tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12616130354268403922024-03-13T04:52:32.574-07:00Dianne Martin ArtDMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-75318293514744292202013-01-14T06:54:00.001-08:002013-01-14T06:54:32.051-08:00Wild October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The summer and fall were productive times for me in the studio. A
large selection of my work is going to be exhibited during the month of
February at the Gallery of the Quogue LIbrary in Quogue on the south shore of
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The two pieces pictured here have special meaning for me since I made them in late
October and early November just after hurricane Sandy. I hadn’t started out to
make pieces about the storm at all. Actually, I was blessed with some free time
in the studio by my good luck of not losing my electricity or suffering any
real discomfort from the storm that so damaged much of the city. I began
working on these two pieces and was amazed at how fast they developed. In fact, I had to rush to keep up with them as each in its turn seemed to clamor for
attention, telling me “Here, here.” It was like a train rushing down the tracks
and I had to run to jump on before it left. Most artists have periods when a
piece is going well or, unfortunately more commonly, when a piece is going slowly
and painfully. But the intensity of work on these two images was, for me,
extraordinary. I was working every day for at least six hours at a time. Near the
end, I realized that, of course, these two images certainly were about the
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<strong style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">East End Arts Council Gallery<br />133 East Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901<br />October 12-November 9, 2012<br />Reception: October 12, 5-7 pm</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">A solar plate etching of mine,<em> Leaf Peel,</em> won best in show at East End Arts Council's Print Show in July of 2011. The Print Show was curated by Craig Zaniello, master printer for many well-known contemporary artists. A selection of my newest work, all monotypes, will be on view in this exhibit. The artists, each of whom has won best in show in one of the 2011 exhibits at East End Arts, will be speaking briefly about their work at the reception. You can also see a few of my newest pieces on my web site,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.diannemartinart.com" href="http://www.diannemartinart.com/" target="_blank">www.diannemartinart.com</a><br /><br />In other news, a piece of mine, <em>Yellow January,</em> was accepted in the National Juried Show <em>Joy,</em> also at East End Arts Council, from August 21-October 5. The curators for this exhibit were Peter Marcelle, Director of Gerald Peters Gallery in New York, and Bruce Helander, Editor-in-Chief of <em>Arts Economist</em> magazine.</span>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-42502709133622141402011-10-29T10:03:00.000-07:002011-10-29T11:02:22.888-07:00Complex June<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K4Z_U7IUBNE/TqwyOsKdcfI/AAAAAAAAAOs/FZWIJPTkLIE/s1600/june_evening_detail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K4Z_U7IUBNE/TqwyOsKdcfI/AAAAAAAAAOs/FZWIJPTkLIE/s400/june_evening_detail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668961258907202034" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RLcoWw9zKc8/TqwyOdMgUWI/AAAAAAAAAOc/gh0YrN85ilU/s1600/june_evening_plus.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 370px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RLcoWw9zKc8/TqwyOdMgUWI/AAAAAAAAAOc/gh0YrN85ilU/s400/june_evening_plus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668961254889247074" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LxfjPBfEWsI/TqwyOERbK9I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/z5_oHxL5hEw/s1600/june_morning_detail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LxfjPBfEWsI/TqwyOERbK9I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/z5_oHxL5hEw/s400/june_morning_detail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668961248198994898" /></a><br /><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 370px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tD8a82h7mos/TqwyOMVucmI/AAAAAAAAAOI/wkADCNorsls/s400/june_morning_plus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668961250364519010" />The two pieces you see here, <i>June Morning</i> and <i>June Evening</i>, are some of the most complex work I've done recently. As always, they started out as a monotype made on the etching press using some small weeds that grow in the spring out in Southold, where I spend my weekends. These delicate little plants held up surprisingly well in the printing process. It always amazes me that seemingly delicate and fragile bits of nature are at times the strongest.