Painting in Progress

Livy Glaubitz, CSAG member and avid plein air painter, documented the process of an outdoor painting session last summer. See how she takes loose watercolor marks and turns them into a painting.

She starts her painting by loosely applying complementary colors and letting them flow. At this stage she is not sure what her subject will be, but is enjoying the process and being outside.

Livy then turned the horizontally and carried the paint across the paper. Notice she leaves white space to create light and to allow for development of the future subject.

With the underpainting complete, Livy determines the subject of her paintings. Leaving whites and using complementary colors allowed her much latitude. Livy decides to sketch a figure and incorporates the orange streak into the texture of the jeans.

With the subject created, Livy adds supporting details to the painting. She created features of a wharf and enhanced the figure.

Livy is moving towards the finish line! In this step she increases the values and defines details. This step is often described as the frosting on the cake.

Voila! The Bait Hauler is complete! Leaving white spaces, using complementary colors and ‘going with the flow’ resulted in a great plein air painting.

Sharing Art Books

Centre St Arts Gallery members, Sharon Bouchard and Laurie Burhoe, share recently discovered art books.

Sharon Bouchard discovered this book during a trip to Mississippi and was immediately drawn to the spirit and vibrancy of his watercolors.

Walter Anderson, a professionally trained artist and graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of Art, spent the majority of his life around Ocean Springs, Mississippi where his parents founded Shearwater Pottery. While he is best known for his watercolors, his talents did not end there. He wrote poems and stories and worked with oils, wood, ink and clay. His woodblock prints and ceramic pieces are as impressive as his watercolors.

Walter spent solitary time on Horn Island where he felt a spiritual connection with the environment and painted the flora and fauna around him. A mental disorder in the second half of his life resulted in a reclusive, but artistically productive, existence. The totality of his work was not comprehended until after his death. Since then multiple national shows and a museum were created.

Laurie Burhoe enjoyed the life size reproductions of Van Gogh’s drawings in this book.

This large size volume contains recently discovered drawings from Van Gogh’s time in Arles. These drawings were created in a ledger book given to him by Mr. and Mrs. Ginoux, proprietors of a cafe where he painted. The book provides a history of his brief, but prolific, time in Arles and his relationship with the Ginoux’s, whom Van Gogh left the ledger with during his hosptialization.

The sketches are presented in their original format and size along with information about their content. The discovery and authentication of each sketch is recounted.

Annual Winter Art Student Show

The Winter Student Art Show at Centre St Arts Gallery is hung and ready for viewing. Students grade 6 through 12 from area schools delivered paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings last week, which were hung this weekend by the Laurie Burhoe, Jackie Melissas and Tory Jackson.

We are proud to have hosted this show for three years and remain impressed by the quality and variety of the student work. Students enjoy talking about their work and how they created it. Engaging with these emerging artists is an exciting part of the show.

A public reception will be held on Saturday, March 2, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Stop by and visit with these emerging artists!

Laurie Burhoe at work hanging student art.

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Here is a peek into the Winter Student Art Show at Center St Arts Gallery.