Marie Massey's Fine Art Digest

Holiday Calendar Postcard for 2012- email me yr address to get yours FREE

2011-11-22T17:51:00.001-08:00

2011-11-18T17:22:00.000-08:00

Please Consider an Original Oil Painting as a Holiday Gift for someone special

2011-11-18T16:50:00.000-08:00

Here are some brand new paintings:

1. A Summer's Day 24" x 30", oil on canvas
2. Sanctuary 6" x 6", oil on canvas
3. Popular Uprising 24" x 18" oil on canvas

Italy!

2011-07-14T13:37:00.000-07:00

Working on a commission today. Traveling back to Italy in the Studio. Italy in May: red poppies, green vines,cypress and villas. Will post the painting when it's complete.

Title: Spring on the Vine
Size: 14" x 18"
Medium: oil on canvas with painted edges.

If you would like to own a print of this painting. It is available
at http://www.fineartamerica.com

Homage to Monet, 48" x 60" , oil on canvas to make it's debut at the Paris to Loveland Show

2011-07-03T22:22:00.000-07:00

This painting is of Monet's famed lily pond at his Gardens in Giverny, France. I had the great pleasure to go there Summer 2010. I did 7 plein air paintings while there and this is my second studio piece from the trip. This painting is BIG - 4 feet by 5 feet - to convey my immense appreciation of Monet's work, all the beauty that he created and the inspiration that he gives to me as an artist finding my expression in paint.

Paris to Loveland, painted moments by Marie Massey

2011-06-27T11:08:00.000-07:00

I'm having a fabulous new show! You must come if you can.

Paris to Loveland, painted moments by Marie Massey

Meet the Artist Reception: July 8th 6pm - 8pm
Show Dates: July 8th - Dec. 22nd

Please join us for an art filled summer evening reception. The show is inspired
by a recent trip to France, home to the impressionists and will feature 20 plus
paintings of Monet's gardens, French towns and countryside as well as Colorado
landscapes. The show is on until late December, so, if you miss the opening, feel
free to drop by and see the show any time.

Enchanted Visions Show in Taos, NM at Walden Fine Art

2011-06-02T10:01:00.000-07:00

photos from the Enchanted Visions Show going on now until June 19th at Walden Fine Art in Taos, NM

SOLD by the lovely and talented Jennifer at Artbrokerage.com

2011-02-04T16:29:00.001-08:00

Lilac Cascade is the first sale of 2011. Wonderful.

2011-01-31T13:36:00.000-08:00

Painting at Dolphin Dunes Studio. The garage at my home in lovely La Selva Beach! :-) Working on several paintings at once. have less than an hour until i have to go pick up my little boy at the bus stop.

2010-08-19T17:27:00.001-07:00

New Paintings from the Wyoming Plein Air Painting Show:

Show Friday July 2nd and 3rd at the Poudre River Art Center

2010-06-28T09:02:00.000-07:00

Hi Blog followers,

Sorry not to post for so long. Want to invite you to the Friday Night Art Walk 5-9 and then Saturday 10-6, this Friday and Saturday the 2nd and 3rd of July 2010 at the Poudre River Art Center in lovely downtown Fort Collins.

Here is a link:http://www.poudreriverartscenter.com/index.php

I will be featuring paintings of Italy as well as plein air and studio paintings of the Rocky Mountains and California.

2009-11-17T14:46:00.000-08:00

Suenos de Primavera, 36" x 48", oil on canvas

You are invited to the first anual LOVELAND STUDIO TOUR

2009-10-09T23:42:00.000-07:00

Please come visit me in Colorado on the Loveland Studio Tour.

A Free to the Public tour of Artist Studios in Loveland, Colorado.

http://lovelandstudiotour.com/

This first annual LOVELAND ART STUDIO TOUR gives you a chance to peek into the artist�s world of creativity; an opportunity to see new work, works in progress, demonstrations and to visit with the artist. Buy directly from the artist and learn the story behind their creations. Refreshments and prize drawings will be offered at over 30 stops on the self-guided map tour. Admission is free and open to the public.

New Paintings

2009-08-07T14:52:00.000-07:00

Black-eyed Sue, plein air 16" x 20" , oil on canvas
Herb Garden, plein air 16" x 20" , oil on canvas
Summer Garden, Plein air, 24" x 12", oil on canvas
Garden Path, plein air, 11" x 14" , oil on canvas
Lily Ponderings, plein air, 12" x 12", oil on canvas
Pond Gazing, plein air, 12" x 12", oil on canvas
Psychedelic Muse, 40" x 30", oil on canvas

New Plein Air paintings

Accepted into the 5th Annual "Russian Night in Taos" gala fundraiser

2009-07-17T19:58:00.000-07:00

Very excited to have been accepted into the 5th Annual Russian Night in Taos Gala fundraiser to benefit the Taos Art Museum in beautiful Taos, New Mexico.

