tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77937419255178101252024-02-21T02:32:16.108-08:00 Every Cubic Inch a MiraclePaintings, Pastels & Thoughts of Allen GarnsAllen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-57432922442799845922021-08-18T21:22:00.051-07:002021-08-31T07:04:25.520-07:00Newsletter 2021<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dzNyPwQnzieaX4K9rFtfSzeymVc0UPGFxqb4SJJdDt0XrizSolytdu6qjis0UI65PVAFeekPaeVn3enF21RQj23cSfYQCDxe4XWiJ2TbmOY1-3SFPZdU_d6SiKuREQa_5NbC2X0qawo/s2048/Colorado+Neighborhood.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="2048" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dzNyPwQnzieaX4K9rFtfSzeymVc0UPGFxqb4SJJdDt0XrizSolytdu6qjis0UI65PVAFeekPaeVn3enF21RQj23cSfYQCDxe4XWiJ2TbmOY1-3SFPZdU_d6SiKuREQa_5NbC2X0qawo/s320/Colorado+Neighborhood.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Gouache sketch of our neighborhood in Colorado</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Catching Up</b></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">First, a much belated but deeply felt thank you to all who attended my show last November. It was more fun and successful than we had ever imagined. We thank you all! I’m so glad we didn’t let the pandemic keep us from getting together. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Another catch-up item. Last year I had a wonderful commission to make paintings of a family cabin, one for each of the grown children. It was a beautiful time. Thank you to Scott Higginson for arranging this project. Here are just a few of them.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVXKsxaVpUFt9J447rdy-kNFfhJVXduGn6iHfmhqai2faGN82-9b8LV3MQaq-4jRGq_EV2nlzVLbNfsVSV5N46GmqXhGf5Z4hkFkYh8sHMzXkH4FPhyphenhyphenNU5GkcWqm5OWi5WN3yqwYyHu8/s1000/CoonsDsm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1000" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVXKsxaVpUFt9J447rdy-kNFfhJVXduGn6iHfmhqai2faGN82-9b8LV3MQaq-4jRGq_EV2nlzVLbNfsVSV5N46GmqXhGf5Z4hkFkYh8sHMzXkH4FPhyphenhyphenNU5GkcWqm5OWi5WN3yqwYyHu8/s320/CoonsDsm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUkBUSROWZ-pI03ygtaMYERQw9z94EfF6ULIr6kx-KB3lCO-xm-huwwYkW61ECCFlCJpuzP8eZCC_-r-o8rDEkHXLDli4D3RhR1QRcaLZJMyI9EXuMB1b7u3UE-WcjSicbxKrYzsRnpg/s968/CoonsEsm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="751" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUkBUSROWZ-pI03ygtaMYERQw9z94EfF6ULIr6kx-KB3lCO-xm-huwwYkW61ECCFlCJpuzP8eZCC_-r-o8rDEkHXLDli4D3RhR1QRcaLZJMyI9EXuMB1b7u3UE-WcjSicbxKrYzsRnpg/s320/CoonsEsm.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTPQcQEQn1VJE8yL-6hxyURm8Y17bd7Iy0Q7psOUt-UIIpzuFIQCxtjQEKtmFX2oKuKCeLsEQanmRBk4BiZ7ft9J0olJJLN2PE9ts5jYMcmfyeHogBtxXgXlBSvdYBVcFxIxnBuhnfuY/s1000/CoonsFsm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1000" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTPQcQEQn1VJE8yL-6hxyURm8Y17bd7Iy0Q7psOUt-UIIpzuFIQCxtjQEKtmFX2oKuKCeLsEQanmRBk4BiZ7ft9J0olJJLN2PE9ts5jYMcmfyeHogBtxXgXlBSvdYBVcFxIxnBuhnfuY/s320/CoonsFsm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Mission and Utah</b></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m writing this from the mountains of Utah. Thanks to Diane's family, we have a cabin here. Robert Redford, who until recently owned all the land surrounding us, said "<i>Everyone in Hollywood has their therapists. I have Utah!</i>" So at the end of our mission, we came straight here from Colorado and had a wonderful reunion with our children and grandchildren.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50qZVzkbrfJmpWuDRRC0l-lwlwQ7Df8yXhwAdlCcjHEvI8l-ebKFGMAdN7aG75k-icIE9rlQ-egLON95_oHv7iZO5HMTo64s5tBkPI9K9vE7SGJKgI8WQSyqRMmEUc3tm1jdlB3HdyhU/s628/Diane%253ATimp.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="597" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50qZVzkbrfJmpWuDRRC0l-lwlwQ7Df8yXhwAdlCcjHEvI8l-ebKFGMAdN7aG75k-icIE9rlQ-egLON95_oHv7iZO5HMTo64s5tBkPI9K9vE7SGJKgI8WQSyqRMmEUc3tm1jdlB3HdyhU/s320/Diane%253ATimp.heic" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">That last paragraph might imply that we needed therapy as a result of our mission. Not at all. We loved Colorado and we especially loved the people we worked with. It has been a highlight of our lives! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkaaCyi6nzsKPDbQC2eokSfYgECNDmWU0TNm24bwHeeGWVRPC_RaeMUcG-0rjG_PYiITRA-eQhlZprLKR0XmGeYm58KRpjonvvq9KrnNYnu6iIRHtKNU603OKPA5JsrH8XC30VoRvxC0/s494/BoulderFalls.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="494" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkaaCyi6nzsKPDbQC2eokSfYgECNDmWU0TNm24bwHeeGWVRPC_RaeMUcG-0rjG_PYiITRA-eQhlZprLKR0XmGeYm58KRpjonvvq9KrnNYnu6iIRHtKNU603OKPA5JsrH8XC30VoRvxC0/s320/BoulderFalls.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Me and Diane at Boulder Falls</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">One of the initiatives in our mission was to create uplifting<b> </b>content to post on social media; short stories that ideally touch the heart. We made a 1:30 minute video about the birth of our granddaughter that we were pretty happy with. