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| Canna Lilies and Patriots ©Marian Fortunati 12" x 9" Oil on RayMar Canvas Panel |
I know I've mentioned on past blog posts that architecture isn't really my thing. But I've been trying to paint house portraits because I want to create some interesting work for the upcoming show called "Rediscovering San Fernando at 100" for my favorite gallery, La Galeria Gitana. I so appreciate the curator/gallery director, Karen Nichols, who is also a wonderful artist, because of her encouragement and kindness. She found my work almost two years ago and has been encouraging me ever since. I have been proud to show work in several group shows since her first invitation. Several times, the subject matter wasn't what I was accustomed to painting, but I did learn and enjoy from each experience. In fact, most of the work in my portfolio called Urban Scenes/ Cityscapes originated because of an earlier show about the San Fernando Valley where I have lived most of my life. Painting for this show has also been a learning experience.
Karen suggested I keep my work small (there are other artists of the twelve in the upcoming show who go for LARGE paintings... AND small paintings cost less so sometimes sell better.) She also wanted to invite the owners of any homes represented in the paintings to the show which I thought was sort of a cool idea.
This latest is another house portrait, but not really. I was attracted to the beautiful canna lilies in the front yard, much like I was to the roses in the painting "Roses on Newton Street". Owners and neighbors will probably recognize the house, if only because of the American flag displayed on the front porch, but the focus is on the lilies. I think it's almost more of a floral. What do you think?
QR Codes and Tags... More Conversation
It's interesting how the internet works. I had commented on a blog post made by Moshe Mikanovsky, and as a result received a wonderful series of contacts from Charlie Bogusz. She runs an art consulting service and has used the tags very successfully. Several of the ideas she shared such as having the Tag automatically add an address entry into your phone or "people" data base were fabulous and very useful. She acknowledged my issue with too much specificity of the Microsoft Tags and said she will be writing a follow up blog post on the subject. The Microsoft Tags are really pretty, small and attractively customizable, but in my opinion, a more generic tag which can be read by ANY scanner application would be more useful. I'm looking forward to reading her discussion of the issue. I'm always curious about ways to share my work... aren't you?
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