<div><br /></div><div>After the prints were made, I began working with other materials such as watercolor, pastel and colored pencil. Since the small weeds had delicately but strongly embossed the paper, I was able to use the subtle differences in the physical heights of some parts of the image to accept color in differing ways. I then began using some small slivers of collage from a printed photograph of my own that was made in Wave Hill. (Wave Hill, in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, high above the Hudson River, is a magical place.) These slivers of color and light seemed to open small windows into another possible world.</div><div><br /></div><div>As I worked, two different times of day became evident in the way each piece progressed in terms of color and light. I realized that I had both morning and evening of a warm, alive, filled to the brim June day. </div>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-77920335732796875662011-07-27T15:04:00.000-07:002011-07-27T15:09:30.903-07:00"Leaf Peel" wins Best in Show<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oLrjuovlm1w/TjCMf9fkEDI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/R-v_d8IElB0/s1600/leafpeel.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oLrjuovlm1w/TjCMf9fkEDI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/R-v_d8IElB0/s400/leafpeel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634157614551273522" /></a><p class="MsoNormal">I am pleased to announce that a piece of mine has won Best in Show at a Print show going on now at East End Arts Council Gallery in Riverhead from now through most of August. <a href="http://www.eastendarts.org/">www.eastendarts.org</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">The piece in question, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Leaf Peel</i></b>” 2005, 20 X 16 inches, is composed of layered solar plate etchings using two separate printed images. The top layer is cut away in furled leaf like pieces to reveal the layer underneath. While this piece is a bit different from much of the work I’m doing now, the nature theme is still prominent. The layering of the etchings means that the piece is about 2 inches deep and it’s framed in a shadow box frame.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The juror for the show was Craig Zammiello, a master printer with 30 years of experience working with artists such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Kiki Smith at Universal Limited Art Editions on Long Island. He is now master printer at Two Palms press in Manhattan working with artists such as Ellen Gallagher, Elizabeth Peyton and Chris Ofili. Mr. Zammiello has taught workshops and classes at NYU, Yale and the Flemish Government Center for the Graphic Arts. He is currently an adjunct professor at Columbia University. His own work has been exhibited in the US and abroad. His prints can be found at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium.</p> <!--EndFragment-->DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-81895201340853611972011-05-26T16:13:00.000-07:002011-05-26T16:22:05.605-07:00East End Arts Council<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HFzwjp6GzkE/Td7fepHB7VI/AAAAAAAAAJw/yHpU904VP3o/s1600/Fable-of-the-Deep-Blue-Sea.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HFzwjp6GzkE/Td7fepHB7VI/AAAAAAAAAJw/yHpU904VP3o/s400/Fable-of-the-Deep-Blue-Sea.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611167903274626386" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">East End Arts Council</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">presents</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">the monotypes and mixed media work of</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">Dianne Martin</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">At the </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">Rosalie Dimon Gallery</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">Jamesport Manor Inn</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b><a href="http://www.jamesportmanor.com/">www.jamesportmanor.com</a></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">May 6 – August 4, 2011</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;">The Jamesport Manor Inn, in a bucolic setting on the North Fork of Long Island, is located on Manor Road in Jamesport<a name="_GoBack"></a> among horse farms and vineyards.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;">The pieces in this show were made mostly in the last year or two and include many of the Fables series, as well as the Jungle series and a few other older pieces. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;">Come out to the beautiful North Fork, visit some wineries, enjoy the bay and the sound beaches. When you’re here please do stop in to the Jamesport Manor Inn for a delicious meal and a chance to see some of my recent work.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.diannemartinart.com/">www.diannemartinart.com</a></p> <!