When: Show is being hung now (late July)! so go see it, August 29th @ 6pm is the Black tie and Boots Auction and Reception which will include an elegant dinner, live auction, silent auction and dancing

Tickets to the Gala are $175/person

I am thrilled to be included with such major artists of the day including Nikolai Blokhin, Walt Gonske, Alyce Frank, Jerry Jordan, Zhiwei Tu and Bill Acheff who have all committed major pieces to the auction. My piece is entitled Hollyhock Delight
Will post an image soon.

The Taos Art Museum is housed in the home of Nicolai Fechin (Fechin House), who with his family moved to Taos in 1927. Born in Russia, Fechin is one of the most important portrait painters of the 20th Century. His paintings of Native Americans and of the New Mexico desert landscape are considered among his best works.

Please visit MarieMassey.com to see more of my new work.

Description of paintings for Captured Moments Show

2009-05-18T00:03:00.000-07:00

Each painting draws the viewer into the experience of the unique beauty of a time and place: Spring, before grapes are on the vines and the mustard grows wild and vibrant yellow in the vineyard; Summer, at noon in a winegarden with a peaceful fountain and tables set for guests; a rose bush flush with blooms against the sun-warmed adobe wall; A mission bell tower against the soft grey green of a mountain.

Sold Fechin's Garden Painting

2009-04-30T13:41:00.000-07:00

So happy to report that the brilliant ladies at Walden Fine Art just sold a little painting of my entitled Fechin's Garden. Yahoo! I hope it is a small sign of good things to come.

New Paintings

2009-04-03T21:07:00.000-07:00

California, here I am!!

2009-03-04T21:34:00.000-08:00

Just arrived in California yesterday and already inspiration fills me. Hope and Joy are here. Love is all around and it is BEAUTIFUL! Home sweet home.

Accepted into the 2009 National Show!!

2009-02-26T21:36:00.000-08:00

Riverside Rhapsody 16" x 20", oil on canvas is a plein air painting done up in Rocky Mountain National Park and it was just accepted to the 2009 Artist Association of Northern Colorado
18th National Art Exhibition and Sale
to be held at the Lincoln Center April 4 to May 8th with an artist reception opening at the Lincoln Center, Canyon West Room, on Friday, April 10 from 5:00 until 8:00 PM

Welcoming Hilton McLaurin

2009-02-22T14:33:00.000-08:00

I am thrilled to welcome Hilton McLaurin as the first follower of my blog. He is a fellow artist producing vibrant and dramatic paintings. You can see his work at http://hiltonmclaurin.com/

New Painting!

2009-02-21T11:42:00.000-08:00

Entitled "City on a Hill", 18" x 36" , oil on canvas.

I did it from several reference photos taken by the client on a recent vacation they took to the
fabulous Greek Islands.

If you would like to commission a painting, I would be thrilled to do it for you.

Wishing you a fun weekend!

Show at Walden Fine Art

2009-02-19T23:24:00.000-08:00

My "Desert in Bloom" show will be happening at Walden Fine Art in beautiful Taos, New Mexico during the months of May and June. There will be an artist reception from 4pm to 6pm on June 27th. Please come see the show.

Update in Carmel Elliott Frame Design

2009-01-22T04:59:00.000-08:00

Sadly Hanson Gallery Carmel closed recently. I am now very happy to be represented by one of the premiere framer/galleries in Carmel: Elliott Frame Design . The owner is Todd Elliott he is a talented framer and great person. Please visit Marie Massey.com to see my latest work.

Plein Air Workshop in Castle Rock, Colorado

2009-01-08T08:56:00.000-08:00

I am in the planning stage now of possibly teaching a plein air workshop for the GCRAG or the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild. Check back here for details in the near future.

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Skiing in Steamboat Springs

2009-01-01T08:41:00.000-08:00

We leave tomorrow morning to go up to Steamboat Springs for the weekend with
some friends of ours that have a very nice condo/townhome near the slopes. Since
we have a 2 and a 5 year old my husband and I probably will not have the chance to ski together. I might stay back and do some suedo plein air painting out the window.