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/45H5DOGWuMg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="690" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5VhIFx6zzhdO0oJ1eRac_6_sxZonl7f7Kjq0fGVswyQ81hVrNZel3iUoCNVATQdNp7rUBGpQpt2b9h4fxPK5Gq2j_L8bg312WUsQ4Ne675VrUsuMNNM0ALqIq4m_3IIjUBcvMQb9Go4/s320/JosiePhoto.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Click picture to watch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">During my forty year career, I’ve shied away from doing work about my faith. I think it is because of intimidation of the subject; How do you portray God? Artists have done it for millennia. Some magnificently, some not so much. Deep inside I’ve wanted to dive in so I’ve been doing a few things when I get a chance such as this drawing of Jesus.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgIDTEBJubW2aPypy0QpfxPlG-QyqCuUBw7WCHG02RBnArXAjUbMrcbGDpmiuQ-QvygNVEnCSFa7zX2eP0mC4kzULVLQaxe61gHHe-RYAEoIRSgSxXxaeF68MY65zrIIDodw8fv4OWvw/s800/Jesus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="502" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgIDTEBJubW2aPypy0QpfxPlG-QyqCuUBw7WCHG02RBnArXAjUbMrcbGDpmiuQ-QvygNVEnCSFa7zX2eP0mC4kzULVLQaxe61gHHe-RYAEoIRSgSxXxaeF68MY65zrIIDodw8fv4OWvw/s320/Jesus.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Back in the Studio</b></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After a 10 month hiatus, I’m excited to get back to work on my art. I have some unfinished projects to work on and ideas for new paintings. I look forward to see where my art journey takes me. I hope you come along with me as I keep you posted with these periodic newsletters.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7U1qeENImGjEA-aiUovr71Vpx8MKWXDYsTAi5bIy2rDPLf0M8c7hteclScNDH8dIN7t9dD0UrThbkGJdqGWk0_WfaUdbBnReKmAIBrv2o8WAbIkYi0lXBobaAgEYu7MdvnPSdRYTn4v8/s2048/C81A765B-CBCA-4813-8515-FE772254683D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7U1qeENImGjEA-aiUovr71Vpx8MKWXDYsTAi5bIy2rDPLf0M8c7hteclScNDH8dIN7t9dD0UrThbkGJdqGWk0_WfaUdbBnReKmAIBrv2o8WAbIkYi0lXBobaAgEYu7MdvnPSdRYTn4v8/s320/C81A765B-CBCA-4813-8515-FE772254683D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5BQj7vdPDMtRtCsjwhMeojiIAr_29T_TjnLqmJSPueUHUIl-050ZV5bic6wxloRguFkzqHASsmD8VnmdBOVnfdfpv_e1GYFp5VJxBCEAIWqOf92cD6MsF5-YFIz1MOC15zShDJj3LDo/s814/Ali%2527sFam.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5BQj7vdPDMtRtCsjwhMeojiIAr_29T_TjnLqmJSPueUHUIl-050ZV5bic6wxloRguFkzqHASsmD8VnmdBOVnfdfpv_e1GYFp5VJxBCEAIWqOf92cD6MsF5-YFIz1MOC15zShDJj3LDo/s320/Ali%2527sFam.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Work in Progress, begun early in the pandemic.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div><br /></div>Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-58877090174479381082020-10-19T09:15:00.028-07:002020-10-30T22:01:50.306-07:00Fall 2020 Newsletter<p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></font></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The painter, Susan Lichtman, </span>quotes one of her painting professors as saying, </font></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><font face="arial">“<i>Paint what you know, paint what you can</i>”.<br /></font></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></font></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><font face="arial">I think that is valuable advice. It’s not uncommon for an artist to be seduced by somebody else’s subject matter or expertise or some exotic location looking for subject matter. Sometime ago I settled in to being content painting what I find in my day to day world and just try to paint it best I can.</font></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictF5tfiUy47zWnqkrhA2GYCnHzmEhyphenhyphen_ooFrEMshQY7i0Zw9BkJj-68RbVdsh_vB-s5-BTqARs9hnR17UTIIG6mJ3F4m_ybuLuS21VELwpqol9uFeG12Vq8plVCPqabqnETOCfHLIuMK4/s800/SunriseOnLeSueur800.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><font face="arial"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="800" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictF5tfiUy47zWnqkrhA2GYCnHzmEhyphenhyphen_ooFrEMshQY7i0Zw9BkJj-68RbVdsh_vB-s5-BTqARs9hnR17UTIIG6mJ3F4m_ybuLuS21VELwpqol9uFeG12Vq8plVCPqabqnETOCfHLIuMK4/w500-h386/SunriseOnLeSueur800.jpg" width="500" /></font></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial">Sunrise in the Neighborhood • 8x10</font></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="arial"><br /></font><div><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Open Studio/Painting Sale!</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20992661">Here</a> is the link to sign up.