--EndFragment-->DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-42353401892664652292010-11-14T10:28:00.000-08:002010-11-14T10:35:11.741-08:00Forests<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/TOArlLBHf8I/AAAAAAAAAI4/I0RLss_nnGc/s1600/forest2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/TOArlLBHf8I/AAAAAAAAAI4/I0RLss_nnGc/s400/forest2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539475459278340034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/TOArYc_kqpI/AAAAAAAAAIw/7PJgk2gxMKY/s1600/forest1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/TOArYc_kqpI/AAAAAAAAAIw/7PJgk2gxMKY/s400/forest1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539475240765401746" /></a><br />These recent pieces were made using a copper plate etched in a complex process called “sugar lift.” The leaves that make up the “forest” here are mostly dried ginkgo leaves. <div><br /></div><div>In my work with using the press to make monotypes I’ve used dried plant material directly on the press. Here the process was somewhat more complicated. It involved getting a sticky sugar solution on the leaves and then impressing them on the plate. An acid resist ground was then applied to the entire plate. At that point, the plate was soaked in hot water and the image made with the sugar solution “lifts” from the plate exposing that area to the acid. </div><div><br /></div><div>While this is a technique used by many printmakers, using dried plant material was, shall we say, quite challenging! I went through a bundle of plant material before I could find things that would hold up and not just disintegrate. Luckily for me I was helped all along the way by a wonderful printmaker and teacher at Manhattan Graphics Center where I worked this past spring and summer. Vijay Kumar was endlessly patient and encouraging in my darkest hours of frustration using my disintegrating leaves!<br /><br />What you see here, in these two variations, is the finished etching printed in relief, with ink rolled on the surface of the plate rather than rubbed into the lines in the more usual way of printing etchings. I then worked with each image using many materials, including pastel and gouache. I became absorbed in painting the gouache in intricate patterns within the impression of the leaves. Here I was definitely seeing the “trees” rather than the “forest” as a whole!</div>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-14672883344405003642010-07-23T15:23:00.000-07:002010-07-23T15:33:32.608-07:00Fable of the Five Birds<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/TEoYGAOnA2I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/eWPA_NIAtLk/s1600/fablefivebirdsblog.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/TEoYGAOnA2I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/eWPA_NIAtLk/s400/fablefivebirdsblog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497232786578670434" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This was the first piece of the seven images in the <i>Fables</i> series that I completed in 2009. It will be included in an exhibit of collage and mixed media work curated by Peter Marcelle, owner of Hampton Road Gallery in Southampton. The exhibit will be at the East End Arts Council in Riverhead (<a href="http://www.eastendarts.org/">www.eastendarts.org</a>) from July 23rd through August 27th. Gallery hours are 10AM – 4PM Thursday – Saturday. The Arts Council is at 133 East Main Street in Riverhead, 631-727-0900.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Fable of the Five Birds</i> contains elements of collage in addition to oil monotype, colored pencil and pastel. The small elements lined up on the bottom of the image are my way of adding “predella” images to the piece. In medieval and renaissance altarpieces small images relating to the main subject are often painted down below the main image and sometimes on the sides as well. Their function is to further amplify the subject of the altarpiece. For example, an image of Saint Frances will have predella images that relate stories of the life of the saint. Sometimes these small images are taken out of a large altarpiece over the centuries and are displayed on their own. In my <i>Fable of the Five Birds</i> I wanted to use this device to add depth and mystery. In all of these fable images in this series I wanted to create a strong sense of a possible story, narrative or fable. The fable itself remains a mystery, even to me.</div><div><br /></div>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-43385990369608615822010-07-10T08:22:00.000-07:002010-07-10T08:30:24.510-07:00In the Jungle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/TDiQp5JD_3I/AAAAAAAAAII/otMF6ZvHgkE/s1600/yellowjungleraw.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/TDiQp5JD_3I/AAAAAAAAAII/otMF6ZvHgkE/s400/yellowjungleraw.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492298794966187890" /></a><b><br /></b><div><b><br /></b></div><b>Yellow Jungle</b> 2010<div>8-1/4" x 11"</div><div>monotype, collage, colored pencil</div><div><br /></div><div>This piece is the final one of a group of three new pieces that follow closely the work I was doing in the <i>Fables</i> series in 2009 (the entire <i>Fables</i> series can be seen on my website, <a href="http://www.diannemartinart.com">www.diannemartinart.com</a>). Sometimes an artist mines a certain "field" for a while and keeps getting called back to it even when it seems to have run its course. After doing the <i>Fables</i> series, I took a break from studio work for a while, traveled to Sicily and spent time relaxing over the holidays. When I sluggishly got back to the studio in later January, these images of jungles mysteriously appeared. Perhaps it was the winter and a yearning for some heat, twittering and sun baked hills.