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es and dwarves wherever they can find them and they guard their plunder as long as they live which is practically forever unless they are killed thorin oakenshield in the hobbit by j r r tolkien now thorin goes on to say that they don t really enjoy their hoard of gold really but i think this tiny fellow is doing a good job of it and he has an ample life with which to practice his joy i m so glad i finally had a reason and the time to do this little scene he s all framed and packed up and ready to go still have to mat up some new drawings and do some miscellaneous prep for the show but i m almost ready can t wait wish me luck new painting a residence of resonance 05 thursday oct 2017 posted by gina in illustration leave a comment tags bunny fantasy fantasy art guitar imaginative realism ix10 nature oil painting original art rabbit traditional art a residence of resonance oil on gessoboard 8 x10 imagine the hum of the breeze and soft sounds as she breathes peacefully and safely in her secret space below the trees my cats always seem to find exceptionally wonderful places to sleep and you can tell because when one finds a good spot the other takes his or her place if he or she gets up for one reason or another it stands to reason that this phenomena is not limited to cats and dogs am i right of course i am i love to imagine all the wonderful places animals have created for themselves under the earth and inside trees i like to leave colored bits of fabric and string in the yard to help birds and squirrels make warm and cozy nests for themselves and their kin if only i could see inside their nests i m so excited to be able to show all my new paintings this year in just a matter of two weeks where did the year go this painting will be available for sale framed for 600 i ll have prints available some books and drawings too so if you re there be sure to stop by and say hello get your tickets for ix10 for october 18th 22nd info here http imaginativerealism com registration html violeta before triumph original painting 07 thursday sep 2017 posted by gina in illustration painting 2 comments tags chihuahua dog fantasy illustration imaginative realism oil painting original art painting traditional art violeta before triumph oil on gessoboard 8 x10 by gina matarazzo in a daring and bold move unsuspected by her critics violeta elegantly and gracefully prevails restoring the honor of her mighty and noble family what sort of action this was she did not divulge to me but rest assured that it was most spectacular fair violeta will be exhibited at ix10 in october and will be available for sale framed for 600 i had a lot of fun working on this one and check out the excellent frame i have for her i thought the frame was so perfect that i didn t do the usual painted frame border around it i love painting fanciful borders but sometimes i opt out for certain reasons sometimes due to the previous comment and sometimes due to the size of the painting for smaller paintings to maximize painting space i ll exclude a border but usually make sure i have lots of fanciful details to compensate i am excited to be working on the two paintings i am currently involved with but i m looking forward to working on something larger too i have vague ideas but nothing concrete yet i have plenty to keep me busy until ix10 i still have to frame everything officially the above picture is not real i just threw her in the frame to take a quick photo make prints and postcards and such and organize myself on a side note i m looking forward to being a juror for this year s phillustration show at the philadelphia sketch club it s a wonderful show and psc is a fine institution with lots of art history art can be submitted now until october 15th there are cash prizes and there is a nice opening to attend if you get accepted here s the prospectus if you are interested and pass along the info to anyone you know who might be interested in entering click on the images below to view submission guidelines the power of pictures time lapse update 31 thursday aug 2017 posted by gina in drawing odd thoughts 1 comment tags dragon drawing fantasy fantasy art illustration imaginative realism pencil study it s surprisingly fun to look at the progress of my own drawing ha i really can t wait to start painting it i mentioned in my last post that it s an idea i cam up with a few years ago sometimes ideas need an incubation stage i think i wouldn t have liked this idea as much had i tried finishing it before or is that just what i tell myself for procrastinating on it ha i am trying to make more progress on my other painting i ve started before starting this one so i ll do a color study at some point and then start this one i d like to get it done in time for ix10 but i might be pushing it i still have a lot to do for it i ll know better in two weeks if it s even a possibility on another topic i was looking through all my instagram pictures i ve taken over the past few years and it reminded me of how memorable pictures are for me over everything else i ve never had the greatest memory my whole life i d study for a test pass the test and boom most information was gone within days if i don t use the information i lose it it s probably the same for most things with me but sometimes something triggers recall of a particular memory when i look at pictures i m instantly taken back to what was happening in the photo and what was going on in my life that s why i like instagram so much since you can preview everything as picture uploads it s all good memories you don t have to sift through comments and things or anything weird that someone posted on your wall like on facebook i guess i m fairly picturecentric to coin a phrase though since i make pictures too although i guess pictures make everyone remember stuff i guess that s why everyone is so hell bent on taking pictures with their phones while cool stuff is happening maybe they re secretly all worried they ll forget all the good moments without having pictures to back them up next week i ll post the finished painting of violeta minutes before triumph stay tuned work in progress time lapse 24 thursday aug 2017 posted by gina in drawing 2 comments tags pencil pencil drawing work in progress so i ve had this idea for a few years now but never had a valid reason in my mind to bring it to life it s been in a brainstorming list on my phone for a while still is and made it into little thumbnail drawings in my sketchbook several times but i ve always passed on it there s a call for tiny dragons on art order for a new book so i figured what the hey gives me an excuse to paint it and maybe i ll get in the book and if i don t well i ll have another painting for ix in october the only problem now is will i finish it for the deadline i suppose so so here s a time lapse gif of the work involved in getting this idea figured out it s not finished yet but i thought i d give y all a sneak peek before it s finished those flat discs will be coins i gotta make up all kinds of fake antique coins eep i ll update this to the finished drawing next week have a great weekend video and sleep 10 thursday aug 2017 posted by gina in illustration music painting leave a comment it is no doubt that i m overworked but the weird thing is the more i m working on the more i get done and the more i m working on the more ideas i get i like juggling things it s really hard being creative