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVT6RyggRL2XwY5tTVBDeConYETktmIVrIx1LQTiuAirrft0EsxsKkybZby1FMzTpWxXexywG6AsF3aXW6ROyvwpJxPL9vkrmxDP_D3RW89ydeUvzKfA7faQH34BwDxeh84xM57LkzwsM/s1000/studioPM2+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="1000" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVT6RyggRL2XwY5tTVBDeConYETktmIVrIx1LQTiuAirrft0EsxsKkybZby1FMzTpWxXexywG6AsF3aXW6ROyvwpJxPL9vkrmxDP_D3RW89ydeUvzKfA7faQH34BwDxeh84xM57LkzwsM/w640-h254/studioPM2+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyiugB3bturCyrUIXXmjfYrygMFhoU6kDOrrDHOv1ESN7sv1tssCMMUcJr2ya8R4_defyJri4HXUDs1PYFHnvbckECTlVLJ58TmugFFS6KLZ0S6DDuLlSWef-3FYNsoZBl_m_RD09FJM/s1000/StudioAM+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyiugB3bturCyrUIXXmjfYrygMFhoU6kDOrrDHOv1ESN7sv1tssCMMUcJr2ya8R4_defyJri4HXUDs1PYFHnvbckECTlVLJ58TmugFFS6KLZ0S6DDuLlSWef-3FYNsoZBl_m_RD09FJM/w640-h266/StudioAM+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I'm working on having my </span>first ever<span style="font-weight: 400;"> open studio and sale on </span>Saturday, November 21!<span style="font-weight: 400;"> (If Covid spikes up too much we'll postpone till spring). We'll be considering all the necessary health precautions. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;">My studio is large enough to handle a fair amount of people with distance and it opens up into a large yard. We will use an online sign up sheet with times to attend.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"> I think it will be a lot of fun! You would be able to see old and new paintings along with seeing a little of how I work in the room where it happens. Some of the paintings will be available at special Covid prices, others at regular price. In addition to paintings, there will be some very affordable prints. But don't let purchasing keep you away, if you're just interested in seeing what I do, you're invited! <a href="https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20992661">Here</a> is the link to sign up. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are a few of the paintings that will be there.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-Hfgl4V3rS6PEQLJjpZcTMIA4MK1dwmxvnNuQ0qD1_L5DBsoRBe70bUsZavHccUi5QEs6_UZUz8xheId2wXUG63TQheS33s4QXYTKwSX-NLrxyRw5oeUxaTG-V-rixcQjGOvizoqess/s800/Bulldog%252C+Setting+Sun+800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Light at Bulldog • 6x6 • Oil on panel • $250" border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="800" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-Hfgl4V3rS6PEQLJjpZcTMIA4MK1dwmxvnNuQ0qD1_L5DBsoRBe70bUsZavHccUi5QEs6_UZUz8xheId2wXUG63TQheS33s4QXYTKwSX-NLrxyRw5oeUxaTG-V-rixcQjGOvizoqess/w400-h389/Bulldog%252C+Setting+Sun+800.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Last Light at Bulldog • 6x6 • Oil on panel </span></div><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGItEgF6fQ4h6ie5zqUtNGUKJ_m87FyQIue1PSuosBMY75QDSrKAM-7hWJ3KiM9qAV9XdFYw5bHUSaHRQE0Qr-08y-Ac19csQdVNU2yO0eSTW4Pyx4i4iEb9jpWQk3nsW775IzrhFgl2E/s2048/HotDogsOnCentral800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGItEgF6fQ4h6ie5zqUtNGUKJ_m87FyQIue1PSuosBMY75QDSrKAM-7hWJ3KiM9qAV9XdFYw5bHUSaHRQE0Qr-08y-Ac19csQdVNU2yO0eSTW4Pyx4i4iEb9jpWQk3nsW775IzrhFgl2E/w400-h360/HotDogsOnCentral800.jpg" title="Hot Dogs On Central • 18x20 • Oil on Canvas • $1900" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hot Dogs On Central • 18x20 • Oil on Canvas </span></div><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><font face="arial"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></font></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fm9c-SgKi5ZE72ZFyCBYRJG43bzvQ3xBUuMzRtw7_sZAG-6lAdBQrlYuSFJGmPY4JIrx-rvF_VazTmFrsP_eS0akhJH_OP9cqPx9okMtJpN8-0PZIaDimfwpLDOZ37CkiIxs-7fnRGY/s1201/PhoenixArt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Phoenix Art • 24 x 24 Oil on canvas $2600" border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fm9c-SgKi5ZE72ZFyCBYRJG43bzvQ3xBUuMzRtw7_sZAG-6lAdBQrlYuSFJGmPY4JIrx-rvF_VazTmFrsP_eS0akhJH_OP9cqPx9okMtJpN8-0PZIaDimfwpLDOZ37CkiIxs-7fnRGY/w400-h400/PhoenixArt.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phoenix Art • 24 x 24 Oil on canvas <br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XkkXPwaEiyRAxLaSY-z2rPBR_svzOl4U50CSg0EsVwimlxLvAyac6LwE-M5ypM3-n-giwdX7XgYmZ1cycPldfjULCOfvwhJ-Zt_-deaZQocgvvsKF79JuwEOyt_AMoZ0pAMFgYrsiow/s805/early+Light+on+Washingto+800+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XkkXPwaEiyRAxLaSY-z2rPBR_svzOl4U50CSg0EsVwimlxLvAyac6LwE-M5ypM3-n-giwdX7XgYmZ1cycPldfjULCOfvwhJ-Zt_-deaZQocgvvsKF79JuwEOyt_AMoZ0pAMFgYrsiow/w398-h400/early+Light+on+Washingto+800+copy.jpg" width="398" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Morning Light on Washington St • 8x8 • Oil on panel </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzgvJ2RiE6uCHxPPjN1VkERNswtsDvzj6UibTAkw5LJBGvpt2VO5Z7lKj0Dg2Ckyas-WGmIE9bN98F3OlqY_s75u6lvsvBU6QyZGhg3sE7dk6FpZpYxcgKSDhayn5uWIBTs987Y-gNwE/s800/DivingLady2019ZZ800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="800" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzgvJ2RiE6uCHxPPjN1VkERNswtsDvzj6UibTAkw5LJBGvpt2VO5Z7lKj0Dg2Ckyas-WGmIE9bN98F3OlqY_s75u6lvsvBU6QyZGhg3sE7dk6FpZpYxcgKSDhayn5uWIBTs987Y-gNwE/w400-h319/DivingLady2019ZZ800.