The Painted Voice » Special Art Stories http://www.paintedvoice.com ART FOR THE HEART….Comes from…..ART FROM THE HEART Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:14:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The BEST ART GROUP in Town! http://www.paintedvoice.com/2009/07/30/the-best-art-group-in-town/ http://www.paintedvoice.com/2009/07/30/the-best-art-group-in-town/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:57:15 +0000 Laurel http://www.paintedvoice.com/?p=353 I’ll call this art group the “Relaxed and Joyful Art Group”…..I know this sounds like an anomaly.  This wonderful group was started by two retired Univ. of Ga, art professors for the love and pleasure of creating artwork.  We are over 35 strong  active members and the ages span from [...]]]> NOT YOUR STUFFY ART ASSOCIATION GROUP

I’ll call this art group the “Relaxed and Joyful Art Group”…..I know this sounds like an anomaly.  This wonderful group was started by two retired Univ. of Ga, art professors for the love and pleasure of creating artwork.  We are over 35 strong  active members and the ages span from the late 30’s to some over 80.  We are a diverse group of retired professors, artists, scientists, businessmen and housewives.   We come from a variety of cultural backgrounds…… we are a mixed bag of society.

What is SPECIAL about this Art Group is that it is FUN!  We paint for  the sheer pleasure of exploring creativity.  No judging…..no criticism…only encouragement to continue on the road of an artist’s journey.  We are primarily a group of Plein Air painters, using a variety of media.  But if the weather is cold or rainy,  we move inside.  Our artwork  and  art background ranges from no art training to that of professional artists and every thing in-between.  We visit museums and are sometimes social and include lunch with our plein air painting.

Bill captivated by Claire's garden

Bill captivated by Claire's garden

What’s not to love about this type of Art Group!  It is fulfilling for the individual, encourages creativity, and feeds the soul.  Also this group is a benefit to the community,  as we foster more interest in the  arts by supporting local art community associations, taking art classes, and attending art events in the city and surrounding area.

My encouragement to you is to start such a group in your community. We need to bring back the FUN and SHEER PLEASURE of CREATING.

If you have an interest in this type of Art Group , please make a comment, or,  if you like, you can contact me through my email at;  laurelgenteman@yahoo.com

Also, check out my NEW  “Art from the Heart”  page,  located in the header bar on myHome page.  You can follow the “Painted Voice” on FaceBook and find out more about Relaxed Art.

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My mother, the planter of the hundreds of bluebells, called.  She said, “There is a frost coming and I don’t know how long they will last.”  There was no time to get [...]]]> A Wonderful Mother ♥  Daughter Story

A few days ago the bluebells were in full bloom and the earth was laughing flowers.  A painters delight!

My mother, the planter of the hundreds of bluebells, called.  She said, “There is a frost coming and I don’t know how long they will last.”  There was no time to get my oil paints (my preferred medium) so I threw some pastels in a bag along with some paper and headed to her house.  Upon arriving the wind had started blowing and the temperatures were dropping.  Grabbing my camera, I headed for the garden and started taking pictures.

See the color in the bells!

See the color in the bells!

The mass of color was spectacular.  Bluebells everywhere and the extra benefit was the azaleas and dogwood trees had started to bloom, ah! How beautiful.

It was too cool and windy to draw outside so I headed for the sun room that looked out over the garden.   While pulling the art supplies out of the bag it suddenly dawned on me…there is a problem!  It’s been over 40 years since I’ve drawn with pastels!  The pastels and paper that were in my art bag were part of  art basket that I had won at a soiree.  Now what do I do?

Garden Art

Garden Art

Mother to the rescue!

Mom said,  she had a book in her library on pastels and  while I draw she would read to me.  So for the next 4 hours,  she read excerpts from the  pastel book that she thought would be helpful,  gave great encouragement and brought me tea and cookies.  This was a “keeper” moment in life.  What a special painting of life.

Mom's Bluebells Garden

Mom's Bluebells Garden

Below is the pastel picture that is the result of  “our”  collaboration and my gift of love to her for a very special Easter.

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