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now that I look at this piece on one of the hottest days of the year, I somehow find it oddly comforting. This jungle is warm but not oppressive, I think. I hope you'll find it full of song and life.</div>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-82723287481668016872010-02-26T09:00:00.000-08:002010-02-26T09:28:52.112-08:00LICArmoryFest<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;">These two pieces from my <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fables</span> series have been selected for LICArmoryFest, Long Island City centered art events dovetailing with Armory Arts Week, March 3 – 7, 2010. My work can be viewed at Space Realty, 29–09 39th Avenue, Long Island City. There is a reception for this exhibit on Thursday, March 4th from 6 to 8 p.m. Space Realty is a short walk from the 39th Avenue stop on the N or W train (the second stop in Queens from Lexington Avenue and 59th Street). This show will be up until May 25th and can be seen Monday through Friday from 9 to 5.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span><p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;">This location is quite near my studio so if you want to stop over for wine or tea, let me know and you can see my other recent work.<br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;">These monotypes were made on my etching press using bits of weeds growing outside my Long Island City studio. As I added additional color and bits of collage, the images came alive and began to tell a kind of story or fable, each one with its own mood and mystery.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt;"><br /><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/S4f__OUAw-I/AAAAAAAAAHo/pRcrji6t4mI/s1600-h/fivebirds.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/S4f__OUAw-I/AAAAAAAAAHo/pRcrji6t4mI/s400/fivebirds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442600136339407842" border="0" /></a></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><b><i><span style="font-size:100%;">Fable of the Five Birds</span></i></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;">2009 monotype with collage </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;">framed size 16 x 20 inches</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/S4gBxtb4tbI/AAAAAAAAAIA/6F_AhtMPQ6M/s1600-h/snare.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/S4gBxtb4tbI/AAAAAAAAAIA/6F_AhtMPQ6M/s400/snare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442602103199020466" border="0" /></a></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><b><i><span style="font-size:100%;">Fable of the Snare</span></i></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;">2009 monotype with collage</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;">framed size 16 x 20 inches<br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-56294151092467625402010-02-01T11:48:00.000-08:002010-02-01T11:57:05.495-08:00Winter Fable<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/S2cx1idxtGI/AAAAAAAAAHg/iOD5AJZ0AxM/s1600-h/winter.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/S2cx1idxtGI/AAAAAAAAAHg/iOD5AJZ0AxM/s400/winter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433366271300318306" border="0" /></a><br />Looking at this piece now, on this frigid morning here in the northeast, lets me relive the process of making it. It began, along with the 6 other pieces in this series, with a simple monotype using some weeds baking in the sun outside of my studio. When I added the blue “pool” with watercolor I was not thinking of winter at all but rather something cool in the summer heat. The piece developed by gradually intensifying the color and adding as collage elements slivers of paper that read as “birds.” These bits of line and color began to create a world of their own and seemed to generate a narrative or an action. The choice of naming this piece a “fable” came from this sense of a hidden story or drama. The fascinating thing about making an image like this is that I’m able to let it grow as it will. The image begins to tell its own story and creates its own world. You can see the other six pieces in this series on my web site, <a href="http://www.diannemartinart.com">Dianne Martin Art.<br /></a>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-38867363312507651392009-10-28T09:20:00.000-07:002009-10-28T09:48:02.143-07:00The Fables SeriesI want to thank all of you who came to my exhibit at the Interchurch Center and/or to my Open Studio in September. It was gratifying for me to be able to show such a large body of work.<br /><br />If you weren’t able to come to either of these events or if you would just like to keep in touch, I invite you to come on a weekday late afternoon to have a glass of wine or a cup of tea in the studio. It’s a wonderful opportunity for me to share my work and to hear your thoughts and responses. Please contact me if you’d like to visit.<br /><br />I’m looking forward to a trip to Sicily in November and that experience will surely provide inspiration for future work.