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Diving Lady • 24x30 • Oil on canvas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpApPLUMgFr7cK-jQjR_CE9f8tekjvRy23paznUcPTBLznuRUx7NyliRU1nWnGDGGKrmyJhG7_g-E_4K0zy39IjhTmy_YJBBUr_aOCwX8X9ol5Tg-yliI-JwyApzbCU1zGjWITVMOrUo/s800/Morning+Light+on+the+Canal+800+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="800" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpApPLUMgFr7cK-jQjR_CE9f8tekjvRy23paznUcPTBLznuRUx7NyliRU1nWnGDGGKrmyJhG7_g-E_4K0zy39IjhTmy_YJBBUr_aOCwX8X9ol5Tg-yliI-JwyApzbCU1zGjWITVMOrUo/w400-h311/Morning+Light+on+the+Canal+800+copy.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Along the Canal • 8x10 • Oil on panel </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbUmJ9KovqBhZgXy64rWzWSg6Danxs32lRf0d6avbDep7CadTX3nfyr1BPSxMwrevFRNpO-pgJjw4FXeY8oZFXQ06Nz57EaCa7JPb6IidBVV7ZAhL4cL3aU2ovFhd97HW4gcuRlcfMWw/s800/Towards+Saguaro+Lake+800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="800" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbUmJ9KovqBhZgXy64rWzWSg6Danxs32lRf0d6avbDep7CadTX3nfyr1BPSxMwrevFRNpO-pgJjw4FXeY8oZFXQ06Nz57EaCa7JPb6IidBVV7ZAhL4cL3aU2ovFhd97HW4gcuRlcfMWw/w400-h290/Towards+Saguaro+Lake+800.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Desert Forms • Oil on panel • 8x10 </span></div><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></span></h3><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><font face="arial">Catching Up </font></span></h3><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are a few things that have been going on over the past months.</span></span></h3><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's of course an unusual time. The virus has had some effect on us. We were supposed to be in Colorado right now, serving a mission for our Church, however that has been postponed because of Covid. We still hope we will eventually be able to go. Fortunately, I have been given a multi-painting commission that has turned out to be wonderful. Because it is a surprise gift, I can't say much about it, but it's been keeping me busy. </span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><font face="arial">Halloween </font></span></h3><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's a good time to make some masks. We had our grand kids over to the studio and painted on some palm fronds.</span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71jzwVShY243pi9GATKFze-IVsEojwpM59nNDr5FUqABttbjy5keqIvVMFkucYSsdYFXlzHNvtfZvJ6OwiijDIucC44oZ-2yxQ7-HXCRxC5f5PmN6i5-CHrLVDsTte9wdw2EHBKN8QRY/s800/CoopAnnieCasMasks.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Our grandkids and the masks we painted on palm fronds." border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71jzwVShY243pi9GATKFze-IVsEojwpM59nNDr5FUqABttbjy5keqIvVMFkucYSsdYFXlzHNvtfZvJ6OwiijDIucC44oZ-2yxQ7-HXCRxC5f5PmN6i5-CHrLVDsTte9wdw2EHBKN8QRY/w400-h300/CoopAnnieCasMasks.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our grandkids with their masks.</td></tr></tbody></table>.<span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><font face="arial">Utah</font></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="arial">As a young teenager, my great-grandfather, William Lindsay, sailed across the ocean from Scotland, drove a wagon across the plains with a company of Mormon pioneers and settled in the Heber Valley of Utah. Although I’ve never lived there, it has always had a sense of home to me. My mother lived the first years of her life there before her family moved a few miles away to Park City (back then a rough mining town). Most every summer of my life I have traveled back to that area, first with my parents and for the last 40 years with my own family. Here are a couple of paintings from this summer’s trip. Still an idyllic place but changing fast.</font></span></div><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="arial"></font></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><font face="arial"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg-jbmAuTnrXMU7IYZbhVRNdD_t1fI03R8YbZ1EInm_q_urkxBCWCmpDSVKCZip0g8nZsieGLWk7Sr2_O3qSN_emwJk4eIB8VwCzrxgHu1OwSUWC4sgQijfkbpD2et6PPkDRUI0vqFDk/s800/Charleston+House+800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="800" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg-jbmAuTnrXMU7IYZbhVRNdD_t1fI03R8YbZ1EInm_q_urkxBCWCmpDSVKCZip0g8nZsieGLWk7Sr2_O3qSN_emwJk4eIB8VwCzrxgHu1OwSUWC4sgQijfkbpD2et6PPkDRUI0vqFDk/w500-h381/Charleston+House+800.