I Am FineART

Fred Cuming #artist > Fred has devoted his life to expressing the fleeting impressions of his surroundings, often painting the South Coast of England around Hastings and Rye where he lives. He also continues to paint regularly in Italy. #artmind #artheart #spiritofnature #inspiration #artistoftheday (at England)

#quoteoftheday "Mall all that has been reduced to noise in you, become music again" - David Teems #quotes #creativelife #artmind #artheart #lovequotes #personaldevelopment (at Newbury Park, California)

A 1952 #Mercedes 220A, with "Rose Garden" artwork by Hiro Yamagata > Today I had the fortunate #opportunity to meet Yamagata and listen to him talk about #art 🙏 #thanks to David & Nansi 💕 @davidcgallup_artist @nansijohnsonbielanski_artist inviting Yamagata to their studio 🎨 Hiro Yamagata began carefully sourcing Mercedes-Benz 200 A Cabriolets from around the world. He had them meticulously restored to concoursstandard then painted each one with the help of a team of artists in a series of brightly colored flora-and-fauna designs. In 1994 the cars were displayed in an exhibition called Earthly Paradise at LA’s Municipal Art Gallery, then the following year at the Venice Biennale. (at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery)

Here's a game for those going to Santa Paula #Art #Museum 🎲 🃏 between now and November 5th! Try finding this area of #brushwork 🎨 in the exhibition Golden State Splendor 👌 You may need to bring a magnifying glass with you 🔎😂 (at Santa Paula Art Museum)

Here's a game for those going to Santa Paula #Art #Museum 🎲 🃏 between now and November 5th! Try finding this area of #brushwork 🎨 in the exhibition Golden State Splendor 👌 You may need to bring a magnifying glass with you 🔎😂 (at Santa Paula Art Museum)

Southern California Artists! Improve your ability to #create on location and extract beautiful compositions from observation! I will be providing a painting demonstration as well as lessons on #artistic intention, atmosphere, choosing composition, color harmony/theory, designing with values, drawing correction, finishing paintings, lighting effects, texture and energy plus more! Save your seat at www.clcookfineart.com on the Classes page 🎨 (at Redondo Beach, California)

Southern California Artists! Improve your ability to #create on location and extract beautiful compositions from observation! I will be providing a painting demonstration as well as lessons on #artistic intention, atmosphere, choosing composition, color harmony/theory, designing with values, drawing correction, finishing paintings, lighting effects, texture and energy plus more! 9am-5pm Sun, July 30th (at Redondo Beach, California)

'Crystal Bloom' 12x9" recently created oil painting #ChristopherLCook 🎨 see my avaliable artwork, classes and workshops at www.clcookfineart.com #contemporary #artistsofinstagram #creativelife #artmind #artheart (at Newbury Park, California)

'Rafael El Gallo' #artist Diego Ramos > #Contemporary artist with great sense for #color #composition and #brushwork ... the texture of brush-strokes are expressive, varied, and complex. For subject matter Ramos has created a dramatic series of #paintings of bull fights. #artistoftheday #inspiration #fineart #artmind #artheart #creativelife #artistsofinstagram (at Beautiful Thousand Oaks California)

#Thinking about the #fun in Paso Robles #wine #trailblazing 🍷 from one #winery to the next... aparantly being in the #industry goes along way ✔ we were treated well! Here we're getting barrel samples in the basement of Hunt Cellars Winery with Mr. Grape (at Hunt Cellars Winery)

'The Brook' oil on canvas by #artist John Singer Sargent - American painter  in the Collection of the Ormond Family > In a time when the art world focused, in turn, on #Impressionism #Fauvism and #Cubism - # Sargent practiced his own form of #Realism with bold #painterly style. During the greater part of Sargent's career, he created roughly 900 oil #paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. From 1907 on Sargent forsook #portrait painting and focused on #landscapes in his later years; he also sculpted later in life. It is in some of his late works where one senses Sargent painting most purely for himself. His watercolors, often of landscapes documenting his travels, were executed with a joyful fluidness. In watercolors and oils he portrayed his friends and family dressed in Orientalist costume, relaxing in brightly lit landscapes that allowed for a more vivid #palette and #experimental handling than did his commissions. > #artistoftheday #johnsingersargent #artmind #artheart #inspiration #arteducation #creativelife (at Beautiful Thousand Oaks California)

