Update- painting progress (Amy Crehore)

Working on Arches oil painting paper, sketching out a 

composition idea for a new painting on linen. Using oil washes for this. 

Good news: my original painting "Rose Quarry" has now sold  to a collector in NYC.

But, I still have prints available and on sale! Here's the LINK

(limited to 40 in the signed edition) 

"Rose Quarry", oil on linen 2012, 12"x 14" by Amy Crehore

And, my newest painting, "Tomboy's Memory of Winter", July 2014,
has been claimed by a different collector in NYC. LINK

I am thinking about having prints made of this one, too.

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Starting a new painting

Sketching the shed in my backyard. This image will become part of a new 

composition for my next painting. 

Stay tuned and I will blog my progress. 

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Recap: Original Paintings by Amy Crehore

 "Gymnast's Memory of Fall" 2013 oil on linen by Amy Crehore 12" x 14" (sold)

 "Cloudy Day Blues" 2009 oil on wood by Amy Crehore 12" x 12" (sold)

 "Song of the Wind" 2009 oil on linen by Amy Crehore 6" x 6" (sold)

 "Weed Smoker's Dream" 2009 oil on linen by Amy Crehore 12" x 18" (sold)

 "A Moonlit Ride" 2011 oil on linen by Amy Crehore 10" x 12" (sold)

 "Mermaid's Memory of Summer" 2014 by Amy Crehore 12" x 14" (sold)

"Tomboy's Memory of Winter" oil on linen 2014 by Amy Crehore 12" x 14" (sold)

All of the fine art paintings shown above have found new homes within the past year.

Three out of four paintings in my newest series, Memory of the Seasons, went to NYC collectors almost as soon as I finished them. ("Bellhop's Memory of Spring" is still available.)

The rest of the paintings shown here have gone to collectors' homes in Norway, Texas, NY and California. 

Stay tuned for progress of my new work.
To see other original works please visit my website:

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Update: 8/4/14 Also gone to collector in NYC -
"Rose Quarry" oil on linen 2012 12" x 14" by Amy Crehore (sold)

The painter's studio in another time

Painting by Francesco Beda 

Painting by August Stephan

Two different views of a painter's studio (late 1800s)

Quite fancy outfits on those painters. The female model has typical attire.:)

Rat-Snap Dessert

(Thanks, Joe Schenkman)

Painter Karl Hofer's "The Record Player" 1939

German expressionist painter Karl Hofer painted two versions of "The Record Player" in 1939 (shown above). He was labeled a degenerate artist by the Nazis, but regained recognition after the war as one of the greatest German painters.
I love this image and the idea of the record player having a double meaning.
The second one may actually have been painted two years later according to one source. Not sure. In any case, it was during the war and the sad, frozen faces seem to reflect that.
Wondering if Margaret Keane saw these and he influenced her.

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New Painting: Tomboy's Memory of Winter (by Amy Crehore)

Here is my latest painting: "Tomboy's Memory of Winter"

12" x 14", oil on linen, 2014

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Here are some details:

Update: 7/20/14 This painting has been sold and is headed to NY

Violino Arpa, a most beautiful design

Violino Arpa / Amoeba Shaped Violin, collection of the Danish Music Museum, Copenhagen

New painting - work in progress (by Amy Crehore)

Here's a quick shot of my latest work in progress on my easel. Oil on linen.

It's a winter painting inspired by a snowy week last December. 

I still have more work to do on it, but it is getting there.

Please visit my art website if interested in my work. 

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Recent Travels

Mount Hood photo taken from the airplane window yesterday. 

I posted photos from my travels of the last couple of weeks on my instagram

You can follow me there.

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Leo Fontan painted alluring legs in stockings

Beautiful stocking illustrations by Leo Fontan.

(Found via Richard Holley's facebook page. )

More images can be found on Thought Patterns along with a mini-biography 

of the French artist. 

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Bunnies in a Boat!