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXzmNdDnf8E1GWu7rpw0upXox9r4c4HVQs7frklm0msY6d8Ha8Q4MGDLLLnrMow35Uh7jkwT0I_2Zpa5-AI5wYlHvpiHBS_svDm4pKcRoaymI3ressSwn-Emgp2u4at7EjBoUSEb7E54/s800/Midway+Farm+800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="800" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXzmNdDnf8E1GWu7rpw0upXox9r4c4HVQs7frklm0msY6d8Ha8Q4MGDLLLnrMow35Uh7jkwT0I_2Zpa5-AI5wYlHvpiHBS_svDm4pKcRoaymI3ressSwn-Emgp2u4at7EjBoUSEb7E54/w500-h379/Midway+Farm+800.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /></font><p></p><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><font face="arial">Zoey Frank Workshop</font></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><font face="arial">Much of my career has been comprised of land and cityscapes. For sometime I've been wanting to do more figurative work. So earlier this summer I participated in a figure composition workshop led by Zoey Frank, a very gifted artist. Grounding in the history of painting from early renaissance to contemporary figurative painting, we’ve analyzed paintings and then begun developing our own composition. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></span></div><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><font face="arial"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></font></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQg47YhhS2G58_4vtNKrRJm4c9Z04V6reUV-8IEveVaDwQmYpGYdi6aH9Zp4usN4K7fYLvTrY9K8HcZVGW89AELsCZxaGiKTNzftCL_AE6KyuFb3Sfq_58vNqB_7zD8enctNUCkGszp4/s907/OldMastersStudies.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><font face="arial"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="800" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQg47YhhS2G58_4vtNKrRJm4c9Z04V6reUV-8IEveVaDwQmYpGYdi6aH9Zp4usN4K7fYLvTrY9K8HcZVGW89AELsCZxaGiKTNzftCL_AE6KyuFb3Sfq_58vNqB_7zD8enctNUCkGszp4/w441-h500/OldMastersStudies.jpg" width="441" /></font></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial">Analytical studies of paintings by Titian, Van Der Weyden, <br />Carpaccio and Piero della Francesca <br />(Clockwise from top left)</font></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></p><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial">One of the historical pieces I studied is “the Departure Of The Ambassadors” by Carpaccio, a Venetian painter of the 1400’s. I’ve long been fascinated with the large space in which the figures are situated. I very loosely based my own composition on some of the visual ideas contained in the Carpaccio. Next newsletter I'll show you the finished painting or, come to my Open Studio and see it!</font></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><font face="arial"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="arial" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKQRE8oYwqVjWRIBGIZoSmU6vXxw5VNsGSk1HP0fBBgmCgBkKGC833SzXkkNbT3r_YXK-QHGUyhotvWmBWt0gIfd5KmcqoCGNX4HSYpolx1EiQnr-S1_8DF1gjCMFJvuNSfqcLNwGomE/s817/ColorStudies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="800" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKQRE8oYwqVjWRIBGIZoSmU6vXxw5VNsGSk1HP0fBBgmCgBkKGC833SzXkkNbT3r_YXK-QHGUyhotvWmBWt0gIfd5KmcqoCGNX4HSYpolx1EiQnr-S1_8DF1gjCMFJvuNSfqcLNwGomE/w489-h500/ColorStudies.jpg" width="489" /></a></font></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">That's it for this round. Looking forward to my favorite time of year here as the weather finally starts to cool off and the sun, instead of the color-bleaching overhead inferno, is dropping down into the southern sky creating that beautiful light.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Hope to see you at my studio in November.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Stay well,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Allen</span></div>Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-52532896540552195682020-05-01T16:23:00.000-07:002020-05-04T19:11:04.386-07:00Spring 2020 Newsletter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">A few years ago, I had the flu so this bottle of throat spray was always out sitting around. On the one hand, it was evidence of how lousy I felt, continually trying to numb the pain in my throat. On the other hand I started to think it would be interesting to paint with its mix of intense color and neutrals, transparency and opacity, shiny and matte. For a short time as I painted, my sickness was forgotten. I was too intent on seeking something good to pay attention to the illness. I don't minimize the challenges that our present condition presents, but I think there's some application of that idea to our time.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">That said, the corona virus has certainly had an affect on me and my family. We have a son in his first rear of residency. His chosen practice is emergency room! After graduating medical school this past May, it’s as if he was shot out of a cannon into the lion’s mouth. So far, he and his little family are doing fine.