sometimes in your free time when you have a creative full time job and vice versa really some days i don t get enough sleep because i m working late on a project or i might be in bed but thinking about working on a project i m excited about and have a hard time falling asleep or sometimes i just crash at 10pm on the sofa because of the aforementioned when i have goals i am overly dedicated to them if i don t have any real goals i ll work slow and not get anything done it takes a while to learn that about yourself and yet as i ve probably said before i m a lazy person in a workaholic s body i would love to laze about and relax and take naps all the time the main problem with that is if i let myself get too relaxed for too long of a period of time i m afraid the lazy person in me would never want to work again does that make sense anyway in between working on other things i posted a video on my website this week that i m very excited about i co created it with my brother who composed a beautiful original musical score for the project it s purely delightful it s only two and a half minutes long so take a look listen it s kind of a visual journey of my artistic vision of late i thought it would be a good introduction to my work for my website and wherever else for people who aren t familiar with my art yet and if anyone needs original music for a project chris is available with reasonable rates you can contact him at cjmatarazzo at yahoo com for more information go check out the video here hope you liked it off to finish a freelance project and hopefully to bed at reasonable hour i ll let you know how that worked out wilhelmina in reverie new painting 03 thursday aug 2017 posted by gina in painting leave a comment tags bird birds bunny cat fantasy fantasy art imaginative realism nature oil painting original art process rabbit wilhelmina in reverie oil on gessoboard 11 x14 above is a scan of the finish of wilhelmina in reverie i learned a lot while working on this painting i ve been using walnut oil as a medium for the past few paintings instead of liquin which is a medium i have always liked and have used for years i wanted to try it because i thought it would dry less dull than liquin does when oil paint dries depending on what your mediums are it will dry to a dull finish so that you can t really see the true colors vibrancy of the paint at which point to continue painting you need to oil out the area to restore it s luster which means you apply more medium to the surface i just found walnut oil to be too thick and slow drying i don t like using extra sicatives like cobalt dryer to speed up the drying i m not a health nut but it just smells so chemically like it will do real harm to your brain now that i ve gone back to liquin for the chihuahua piece i m working on i feel like i ve been reunited with an old friend it s so light and thin and quick drying and when it s dry it s not tacky so it won t attract additional dust working full time and painting at night i need to be able to paint any time i sit down at my easel and since i m tired from working all day if i have anything to deter me it will encourage me to be in bed by 10 and i ll never get anything done it was good to try something new i used it for a few paintings but as of now i m officially back to liquin although i might try linseed oil again in the future matt tells me to try it again i used it when i first started oil painting in high school he likes it we ll see experimenting is always good but i want to enjoy working with liquin for a while anyway wilhelmina will be going to ix10 in october and will be available for sale there and now to work on some sketches for a while and off to bed have a great weekend new art show via ix gallery 16 friday jun 2017 posted by gina in painting 2 comments tags art imaginative realism imaginativerealism ixarts ixgallery oil painting original art painting happy to share that a couple of my pieces are now available via the ix gallery inaugural show that runs until august 14th this is a real treat there s a lot of beautiful art to choose from if you are so inclined so check it out featuring over 50 artists and nearly 120 works of art ix gallery s first show is now available for viewing at www ixga llery com linda adair samuel araya julie bell shaun berke brom armand cabrera jeremy caniglia dan chudzinski kinuko y craft felipe echevarria bob eggleton craig elliott jody fallon scott fischer teresa n fischer marc fishman annie stegg gerard justin gerard donato giancola lars grant west rebecca guay john harris michael c hayes james herrmann richard hescox stephen hickman greg tim hildebrandt greg hildebrandt luke hillestad patrick jones rich klink j anthony kosar jota leal vanessa lemen don maitz gina matarazzo matt mrowka aaron nagel tran nguyen ryan pancoast lucio parrillo colin kristine poole colin poole mark poole rob rey tooba rezaei forest rogers laurence schwinger dave seeley hajime sorayama matthew stewart bryan mark taylor vince villafranca chet zar dariusz zawadzki here s the press release if you want more info ix gallery press release 6 9 17 art in tradition 01 thursday jun 2017 posted by gina in drawing odd thoughts painting leave a comment tags art creating painting sketches tradition a year ago today we were vacationing in england one of the many highlights was seeing tons of famous art in many of the best museums in london while we were there it struck me that one of the things i love about drawing and painting traditionally is well that it s a tradition that is hundreds of years old and more if you include primitive art by taking up a pencil or paintbrush and pushing it around a surface i am connected to a wonderful part of human history one that creates and celebrates and does not destroy a part of history that leaves something positive behind for the future one day in particular we were in the national gallery and i ambled into this small room not paying complete attention and upon the wall in low light was a large leonardo da vinci cartoon a cartoon in this case is a full size preparatory study for a painting i turned around looked up and it took my breath away the emotion was part awe at the beauty of it and part reverence toward his reputation and influence i ve always loved his drawings seeing his sketchbooks in person is always a real treat when they are on display but there was something more striking about such a large drawing there was such a presence about it maybe it was because you could see the presence of his hand in the strokes or maybe it was the sheer reality of the work involved in planning a painting that struck me too as you can see by my new drawing below i also create preliminary drawings for paintings so you see i can say that i have a few things in common with davinci indulge me and that connects me to a tradition which is pretty pretty cool here s a new one in the works random thought of the day i think i m going to start using cat to refer to certain dudes from now on i like when people used to say that older posts search about me illustrator graphic designer i have an etsy shop 2 cats and one husband not necessarily in order of importance subscribe to spot colors enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address sign me up join 440 other subscribers admired artists chris buzzelli kinuko craft marion peck mark ryden scott gustafson cooking blogs i dig 101 cookbooks simply recipes 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