Happy Easter! Image via Ralph Paine

A Couple of Cool Videos

This metal-eating bird animation is great. Thanks, boingboing





Video of a waltz that Sir Anthony Hopkins wrote being performed in Vienna!

"Mermaid's Memory of Summer", new painting by Amy Crehore

 "Mermaid's Memory of Summer", oil on linen by Amy Crehore 2014
12" x 14" (click to enlarge)

 Detail of girl with bun

 Detail of bathing cap girl

Detail of island of birds

This painting has now sold to a collector in NYC.
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Felix Vallotton

 Reclining Nude 1914 

Rest 1911

 The White and the Black 1913

Turkish Bath 1907

What a great artist Felix Vallotton was. He was prolific and there are many examples to be found of his work online, however I was only familiar with a couple of his images in books that I have at home. 

Here are a handful of nudes that I found recently when googling his images. His art has a clean, smart sense of design. He had a wonderful feeling for dynamic color and form. 

He even did a portrait of Gertrude Stein. 

Félix Edouard Vallotton (December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a 

Swiss painter associated with Les Nabis.

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La Chevelure Blonde 1915


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Letterpress Print by Amy Crehore on Sale



Here's a detail of my Shygals' Serenade 3-color limited edition letterpress print. 

Follow this link to view larger image. On sale for a limited time.

LINK

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Holes for Breathing

I could not resist blogging this photo of a full face swimming mask from the 1920s.

(Thanks retronaut via Memory of the Netherlands)

 LINK

Spring!

Spring in Oregon - photo taken the other day

Detail of my painting- "A Fig Leaf Parasol"  (Amy Crehore 2012)
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Revisiting my L.A. solo show

It was called "Dreamgirls and Ukes". It took place at Thinkspace in L.A. in Feb 2009.

There were 15 paintings and 13 painted ukes. The Hokum Scorchers (Lou Reimuller and I)

 played music at the opening. 

Here's one of my paintings- "Monkey Love Song" (Amy Crehore).

Here's the link to all images-

LINK

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The Dancer and the Lily (Lilliput Pocket Omnibus 1930s)

Love these two comparison images from the book Lilliput Pocket Omnibus 1937
Here are some more! 
LINK

1920s Illustrated Children's Covers by Takeo Takei

Covers by Takeo Takei for the illustrated magazine "Children's Land", 1922–33 on
  50 Watts blog 
Follow this link for more! These are amazing. Thanks,Will.

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Look at all those buttons!

This is possibly my favorite Jean-Antoine Watteau painting. The costume of The Pierrot is impeccably painted. His face is amazing. The composition with the figures and donkey gathered around the bottom is just right. 

 Gilles (or Pierrot) and Four Other Characters of the Commedia dell'arte, c. 1718. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
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Hieronymous Bosch's Painted Butt Music

Love this! A college student in Oklahoma named Amelia transcribed and
recorded the music that Bosch painted on the butt of a sinner guy in hell
(from The Garden of Earthly Delights).
More info: LINK (globalpost)
A few people have told me over the years that my painting style sort of looks like Bosch and
I am getting a huge kick out of this butt story. Plus, it is one of my favorite paintings ever in the history of art.
To this day, Bosch's imaginative art still charms the pants off people. Bosch was so modern and funny.
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Happy Valentines Day!

More painting progress...just a detail of something I am working on shown above. 

I want to wish all of my fans, collectors, blog readers, friends, fellow countrymen and everyone else around the world a fabulous Valentines Day! Stay warm if you are in a deep freeze state.

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Painting progress and a few links

Here's a small detail of my new painting in progress (Amy Crehore 2014)
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and a few links:

1. Jo David's flickr set R.I.P. Leonard Knight, creator of Salvation Mountain. LINK
2. Shirley Temple, genius child entertainer and beautiful person died LINK
3. Leonora Carrington short story White Rabbits LINK
4. Amazing stretchy carvings from paper Ling Hongbo LINK
5. New animation by Allison Schulnik called Eager LINK