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">And … for myself, a few things have happened. I teach a drawing class at Mesa Community college each semester. We have had to go online so I've been spending hours making demonstration videos. I've enjoyed the process (but it has been a huge cut into my painting time). Youtube and imovie are both awesome.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">My show scheduled for April was of course cancelled. As a result, I have a pretty large inventory sitting around my studio. There is a chance that it will be rescheduled in July. Hopefully. With that in mind and given the uncertain state of our economy, for a limited time I am putting paintings up for sale online at extremely reduced prices. I’m giving this news to you, my newsletter subscribers before I announce this on social media or anywhere else. I am working on getting a purchase/payment system on my website but for now, if you are interested in any of these paintings, just send me an email and we’ll work out the details. Tax and shipping (where needed) will be added on. If you are able, you're welcome to come to my studio to see the painting before you purchase. (All sales have full satisfaction guarantee, if for any reason you are dissatisfied, you can return the work for a full refund and I will pay the shipping.) Feel free to email me with any questions about framing or anything else. So this is an opportunity to get a piece of original art at a very reasonable price. I'd be honored to have one hanging in your home.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Final news, My wife and I have been called to serve a mission for The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day-Saints. We are deeply grateful and excited for this opportunity. Our tentative report date is in late summer, going somewhere in Northern Colorado, most likely where there is a smaller congregation. We'll spend our time finding ways to serve people, assisting with employment, addiction problems, general self reliance and helping them feel the transforming love of Jesus Christ. I'm not sure exactly how this will affect my art or how I will be able to use my art in our work. Right now, my intention is to do at least one small painting a week that I will post on IG and FB. So it will be an adventure!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm continuing to prepare for my show this Spring. The reception will be 1st Friday, April 3 at Olney Gallery, located on the Trinity Cathedral Campus, just west of Central on Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix. It will be a collection of oil, gouache and watercolor paintings around the valley, mostly cityscapes and neighborhoods but maybe a few desert paintings also. I'll be showing with Christen Quissell who does beautiful watercolors of old neighborhoods in Phoenix. You are invited to come!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Walking through the smog and congestion of Florence Italy, I turned and entered the convent of San Marco. The peace and beauty were so welcome! Wandering through the halls and rooms, every turn reveals a masterpiece fresco on the walls, painted by Fra Angelico, a monk who resided there in the 1400's. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of my most beautiful art books is <i>Fra Angelico</i>, by Jacqueline and Maurice Guillaud. Not only are the paintings stunning, the production of the book is gorgeous. The center dwell of pages are printed on a vellum like paper that simulates the dry, matte surface of fresco paintings on plaster.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I'm looking forward to my City Painting class with Scottsdale Artists School. It's a 4 week class, every Saturday morning 29 Feb-21 Mar. For this class I'll be spending a little more time in the studio than past sessions, giving more attention to color and design along with the challenge (and fun) of painting out in the streets. For more information you can go <a href="https://scottsdaleartschool.org/course/city-painting-in-plein-air-2/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">As with most of my paintings, as important as the subject matter is the quality of light. In this case, it's the late afternoon sun lighting up this whole environment and creating some interesting shadow shapes. I'm particularly happy with the illuminated palm trees acting like musical notes on a staff across the top of the painting leading to the wonderful neon sign.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">I first started loving Hopper when I was about ten and I saw a painting "7 AM" in an art book I got for Christmas. When I went to Art Center College of Design, my interest in his work was renewed as is evidenced by this watercolor I did for one of my classes.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Until January, have a great holiday season!