Diane Radley: GARDEN

Diane Radley: GARDEN: NEW TO GARDENING - Well really it's just been a long time since I've had a yard. Here are some tricks and things I'm learning. ...

 PROBLEM: Something was eating my strawberries - I thought it was the birds.
SOLUTION: I tried netting which was not successful HOWEVER CD's hanging that could reflect light seemed to do the trick. The reflective light from the CDs apparently appear like fire to the birds. Side note: if squirrels are eating your fruit plant peppermint - apparently they dislike the smell. Peppermint in container on bottom right.

This is a piece by Adam Shaw. He's represented by Selby Fleetwood in Santa Fe on Canyon Road. A great time to go to Santa Fe is for a first Friday. 

Here is an example of Ashley Colins work.

Website of Ashley Collins. She does super large scale paintings. I would consider them somewhat abstract but realistic at the same time, incorporating illustrations of people or animals with papers. Awesome stuff. Many people are intrigued by her story of her early years when she lived small and spent most of her earnings on materials.

http://www.ashleycollins.com/paintings.cfm?cat_id=2

Shoes! This is a painting by Christina Chalmers. She is also the one who does the sculptures of the dresses. We love our shoes!

One of my favorite contemporary galleries in Santa Fe is the Selby Fleetwood Gallery  - representing artist as Christina Chalmers and Rodney Hatfield. If you are ever in Santa Fe don't miss the galleries on Canyon Road. http://www.selbyfleetwoodgallery.com/artists

Christina Chalmers creates dress sculptures and paints as well. Here is one of her sculptures. These works are quite interesting in person however I could see this being hung as photo as well.

Rodney Hatfield creates fun fantasy colorful paintings like this one below.

This painting was created in by Igor and Marina a couple born in Russia who collaborate on their art pieces. I have not determined who does which part of the pieces but as a team the results are quite successful. These are large scale oils on canvas.Their art is shown at a gallery in Napa called Caldwell Snyder - link to the left.

I've decided to make this blog more about contemporary art as that is my passion. My own art is a necessity, but my love of other peoples art is what inspires me. This is one of my (fairly recently found) photographers Francesca Woodman. I came across a biography her parents did of her and her work and was absolutely fascinated. She, well, committed suicide is 1981. Can we still call her work contemporary even if it's over 30 years old? I think so. Absolutely phenomenal! Dear Francesca rip my dear - you were one of the best. Where did you find these places and how did you create this piece??

New Mexico - heading west to hot springs. Painted around 2000 (?) I painted this referencing a b&w photo. Sometimes I like to paint from the feeling of being there.

Tripdict.

  A tripdict I did about 8 years back. The lotus flower. I'm not sure why the pink one remains horizontal.

Finally able to paint again

 

I've been working on this one for years. Starting to paint again but starting small. This painting is about 2' by 3'.

Bird at Coot Lake

 

 This little guy was painted last summer. Inspiration was birds in bush at Coot lake and likely this   painting below.