Original Stargazer Lilies Painting! Art Prints & ACEO Prints! LACMA Creatures of the Earth, Sea, and Sky: Painting the Panamanian Cosmos Exhibit Part II...

"Vivid" Original 18"x24" Painting on Canvas Here

This week my featured painting is "Vivid."  There is a full bloom lily and a lily bud, together I thought the flowers were very sweet...  The floral art has a realist impressionist feel.  The original stargazer lilies painting is available for purchase on my website as are art prints and LE ACEO prints!   

Most of my art is also available on my website at lisarusso.com; however, on the first Tuesday of the month, I like to put some art prints and LE ACEO prints on ebay at a lower promotional rate for the duration of the auctions...  This month, my theme is angels, you may see them here.

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Creatures of the Earth, Sea, and Sky: Painting the Panamanian Cosmos Part II

LACMA Exhibit Open until April 15, 2018

With a theme of real and mythical animals, the show includes a mix of ancient ceramics and 20th century textiles.  Some of the ceramics were part of chief's burials and restored from purposely broken pieces, they are glazed in styles unique to Panamanian art with some purple hues.  The textile panels are called molas and come from the modern Kuna culture.  They were traditionaly made in pairs as part of a front and back panel of a woman's blouse and thought to have protective qualities.

I found these works very appealing.  Part I is here.

Armadillo Effigy Jar

Panama, Conte style, 600-900 CE

Mola with Animal (Possibly Fox)

Panama, San Blas, Kuna People, late 20th century

Pedestal Plate with Sea Monster Designs

Panama, Southern Azuero Peninsula, Joaquin style, 6500-1200 CE

Jar with Front-Facing Mythical Creature

Panama, Barrancosa, Macaracas style, 800-1000 CE

Pedestal Plate with Sea Monster Design

Panama, Conte style, 1000-1100 CE

Plate with Dual Image of Ferocious Fish

Panama, Macaracas style, 800-1000 CE

Mola with Interlocking Fish

Panama, San Blas, Kuna People, late 20th century

Pedestal Dish or Censer Stand with Stingray

Panama, Parita style, 1000-1300 CE

Double-Spouted Stingray Effigy Vessel

Panama, Conte style, 600-800 CE

Whilst I have continued to sketch daily, I spent my time getting this ready and haven't had a chance to prep my sketches yet.  I'll try to get caught up on posting my daily sketches tomorrow.

Original Bird of Paradise Flower Painting! Art Prints & ACEO Prints! LACMA Creatures of the Earth, Sea, and Sky: Painting the Panamanian Cosmos Exhibit Part I...

"Eternal Bird of Paradise" Original 18"x24" Painting on Canvas Here

This week my featured painting is "Eternal Bird of Paradise."  This vibrant tropical flower blooms frequently around here and is a favorite of mine.  The art has a realist impressionist feel.  The original floral painting is available for purchase on my website as are art prints and LE ACEO prints!  

Most of my art is also available on my website at lisarusso.com; however, on the first Tuesday of the month, I like to put some art prints and LE ACEO prints on ebay at a lower promotional rate for the duration of the auctions...  This month, my theme is angels, you may see them here.

I am linking this post with Inspire Me Monday

http://www.create-with-joy.com/

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Creatures of the Earth, Sea, and Sky: Painting the Panamanian Cosmos Part I

LACMA Exhibit Open until April 15, 2018

With a theme of real and mythical animals, the show includes a mix of ancient ceramics and 20th century textiles.  Some of the ceramics were part of chief's burials and restored from purposely broken pieces, they are glazed in styles unique to Panamanian art with some purple hues.  The textile panels are called molas and come from the modern Kuna culture.  They were traditionaly made in pairs as part of a front and back panel of a woman's blouse and thought to have protective qualities.

I found these works very appealing.  This is Part I of II.  

Edit:  Part II is here.

Pedestal Plate with Transformation Figure and Multitude of Stingray Spines

Panama, Macaracas style, 800-1000 CE

Transforming Human-Jaguar Effigy Vessel

Panama, Conte style, 600-900 CE

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Transforming Jaguar Vessel

Panama, 600-900 CE

Mola with Mirror Image of Parrots

Panama, San Blas, Kuna People, late 20th century

Effigy Vessel Reminiscent of a Pelican Bird, with Ears

Panama, Veraguas, n.d.

Plate with Striding Bird with Encirling Tail

Panama, Conte style, 700-900 CE

Jar with Abstracted Bats and Spout in the Form of a Lizard

Panama, Late Tonosi style, 300-500 CE

Pedestal Plate with Two Rotated Iguanas

Panama, Macaracas style, 800-1000 CE

Mola with Birds among Spiral Motifs

Panama, San Blas, Kuna People, late 20th century

Effigy Vessel of Curled-Up Possum or Anteater

Panama, Veraguas, Conte style, 600-900 CE

Whilst I have continued to sketch daily, I spent my time getting this ready and haven't had a chance to prep my sketches yet.  I'll try to get caught up on posting my daily sketches tomorrow.

Alice Rahon & Gerrie Gutmann from In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists at LACMA

I went to the LACMA show In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States.  Today I am sharing some images of art that moved me.  There were many other pieces in the show I intend to share, but today my focus will be on a handful of pieces by Alice Rahon and Gerrie Gutmann. 

When I go to an art exhibit, I wander through the show looking at the art and trying to absorb the impact it has in that present moment.  If they allow photographs, I snap a pic of the art and the placard next to it, but I don't usually spend a lot of time reading when I'm at the exhibit.  When I'm there, I want to be immersed in the art itself and less so the details of the artists themselves.  Obviously there are some artists I know more about when I go into a show than others, but I like to try to let the art speak for itself.  

However, when I come home and look through my images, I look at the information on the corresponding placards.  Sometimes I find I have more information on some artists then others.  That is the case with these two artists.

Alice Rahon, Balada para Frida Kahlo (Ballad for Frida Kahlo), 1956-66

Alice Rahon was born in France, 1904-1987, and was active in Mexico and in the United States.  Frida Kahlo and Alice Rahon met in 1939 in Paris and became friends.  Balada para Frida Kahlo is in homage to Frida Kahlo from Alice Rahon. To Frida Kahlo, the color cobalt blue meant "electricity, purity, and love." 

Alice Rahon, Orion Ballet: Juglar (Orion Ballet: Juggler), 1946

Concerned with the thought of the annihilation of the human race after World War II, Alice Rahon designed wire marionette characters.  These characters, such as the Juggler and the Androgyne, represent a cosmic ballet linked to the constellation Orion. Displayed in clear plastic cases scattered throughout the exhibit, her pieces seemed so full of movement to me. 

Alice Rahon, Orion Ballet: L'Androgyne (Orion Ballet: The Androgyne), 1946

All that I know of Gerrie Gutmann, 1921-1969, was that she was born in the United States.  I love her delicate line art and I am intrigued with the details in her art.  Her Self-Portrait is colored pencil on paper and her Torso Interior is colored crayon on board.

Gerrie Gutmann, Self-Portrait, 1946

Gerrie Gutmann, Torso Interior, 1946

I am linking this post with Inspire Me Monday and Magical Monday.