</span>Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-37353765506441355972016-12-27T21:11:00.000-08:002016-12-27T21:11:44.106-08:00What makes a painting better.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was my painting for the day (the one on top). I tried this same subject a couple years ago. It turned out rather disappointing (the one on the bottom). This one I'm happy with. It's what I love about painting. To find the shapes and colors and arrangement that create a song across the canvas, regardless the subject. Why does this one work better? Better color. The relationship/contrast between the cool shadow planes and the warm light, especially that one yellow building. The warms and cools on the face of the granary in the middle. Better resolution of forms and shapes. Cropping in closer made the negative shapes more interesting. I like the repetition of angles across the picture. That gets a little lost in the older one. There is a good rhythm across the canvas on top that doesn't happen on the bottom one. The accents/beats of the darks: the tree, the dark shape in the granary, the palm tree and the tracks along the bottom, with the smaller beats of the tall and short posts. That said, looking at the older one now after a couple years, I like it better than I thought. I like seeing the whole granary up to the top, the way the link fence is articulated and the perspective of the fence and building at right. But I still like the new one better. What do you think?</span>Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-32541232243721460842016-11-04T09:08:00.000-07:002016-11-04T09:08:51.285-07:00Landscapes<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I've been enjoying doing these small landscapes out in the desert a few miles from my house.</span><br />
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<br />Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-50736221977724479512015-12-08T12:35:00.000-08:002015-12-08T12:35:08.233-08:00Apunte<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been looking at Sorolla's apunte's lately. That's the word used in a book I have for his small, quick oil sketches he made on sight. The english translation is simply <i>note</i>. And that's what they are, quick notes of a scene. I'll put some up on a later post, but not here with mine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a quick apunte I did in downtown Phoenix. The Westward Ho, Fillmore and Central.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-50025468722678857682015-12-01T14:34:00.001-08:002015-12-01T14:34:59.664-08:00Late Afternoon Sun<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A view of Phoenix on a winter day, late afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6 x 8, oil on card board</span>Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-51451721583439391432015-11-18T06:54:00.001-08:002015-11-24T09:10:27.043-08:00Along the Canal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-64449637590577412492015-11-18T06:48:00.000-08:002015-11-18T06:48:48.024-08:00Painting Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't been out painting much lately. I've been busy with illustration work and teaching. But I finally got out last week and painted this house in Mesa. I intended to add the windows when I got back to the studio but I liked the relationship of the masses too much and decided to leave them out</span>.</div>
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<br />Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-61424595968446162272015-08-04T22:25:00.000-07:002015-08-04T22:25:22.756-07:00Cheating?I did this little gouache sketch this morning. I was a little disappointed with it until I scanned it and viewed it on the screen. It looked a lot better. The problem is, it looked better because my scanner intensified the color. So my plan is to do a larger oil painting based on the saturated color. Is that cheating? I don't know and I don't really care. I just like the color.<br />
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On another note, I have a lot of illustration work going on right now ( for which I am glad!) so I don't have much time for my own painting. Additionally, the gallery that I have been showing at for the last 8 years closed last month. So I'm taking this time to do some things for myself without bothering with that great creativity killer: <i>will it sell</i>. I'm taking an hour here and an hour there to do quick little paintings, exploring different means of visual expression, trying to get back to some of my more abstract roots.Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-53097409577133960642015-07-30T22:01:00.000-07:002015-07-30T22:01:25.733-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-67850563763407860392015-07-28T15:19:00.000-07:002015-07-29T08:33:50.530-07:00Low Key With A Few Lights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This is an hour sketch. Working on my speed skills.<br />