When staying with friends, I like to leave them with a painting. I am going to bring all my equipment and see what I can do.

Mentor

2009-01-01T03:43:00.000-08:00

I am painting with my mentor Barbara Marquardt again on Wednesday mornings. Several other artists and I paint together at Barbara's studio in her basement here in Fort Collins, Colorado.

She is in her late 80s now. She is a fantastic artist. I use her painting in layers method.

Painting with Barbara makes me very aware of how precious time is. How lucky am I to be able to paint with someone I consider to be so knowledgable.

To see my paintings, please visit: http://www.MarieMassey.com
Barbara has written a great book on her method of painting that I recommend. for more information on the book see http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096296381X/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img

Lighting Ledoux on historic Ledoux Street just off Taos Plaza – a wonderful street party!

2008-12-11T10:08:00.000-08:00

I will be delivering new paintings to the gallery that represents me in Taos, NM, Walden Fine Art . Also this weekend is a traditional celebration of Lighting Ledoux on historic Ledoux Street just off Taos Plaza – a wonderful street party!

You are invited to come. Here is a link to all the happenings in Taos this Yuletide
Season:

http://taosvacationguide.com/businesses/view/318/26

Also come visit my updated website: MarieMassey.com

Description of paintings at Hanson Gallery

2008-12-09T18:48:00.000-08:00

Artist Marie Massey has a new collection of Lyrical Landscapes from Carmel to Tuscany at Hanson Gallery Carmel.

Myriad brush strokes, sensitive line, and a brilliant palette bring life to paintings of lazy vineyards with Spring blooms, meandering gardens, sunlit architecture, and the romance of Italy and Carmel, California.

Venetian Twilight is a 30" x 40" of Venice just after dawn as the ancient city slowly wakes up. Gondolas rock gently in the harbor, the sky lights with the morning sun and reflections of centuries
old architecture sparkle in the Mediterranean.

Vintner's Meadow is a 24" x 30" of a small vineyard in Tuscany. Red poppies bloom in spontaneous
profusion among rambling vines ensconced in an olive grove.

Venzano Gardens, Tuscany is a 24" x 48" of a hill top garden that was once a monastery in the hills of Tuscany. A vine-covered trellis leads through a casual garden of Iris, poppies, climbing roses and Juniper shrubs to a stone building with a terracotta tile roof.

Marie paints en-studio at the Hanson Gallery several days a week during which time
she has painted many smaller scale landscapes of Carmel which are now available in the gallery.
There is a 24" x 12" vertical painting of the Carmel Mission bell tower entitled "Mission Bell".
This painting offers a unique hilltop perspective of the historical Carmel Mission in a subtle palette
of blues, greens and golds.

There is a 12" x 12" painting entitled, Mission Door, of a carved wooden door in an adobe
wall that leads to a courtyard dressed in roses and palm fronds. Lastly there is a 10" x10"
piece entitled Carmel Cottage of a tiny cottage in the shade of a California oak tree also on the
Carmel Mission grounds.

New Paintings at Walden Fine Art

2008-12-05T01:43:00.000-08:00

I have completed 3 new paintings for my gallery in Taos, NM, Walden Fine Art, http://www.waldenfineart.com

You can view them here and on my website:

1. Title: Fechin's Garden
Size: 12" x 12"

2. Title: Courtyard Dalliance
Size: 16" x 20"

3. Title: Abundance
Size: 24" x 36"

Hanson Gallery

2008-12-04T22:41:00.001-08:00

I am happy and excited to be in Hanson Gallery Carmel, http://www.hansongallerycarmel.com . They have a beautiful location in the Carmel Plaza on the lower or courtyard level.
I paint there on site in the gallery several days a week when I am in California. You are invited to come chat anytime. There is a to die for coffee shop in the plaza that makes the best nonfat mochas I have ever tasted.

Tomorrow, December 5th, they are going to have the annual Christmas tree lighting in the little park right across from the plaza at 4:30 pm. Afterwards there will be a party in the plaza. Just bring a can of food for the local food drive.

Artist Venturing into Cyberspace

2008-12-04T22:08:00.000-08:00

Trying to find a community of fine artists and art lovers out there.

Found a new website: http://www.myartgroup.com where they publish art events going on all over the US.

This is my first time blogging. It would be fun to communicate with other artists, collectors, people interested in painting. Does anyone know about any up coming plein air events happening in Santa Cruz, Silicon Valley, Monterey or Carmel areas? Would love to hear.