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The Fables series</span><br /><br />Here are three of a new series I’ve called Fables.<br /><br />This group of images came about from one set of monotypes made from a small weed I found growing up between some bricks. When I began to develop the prints I discovered that the images wanted to be some kind of narrative. Some years ago I was able to do a couple of illustrations for The Fables of La Fontaine. Fables have a long history and most people have read Aesop’s Fables as a child. These “fables” have no moral but they really do have stories, just ones that haven’t been written yet! When the images began to come alive in the studio these titles seemed to jump into my mind by themselves.<br /><br />These pieces are small, about 8” X 10”, and quite detailed. The original color monotypes were developed using pastel and colored pencil.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SuhxLpjtGmI/AAAAAAAAAHA/WYwDMPdfeLE/s1600-h/Fable-of-the-Five-Birds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SuhxLpjtGmI/AAAAAAAAAHA/WYwDMPdfeLE/s400/Fable-of-the-Five-Birds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397688598351649378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fable of the Five Birds<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/Suh1g3PZe8I/AAAAAAAAAHY/9OFbON1mXmg/s1600-h/Fable-of-the-Snare.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/Suh1g3PZe8I/AAAAAAAAAHY/9OFbON1mXmg/s400/Fable-of-the-Snare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397693360848337858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fable of the Snare<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/Suhx3JJXObI/AAAAAAAAAHI/urccGKmjN2A/s1600-h/Fable-of-the-fog-and-the-Devil-Bird.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/Suhx3JJXObI/AAAAAAAAAHI/urccGKmjN2A/s400/Fable-of-the-fog-and-the-Devil-Bird.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397689345565473202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fable of the Fog and the Devil BirdDMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-34405163876727950362009-09-22T15:46:00.000-07:002009-09-22T15:55:43.481-07:00Open StudioSunday September 27th<br />2 to 5 P.M.<br /><br />27-15 41st Avenue<br />Long Island City, NY<br /><br /><a href="mailto:paintergreen.dianne@gmail.com">paintergreen.dianne@gmail.com</a><br /><br />I look forward to welcoming you at my studio on Sunday. Please email me for directions.<br /><br />One of the pieces I will have up in my studio is this small piece called <span style="font-style:italic;">Rising Blue</span> that is part of a series called <span style="font-style:italic;">Rising</span> that I completed this past year. To make the monotype that is the ground for this image I used some maple seed “wings” that usually fall to the ground. But here I wanted to activate them, to make them move along with the blue in the “sky” and actually float into the atmosphere. The autumn of the year often makes one think of falling: the falling light at the end of the day, the falling leaves. For me however the autumn also means a gentle rising of the spirit, the soft floating up of wood smoke from burning leaves.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SrlUR2GyfVI/AAAAAAAAAGw/hVdvzKlwhYg/s1600-h/Rising-Blue-2009.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SrlUR2GyfVI/AAAAAAAAAGw/hVdvzKlwhYg/s400/Rising-Blue-2009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384427495056637266" /></a>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-35782832870846315082009-09-11T06:55:00.000-07:002009-09-11T07:12:57.152-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Flying in September</span><br /><br />An exhibit of 20 pieces of my work is now up at the Interchurch Center at 475 Riverside Drive in Manhattan.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.interchurchcenter.org/">www.Interchurchcenter.org</a><br /><br />The artist reception is Tuesday, September 15 from 4 to 7. The show will be up until October 8th. <br /><br />The works presented are from various series covering the last 3 or 4 years. The title, <span style="font-style: italic;">Flying in September,</span> seemed appropriate for the time as well as for the imagery. The recent change in the weather, cool and breezy as I’m writing this, really makes me think of the way September is a sweeping away of things and an opportunity to start fresh. In nature, September means the beginning of the end of summer. Leaves begin to fly off the trees and birds begin to migrate. <span style="font-style: italic;">On the Edge/Flicker</span> is a recent piece that reminds me of this sense of flying in a fresh breeze off the water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SqpaOnyh3tI/AAAAAAAAAGo/1FTFqPxVp88/s1600-h/On-the-Edge-Flicker.