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<br />Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-24952590919940088882015-07-20T21:46:00.000-07:002015-07-20T21:46:02.699-07:00Antigua GuatemalaEarlier this year I went on a short trip to Guatemala. This painting is a 1 hour study from a photo I took.<br />
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Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-70876071116914625022015-07-14T08:45:00.000-07:002015-07-14T08:45:18.390-07:00Not Alla PrimaAs much as I love alla prima painting, there is a richness and depth that can be had with working and reworking over a painting. This one is an example of that. I did a lot of glazing, scraping and over painting.<br />
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It's not finished, I've been working on it off and on for a few months.Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-81950852420424682312015-07-06T21:47:00.001-07:002015-07-06T21:47:41.878-07:00GouacheJust South of Downtown Phoenix in the old warehouse district. A little gouache study.<br />
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I may have mentioned before, I have a love hate relationship with gouache. I enjoy it's opacity and the unexpected accidents that happen. And I love the matte satin finish. It can be a little tricky though because it changes value so much as it dries.Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-8416625599928361342015-06-30T23:50:00.000-07:002015-06-30T23:50:22.777-07:00ScrapingI painted last night at the open studio. Wasn't happy with the results so I scraped it down. It looked better. I then worked on it a little at home.<br />
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<br />Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-64272631398576555012015-05-11T09:36:00.001-07:002015-05-11T09:36:59.856-07:00Moon<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a recent illustration for a magazine. (Hasn't yet been published so I probably shouldn't say who it is for).</span><br />
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<br />Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-32226275453029565742015-04-26T21:10:00.002-07:002015-04-26T21:10:24.135-07:00Perfection…?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-32486926373117926832015-04-01T14:34:00.000-07:002015-04-17T21:52:30.037-07:00Finished?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Edit)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Turns out I wasn't finished. A kind soul from the internet pointed out that I had spelled Charlie Chaplin's name incorrectly. Here is the corrected version.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started this painting 3 months ago. Due to schedule and a few problem areas in the painting, it has taken me til now to get it finished. </span><br />
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<br />Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-90093870260469435162015-03-30T21:32:00.000-07:002015-03-30T21:33:15.226-07:00Aim of Art<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It also explains why many artists like myself are not drawn to traditionally pretty or picturesque subject matter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is more interesting to find beauty in unexpected or mundane places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Put light on almost any subject and you can find some fragment of beauty to snatch from the rush of time.</span></div>
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Allen Garnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847365147213872635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793741925517810125.post-5252385056550179052015-03-26T08:18:00.000-07:002015-03-26T08:19:38.109-07:00Sketchbook<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I seem to go in spurts with my sketchbook. I'll go a few weeks with nothing and then pick it up again and make regular entries for a number of weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of what I do in my books is drawing from whatever is around me, usually people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I try to carry it with me at all times, that way, when something unexpected comes up, or I have to wait in line at the store, I have something to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's particularly useful when I'm sitting in those lovely faculty meetings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my favorite drawings was from a meeting at the school where I teach. I was sitting behind a good friend of mine who had recently lost all her hair due to cancer treatment. Glad to say that was three years ago and she is doing well.</span></div>
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