google that brings in news items around the clock from all over the world regarding art auctions, gallery exhibitions, and museum exhibitions. Respectfully yours, Patrice Erickson Website: http://www.patriceerickson.com Blog: http://patriceerickson.blogspot.com Email: pericksonartist@ameritech.net Phone: 248-375-9575
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oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches This small herd lives in northern Michigan. I considered not including the ear tags, but then when stumped for a title; I decided to paint them in. This landscape painting will be on exhibit at the Lawrence Street Gallery for the month of June. News and Events My artwork will be exhibited at the following events:
Group Exhibition
 Exhibition: Delightful Dates of Exhibition: Friday, May 2 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 Gallery: The Loov, 433 Main Street, Rochester, MI Only three more days for this exhibition. The Loov is excited to be hosting its first annual gallery exhibition entitled Delightful. Exhibiting in this show is by invitation only. See artwork by talented, area artists.
Group Exhibition
Exhibition: 2008 Invitational Dates of Exhibition: Wednesday, June 4 - Saturday, June 28, 2008 Opening Reception: Friday, June 6 from 6pm - 9pm Gallery: Lawrence Street Gallery, 22620 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, MI Lawrence Street Gallery is welcoming in the summer season with its 2008 Invitational, an exhibit that will include works by over 50 admired artists in southeast Michigan. The gallery will be full of paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, fiber art, ceramics, and sculpture.
Auction
I'm donating a portrait gift certficate worth $1,500 redeemable towards the price of an oil portrait painting to be painted by me for the winning bidder/donor at the following charitable event: Organization: Scleroderma Foundation Michigan Chapter Event: Do the Zoo: 20th Annual Walk & Run Date/Time: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 8:00am - 12:30pm Place: The Detroit Zoo, 8450 West Ten Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48067-3001
Garden Party and Art Sale
Event: D.A.M. Garden Party and Art Sale 2008 Date/Time: Friday, June 13, 2008 from 4pm - 8pm with a rain date of Saturday, June 14 Place: An exquisite garden in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI This one-day event features artist's work for sale including paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, jewelry, glass, ceramics and fiber. Entertainment by Hot Club of Detroit. Celebrate the arts, support the D.A.M., and enjoy a sensational sensory experience. Call the Detroit Artists Market for details at 313-832-8540 Inspiration from an Old Master 
Rudolf II (Holy Roman Emperor) painted as Vertumnus, Roman God of the seasons
c. 1590-1591 Oil on panel, approx. 27 3/4" x 22 1/2" Skoklosters Slott, Balsta, Sweden Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian, 1527–1593) Thinking Outside the Box “There is no mistaking this masterpiece of fantasy and virtuoso imagination by Arcimboldo. The mythical Vertemnus (or Vortumnus), god of harvests and abundance, is in fact a bizarre portrait of the Habsburg Emperor Rudolf II. In the sixteenth century the emperor's cosmopolitan court in Prague became a centre of international art, where Arcimboldo moved in the refined and exclusive circles of late European Mannerism. His painting might appear almost irreverent, but in fact is the manifestation of his eager search for new ideas and his exploration of different ways of expression. (It also gives quite a good impression of the Emperor.) This led him to break the usual rules in order to provoke uncensored reactions and emotions. The paintings and objects contained in Rudolf of Habsburg's Wunderkammer (room of wonders) were unfortunately scattered after a Swedish army sacked Prague during the Thirty Years' War (1618-48)." The image and excerpt shown above are from The Web Gallery of Art. Read this wonderful article for more information about Giuseppe Arcimboldo: "Giuseppe Arcimboldo's Hallucinations: Fantasy or Insanity?," Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune, October 5, 2007
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