'Harbor of Gold' 12x12" oil painting > it was truely the #golden hour as I began #creating along the San Diego #Marina while attending the 6th Annual #PleinAir Convention #pace17 #seascape #spiritofnature #artheart #artmind #creativelife #boatlife #artcollection #colorist #harmony

'Bird Of Paradise' 30x40" Oil, Gold and Silver on Canvas #artist Brad R. Kunkle > These days it’s a cherry on top when a #conceptual artist has #impeccable technical skills, and is able to play with various painting tools to alter the viewer’s state of mind. Artist Brad #Kunkle has this ability. There is quite a lot going on beneath the surface in each of his luscious paintings. He purposely uses a limited palette and overcast light source to flatten his imagery. It’s a trick painters use – both color and light are #elements in #painting which can be used to create the illusion of #depth on a two-dimensional surface. Yet his works depict a wonderfully rich depth and motion. His use of contrast, gesture and #composition guide the viewer’s eye and emotions through his impossible landscapes. The subjects of his works, almost exclusively female, lure their viewers in with their gaze and #idealistic #beauty . His use of #metallic leaf is unique, #reflecting #light in just the right way to play with the threshold between two and three #dimensions helping viewers pass from a world where they stand sure footed, to a #dreamy foggy place. > Text from an #interview conducted by Samantha Levin > #artistoftheday #fineart #creativelife #artmind #artheart #symbolism #arteducation #inspiration #artlove (at Arcadia Contemporary)

#Beautiful Day with my Dad enjoying the #California weather 🌞🍃🌹 and a #book that I have been enjoying and now #reading together 🌈 'Jitterbug Perfume' by Tom Robbins > "Robbins again celebrates the joy of individual expression and self-reliance. He lays before us the time-honored warts and hairs of the world’s #philosophies - problems with #religion #war #politics #family #marriage and #sex - and leaves no twist or turn unstoned." - #Saturday Review 📚 (at Gardens of the World)

'The Sea B' #artist Emil Nolde (German #painter and printmaker, 1867-1956) He was one of the first #Expressionists , a member of Die Brücke, and is considered to be one of the great #colorists of the 20th century. He was born Emil Hansen, the son of a peasant family living in the #coastal Schleswig area of Germany near the Danish border. He trained as a woodcarver; & at age 21 moved to Munich to work carving ornamental furniture moldings. He taught crafts for 6 years at the #Museum of Industry & Trade in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He began to study #art full time in 1898, at age 31, which took him back to Munich & briefly to Paris & Copenhagen, where he discovered the art of Vincent Van Gogh. In 1942 Nolde wrote, "There is silver blue, sky blue and thunder blue. Every colour holds within it a soul, which makes me happy or repels me, and which acts as a stimulus. To a person who has no art in him, #colours are colours, tones tones...and that is all. All their consequences for the human spirit, which range between #heaven to #hell, just go unnoticed." #artistoftheday #quotes #artquotes #fineart #colorful #seascape #artheart #spiritofnature #artmind #creativelife #artcollection #intenseart (at Tate Modern)

🙏 #grateful #quoteoftheday "A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms." 🌻🌼🍃 #quotes #quotestoliveby #imagination #creativemind #humanity #spirit #lovequotes #artmind #artheart 🎨 #manifest #love #herenow (at Beautiful Thousand Oaks California)

'Sunny Windows Whale' 12x12" oil on canvas #artist #clcook > I created this excited about the arangement of subtle pastel colors... painted a little while back and just got around to taking a quality photo of it and adding it to my available works 🎨 #artmind #artheart #creativelife #contemporary #impressionism #artistoninstagram #clcookfineart (at Newbury Park, California)