Still Life III hung

As promised, here's how the finished works look, in their old white frames, hanging in our kitchen. I'm pleased that Julie's pleased that we found a way to use those frames from her mom's collection of older items.

Can you spot a difference?

These are two separate paintings of the same subject. The top one is close to a 16x20 and the bottom 8x10. Which do you prefer and why?

Lighting Question

Lighting is called into question whenever we get digital images made of the paintings. Is natural lighting best? Flash? Overhead? So we need your opinion.  Which one do you like the best?

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First Farmer's Market Appearance

We'll be having our first booth at Farmer's Market tomorrow. We'll see you there!

Art Walk Cover

PRESS RELEASE

"Tom Garfield 2010 Artwalk Cover Artist
The city of Moscow is pleased to announce this year’s 2010 Artwalk Cover Art artist Tom Garfield! Tom’s painting titled Pea Mill 1 was selected by a group of 7 jurors to be this year’s cover art.

Tom Garfield has been a Moscow, ID resident for over 30 years. After graduating from the University of Idaho with a degree in art, he is now the superintendent of Logos School and pursues painting in his spare time. His works focus on the Palouse and Pacific Northwest; landscapes and still life’s. Tom first started painting with his grandfather, Hubert Garfield who painted for GM. He now paints on the same easel and desk that Hubert used. His wife Julie is a constant inspiration. He has 4 children and now 4 grandchildren.

Tom’s Pea Mill 1 and other works will be displayed at the Nuart for Moscow Artwalk 2010. Artwalk will be taking place on Friday June, 18 2010 with Chalk Art starting at noon in downtown Friendship Square, so please mark your calendars for this art, food, spirit, and fun filled event!

For more information e-mail us at kburns@ci.moscow.id.us or kgarrity@ci.moscow.id.us. Check out our webpage at http://www.ci.moscow.id.us/Art/index.asp"

Still Life III

These had an unusual inception: Julie had four, 9X12 white-painted wood frames from her mom's house. We've had them for years, but I dug them out recently. She suggested I do a series of small paintings for the frames (you see, usually frames are not the inspiration for a painting). Then Kathryn suggested using old items to match the old frames, and these are what I grabbed. The sunlight was great and I made some random pairings, based on textures, colors, and shapes. You may notice there are only three - the fourth is coming, and I'll take a picture of the set in their frames. Comments are always welcome!

TRG Prints at Nuart for Moscow Art Walk

TRGarfield's works will be displayed at the Nuart for the Moscow Art Walk on June 18th.