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SqpaOnyh3tI/AAAAAAAAAGo/1FTFqPxVp88/s400/On-the-Edge-Flicker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380211912093064914" border="0" /></a>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-31378147392881001732009-04-13T07:43:00.000-07:002009-04-13T07:55:09.980-07:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">Green Mountain <span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br />This is a piece I did a few months ago when winter was just getting under way. Now I can see plenty of green from my studio window but the temperature is back to winter. <br /> I’m not at all sure why hills or mountains seem to appear now and then in my work. This piece is one of a series of four images featuring mountains, birds and sky that I made at the same time. One of the interesting things about making art is the mystery of finding out what the image wants to be. Even now I’m not sure what the piece is about except that I wanted to convey a sense of drama and movement that would activate both the “land” and the birds.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SeNRt70dDXI/AAAAAAAAAGI/nCfj6dQD7lg/s1600-h/Green+Mountain+blog.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 162px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SeNRt70dDXI/AAAAAAAAAGI/nCfj6dQD7lg/s400/Green+Mountain+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324189034075721074" /></a>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-29266488815352704622009-03-09T12:24:00.000-07:002009-03-09T12:31:12.164-07:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">On the Edge/Twitter<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> is one of a new series I’ve been working on based on a series of monotypes made using a few small twigs with leaves on them. This piece will be featured in a show this June in Greenport on the North Fork of Long Island. The title of the show is also “On the Edge” and is a benefit exhibition for the Cornell Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center focusing on coastal and barrier plants and the life they support.<br />Although the “plants” in this image came from the gritty streets in Long Island City, I’m pleased that they can stand in for the endangered eco-system on our coastline. As a part time resident of the North Fork for many years, this beautiful part of the world is always part of my imagination and art practice. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">On the Edge <br />May 23rd – June 29, 2009<br />The Sirens’ Song Gallery<br />516 Main Street/Greenport NY 11944<br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SbVtTQ7u4eI/AAAAAAAAAF4/QhmPUeaZh6s/s1600-h/3.+On+the+Edge.Twitter+72.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 168px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SbVtTQ7u4eI/AAAAAAAAAF4/QhmPUeaZh6s/s320/3.+On+the+Edge.Twitter+72.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311271513283813858" /></a>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-38355423443363446852008-10-14T08:06:00.000-07:002008-10-14T08:33:46.292-07:00Two New Prints at the Interchurch Center<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SPS2_pl9-jI/AAAAAAAAAFo/Su_dWgatT_I/s1600-h/Leaf+Float-+blog.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SPS2_pl9-jI/AAAAAAAAAFo/Su_dWgatT_I/s320/Leaf+Float-+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257027869661329970" /></a><br /><i>Leaf Float</i><br />assembled monotypes with pencil and watercolor<br />14" X 12"<br /><br /><br /><b>The Nature of Things</b><br /><br /> These two images, made in 2006, will be in a show entitled <b>The Nature of Things</b> presented by the National Association of Women Artists at the Interchurch Center in New York from October 15, – November 17, 2008. The Interchurch Center is located at 475 Riverside Drive (at 120th St.) There will be an Artists Reception on Wednesday October 15th from 4 to 7 p.m. For further information and directions visit www.interchurch-center.org or call 212 870 2200.<br /><br /> Both Leaf Float and October Dusk really are about the nature of things. In this case the things are real leaves, which I used to make the monotypes for each image. Leaf Float is actually made from 2 separate prints put together into a single image. Both pieces have been hand colored using different materials, acrylic paint and colored pencil in Leaf Float and pastel and colored pencil in October Dusk.<br /><br /> This summer I had a few pieces from my more recent Garden of Eden series in a show called All About Eve at the Sirens Song Gallery in Greenport, N.Y. I’m planning to have an Open Studio exhibit of my work here in Long Island City in the spring of 2009. I’m busy at work in my studio on some new pieces having to do with birds, hills and nests. In this current financial turmoil the capacity of birds to fly away or to retreat to their next is certainly to be envied!<br /> <br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SPS47RA721I/AAAAAAAAAFw/xZDNh7Ssoco/s1600-h/October+Dusk-+blog.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/SPS47RA721I/AAAAAAAAAFw/xZDNh7Ssoco/s320/October+Dusk-+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257029993367329618" /></a><br /><i> October Dusk</i><br />monotype with pastel and pencil<br />12"X15 3/4"DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-21483916905408376192008-04-09T08:24:00.000-07:002008-12-10T13:11:03.430-08:00AprilThis 2007 series is named for the month when I began the images. T.S. Eliot said that “April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead ground.” April is also a time of change and of new beginnings. It was certainly that for me. Even though the themes of birds, leaves, and nature have been in my work for a long time, these images seemed to mark a new direction both technically and imaginatively. The pieces are quite intense in color compared to work done in the previous year.<br /><br />These images began with a group of monotypes made on the press using natural objects (leaves, small weeds, etc.). I then developed the images with many other materials, such as watercolor, pencil, gouache and pastel. They are small in size (about 8” X 10”) but increasingly complex and layered. <br /><br /><i>April Star, April Bloom, April Love, April Sky, April Bird</i><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R_ziGYo2QKI/AAAAAAAAADs/VrvuFBdgG2E/s1600-h/April+Bird+blog.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R_ziGYo2QKI/AAAAAAAAADs/VrvuFBdgG2E/s320/April+Bird+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187269470144839842" /></a><br />April Bird<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R_zh2Yo2QJI/AAAAAAAAADk/gIYVOUk9cm0/s1600-h/April+Star+blog.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R_zh2Yo2QJI/AAAAAAAAADk/gIYVOUk9cm0/s320/April+Star+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187269195266932882" /></a><br />April Star<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R_zhh4o2QII/AAAAAAAAADc/x8jFhomqhTw/s1600-h/April+Love+blog.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R_zhh4o2QII/AAAAAAAAADc/x8jFhomqhTw/s320/April+Love+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187268843079614594" /></a><br />April Love<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R_zhBIo2QHI/AAAAAAAAADU/incbWzO1lUc/s1600-h/April+Sky+blog.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R_zhBIo2QHI/AAAAAAAAADU/incbWzO1lUc/s320/April+Sky+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187268280438898802" /></a><br />April Sky<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R_zgbIo2QGI/AAAAAAAAADM/psBjOjmpkiw/s1600-h/April+Bloom+blog.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R_zgbIo2QGI/AAAAAAAAADM/psBjOjmpkiw/s320/April+Bloom+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187267627603869794" /></a><br />April BloomDMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261613035426840392.post-88942952276823020692007-12-05T09:09:00.000-08:002008-12-10T13:11:04.210-08:00The Newest Work<b>GARDEN OF EDEN</b><br />Two Birds in Eden, Storm in Eden, Afternoon in Eden, Morning in Eden, Darkness in Eden<br /><br />My most recent series has to do with the Garden of Eden. The garden as a place in the imagination has a long history in art. These pieces are not meant to be descriptive in any way of the Garden of Eden in the Bible, but rather to invent for myself an imaginary, complex and compelling place. <br /><br />The working process was much the same as in much of my earlier work, with all the prints being made at the same time from the same materials. I used real leaves, twigs, weeds, etc. directly on the press to make monotypes. These images were then developed one by one using many different materials including pastel, colored pencil and watercolor. Two of these images again include raised areas as part of the overall image.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R5dktaH9XKI/AAAAAAAAACk/dAeFxtaD1qo/s1600-h/Two+Birds+in+Eden+10.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R5dktaH9XKI/AAAAAAAAACk/dAeFxtaD1qo/s320/Two+Birds+in+Eden+10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158702629445786786" /></a><br /><i>Two Birds in Eden, handcolored monotype</i><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R5dmVqH9XLI/AAAAAAAAACs/uxUCZpx5esA/s1600-h/Storm+in+Eden+7.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R5dmVqH9XLI/AAAAAAAAACs/uxUCZpx5esA/s320/Storm+in+Eden+7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158704420447149234" /></a><br /><i>Storm in Eden, handcolored monotype</i><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R5dnF6H9XMI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Fk3_VtHGlks/s1600-h/Afternoon+in+Eden+6.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R5dnF6H9XMI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Fk3_VtHGlks/s320/Afternoon+in+Eden+6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158705249375837378" /></a><br /><i>Afternoon in Eden, handcolored monotype</i><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R5doBqH9XNI/AAAAAAAAAC8/-gLuDHDEB8M/s1600-h/Morning+in+Eden+3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R5doBqH9XNI/AAAAAAAAAC8/-gLuDHDEB8M/s320/Morning+in+Eden+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158706275873021138" /></a><br /><i>Morning in Eden, handcolored monotype</i><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R5docqH9XOI/AAAAAAAAADE/LQiFBmDkzz8/s1600-h/Darkness+in+Eden+1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8IQjtboX0LU/R5docqH9XOI/AAAAAAAAADE/LQiFBmDkzz8/s320/Darkness+in+Eden+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158706739729489122" /></a><br /><i>Darkness in Eden, handcolored monotype</i>DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664476018867144489noreply@blogger.com1